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1947, Urban population of Iraq

It is not clear below why the percentages do not add up, but this gives a general idea of the distribution of towns by size.

Number of inhabitants

Number of towns

Cumulative percent of total population

Cumulative percent of urban population

More than 150,000

1

10

29

50,000 - 150,000

4

17

51

20,000 - 50,000

7

22

66

10,000 - 20,000

12

26

77

3,000 - 10,000

49

32

not available

Table 5: Urban Population of Iraq, 1947
Sources: Census of 1947; Lebon, "Population Distribution and the Agricultural Regions of 'Iraq," Geographical Rview, XLIII (2), 223-228, and (4), 570.
* Not available