Iraq - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Iraq was 10,387,840 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,387,840 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,427,893 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1,427,893
1961 1,552,949
1962 1,689,538
1963 1,838,547
1964 2,001,363
1965 2,178,544
1966 2,299,840
1967 2,398,076
1968 2,500,999
1969 2,608,386
1970 2,720,900
1971 2,838,629
1972 2,961,996
1973 3,090,737
1974 3,225,646
1975 3,366,832
1976 3,514,800
1977 3,669,239
1978 3,789,631
1979 3,896,095
1980 4,005,891
1981 4,118,661
1982 4,234,967
1983 4,354,763
1984 4,478,330
1985 4,605,265
1986 4,736,204
1987 4,871,096
1988 5,010,253
1989 5,153,467
1990 5,301,528
1991 5,454,421
1992 5,612,551
1993 5,775,446
1994 5,943,972
1995 6,118,114
1996 6,298,348
1997 6,484,146
1998 6,660,369
1999 6,834,805
2000 7,014,123
2001 7,197,698
2002 7,386,409
2003 7,580,204
2004 7,472,226
2005 7,370,527
2006 7,274,689
2007 7,184,882
2008 7,460,740
2009 7,749,859
2010 7,939,474
2011 8,133,849
2012 8,333,383
2013 8,537,372
2014 8,746,777
2015 8,961,453
2016 9,181,846
2017 9,407,171
2018 9,638,173
2019 9,877,181
2020 10,126,400
2021 10,387,840

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Iraq was 25.23 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 30.50 in 1992, while its lowest value was 19.59 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 19.59
1961 20.77
1962 22.02
1963 23.31
1964 24.64
1965 26.01
1966 26.58
1967 26.80
1968 27.01
1969 27.21
1970 27.43
1971 27.68
1972 27.94
1973 28.22
1974 28.52
1975 28.81
1976 29.12
1977 29.44
1978 29.47
1979 29.38
1980 29.34
1981 29.33
1982 29.34
1983 29.39
1984 29.48
1985 29.60
1986 29.77
1987 29.96
1988 30.16
1989 30.32
1990 30.44
1991 30.49
1992 30.50
1993 30.47
1994 30.42
1995 30.36
1996 30.31
1997 30.24
1998 30.12
1999 29.97
2000 29.85
2001 29.73
2002 29.63
2003 29.56
2004 28.40
2005 27.38
2006 26.50
2007 25.74
2008 26.28
2009 26.75
2010 26.69
2011 26.47
2012 26.13
2013 25.75
2014 25.42
2015 25.19
2016 25.08
2017 25.05
2018 25.08
2019 25.13
2020 25.18
2021 25.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization