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Baghdad

Total population

7,216,040

Coordinates33.31°, 44.39°

Demographic figures from Central Statistical Organization (Iraq). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Baghdad is the capital and largest city in Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. The city has an estimated population of 8 million. It ranks among the most populous and largest cities in the Middle East and the Arab world and constitutes 22% of Iraq's population. Baghdad is a primary financial and commercial center in the region.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Al-Mu'tasim

8th Abbasid Caliph. (r. 833–842)

Abu Ya'la

11th-century Islamic jurist

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Ismail Al-Farouji

Iraqi composer

Yaser Kasim

footballer

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Khayrī ʻUmarī

judge

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ʻAbd al-Sattār Rāwī

Iraqi historian

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Adnan al-Hamdani

Iraqi politician

Ahmed Fayyad Mafraji

Iraqi stage actor

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Khoder Hadi

Iraqi poet

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Baghdadi

Iraqi faqih, linguistic and teacher

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Mohammed Oreibi Majid al Khalifa

Iraqi judge

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Ali Hayalie

Luxury designer, entrepreneur, and author

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Muhammad Jaber Al Ata

Iraqi official and politician

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Muḥammad Ibn-Sahl Ibn-al-Marzubān al-Karẖī

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Alʼuzry

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Alʼaʻẓamy

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iraq

• Sumar
  82.4 mi away · pop. 180
• Mehran
  103.6 mi away · pop. 13,118
• Gilan-e Gharb
  105 mi away · pop. 22,331
• Qasr-e Shirin
  108 mi away · pop. 18,473
• Eywan
  116.4 mi away · pop. 31,299
• Rafi
  120 mi away · pop. 3,797
• Harir
  125.2 mi away
• Kerend-e Gharb
  126.2 mi away · pop. 7,798
• Arkvaz
  127.7 mi away · pop. 11,977
• Eslamabad-e Gharb
  135 mi away · pop. 97,000
• Paveh
  164.9 mi away · pop. 25,771
• Vara
  167.2 mi away

Browse all places in Iraq →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Baghdad

They Came to Baghdad

Agatha Christie · 1951

Ḥayātī

Aḥmad Amīn · 1961

Pride of Baghdad

Brian K. Vaughan · 2006

City Maps Baghdad Iraq

James McFee · 2017

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ

UNESCO

New Trends in Information and Communications Technology Applications

Abbas M. Al-Bakry · 2020

The Baghdad Penal Code

Baghdad (Iraq : Province) · 1920

Co-op housing, Baghdad, Iraq

Besim S. Hakim · 1973

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Plexippoides flavescens

Plexippoides flavescens

Seen 2026-05-13

saltcedar

Tamarix ramosissima

Seen 2026-04-26

Bladder-dock

Rumex vesicarius

Seen 2026-04-26

Largeflower pink-sorrel

Oxalis debilis

Seen 2026-04-19

Arabian paper wasp

Polistes wattii

Seen 2026-04-19

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Seen 2026-04-15

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-03-31

catchweed bedstraw

Galium aparine

Seen 2026-03-10

Domestic Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus domesticus

Seen 2026-02-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Baghdad, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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