https://gospelgo.com/y/iraq.htm N° City or Town Governorate Census 1 Baghdad Baghdad 3,841,268 5,521,242 6,719,477 7,837,463 2 Mosul Nineveh 664,221 1,136,990 1,361,819 1,529,384 3 Basra Basra 406,296 1,091,627 1,340,827 1,293,052 4 Kirkuk Kirkuk 418,624 782,143 972,272 1,249,197 5 Erbil Erbil 585,968 725,356 879,071 1,001,219 6 Najaf Najaf 309,010 617,125 747,261 830,664 7 Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah 364,096 559,685 676,492 828,850 8 Karbala Karbala 296,705 588,283 711,530 784,219 9 Nasiriyah Dhi Qar 265,937 455,721 558,446 704,976 10 Amarah Maysan 208,797 428,804 527,472 668,356 11 Kut Wasit 183,183 312,610 389,376 506,067 12 Hillah Babylon 268,834 373,063 455,741 470,917 13 Duhok Duhok 280,137 340,871 452,967 14 Diwaniyah Qādisiyyah 196,519 332,124 403,796 396,257 15 Zubayr Basra 244,855 300,751 16 Baqubah Diyala 227,785 279,133 17 Fallujah Al Anbar 203,451 250,884 18 Ramadi Al Anbar 192,556 181,264 223,525 19 Samawah Muthanna 179,140 221,743 20 Zakho Duhok 174,197 211,964 398,876 21 Abu Al-Khaseeb Basra 165,102 203,155 22 Al-Shatrah Dhi Qar 148,664 182,175 23 Tal Afar Nineveh 143,982 172,453 24 Kufa Najaf 141,472 171,305 25 Kalar Sulaymaniyah 120,099 145,164 26 Samarra Saladin 119,022 144,771 27 Shatt Al-Arab Basra 108,277 132,995 28 Soran Erbil 100,512 131,813 179,596 29 Suq al-Shuyukh Dhi Qar 107,373 131,576 30 Al-Shamal Nineveh 106,875 128,007 31 Al-Qurnah Basra 102,936 126,434 32 Al-Wahda Baghdad 91,071 110,836 33 Tikrit Saladin 89,584 108,964 34 Tuz Khurmatu Saladin 84,323 102,565 35 Al-Mahmudiyah Baghdad 83,336 101,421 36 Iskandariya Babylon 82,366 100,619 37 Al-Mejar Al-Kabir Maysan 76,365 93,937 38 Ranya Sulaymaniyah 76,111 91,995 197,700 39 Hamza Qādisiyyah 71,346 86,743 40 Al-Rumaitha Muthanna 69,528 86,063 41 Al-Hay Wasit 68,640 85,496 42 Al-Hindiya Karbala 69,504 84,065 43 Baiji Saladin 68,170 82,918 44 Al-Qasim Babylon 66,713 81,498 45 Muqdadiyah Diyala 65,038 79,699 46 Al-Suwaira Wasit 61,954 77,168 47 Al-Rifa'i Dhi Qar 60,885 74,609 48 Al-Qa'im Al Anbar 60,055 74,056 49 Qaladiza Sulaymaniyah 61,182 73,951 50 Simele Duhok 58,808 71,557 51 An Numaniyah Wasit 56,988 70,982 52 Fayda Nineveh 57,610 69,001 53 Akre Duhok 55,691 68,093 54 Halabja Halabja 55,588 67,190 55 Hit Al Anbar 54,055 66,657 56 Kasnazan Erbil 54,391 65,917 57 Chamchamal Sulaymaniyah 54,003 65,274 58 Balad Ruz Diyala 52,122 63,871 59 Al Nasr Wal Salam Baghdad 52,245 63,584 60 Al Khalis Diyala 51,003 62,500 61 Jalawla Diyala 50,690 62,117 62 Koy Sanjaq Erbil 51,196 62,046 63 Said Sadiq Sulaymaniyah 50,995 61,638 64 Balad Saladin 49,281 59,943 65 Al Midhatiya Babylon 48,672 59,458 66 Bnaslawa Erbil 48,035 58,214 67 Al-Shamiya Qādisiyyah 47,711 58,007 68 Musayyib Babylon 46,934 57,335 69 Qahtaniyah Nineveh 47,385 56,755 70 Qasrok Duhok 46,357 56,407 71 Al-Aziziyah Wasit 44,868 55,886 72 Al-Shirqat Saladin 44,912 54,629 73 Haji Awa Sulaymaniyah 44,440 53,714 74 Daratu Erbil 44,308 53,697 75 Qalat Sukkar Dhi Qar 43,551 53,367 76 Şoriş Sulaymaniyah 42,703 51,615 77 Khanaqin Diyala 42,057 51,538 78 Al-Nasr Dhi Qar 41,698 51,097 79 Umm Qasr Basra 40,531 49,783 80 Al-Gharraf Dhi Qar 39,624 48,556 Ancient cities and towns Babylon (ܒܒܝܠ) (بابل) Ctesiphon (Al-Mada'in, المدائن) Eridu (إريدو) Hatra (حضر) Kish (كيش) Lagash (لجش) Nineveh (ܢܝܢܘܐ) (نينوى) Nippur (نيبور) Nuzi (Nuzu) Samarra Shenna (Sinn Barimma) Sumer (سومر) Tell Ubaid (تل عبيد) Ur (أور) Uruk (أوروك) Lubdu Arrapha (now Kirkuk) Ethnologue aiiAssyrian Neo-Aramaic bjmBajelani ckbCentral Kurdish cldChaldean Neo-Aramaic afbGulf Arabic yhdJudeo-Iraqi Arabic sdfKakayi kqdKoy Sanjaq Surat lsdLishana Deni hacMacho acmMesopotamian Arabic arsNajdi Arabic midNeo-Mandaic aypNorth Mesopotamian Arabic kmrNorthern Kurdish sdbShabak azbSouth Azerbaijani sdhSouthern Kurdish sycSyriac Joshua Project Adyghe 47,000 Afro-Iraqi 1,548,000 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 52,000 Arab, Bedouin 170,000 Arab, Egyptian general 551,000 Arab, Iraqi 21,512,000 Arab, Marsh 54,000 Arab, North Iraqi 11,219,000 Arab, Palestinian 25,000 Arab, Syrian 39,000 Armenian 7,200 Assyrian 94,000 Bajelani 82,000 Chaldean 51,000 Chechen 14,000 Deaf 131,000 Gurani, Hawrami 103,000 Gurani, Sarli 25,000 Herki 50,000 Koy Sanjaq Surat 1,100 Kurd, Badini 2,020,000 Kurd, Sorani 3,101,000 Kurd, Southern 1,548,000 Kurd, Syrian 265,000 Luri, Northern 511,000 Mandaean, Sabean 31,000 Nepali, general 22,000 Persian 566,000 Romani, Domari 46,000 Shabak 258,000 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 5,500 Turkmen, Middle-Eastern 2,851,000 Yazidi 671,000 Totals: 33 47,669,000 27 ◼︎ (12 ✸︎) Unclassified / Other Individuals 338,000 UN Country Population (2026) 48,007,000 Toggle navigation Joshua Project Home Country: Iraq People Groups Total 33 People Groups Unreached 27 (81.8%) People Groups Unreached Frontier 12 (36.4%) Population Total 47,669,000 Population in Unreached 46,959,000 (98.5%) Population in Unreached Frontier 8,730,000 (18.3%) % Christian Adherent 0.9% % Evangelical 0.2% Progress Scale+ − Leaflet | Powered by Esri | USGS, NOAA Peoples Provinces Progress Religions Languages Ministries Details Columns: Click column headings for sorting ▲▼ People Group ▲ Population this Ctry Progress Scale Adyghe 47,000 Afro-Iraqi 1,548,000 Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken 52,000 Arab, Bedouin 170,000 Arab, Egyptian general 551,000 Arab, Iraqi 21,512,000 Arab, Marsh 54,000 Arab, North Iraqi 11,219,000 Arab, Palestinian 25,000 Arab, Syrian 39,000 Armenian 7,200 Assyrian 94,000 Bajelani 82,000 Chaldean 51,000 Chechen 14,000 Deaf 131,000 Gurani, Hawrami 103,000 Gurani, Sarli 25,000 Herki 50,000 Koy Sanjaq Surat 1,100 Kurd, Badini 2,020,000 Kurd, Sorani 3,101,000 Kurd, Southern 1,548,000 Kurd, Syrian 265,000 Luri, Northern 511,000 Mandaean, Sabean 31,000 Nepali, general 22,000 Persian 566,000 Romani, Domari 46,000 Shabak 258,000 Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo 5,500 Turkmen, Middle-Eastern 2,851,000 Yazidi 671,000 Totals: 33 47,669,000 27 ◼︎ (12 ✸︎) Unclassified / Other Individuals 338,000 UN Country Population (2026) 48,007,000 Minor Groups Americans, U.S. 3,500 English Christianity Arab, Saudi - Najdi 1,500 Arabic, Najdi Islam Arab, Sudanese 4,000 Arabic, Sudanese Islam British 3,100 English Christianity French 1,000 French Christianity Greek 300 Greek Christianity Han Chinese, Mandarin 2,700 Chinese, Mandarin Non-Religious Italian 300 Italian Christianity Kurd, Southern Unknown Kurdish, Southern Islam Turk 3,600 Turkish Islam Urdu 4,900 Urdu Islam Yahudic, Judeo-Iraqi 200 Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi Ethnic Religions Totals: 12 Global Recordings