Demographics of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Iraq is projected at 41.18 million, up by 2.38% compared with 40.22 million in 2020. Iraq is ranked 36th in terms of population and 39th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 1.15 million births in Iraq in 2021. That is 3,150 per day, which is ranked 26th. The crude birth rate is 27.81 per 1000 people. There are 0.19 million deaths in Iraq in 2021. That is 530 per day, which is ranked 49th. The crude death rate is 4.69 per 1000 people.

30.31 million people are living in urban areas, which is 71.12% of Iraq population. Iraq is ranked 97th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Iraq in 2021 is 102.52 males per 100 females. There are 20.85 million males and 20.33 million females in Iraq. The percentage of female population is 49.38% compare to 50.62% male population. Iraq has 0.51 million more males than females. Iraq is at 169th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Iraq population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	5,719,183	-
1955	6,502,661	2.24
1960	7,289,753	2.45
1965	8,375,795	3.12
1970	9,917,978	3.47
1975	11,684,579	3.29
1980	13,653,348	2.97
1985	15,555,807	2.41
1990	17,419,113	2.5
1995	20,149,342	3.12
2000	23,497,589	3.05
2005	26,922,279	2.31
2010	29,741,977	2.65
2015	35,572,269	3.37
2016	36,610,632	2.92
2017	37,552,789	2.57
2018	38,433,604	2.35
2019	39,309,789	2.28
2020	40,222,503	2.32
2021	41,179,351	2.38

Total
Crude

Iraq death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	186,314	356,791	31.69	60.40
1955	150,339	298,441	23.21	46.26
1960	128,962	309,465	17.53	42.16
1965	119,971	384,595	14.20	45.45
1970	116,635	452,431	11.72	45.64
1975	115,650	496,921	9.89	42.41
1980	135,600	544,942	9.86	39.97
1985	142,357	599,310	9.21	38.59
1990	124,151	662,441	7.06	37.76
1995	122,013	747,876	6.03	36.95
2000	132,428	841,681	5.63	35.82
2005	152,980	910,406	5.72	34.09
2010	167,025	1,014,071	5.51	33.35
2015	174,892	1,093,821	4.96	31.11
2020	189,917	1,136,256	4.71	28.14
2021	193,610	1,149,897	4.69	27.81

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Iraq

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	2,008,691	3,710,501	-	35.122
1955	2,447,031	4,055,626	3.63	37.631
1960	3,127,214	4,162,547	6.22	42.899
1965	4,242,440	4,133,353	6.40	50.651
1970	5,569,369	4,348,614	5.47	56.154
1975	7,171,852	4,512,737	5.05	61.379
1980	8,945,864	4,707,492	4.05	65.521
1985	10,711,364	4,865,031	3.39	68.767
1990	12,176,901	5,292,104	2.25	69.706
1995	13,899,288	6,309,099	2.84	68.780
2000	16,141,452	7,423,961	3.09	68.496
2005	18,572,494	8,435,932	2.71	68.766
2010	21,258,071	9,504,630	3.09	69.103
2015	25,252,255	10,863,394	3.41	69.921
2020	29,422,695	12,080,190	3.01	70.893
2021	30,305,174	12,307,036	3.00	71.119

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Iraq population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,752,749	2,596,967	5,349,716	12.99	105.999
05-09	2,735,639	2,587,445	5,323,084	12.93	105.727
10-14	2,407,322	2,280,701	4,688,023	11.38	105.552
15-19	2,167,414	2,058,848	4,226,262	10.26	105.273
20-24	1,983,488	1,898,113	3,881,601	9.43	104.498
25-29	1,766,618	1,693,072	3,459,690	8.40	104.344
30-34	1,539,847	1,480,109	3,019,956	7.33	104.036
35-39	1,303,407	1,253,711	2,557,118	6.21	103.964
40-44	1,121,784	1,089,988	2,211,772	5.37	102.917
45-49	926,569	926,295	1,852,864	4.50	100.030
50-54	724,837	766,150	1,490,987	3.62	94.608
55-59	467,531	533,838	1,001,369	2.43	87.579
60-64	312,486	372,511	684,997	1.66	83.886
65-69	283,594	344,934	628,528	1.53	82.217
70-74	166,701	197,025	363,726	0.88	84.609
75-79	105,844	132,594	238,438	0.58	79.826
80-84	54,981	78,215	133,196	0.32	70.295
85-89	19,788	32,608	52,396	0.13	60.684
90-94	4,519	9,026	13,545	0.03	50.066
95-99	547	1,367	1,914	0.00	40.015
100+	40	129	169	0.00	31.008
Total	20,845,705	20,333,646	41,179,351		102.518