Iraq: Administrative Division
Contents: Governorates and Districts
The population of the governorates and districts of Iraq according to official population estimates.
Name | Status | Native | Population Estimate 2009-10-17 | Population Estimate 2018-07-01 | |
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Al-Anbār | Governorate | الانبار | 1,483,359 | 1,771,656 | → |
Al-'Āmiriyah | District | العامریة | 89,704 | 105,336 | → |
Al-Fallūjah [Fallujah] | District | الفلوجة | 437,157 | 522,795 | → |
Al-Ḥabbāniyah | District | الحبانیة | 118,131 | 138,754 | → |
Al-Qā'im | District | القائم | 150,146 | 179,192 | → |
'Anah | District | عنھ | 26,162 | 31,575 | → |
Ar-Ramādī [Ramadi] | District | الرمادي | 373,569 | 446,519 | → |
Ar-Ruṭbah | District | الرطبة | 39,000 | 47,040 | → |
Ḥadīṭha [Haditha] | District | حدیثة | 87,219 | 105,710 | → |
Hīt | District | ھیت | 142,535 | 170,776 | → |
Rāwah | District | راوة | 19,736 | 23,959 | → |
Al-Baṣrah [Basra] | Governorate | البصرة | 2,405,434 | 2,908,491 | → |
Abū al-Kahṣīb | District | أبو الخصيب | 183,285 | 223,675 | → |
Al-Baṣrah [Basra] | District | البصرة | 1,175,868 | 1,436,253 | → |
Al-Fāw | District | الفاو | 34,840 | 42,252 | → |
Al-Midaīnah | District | المدینة | 199,891 | 234,641 | → |
Al-Qurnah | District | القرنة | 241,490 | 286,073 | → |
Az-Zubayr | District | الزبیر | 425,471 | 511,224 | → |
Shaṭṭ al-'Arab | District | شط العرب | 144,589 | 174,373 | → |
Al-Muthannā | Governorate | المثنى | 683,126 | 814,371 | → |
Al-Khiḍir | District | الخضر | 94,137 | 111,827 | → |
Al-Warkā' | District | الوركاء | 86,120 | 99,856 | → |
Ar-Rumaītah | District | الرمیتة | 204,835 | 243,047 | → |
As-Salmān | District | السلمان | 9,324 | 11,070 | → |
As-Samāwah | District | السماوة | 288,710 | 348,571 | → |
Al-Qādisiyah | Governorate | القادسية | 1,077,614 | 1,291,048 | → |
Ad-Dīwāniyah [Diwaniya] | District | الديوانية | 499,926 | 602,418 | → |
'Afak | District | عفك | 151,559 | 180,467 | → |
Al-Ḥamzah | District | الحمزة | 196,641 | 234,929 | → |
Ash-Shāmiyah | District | الشامیة | 229,488 | 273,234 | → |
An-Najaf | Governorate | النجف | 1,221,228 | 1,471,592 | → |
Al-Kūfah | District | الكوفة | 305,932 | 367,558 | → |
Al-Manādhirah [Al-Manathera] | District | المناذرة | 111,215 | 133,250 | → |
Al-Mishkhāb [Al-Meshkhab] | District | المشخاب | 117,179 | 140,132 | → |
An-Najaf [Najaf] | District | النجف | 686,902 | 830,652 | → |
Arbīl [Erbil] | Governorate | أربيل | 1,532,081 | 1,854,778 | → |
Arbīl [Hewlêr, Erbil] | District | أربيل | 789,900 | 956,812 | → |
Dhashtā Hawlī'r [Deşta Hewlêrê] | District | دةشتى ھةولیَر | 184,733 | 223,694 | → |
Jūmān [Çoman] | District | جومان | 26,105 | 31,549 | → |
Khabāt [Xebat] | District | خبات | 92,084 | 111,386 | → |
Kuysanjaq [Koye] | District | كؤیسنجق | 93,411 | 113,038 | → |
Maīrkahsūr [Mêrgesor] | District | مَیركةسور | 44,299 | 53,464 | → |
Rawāndūz [Rewandiz] | District | رِواندوز | 21,213 | 25,641 | → |
Shaqlāwah [Şeqlawe] | District | شقلاوة | 124,989 | 151,182 | → |
Sūrān [Soran] | District | سؤران | 155,347 | 188,012 | → |
As-Sulaymāniyah | Governorate | السليمانية | 1,694,895 | 2,053,305 | → |
As-Sulaymāniyah [Silêmanî, Sulaymaniyah] | District | السليمانية | 725,642 | 878,146 | → |
Banjwīn [Pêncwîn] | District | بنجوین | 38,016 | 46,265 | → |
Bashdar [Pişder] | District | بشدر | 107,789 | 130,786 | → |
Darbandikhān [Derbendîxan] | District | دربندخان | 41,600 | 50,344 | → |
Dūkān [Dûkan] | District | دوكان | 59,531 | 72,371 | → |
Jamjamāl [Çemçemal] | District | جمجمال | 140,261 | 169,834 | → |
Kalār [Kelar] | District | كلار | 164,975 | 199,584 | → |
Khānaqīn [Xaneqîn] | District | خانقین | 12,232 | 14,982 | → |
Kifrī [Kifrî] | District | كفري | 45,396 | 55,136 | → |
Māwat [Mawet] | District | ماوت | 7,780 | 9,524 | → |
Qara Dāgh [Qeredax] | District | قرة داغ | 8,973 | 10,968 | → |
Rānyah [Raniye] | District | رانیة | 194,903 | 235,992 | → |
Saīd Ṣādiq [Seyd Sadiq] | District | سید صادق | 72,243 | 87,699 | → |
Shārah Zūr [Şarezûr] | District | شارة زوور | 57,992 | 70,231 | → |
Shārbāzīr [Şarbajêr] | District | شاربازیر | 17,562 | 21,443 | → |
Bābil [Babylon] | Governorate | بابل | 1,729,666 | 2,065,042 | → |
Al-Hāshmiyah | District | الھاشمیة | 399,717 | 476,132 | → |
Al-Ḥillah [Hillah] | District | الحلة | 701,041 | 841,276 | → |
Al-Maḥāwīl | District | المحاویل | 299,578 | 354,104 | → |
Al-Musayab | District | المسیب | 329,330 | 393,530 | → |
Baghdād | Governorate | بغداد | 6,702,538 | 8,126,755 | → |
Abū Ghraīb | District | أبو غريب | 269,171 | 323,068 | → |
Al-Ā'ẓamiyah [Adhamiyah] | District | الاعظمیة | 989,000 | 1,202,492 | → |
Al-Karkh | District | الكرخ | 1,309,488 | 1,593,676 | → |
Al-Kāẓimiyyah [Kadhimiya] | District | الكاظمیة | 740,684 | 897,396 | → |
Al-Madā'in | District | المدائن | 383,868 | 459,673 | → |
Al-Maḥmūdiyah [Mahmoudiyah] | District | المحمودیة | 405,838 | 484,004 | → |
Ar-Ruṣāfah | District | الرصافة | 1,486,799 | 1,809,468 | → |
Aṣ-Ṣadr al-Āwlā [Sadr City 1] | District | الصدر الاولى | 582,067 | 708,388 | → |
Aṣ-Ṣadr ath-Thāniyah [Sadr City 2] | District | الصدر الثانیة | 413,683 | 503,461 | → |
Aṭ-Ṭārmiyah | District | الطارمية | 121,940 | 145,129 | → |
Dahūk [Dohuk] | Governorate | دهوك | 1,072,324 | 1,292,535 | → |
'Ākra [Akrê] | District | ئاكرى | 148,515 | 177,200 | → |
Al-'Amādiyah [Amêdî] | District | العمادية | 95,159 | 114,464 | → |
Ash-Shaīkhān [Shekhan] | District | الشیخان | 85,075 | 102,376 | → |
Bardarash [Berdereş] | District | بردرش | 116,700 | 138,664 | → |
Dahūk [Dihok, Dohuk] | District | دهوك | 308,302 | 374,522 | → |
Sumaīl [Sêmêl, Simele] | District | سمیل | 91,676 | 110,218 | → |
Zākhū [Zaxo] | District | زاخو | 226,897 | 275,091 | → |
Dhī Qār [Theqar] | Governorate | ذي قار | 1,744,398 | 2,095,172 | → |
Ad-Dawāyah | District | الدوایة | 74,887 | 88,883 | → |
Al-Fuhūd | District | الفھود | 39,769 | 47,639 | → |
Al-Iṣlāḥ | District | الاصلاح | 39,093 | 46,196 | → |
Al-Jibāyish [Al-Chibayish] | District | الجبایش | 45,456 | 55,153 | → |
An-Nāṣiriyah [Nasiriyah] | District | الناصرية | 552,492 | 672,333 | → |
Ar-Rifā'ī | District | الرفاعي | 222,984 | 265,350 | → |
Ash-Shaṭrah | District | الشطرة | 310,235 | 372,169 | → |
Qal'at Sikar | District | قلعة سكر | 140,527 | 167,379 | → |
Saīd Dakhīl | District | سید دخیل | 51,552 | 60,612 | → |
Sūq ash-Shuyūkh | District | سوق الشیوخ | 267,403 | 319,458 | → |
Diyālā | Governorate | ديالى | 1,371,035 | 1,637,226 | → |
Al-Khāliṣ | District | الخالص | 295,942 | 349,940 | → |
Al-Muqdādiyah | District | المقدادیة | 214,050 | 254,526 | → |
Baladrūz | District | بلدروز | 123,837 | 148,177 | → |
Ba'qūbah [Baquba] | District | بعقوبة | 500,053 | 600,780 | → |
Khānaqīn | District | خانقین | 193,685 | 232,224 | → |
Kifrī | District | كفري | 43,468 | 51,579 | → |
Ḥalabjah [Halabja] | Governorate | حلبجة | 89,958 | 108,974 | → |
Ḥalabjah [Helebce] | District | حلبجة | 89,958 | 108,974 | → |
Karbalā' [Kerbala] | Governorate | كربلاء | 1,013,254 | 1,218,732 | → |
Al-Hindiyah | District | الھندیة | 218,690 | 261,671 | → |
At-Tamur | District | التمر | 23,802 | 28,477 | → |
Karbalā' [Kerbala] | District | كربلاء | 770,762 | 928,584 | → |
Kirkūk | Governorate | كركوك | 1,325,853 | 1,597,876 | → |
Ad-Dibs [Dibis] | District | الدبس | 61,539 | 70,774 | → |
Al-Ḥawījah [Hawija] | District | الحویجة | 256,149 | 293,290 | → |
Dāqūq | District | داقوق | 83,373 | 95,109 | → |
Kirkūk | District | كركوك | 924,792 | 1,138,703 | → |
Maysān | Governorate | ميسان | 922,890 | 1,112,673 | → |
Al-'Amārah [Amara] | District | العمارة | 490,983 | 599,234 | → |
'Alī al-Gharbī | District | علي الغربي | 44,703 | 53,143 | → |
Al-Kaḥlā' | District | الكحلاء | 75,645 | 89,015 | → |
Al-Maīmūnah | District | المیمونة | 88,456 | 103,913 | → |
Al-Majar al-Kabīr | District | المجر الكبير | 131,993 | 159,303 | → |
Qal'at Ṣāliḥ | District | قلعة صالح | 91,110 | 108,065 | → |
Nīnawā [Nineveh] | Governorate | نينوى | 3,106,948 | 3,729,998 | → |
Al-Ba'āj | District | البعاج | 149,420 | 179,520 | → |
Al-Ḥaḍra [Hatra] | District | الحضر | 49,420 | 59,429 | → |
Al-Ḥamdāniyah | District | الحمدانية | 175,145 | 210,601 | → |
Al-Mawṣil [Mosul] | District | الموصل | 1,588,427 | 1,905,174 | → |
Ash-Shīkhān [Shekhan] | District | الشیخان | 36,598 | 43,984 | → |
Makhmūr | District | مخمور | 174,101 | 209,545 | → |
Sinjār | District | سنجار | 271,457 | 325,816 | → |
Sumaīl | District | سمیل | 62,309 | 74,662 | → |
Tal'afar [Tel Afar] | District | تلعفر | 425,214 | 511,004 | → |
Talkayf [Tel Keppe, Tel Kaif] | District | تلكیف | 174,857 | 210,263 | → |
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn [Saladin] | Governorate | صلاح الدين | 1,337,786 | 1,595,235 | → |
Ad-Dawr | District | الدور | 59,840 | 71,027 | → |
Ad-Dujaīl | District | الدجیل | 92,387 | 109,697 | → |
Al-'Alam | District | العلم | 50,714 | 59,935 | → |
Āmirlī | District | آمرلي | 39,087 | 46,360 | → |
Ash-Shirqāṭ | District | الشرقاط | 183,504 | 217,269 | → |
Baījī | District | بیجي | 185,430 | 221,666 | → |
Balad | District | بلد | 237,080 | 281,192 | → |
Sāmarrā' | District | سامراء | 206,617 | 247,899 | → |
Tikrīt | District | تكريت | 158,503 | 189,841 | → |
Ṭūz Khūrmātū | District | طوز خورماتو | 124,624 | 150,349 | → |
Wasiṭ | Governorate | واسط | 1,150,079 | 1,378,723 | → |
Al-'Azīziyah | District | العزیزیة | 175,454 | 208,114 | → |
Al-Ḥay | District | الحي | 157,275 | 187,918 | → |
Al-Kūt [Kut] | District | الكوت | 444,128 | 541,641 | → |
An-Nu'māniyah | District | النعمانیة | 144,657 | 171,491 | → |
Aṣ-Ṣuwaīrah | District | الصویرة | 204,158 | 240,643 | → |
Badrah | District | بدرة | 24,407 | 28,916 | → |
Al-'Irāq [Iraq] | Republic | 31,664,466 | 38,124,182 |
Source: Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (web).
Explanation: Area figures of districts are computed by using geospatial data.