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Seaports in Iraq

Iraq has 6 portsin the World Port Index — 1 medium and 5 smaller harbours. They sit on Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.

PORTS6

LARGE · MEDIUM0 · 1

ONPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean

By harbour size

Large0 · 0%

Medium1 · 17%

Small1 · 17%

Very small4 · 67%

Biggest ports in Iraq

The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.

mediumAl BasrahPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · River (Natural) · IQ BSR

smallUmm QasrPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · River (Natural) · IQ UQR

very smallAl-Basra Oil TerminalPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · Open Roadstead · IQ MAB

very smallKhawr Al AmayaPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · Open Roadstead · IQ KHA

very smallKhawr Al ZubairPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · River (Natural) · IQ KAZ

very smallKhawr Al Zubair Lng TerminalPersian Gulf; Indian Ocean · River (Natural) · IQ KAZ

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