ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · IRAQ
Capital of Iraq
The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The largest, Baghdad, has around 8,126,755 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALBaghdad
POPULATION8,126,755
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Baghdad8,126,755 people
In context
Where Baghdadsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MBaghdad is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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