Mosul has a population of 1,683,000, making it the 2nd largest place we list in Iraq. It is in Nineveh.
Mosul holds 3.5% of Iraq's 48,007,437 people. Baghdad, the largest place we list there, is 4.3 times its size.
1,683,000
population
#2
in Iraq
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Baghdad | Baghdad | 7,216,000 |
| Erbil | Erbil | 1,612,700 |
| Basrah | Basra | 1,326,564 |
| Karbala | Karbala | 1,218,732 |
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.