ATLAS · MEGA-CITIES · IRAQ
Baghdad
Baghdad is the one mega-city of Iraq — the only urban area in the country to pass five million people. The largest, Baghdad, holds an estimated 5,054,000people across its urban agglomeration — a mega-city. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.
MEGA-CITYBaghdad
POPULATION~5,054,000
NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES1
The mega-city
Baghdad~5,054,000 people
In context
Where Baghdadsits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.
20M+
15–20M
10–15M
7–10M
5–7MBaghdad is here
Mega-cities of other countries
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