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Basrah — GeoNames settlement population

Modelled live estimate · World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth
1,326,564
Recorded base: 1,326,564 · Population reference date not supplied in local record

Basrah has a recorded base population of 1,326,564 for the GeoNames settlement definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames settlement record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionGeoNames settlement
Recorded population1,326,564
Country share2.82% of 47,020,774 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.016% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#1 of 84 GeoNames settlement records
World database rank#73 of 55,804 GeoNames settlement records

UN association

Geographic association unverified; no urban-centre population or rank attributed to this place.

Administrative units of Basrah

1 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 1 of 1 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.

Available-value subtotal: 92,395; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed GeoNames settlement denominator 1,326,564; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.

UnitPopulationShareMembership
Al Hārithah92,3956.96%Not independently verified

Comparable database records

Same definition label: GeoNames settlement. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 1,326,564 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Basrah
Dallas1,326,087−0.0%
Saitama1,324,854−0.1%
Abobo1,340,083+1.0%
Taguig1,308,085−1.4%
Guarulhos1,345,364+1.4%

About these numbers

Source: GeoNames settlement record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (+2.10% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 1,326,564, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.

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Interpretation reviewed 12 October 2026. Underlying reference years are stated on the page; this is not a fresh census or dataset refresh.