Regions in Iraq
Please note that unfortunately population data are not available for all regions in Iraq.
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Primary administrative regions in Iraq
There are 19 regions in Iraq in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Baghdad Baghdad Governorate | 1. | 14,000,000 | Baghdad Baghdad | 7,216,000 |
Nineveh Muḩāfaz̧at Nīnawá | 2. | 3,270,422 | Mosul Mosul | 1,683,000 |
Arbil Erbil | 3. | 2,000,000 | Erbil Erbil | 1,612,700 |
Basra Muḩāfaz̧at al Başrah | 4. | 4,500,000 | Basrah Basrah | 1,326,564 |
Muhafazat Karbala' Muḩāfaz̧at Karbalā’ | 5. | 1,200,000 | Karbala Karbala | 1,218,732 |
Kirkuk Kirkuk | 6. | 1,395,614 | Kirkuk Kirkuk | 1,031,000 |
Sulaymaniyah Muḩāfaz̧at as Sulaymānīyah | 7. | 1,552,000 | As Sulaymaniyah As Sulaymānīyah | 878,146 |
Dhi Qar Muḩāfaz̧at Dhī Qār | 8. | 1,386,335 | Nasiriyah Nasiriyah | 558,400 |
An Najaf An Najaf | 9. | 1,400,000 | Najaf Najaf | 482,576 |
Babil Muḩāfaz̧at Bābil | 10. | 1,950,000 | Al Hillah Al Ḩillah | 455,700 |
Duhok Dihok | 11. | 1,356,415 | Dihok Dihok | 340,900 |
Maysan Muḩāfaz̧at Maysān | 12. | 971,400 | Al 'Amarah Al ‘Amārah | 323,302 |
Al Qadisiyah Muḩāfaz̧at al Qādisīyah | 13. | 908,192 | Ad Diwaniyah Ad Dīwānīyah | 318,801 |
Wasit Muhafazat Wasit | 14. | 1,450,000 | Al Kut Al Kūt | 315,162 |
Al Anbar Muḩāfaz̧at al Anbār | 15. | 1,961,400 | Ramadi Ramadi | 223,500 |
Al Muthanna Muḩāfaz̧at al Muthanná | 16. | 919,100 | As Samawah As Samawah | 152,890 |
Diyala Diyālá | 17. | 1,224,000 | Baqubah Baqubah | 152,550 |
Salah ad Din Muhafazat Salah ad Din | 18. | 1,032,674 | Tikrit Tikrīt | 42,477 |
Halabja Governorate Halabja Governorate | 19. | - | - | - |