Erbil has a population of 1,612,700, making it the 3rd largest place we list in Iraq.
Erbil holds 3.4% of Iraq's 48,007,437 people. Baghdad, the largest place we list there, is 4.5 times its size.
1,612,700
population
#3
in Iraq
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Baghdad | Baghdad | 7,216,000 |
| Mosul | Nineveh | 1,683,000 |
| Basrah | Basra | 1,326,564 |
| Karbala | Karbala | 1,218,732 |
| Sadr City | Baghdad | 1,211,849 |
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.