Urban population rose 2.62% to 31.0 mil in Iraq in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Iraq reached an all time high of 31.0 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 3.04 mil in 1960. When compared to Iraq's main peers, urban population in Iran amounted to 67.1 mil, 4.25 mil in Kuwait, 30.4 mil in Saudi Arabia and 12.0 mil in Syria in 2021.
Iraq has been ranked 30th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | mil | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.27 | 9.52 | 9.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 3.91 | 4.05 | 4.12 | 4.32 | 4.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 5.64 | 5.52 | 5.40 | 5.27 | 5.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 76.0 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 30.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 58.6 | 60.1 | 61.3 | 62.2 | 63.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 7.64 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 7.91 | 7.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 9.92 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
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