Kirkuk, Iraq Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
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 metro area population of Kirkuk in 2020 is 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.
- The metro area 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% |
