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Iraq GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
IQ · IRQ
Sources
8
Themes
6
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Iraq: 8 sources across 6 themes, led by UN OCHA and Kurdistan Region Statistics Office. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Iraq

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Iraq - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: Iraq Central Statistics Office.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Iraq (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Iraq - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: Central Statistical Organization Iraq.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Iraq (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 2

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Kurdistan Region Statistics Office · Kurdistan Region

    Official statistics for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    krso.gov.krd

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

  • Central Statistical Organization (COSIT) (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Central Statistical Organization, Ministry of Planning

    National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    cosit.gov.iq

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Iraq (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Iraq

Worldwide and continental layers that include Iraq, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
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Imagery
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Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology

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