Najaf has a population of 482,576, making it the 10th largest place we list in Iraq.
Najaf holds 1.0% of Iraq's 48,007,437 people. Baghdad, the largest place we list there, is 15 times its size.
482,576
population
#10
in Iraq
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Abū Ghurayb | Baghdad | 900,000 |
| Sulaymaniyah | Sulaymaniyah | 878,146 |
| Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | 558,400 |
| Al Hillah | Babil | 455,700 |
| Abū al-Kahṣīb | Basra | 357,771 |
| Al Maḩmūdīyah | Baghdad | 350,000 |
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.