Sulaymaniyah has a population of 878,146, making it the 8th largest place we list in Iraq.
Sulaymaniyah holds 1.8% of Iraq's 48,007,437 people. Baghdad, the largest place we list there, is 8.2 times its size.
878,146
population
#8
in Iraq
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Sadr City | Baghdad | 1,211,849 |
| Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 1,031,000 |
| Abū Ghurayb | Baghdad | 900,000 |
| Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | 558,400 |
| Najaf | Najaf | 482,576 |
| Al Hillah | Babil | 455,700 |
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.