Kirkuk, Iraq Metro Area Population 1950-2021
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Kirkuk, Iraq metro area from 1950 to 2021. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Kirkuk in 2021 is 1,031,000, a 1.78% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Kirkuk in 2020 was 1,013,000, a 1.71% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Kirkuk in 2019 was 996,000, a 1.53% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Kirkuk in 2018 was 981,000, a 1.55% increase from 2017.
| Other Cities in Iraq |
| City Name |
Population |
| Baghdad |
7,323,000 |
| Mosul |
1,683,000 |
| Basra |
1,382,000 |
| Kirkuk |
1,031,000 |
| Najaf |
901,000 |
| Erbil |
861,000 |
| Sulaimaniya |
759,000 |
| Amara |
680,000 |
| Nasiriyah |
634,000 |
| Hillah |
615,000 |
| Karbala |
565,000 |
| Diwaniyah |
533,000 |
| Kut |
480,000 |
| Ramadi |
460,000 |
| Faloojah |
353,000 |
| Baaqoobah |
334,000 |
| Samarra |
318,000 |
|
Kirkuk - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2021 |
1,031,000 |
1.78% |
| 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% |
