⚡ Operating Systems in Iraq

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Iraq is a Western Asian country with a population of over 45 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 13% of websites from Iraq.

Statistics based on 486 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Iraq in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Linux with an impressive share of 55.6%, followed by Windows with 44.4% and Ubuntu with 14.3%.

Linux 55.6%
Windows 44.4%
Ubuntu 14.3%
CentOS 1.6%
Debian 1.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Iraq than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

4. CentOS ^(-1)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 5 operating systems used on sites from Iraq, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	55.6%
2	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	44.4%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	14.3%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	1.6%
5	Debian New York, United States A free and open-source Linux distribution that provides a stable operating system with a strong focus on reliability, security, and universal compatibility across multiple hardware architectures. FreeOpen source	1.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 486 websites from Iraq.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 5 were detected on websites from Iraq.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.