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Iraq: Population in the largest city

24.76percent · 2025+2.4% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Iraq from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202524.755
202424.617
202324.486
202224.396
202124.335
202024.279
201924.233
201824.211
201724.205
201624.174
201524.184
201424.368
201324.74
201225.42
201126.022
201026.361
200926.631
200826.48
200725.905
200626.448
200527.42
200429.07
200330.786
200230.997
200131.248
200031.479
199931.746
199831.984
199732.193
199632.383
199532.545
199432.718
199333.337
199233.969
199133.985
199033.381
198932.885
198832.912
198732.855
198632.935
198533.016
198433.158
198333.603
198234.059
198134.506
198035.052
197935.667
197836.311
197736.786
197636.75
197536.723
197436.744
197336.823
197236.958
197137.117
197037.317
196937.558
196837.826
196738.119
196638.443
196538.315
196437.102
196336.044
196235.115
196134.132
196032.992

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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