Area Database (v4.2.1)
% population in urban areas
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| Total | 59.6 | 61.0 | 62.3 | 63.6 | 64.9 | 66.2 | 67.5 | 68.9 | 70.2 | 70.1 | 69.9 | 69.8 | 69.7 | 69.6 | 69.5 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 69.1 | 69.0 | |||||||||||
| Anbar | 52.6 | 52.0 | 51.5 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 49.9 | 49.3 | 48.8 | 48.3 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 46.2 | 45.5 | 44.8 | 44.1 | 43.4 | 42.7 | 42.0 | 41.3 | |||||||||||
| Babylon | 38.5 | 39.5 | 40.6 | 41.7 | 42.8 | 43.9 | 45.0 | 46.0 | 47.1 | 46.8 | 46.6 | 46.3 | 46.0 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 45.1 | 44.8 | 44.5 | 44.2 | |||||||||||
| Baghdad | 83.8 | 84.3 | 84.9 | 85.4 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 86.9 | 87.5 | 88.0 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 87.3 | 87.1 | 86.9 | 86.7 | 86.5 | 86.2 | 86.0 | 85.8 | |||||||||||
| Basra | 74.4 | 75.2 | 76.0 | 76.9 | 77.7 | 78.5 | 79.3 | 80.2 | 81.0 | 79.8 | 78.6 | 77.4 | 76.2 | 75.0 | 73.8 | 72.6 | 71.4 | 70.2 | 69.0 | |||||||||||
| Diala | 33.8 | 35.8 | 37.9 | 39.9 | 42.0 | 44.1 | 46.1 | 48.2 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 49.9 | 49.8 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.3 | 49.2 | 49.1 | 48.9 | 48.8 | |||||||||||
| Dohouk | 73.4 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 72.9 | 72.8 | 72.7 | 72.6 | 72.7 | 72.9 | 73.1 | 73.2 | 73.4 | 73.5 | 73.7 | 73.9 | 74.0 | 74.2 | |||||||||||
| Erbil | 81.7 | 80.9 | 80.2 | 79.5 | 78.7 | 78.0 | 77.3 | 76.5 | 75.8 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 69.8 | 67.7 | 65.7 | 63.7 | 61.7 | 59.7 | 57.7 | 55.7 | |||||||||||
| Kerbela | 58.6 | 59.3 | 60.0 | 60.7 | 61.4 | 62.1 | 62.8 | 63.5 | 64.2 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 63.9 | 63.9 | 63.8 | 63.7 | 63.7 | 63.6 | 63.5 | 63.4 | |||||||||||
| Maysan | 61.3 | 62.7 | 64.1 | 65.5 | 66.9 | 68.3 | 69.7 | 71.1 | 72.5 | 71.9 | 71.4 | 70.8 | 70.2 | 69.6 | 69.0 | 68.5 | 67.9 | 67.3 | 66.7 | |||||||||||
| Muthanna | 36.2 | 37.2 | 38.1 | 39.0 | 39.9 | 40.9 | 41.8 | 42.7 | 43.7 | 47.1 | 50.5 | 54.0 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 64.3 | 67.7 | 71.1 | 74.6 | 78.0 | |||||||||||
| Najaf | 61.1 | 62.6 | 64.2 | 65.7 | 67.2 | 68.7 | 70.3 | 71.8 | 73.3 | 72.6 | 72.0 | 71.3 | 70.6 | 70.0 | 69.3 | 68.7 | 68.0 | 67.3 | 66.7 | |||||||||||
| Nenava | 52.6 | 53.9 | 55.2 | 56.5 | 57.8 | 59.1 | 60.3 | 61.6 | 62.9 | 65.8 | 68.6 | 71.5 | 74.4 | 77.3 | 80.1 | 83.0 | 85.9 | 88.7 | 91.6 | |||||||||||
| Qadisiya | 42.4 | 44.3 | 46.3 | 48.3 | 50.3 | 52.3 | 54.3 | 56.3 | 58.3 | 57.3 | 56.4 | 55.4 | 54.5 | 53.5 | 52.6 | 51.6 | 50.7 | 49.7 | 48.8 | |||||||||||
| Salaheldeen | 38.6 | 39.5 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 46.0 | 46.3 | 46.7 | 47.0 | 47.4 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 48.4 | 48.7 | 49.1 | |||||||||||
| Suleimaniya | 71.7 | 73.5 | 75.2 | 77.0 | 78.8 | 80.5 | 82.3 | 84.1 | 85.8 | 86.2 | 86.7 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 87.9 | 88.3 | 88.8 | 89.2 | 89.6 | 90.0 | |||||||||||
| Ta-amem-Karkuk | 49.2 | 53.7 | 58.3 | 62.8 | 67.4 | 71.9 | 76.4 | 81.0 | 85.5 | 83.6 | 81.7 | 79.8 | 78.0 | 76.1 | 74.2 | 72.3 | 70.4 | 68.5 | 66.6 | |||||||||||
| Thi-Qar | 48.1 | 50.2 | 52.3 | 54.4 | 56.5 | 58.6 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 65.0 | 65.7 | 66.5 | 67.2 | 68.0 | 68.7 | 69.5 | 70.3 | 71.0 | 71.8 | 72.5 | |||||||||||
| Wasit | 46.2 | 47.9 | 49.6 | 51.3 | 53.0 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 58.2 | 59.9 | 59.6 | 59.2 | 58.9 | 58.6 | 58.3 | 58.0 | 57.7 | 57.3 | 57.0 | 56.7 | |||||||||||
Lighter numbers are estimates