Basrah has a population of 1,326,564, making it the 4th largest place we list in Iraq. It is in Basra.
Basrah holds 2.8% of Iraq's 48,007,437 people. Baghdad, the largest place we list there, is 5.4 times its size.
1,326,564
population
#4
in Iraq
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Baghdad | Baghdad | 7,216,000 |
| Mosul | Nineveh | 1,683,000 |
| Erbil | Erbil | 1,612,700 |
| Karbala | Karbala | 1,218,732 |
| Sadr City | Baghdad | 1,211,849 |
| Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 1,031,000 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.