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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
Estimate
2018-07-01
Al-AnbārGovernorateالانبار1,483,3591,771,656
Al-'ĀmiriyahDistrictالعامریة89,704105,336
Al-Fallūjah [Fallujah]Districtالفلوجة437,157522,795
Al-ḤabbāniyahDistrictالحبانیة118,131138,754
Al-Qā'imDistrictالقائم150,146179,192
'AnahDistrictعنھ26,16231,575
Ar-Ramādī [Ramadi]Districtالرمادي373,569446,519
Ar-RuṭbahDistrictالرطبة39,00047,040
Ḥadīṭha [Haditha]Districtحدیثة87,219105,710
HītDistrictھیت142,535170,776
RāwahDistrictراوة19,73623,959
Al-Baṣrah [Basra]Governorateالبصرة2,405,4342,908,491
Abū al-KahṣībDistrictأبو الخصيب183,285223,675
Al-Baṣrah [Basra]Districtالبصرة1,175,8681,436,253
Al-FāwDistrictالفاو34,84042,252
Al-MidaīnahDistrictالمدینة199,891234,641
Al-QurnahDistrictالقرنة241,490286,073
Az-ZubayrDistrictالزبیر425,471511,224
Shaṭṭ al-'ArabDistrictشط العرب144,589174,373
Al-MuthannāGovernorateالمثنى683,126814,371
Al-KhiḍirDistrictالخضر94,137111,827
Al-Warkā'Districtالوركاء86,12099,856
Ar-RumaītahDistrictالرمیتة204,835243,047
As-SalmānDistrictالسلمان9,32411,070
As-SamāwahDistrictالسماوة288,710348,571
Al-QādisiyahGovernorateالقادسية1,077,6141,291,048
Ad-Dīwāniyah [Diwaniya]Districtالديوانية499,926602,418
'AfakDistrictعفك151,559180,467
Al-ḤamzahDistrictالحمزة196,641234,929
Ash-ShāmiyahDistrictالشامیة229,488273,234
An-NajafGovernorateالنجف1,221,2281,471,592
Al-KūfahDistrictالكوفة305,932367,558
Al-Manādhirah [Al-Manathera]Districtالمناذرة111,215133,250
Al-Mishkhāb [Al-Meshkhab]Districtالمشخاب117,179140,132
An-Najaf [Najaf]Districtالنجف686,902830,652
Arbīl [Erbil]Governorateأربيل1,532,0811,854,778
Arbīl [Hewlêr, Erbil]Districtأربيل789,900956,812
Dhashtā Hawlī'r [Deşta Hewlêrê]Districtدةشتى ھةولیَر184,733223,694
Jūmān [Çoman]Districtجومان26,10531,549
Khabāt [Xebat]Districtخبات92,084111,386
Kuysanjaq [Koye]Districtكؤیسنجق93,411113,038
Maīrkahsūr [Mêrgesor‎]Districtمَیركةسور44,29953,464
Rawāndūz [Rewandiz]Districtرِواندوز21,21325,641
Shaqlāwah [Şeqlawe]Districtشقلاوة124,989151,182
Sūrān [Soran‎]Districtسؤران155,347188,012
As-SulaymāniyahGovernorateالسليمانية1,694,8952,053,305
As-Sulaymāniyah [Silêmanî, Sulaymaniyah]Districtالسليمانية725,642878,146
Banjwīn [Pêncwîn]Districtبنجوین38,01646,265
Bashdar [Pişder]Districtبشدر107,789130,786
Darbandikhān [Derbendîxan]Districtدربندخان41,60050,344
Dūkān [Dûkan]Districtدوكان59,53172,371
Jamjamāl [Çemçemal]Districtجمجمال140,261169,834
Kalār [Kelar]Districtكلار164,975199,584
Khānaqīn [Xaneqîn]Districtخانقین12,23214,982
Kifrī [Kifrî]Districtكفري45,39655,136
Māwat [Mawet]Districtماوت7,7809,524
Qara Dāgh [Qeredax]Districtقرة داغ8,97310,968
Rānyah [Raniye]Districtرانیة194,903235,992
Saīd Ṣādiq [Seyd Sadiq]Districtسید صادق72,24387,699
Shārah Zūr [Şarezûr]Districtشارة زوور57,99270,231
Shārbāzīr [Şarbajêr]Districtشاربازیر17,56221,443
Bābil [Babylon]Governorateبابل1,729,6662,065,042
Al-HāshmiyahDistrictالھاشمیة399,717476,132
Al-Ḥillah [Hillah]Districtالحلة701,041841,276
Al-MaḥāwīlDistrictالمحاویل299,578354,104
Al-MusayabDistrictالمسیب329,330393,530
BaghdādGovernorateبغداد6,702,5388,126,755
Abū GhraībDistrictأبو غريب269,171323,068
Al-Ā'ẓamiyah [Adhamiyah]Districtالاعظمیة989,0001,202,492
Al-KarkhDistrictالكرخ1,309,4881,593,676
Al-Kāẓimiyyah [Kadhimiya]Districtالكاظمیة740,684897,396
Al-Madā'inDistrictالمدائن383,868459,673
Al-Maḥmūdiyah [Mahmoudiyah]Districtالمحمودیة405,838484,004
Ar-RuṣāfahDistrictالرصافة1,486,7991,809,468
Aṣ-Ṣadr al-Āwlā [Sadr City 1]Districtالصدر الاولى582,067708,388
Aṣ-Ṣadr ath-Thāniyah [Sadr City 2]Districtالصدر الثانیة413,683503,461
Aṭ-ṬārmiyahDistrictالطارمية121,940145,129
Dahūk [Dohuk]Governorateدهوك1,072,3241,292,535
'Ākra [Akrê]Districtئاكرى148,515177,200
Al-'Amādiyah [Amêdî]Districtالعمادية95,159114,464
Ash-Shaīkhān [Shekhan]Districtالشیخان85,075102,376
Bardarash [Berdereş]Districtبردرش116,700138,664
Dahūk [Dihok, Dohuk]Districtدهوك308,302374,522
Sumaīl [Sêmêl, Simele]Districtسمیل91,676110,218
Zākhū [Zaxo]Districtزاخو226,897275,091
Dhī Qār [Theqar]Governorateذي قار1,744,3982,095,172
Ad-DawāyahDistrictالدوایة74,88788,883
Al-FuhūdDistrictالفھود39,76947,639
Al-IṣlāḥDistrictالاصلاح39,09346,196
Al-Jibāyish [Al-Chibayish]Districtالجبایش45,45655,153
An-Nāṣiriyah [Nasiriyah]Districtالناصرية552,492672,333
Ar-Rifā'īDistrictالرفاعي222,984265,350
Ash-ShaṭrahDistrictالشطرة310,235372,169
Qal'at SikarDistrictقلعة سكر140,527167,379
Saīd DakhīlDistrictسید دخیل51,55260,612
Sūq ash-ShuyūkhDistrictسوق الشیوخ267,403319,458
DiyālāGovernorateديالى1,371,0351,637,226
Al-KhāliṣDistrictالخالص295,942349,940
Al-MuqdādiyahDistrictالمقدادیة214,050254,526
BaladrūzDistrictبلدروز123,837148,177
Ba'qūbah [Baquba]Districtبعقوبة500,053600,780
KhānaqīnDistrictخانقین193,685232,224
KifrīDistrictكفري43,46851,579
Ḥalabjah [Halabja]Governorateحلبجة89,958108,974
Ḥalabjah [Helebce]Districtحلبجة89,958108,974
Karbalā' [Kerbala]Governorateكربلاء1,013,2541,218,732
Al-HindiyahDistrictالھندیة218,690261,671
At-TamurDistrictالتمر23,80228,477
Karbalā' [Kerbala]Districtكربلاء770,762928,584
KirkūkGovernorateكركوك1,325,8531,597,876
Ad-Dibs [Dibis]Districtالدبس61,53970,774
Al-Ḥawījah [Hawija]Districtالحویجة256,149293,290
DāqūqDistrictداقوق83,37395,109
KirkūkDistrictكركوك924,7921,138,703
MaysānGovernorateميسان922,8901,112,673
Al-'Amārah [Amara]Districtالعمارة490,983599,234
'Alī al-GharbīDistrictعلي الغربي44,70353,143
Al-Kaḥlā'Districtالكحلاء75,64589,015
Al-MaīmūnahDistrictالمیمونة88,456103,913
Al-Majar al-KabīrDistrictالمجر الكبير131,993159,303
Qal'at ṢāliḥDistrictقلعة صالح91,110108,065
Nīnawā [Nineveh]Governorateنينوى3,106,9483,729,998
Al-Ba'ājDistrictالبعاج149,420179,520
Al-Ḥaḍra [Hatra]Districtالحضر49,42059,429
Al-ḤamdāniyahDistrictالحمدانية175,145210,601
Al-Mawṣil [Mosul]Districtالموصل1,588,4271,905,174
Ash-Shīkhān [Shekhan]Districtالشیخان36,59843,984
MakhmūrDistrictمخمور174,101209,545
SinjārDistrictسنجار271,457325,816
SumaīlDistrictسمیل62,30974,662
Tal'afar [Tel Afar]Districtتلعفر425,214511,004
Talkayf [Tel Keppe, Tel Kaif]Districtتلكیف174,857210,263
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn [Saladin]Governorateصلاح الدين1,337,7861,595,235
Ad-DawrDistrictالدور59,84071,027
Ad-DujaīlDistrictالدجیل92,387109,697
Al-'AlamDistrictالعلم50,71459,935
ĀmirlīDistrictآمرلي39,08746,360
Ash-ShirqāṭDistrictالشرقاط183,504217,269
BaījīDistrictبیجي185,430221,666
BaladDistrictبلد237,080281,192
Sāmarrā'Districtسامراء206,617247,899
TikrītDistrictتكريت158,503189,841
Ṭūz KhūrmātūDistrictطوز خورماتو124,624150,349
WasiṭGovernorateواسط1,150,0791,378,723
Al-'AzīziyahDistrictالعزیزیة175,454208,114
Al-ḤayDistrictالحي157,275187,918
Al-Kūt [Kut]Districtالكوت444,128541,641
An-Nu'māniyahDistrictالنعمانیة144,657171,491
Aṣ-ṢuwaīrahDistrictالصویرة204,158240,643
BadrahDistrictبدرة24,40728,916
Al-'Irāq [Iraq]Republic31,664,46638,124,182

Source: Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (web).

Explanation: Area figures of districts are computed by using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

MalesFemales49.5%50.5%
GenderPersons
Males19,261,253
Females18,862,929
Gender (E 2018)
Males19,261,253
Females18,862,929
RuralUrban30.2%69.8%
UrbanizationPersons
Rural11,495,849
Urban26,628,333
Urbanization (E 2018)
Rural11,495,849
Urban26,628,333

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