Sulaimaniya, Iraq Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Sulaimaniya, Iraq metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Sulaimaniya in 2024 is 823,000, a 2.75% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Sulaimaniya in 2023 was 801,000, a 2.82% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Sulaimaniya in 2022 was 779,000, a 2.64% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Sulaimaniya in 2021 was 759,000, a 2.71% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in Iraq |
| City Name |
Population |
| Baghdad |
7,921,000 |
| Mosul |
1,848,000 |
| Basra |
1,485,000 |
| Kirkuk |
1,100,000 |
| Najaf |
988,000 |
| Erbil |
918,000 |
| Sulaimaniya |
823,000 |
| Amara |
754,000 |
| Nasiriyah |
691,000 |
| Hillah |
657,000 |
| Karbala |
603,000 |
| Diwaniyah |
592,000 |
| Kut |
512,000 |
| Ramadi |
491,000 |
| Faloojah |
377,000 |
| Baaqoobah |
366,000 |
| Samarra |
339,000 |
|
Sulaimaniya - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
823,000 |
2.75% |
| 2023 |
801,000 |
2.82% |
| 2022 |
779,000 |
2.64% |
| 2021 |
759,000 |
2.71% |
| 2020 |
739,000 |
2.64% |
| 2019 |
720,000 |
2.56% |
| 2018 |
702,000 |
2.48% |
| 2017 |
685,000 |
2.54% |
| 2016 |
668,000 |
2.61% |
| 2015 |
651,000 |
2.52% |
| 2014 |
635,000 |
2.58% |
| 2013 |
619,000 |
2.48% |
| 2012 |
604,000 |
2.55% |
| 2011 |
589,000 |
2.61% |
| 2010 |
574,000 |
2.50% |
| 2009 |
560,000 |
0.54% |
| 2008 |
557,000 |
0.54% |
| 2007 |
554,000 |
0.54% |
| 2006 |
551,000 |
0.55% |
| 2005 |
548,000 |
0.55% |
| 2004 |
545,000 |
0.55% |
| 2003 |
542,000 |
0.56% |
| 2002 |
539,000 |
0.56% |
| 2001 |
536,000 |
0.56% |
| 2000 |
533,000 |
0.57% |
| 1999 |
530,000 |
0.57% |
| 1998 |
527,000 |
1.54% |
| 1997 |
519,000 |
3.59% |
| 1996 |
501,000 |
3.73% |
| 1995 |
483,000 |
3.87% |
| 1994 |
465,000 |
3.56% |
| 1993 |
449,000 |
3.70% |
| 1992 |
433,000 |
3.84% |
| 1991 |
417,000 |
3.73% |
| 1990 |
402,000 |
3.61% |
| 1989 |
388,000 |
3.74% |
| 1988 |
374,000 |
4.76% |
| 1987 |
357,000 |
6.57% |
| 1986 |
335,000 |
6.69% |
| 1985 |
314,000 |
6.80% |
| 1984 |
294,000 |
6.91% |
| 1983 |
275,000 |
6.59% |
| 1982 |
258,000 |
6.61% |
| 1981 |
242,000 |
7.08% |
| 1980 |
226,000 |
6.60% |
| 1979 |
212,000 |
6.53% |
| 1978 |
199,000 |
6.99% |
| 1977 |
186,000 |
6.90% |
| 1976 |
174,000 |
6.75% |
| 1975 |
163,000 |
6.54% |
| 1974 |
153,000 |
6.99% |
| 1973 |
143,000 |
6.72% |
| 1972 |
134,000 |
6.35% |
| 1971 |
126,000 |
6.78% |
| 1970 |
118,000 |
6.31% |
| 1969 |
111,000 |
6.73% |
| 1968 |
104,000 |
7.22% |
| 1967 |
97,000 |
6.59% |
| 1966 |
91,000 |
7.06% |
| 1965 |
85,000 |
7.59% |
| 1964 |
79,000 |
6.76% |
| 1963 |
74,000 |
8.82% |
| 1962 |
68,000 |
6.25% |
| 1961 |
64,000 |
8.47% |
| 1960 |
59,000 |
7.27% |
| 1959 |
55,000 |
7.84% |
| 1958 |
51,000 |
6.25% |
| 1957 |
48,000 |
4.35% |
| 1956 |
46,000 |
2.22% |
| 1955 |
45,000 |
4.65% |
| 1954 |
43,000 |
4.88% |
| 1953 |
41,000 |
2.50% |
| 1952 |
40,000 |
5.26% |
| 1951 |
38,000 |
2.70% |
| 1950 |
37,000 |
0.00% |
