What is the population of Baghdad?

7,216,000 people, per GeoNames.

BAGHDAD

Baghdad · IRAQ (IQ) · 33.34°N / 44.40°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 98,182

Baghdad is a city in Iraq with a population of 7,216,000. It sits at 33.34/44.40, runs on Asia/Baghdad, is 7 km from Sadr City.

Population 7,216,000

Place Type National Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Baghdad

All facts

fields

Country: Iraq
Subdivision: Baghdad
Coords: 33.34°N / 44.40°E
UTC offset: +3
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 5 · within 50 km

NE Sadr City Baghdad 1,211,849 7.6 km

W Abū Ghurayb Baghdad 900,000 20.5 km

S Al Maḩmūdīyah Baghdad 350,000 31.0 km

N Aţ Ţārmīyah Baghdad 0 37.0 km

N Baqubah Diyala 152,550 49.6 km

Air access

nearby

BGW

Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base

Large airport

17.7 km

ORTI

Al Taji Army Air Field

Medium airport

24.4 km

ORAI

Al Iskandariyah Airport

Small airport

42.9 km

Universities

linked

Baghdad College of Economic Sciences University

baghdadcollege.edu.iq

Baghdad College of Pharmacy

bpc.edu.iq

College of Science, Baghdad University

scbaghdad.edu.iq

University of Baghdad

uobaghdad.edu.iq

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Baghdad?: 7,216,000 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Baghdad in?: Asia/Baghdad.
Which country is Baghdad in?: Iraq (IQ).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/98182

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  "data": {
    "id": 98182,
    "name": "Baghdad",
    "ascii_name": "Baghdad",
    "country_code": "IQ",
    "population": 7216000,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Baghdad",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLC",
    "latitude": 33.34058,
    "longitude": 44.40088
  }
}