Demographics of Iraq

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date11 May 2024

There are 23.33 million males and 23.20 million females in Iraq. The percentage of the male population is 50.14%, compared to 49.86% of the female population. Iraq has 132k more males than females. The sex ratio in Iraq in 2024 will be 100.569 males per 100 females. Iraq is in the 166th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Iraq population

Year Population Growth (%)
19505,656,4712.12
19556,405,6862.22
19607,084,6782.27
19658,270,5443.38
19709,811,3473.48
197511,617,6223.25
198013,653,3693.18
198515,753,8561.73
199017,658,381-0.47
199520,948,8583.33
200024,628,8583.36
200528,698,6842.90
201031,264,8753.18
201537,757,8132.61
202042,556,9842.42
202143,533,5922.12
202244,496,1222.25
202345,504,5602.23
202446,523,6572.19
  • Total
  • Crude

Iraq death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950141,877258,61825.08745.730
1955122,645266,96919.15541.696
196098,435257,43213.89436.335
1965109,235384,04613.20846.438
1970109,637449,61611.17245.818
1975116,382500,24810.01343.040
1980128,039546,2689.38140.023
1985148,131619,7639.34239.084
1990189,809708,04510.56539.409
1995138,275795,8466.60638.020
2000151,769891,4096.17236.250
2005193,047975,1906.73234.006
2010182,6891,070,8455.85034.291
2015187,3391,192,9444.96131.593
2020222,8161,179,3355.23927.732
2021207,0991,192,3454.75327.367
2022197,2701,203,1884.43327.035
2023193,1261,216,0974.24326.720
2024198,3631,225,5784.26326.339
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Iraq

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19502,008,6913,710,50135.122
19552,447,0314,055,62637.631
19603,127,2144,162,54742.899
19654,242,4404,133,35350.651
19705,569,3694,348,61456.154
19757,171,8524,512,73761.379
19808,945,8644,707,49265.521
198510,711,3644,865,03168.767
199012,176,9015,292,10469.706
199513,899,2886,309,09968.780
200016,141,4527,423,96168.496
200518,572,4948,435,93268.766
201021,258,0719,504,63069.103
201525,252,25510,863,39469.921
202029,422,69512,080,19070.893
202130,305,17412,307,03671.119
202231,207,44012,528,76571.354
202332,130,22212,745,18471.599
202433,073,88512,955,96071.853
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  • Gender ratio

Iraq population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 3,002,599 2,854,802 5,857,402 12.59 105.177
05-09 2,906,314 2,764,965 5,671,278 12.19 105.112
10-14 2,886,492 2,746,802 5,633,294 12.11 105.086
15-19 2,452,983 2,340,694 4,793,676 10.30 104.797
20-24 2,197,124 2,111,940 4,309,065 9.26 104.033
25-29 1,962,016 1,909,005 3,871,021 8.32 102.777
30-34 1,706,564 1,678,045 3,384,610 7.28 101.700
35-39 1,398,984 1,397,984 2,796,968 6.01 100.072
40-44 1,194,847 1,213,342 2,408,189 5.18 98.476
45-49 1,032,706 1,061,779 2,094,485 4.50 97.262
50-54 866,860 917,340 1,784,199 3.84 94.497
55-59 653,170 738,876 1,392,046 2.99 88.400
60-64 423,592 520,812 944,404 2.03 81.333
65-69 259,699 345,209 604,908 1.30 75.229
70-74 203,538 291,968 495,506 1.07 69.712
75-79 109,987 169,383 279,371 0.60 64.934
80-84 51,231 89,410 140,642 0.30 57.299
85-89 15,924 34,048 49,972 0.11 46.769
90-94 2,927 8,274 11,201 0.02 35.376
95-99 271 1,075 1,346 0.00 25.209
100+ 13 63 75 0.00 20.635
Total 23,327,841 23,195,816 46,523,658 100.569