Kirkuk, Iraq Population 1950-2020
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kirkuk, Iraq metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current population of Kirkuk in 2020 is 1,013,000, a 1.71% increase from 2019.
- The population of Kirkuk in 2019 was 996,000, a 1.53% increase from 2018.
- The population of Kirkuk in 2018 was 981,000, a 1.55% increase from 2017.
- The population of Kirkuk in 2017 was 966,000, a 1.47% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in Iraq |
| City Name |
Population |
| Baghdad |
7,144,000 |
| Mosul |
1,630,000 |
| Basra |
1,352,000 |
| Kirkuk |
1,013,000 |
| Najaf |
874,000 |
| Erbil |
846,000 |
| Sulaimaniya |
739,000 |
| Amara |
656,000 |
| Nasiriyah |
617,000 |
| Hillah |
604,000 |
| Karbala |
555,000 |
| Diwaniyah |
513,000 |
| Kut |
471,000 |
| Ramadi |
452,000 |
| Faloojah |
347,000 |
| Baaqoobah |
324,000 |
| Samarra |
312,000 |
|
Kirkuk - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2020 |
1,013,000 |
1.71% |
| 2019 |
996,000 |
1.53% |
| 2018 |
981,000 |
1.55% |
| 2017 |
966,000 |
1.47% |
| 2016 |
952,000 |
1.49% |
| 2015 |
938,000 |
3.08% |
| 2014 |
910,000 |
3.06% |
| 2013 |
883,000 |
3.03% |
| 2012 |
857,000 |
3.13% |
| 2011 |
831,000 |
3.10% |
| 2010 |
806,000 |
3.07% |
| 2009 |
782,000 |
6.68% |
| 2008 |
733,000 |
6.70% |
| 2007 |
687,000 |
6.68% |
| 2006 |
644,000 |
6.80% |
| 2005 |
603,000 |
6.54% |
| 2004 |
566,000 |
6.79% |
| 2003 |
530,000 |
1.73% |
| 2002 |
521,000 |
1.76% |
| 2001 |
512,000 |
1.59% |
| 2000 |
504,000 |
1.82% |
| 1999 |
495,000 |
1.64% |
| 1998 |
487,000 |
1.67% |
| 1997 |
479,000 |
1.27% |
| 1996 |
473,000 |
1.50% |
| 1995 |
466,000 |
1.30% |
| 1994 |
460,000 |
1.55% |
| 1993 |
453,000 |
1.34% |
| 1992 |
447,000 |
1.36% |
| 1991 |
441,000 |
1.38% |
| 1990 |
435,000 |
1.40% |
| 1989 |
429,000 |
1.42% |
| 1988 |
423,000 |
2.17% |
| 1987 |
414,000 |
3.76% |
| 1986 |
399,000 |
3.91% |
| 1985 |
384,000 |
3.78% |
| 1984 |
370,000 |
3.64% |
| 1983 |
357,000 |
4.08% |
| 1982 |
343,000 |
3.63% |
| 1981 |
331,000 |
3.76% |
| 1980 |
319,000 |
3.91% |
| 1979 |
307,000 |
3.72% |
| 1978 |
296,000 |
3.86% |
| 1977 |
285,000 |
3.64% |
| 1976 |
275,000 |
4.17% |
| 1975 |
264,000 |
3.53% |
| 1974 |
255,000 |
4.08% |
| 1973 |
245,000 |
3.81% |
| 1972 |
236,000 |
3.51% |
| 1971 |
228,000 |
4.11% |
| 1970 |
219,000 |
3.79% |
| 1969 |
211,000 |
3.43% |
| 1968 |
204,000 |
4.08% |
| 1967 |
196,000 |
3.70% |
| 1966 |
189,000 |
3.28% |
| 1965 |
183,000 |
2.81% |
| 1964 |
178,000 |
2.89% |
| 1963 |
173,000 |
2.37% |
| 1962 |
169,000 |
3.05% |
| 1961 |
164,000 |
2.50% |
| 1960 |
160,000 |
2.56% |
| 1959 |
156,000 |
2.63% |
| 1958 |
152,000 |
4.83% |
| 1957 |
145,000 |
7.41% |
| 1956 |
135,000 |
8.87% |
| 1955 |
124,000 |
7.83% |
| 1954 |
115,000 |
8.49% |
| 1953 |
106,000 |
7.07% |
| 1952 |
99,000 |
8.79% |
| 1951 |
91,000 |
8.33% |
| 1950 |
84,000 |
0.00% |
