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Iraq: Administrative Division

Contents: Governorates and Districts

The population of the governorates and districts of Iraq according to official population estimates.

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NameStatusNativePopulation
Estimate
2009-10-17		Population
Census
2024-11-25
Al-AnbārGovernorateالانبار1,483,3592,004,418
Al-'ĀmiriyahDistrictالعامریة89,70478,174
Al-Fallūjah [Fallujah]Districtالفلوجة320,960485,474
Al-ḤabbāniyahDistrictالحبانیة118,131142,642
Al-KarmahDistrictالكرمة116,197147,125
Al-Qā'imDistrictالقائم116,118140,923
Al-'UbūrDistrictالعبور34,02844,306
'AnahDistrictعنھ26,16230,921
Ar-Ramādī [Ramadi]Districtالرمادي373,569573,672
Ar-RuṭbahDistrictالرطبة39,00041,285
Ḥadīṭha [Haditha]Districtحدیثة87,219114,697
HītDistrictھیت142,535188,370
RāwahDistrictراوة19,73616,829
Al-Baṣrah [Basra]Governorateالبصرة2,405,4343,664,168
Abū al-KahṣībDistrictأبو الخصيب183,285394,716
Ad-DaīrDistrictالدیر91,528134,328
Al-Baṣrah [Basra]Districtالبصرة1,040,3681,337,707
Al-FāwDistrictالفاو34,84045,388
Al-HārithahDistrictالھارثة135,500193,495
Al-MidaīnahDistrictالمدینة125,461196,008
Al-QurnahDistrictالقرنة149,962211,499
Aṣ-ṢādiqDistrictالصادق74,430113,517
Az-ZubayrDistrictالزبیر376,824598,460
SafwānDistrictسفوان48,64784,022
Shaṭṭ al-'ArabDistrictشط العرب144,589355,028
Al-MuthannāGovernorateالمثنى683,1261,043,087
Al-HilālDistrictالھلال34,77051,482
Al-KhiḍirDistrictالخضر94,137147,312
Al-MajdDistrictالمجد37,95259,570
Al-Warkā'Districtالوركاء86,120141,273
An-NajmīDistrictالنجمي30,88447,240
Ar-RumaītahDistrictالرمیتة101,229141,946
As-SalmānDistrictالسلمان9,32410,608
As-SamāwahDistrictالسماوة247,197373,770
As-SuwaīrDistrictالسویر41,51369,886
Al-QādisiyahGovernorateالقادسية1,077,6141,477,310
Ad-Dīwāniyah [Diwaniya]Districtالديوانية361,304481,773
'AfakDistrictعفك66,47795,948
Akad [Ad-Daghārah]Districtاكد55,78689,503
Al-BudaīrDistrictالبدیر50,68865,293
Al-ḤamzahDistrictالحمزة111,251164,998
Al-MahnāwiyahDistrictالمھناویة38,29651,983
Ash-Shāfi'iyahDistrictالشافعیة43,46967,348
Ash-ShāmiyahDistrictالشامیة108,883145,763
Ash-ShināqiyahDistrictالشناقیة48,83645,353
As-SaniyahDistrictالسنیة39,36766,119
As-SudayrDistrictالسدیر36,55456,209
GhammāsDistrictغماس82,30994,362
SūmirDistrictسومر34,39452,658
An-NajafGovernorateالنجف1,221,2281,950,833
Al-KūfahDistrictالكوفة305,932589,415
Al-Manādhirah [Al-Manathera]Districtالمناذرة111,215131,980
Al-Mishkhāb [Al-Meshkhab]Districtالمشخاب117,179147,347
An-Najaf [Najaf]Districtالنجف686,9021,082,091
Arbīl [Erbil]Governorateأربيل1,532,0812,517,534
Ainkāwah [Enkawa]Districtعنكاوة21,87240,708
Arbīl [Hewlêr, Erbil]Districtأربيل768,0281,288,538
Dhashtā Hawlī'r [Deşta Hewlêrê]Districtدةشتى ھةولیَر158,947315,266
Harīr [Harîr]Districtھریر51,98563,587
Jūmān [Çoman]Districtجومان26,10528,150
Khabāt [Xebat]Districtخبات82,703148,047
Khalīfān [Xelîfan]Districtخلیفان32,31339,909
Kuysanjaq [Koye]Districtكؤیسنجق93,411110,172
Maīrkahsūr [Mêrgesor‎]Districtمَیركةسور44,29961,866
Pīrmām [Pîrmam]Districtبيرمام52,16196,713
Qūshtabah [Quştepe]Districtقوشتبة25,78654,622
Rawāndūz [Rewandiz]Districtرِواندوز21,21326,979
Shaqlāwah [Şeqlawe]Districtشقلاوة30,22444,172
Sīdakān [Sîdekan]Districtسيدكان14,15919,209
Sūrān [Soran‎]Districtسؤران108,875179,596
As-SulaymāniyahGovernorateالسليمانية1,693,9952,287,798
As-Sulaymāniyah [Silêmanî, Sulaymaniyah]Districtالسليمانية688,9921,056,067
Banjwīn [Pêncwîn]Districtبنجوین38,01652,251
Bashdar [Pişder]Districtبشدر107,789140,688
Bāzyān [Bazyan]Districtبازیان36,65053,167
Darbandikhān [Derbendîxan]Districtدربندخان41,60056,146
Dūkān [Dûkan]Districtدوكان59,53175,167
Ḥājīāwah [Hacîawe]Districtحاجیاوة48,00966,788
Jamjamāl [Çemçemal]Districtجمجمال140,261109,502
Kalār [Kelar]Districtكلار164,975213,452
Khānaqīn [Xaneqîn]Districtخانقین11,33218,054
Kifrī [Kifrî]Districtكفري45,39650,714
Māwat [Mawet]Districtماوت7,7803,843
Qara Dāgh [Qeredax]Districtقرة داغ8,9737,590
Rānyah [Raniye]Districtرانیة146,894197,700
Saīd Ṣādiq [Seyd Sadiq]Districtسید صادق72,24393,247
Shārah Zūr [Şarezûr]Districtشارة زوور57,99273,776
Shārbāzīr [Şarbajêr]Districtشاربازیر17,56219,646
Bābil [Babylon]Governorateبابل1,729,6662,482,324
Al-HāshmiyahDistrictالھاشمیة226,418359,137
Al-Ḥillah [Hillah]Districtالحلة576,945848,512
Al-KiflDistrictالكفل124,096192,391
Al-MaḥāwīlDistrictالمحاویل187,561268,266
Al-MusayabDistrictالمسیب329,330411,654
Al-QāsimDistrictالقاسم173,299247,784
KūthāDistrictكوثى112,017154,580
BaghdādGovernorateبغداد6,702,5389,780,429
Abū GhraībDistrictأبو غريب269,171450,808
Al-Ā'ẓamiyah [Adhamiyah]Districtالاعظمیة772,9641,204,579
Al-KarkhDistrictالكرخ1,309,4882,075,295
Al-Kāẓimiyyah [Kadhimiya]Districtالكاظمیة...238,720
Al-Madā'inDistrictالمدائن383,868687,060
Al-Maḥmūdiyah [Mahmoudiyah]Districtالمحمودیة405,838607,427
Ar-RāshidiyahDistrictالراشدیة36,69173,347
Ar-RuṣāfahDistrictالرصافة1,486,7991,800,181
Aṣ-Ṣadr al-Āwlā [Sadr City 1]Districtالصدر الاولى582,067548,711
Aṣ-Ṣadr ath-Thāniyah [Sadr City 2]Districtالصدر الثانیة413,683360,648
Aṭ-ṬārmiyahDistrictالطارمية121,940160,017
Az-ZahūrDistrictالزھور179,345250,170
Az-Zawrā' [← Ar-Ruṣāfah, Aṣ-Ṣadr al-Āwlā, Aṣ-Ṣadr ath-Thāniyah]Districtالزوراء...476,394
Faḍā' al-Kāẓimiyyah [At-Tājī]Districtفضاء الكاظمية143,979208,013
Samā al-Kāẓimiyyah [Dhāt as-Salāsil]Districtسما الكاظمية...639,059
Dahūk [Dohuk]Governorateدهوك1,072,3241,599,871
'Ākra [Akrê]Districtئاكرى148,515216,146
Al-'Amādiyah [Amêdî]Districtالعمادية95,159103,507
Ash-Shaīkhān [Shekhan]Districtالشیخان85,07569,279
Bardarash [Berdereş]Districtبردرش116,700129,715
Bātīfā [Batîfa]Districtباتیفا20,07019,000
Dahūk [Dihok, Dohuk]Districtدهوك308,302497,029
Sumaīl [Sêmêl, Simele]Districtسمیل72,203166,319
Zākhū [Zaxo]Districtزاخو226,300398,876
Dhī Qār [Theqar]Governorateذي قار1,744,3982,499,468
Ad-DawāyahDistrictالدوایة74,88790,742
Al-Baṭḥā'aDistrictالبطحاء40,88155,429
Al-FajrDistrictالفجر52,98276,168
Al-FuhūdDistrictالفھود39,76955,987
Al-GharrāfDistrictالغراف103,752145,659
Al-IṣlāḥDistrictالاصلاح39,09350,596
Al-Jibāyish [Al-Chibayish]Districtالجبایش45,45663,204
An-Nāṣiriyah [Nasiriyah]Districtالناصرية511,611789,847
An-NaṣrDistrictالنصر86,898113,587
Ar-Rifā'īDistrictالرفاعي136,086194,946
Ash-ShaṭrahDistrictالشطرة206,483292,930
Karmat Banī Sa'īdDistrictكرمة بني سعید69,90294,293
Qal'at SikarDistrictقلعة سكر87,545124,104
Saīd DakhīlDistrictسید دخیل51,55272,891
Sūq ash-ShuyūkhDistrictسوق الشیوخ197,501279,085
DiyālāGovernorateديالى1,371,0351,934,504
Al-KhāliṣDistrictالخالص243,360356,395
Al-ManṣūriyahDistrictالمنصوریة52,58274,789
Al-MuqdādiyahDistrictالمقدادیة214,050254,346
BaladrūzDistrictبلدروز84,504117,497
Ba'qūbah [Baquba]Districtبعقوبة500,053754,785
KhānaqīnDistrictخانقین193,685260,907
KifrīDistrictكفري43,46866,437
MandalīDistrictمندلي39,33349,348
Ḥalabjah [Halabja]Governorateحلبجة90,858113,926
Bamū [Bemo]Districtبمو900577
Bīārā [Biyare]Districtبیارا6,1615,049
Ḥalabjah [Helebce]Districtحلبجة55,58875,922
Khūrmāl [Xurmal]Districtخورمال17,93320,958
Sīrwān [Sîrwan]Districtسیروان10,27611,420
Karbalā' [Kerbala]Governorateكربلاء1,013,2541,754,065
Al-HindiyahDistrictالھندیة146,127243,720
Al-ḤurDistrictالحر199,496362,102
Al-ḤusayniyahDistrictالحسینیة128,521194,589
Al-Jadwal al-GharbīDistrictالجدول الغربي72,563108,783
At-TamurDistrictالتمر23,80233,503
Karbalā' [Kerbala]Districtكربلاء442,745811,368
KirkūkGovernorateكركوك1,325,8532,034,627
Ad-Dibs [Dibis]Districtالدبس61,53978,101
Al-Ḥawījah [Hawija]Districtالحویجة256,149321,299
DāqūqDistrictداقوق83,37385,773
KirkūkDistrictكركوك924,7921,549,454
MaysānGovernorateميسان922,8901,293,636
Al-'Amārah [Amara]Districtالعمارة459,216719,898
'Alī al-GharbīDistrictعلي الغربي44,70363,222
Al-Kaḥlā'Districtالكحلاء75,645107,276
Al-MaīmūnahDistrictالمیمونة88,45699,704
Al-Majar al-KabīrDistrictالمجر الكبير131,993163,136
KumaytDistrictكمیت31,76739,628
Qal'at ṢāliḥDistrictقلعة صالح91,110100,772
Nīnawā [Nineveh]Governorateنينوى3,106,9484,261,980
Al-Ba'ājDistrictالبعاج149,420121,075
Al-Ḥaḍra [Hatra]Districtالحضر49,42060,440
Al-ḤamdāniyahDistrictالحمدانية175,145249,808
Al-Mawṣil [Mosul]Districtالموصل1,588,4272,346,534
Ash-Shaīkhān [Shekhan]Districtالشیخان36,598117,621
MakhmūrDistrictمخمور174,101212,357
SinjārDistrictسنجار271,457201,002
Tal'afar [Tel Afar]Districtتلعفر425,214546,411
Talkayf [Tel Keppe, Tel Kaif]Districtتلكیف237,166406,732
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn [Saladin]Governorateصلاح الدين1,337,7861,774,542
Ad-DawrDistrictالدور59,84055,230
Ad-DujaīlDistrictالدجیل92,387132,119
Aḍ-Ḍulū'īahDistrictالضلوعیة57,58987,224
Al-'AlamDistrictالعلم50,71487,870
ĀmirlīDistrictآمرلي39,08725,843
Ash-ShirqāṭDistrictالشرقاط183,504261,926
BaījīDistrictبیجي185,430186,672
BaladDistrictبلد179,491228,925
Sāmarrā'Districtسامراء206,617307,560
TikrītDistrictتكريت158,503253,957
Ṭūz KhūrmātūDistrictطوز خورماتو124,624147,216
WasiṭGovernorateواسط1,150,0791,644,273
Al-AḥrārDistrictالاحرار47,85860,829
Al-'AzīziyahDistrictالعزیزیة175,454267,371
Al-ḤayDistrictالحي112,636136,984
Al-Kūt [Kut]Districtالكوت444,128654,110
Al-MūwafaqiyahDistrictالموفقیة44,63960,985
An-Nu'māniyahDistrictالنعمانیة96,799135,177
Aṣ-ṢuwaīrahDistrictالصویرة156,849226,734
Az-ZubaīdiyahDistrictالزبیدیة47,30965,358
BadrahDistrictبدرة24,40736,725
Al-'Irāq [Iraq]Republic31,664,46646,118,793

Source: Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology.

Explanation: Area figures are calculated using geospatial data. The 2009 figures refer to a population estimation done by the household listing in the same year.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2018)
Males19,261,253
Females18,862,929
Urbanization (E 2018)
Rural11,495,849
Urban26,628,333