Demographics of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Nov 2024

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As of 2024, the population of Iraq is projected at 46.04 million, compared to 45.07 million in 2023. It ranks 34th in the world by population and 14th in Asia. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 2.10 percent, the 45th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 23.11 million males and 22.93 million females in Iraq. The percentage of the male population is 50.2%, compared to 49.8% of the female population. Iraq has 180k more males than females. The sex ratio in Iraq in 2024 will be 100.786 males per 100 females. Iraq is in the 171st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Iraq population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	2,814,315	2,839,035	5,653,350	2.01	99.129
1955	3,150,140	3,216,138	6,366,279	2.14	97.948
1960	3,463,683	3,558,369	7,022,052	2.24	97.339
1965	4,047,523	4,154,618	8,202,140	3.40	97.422
1970	4,816,418	4,919,192	9,735,611	3.49	97.911
1975	5,728,483	5,815,157	11,543,639	3.29	98.510
1980	6,762,072	6,829,920	13,591,992	3.20	99.007
1985	7,755,292	7,928,138	15,683,430	1.71	97.820
1990	8,656,059	8,925,147	17,581,206	-0.47	96.985
1995	10,285,101	10,540,760	20,825,860	3.28	97.575
2000	12,118,085	12,305,971	24,424,056	3.29	98.473
2005	14,131,738	14,275,710	28,407,448	2.91	98.991
2010	15,462,978	15,582,388	31,045,366	3.22	99.234
2015	18,779,104	18,781,431	37,560,535	2.62	99.988
2020	21,099,578	21,017,026	42,116,605	2.25	100.393
2021	21,586,715	21,484,495	43,071,211	2.23	100.476
2022	22,099,524	21,971,026	44,070,551	2.36	100.585
2023	22,614,115	22,459,934	45,074,049	2.15	100.686
2024	23,111,081	22,930,934	46,042,015	2.10	100.786

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	37.398	20.479	6.200
1955	44.980	19.470	6.000
1960	51.462	19.409	5.300
1965	56.387	18.201	7.020
1970	60.532	16.983	7.071
1975	61.434	15.902	6.913
1980	60.916	15.350	6.593
1985	59.800	15.591	6.246
1990	57.587	15.991	5.929
1995	64.761	16.434	5.360
2000	64.860	16.854	4.920
2005	64.899	17.359	4.446
2010	68.092	17.923	4.457
2015	69.977	18.507	4.080
2020	69.651	19.604	3.419
2021	70.704	19.843	3.358
2022	72.037	20.093	3.294
2023	72.324	20.345	3.249
2024	72.424	20.596	3.221

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Iraq death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	148,846	259,351	26.329	45.876
1955	128,663	266,904	20.210	41.925
1960	102,079	257,730	14.537	36.703
1965	108,862	383,410	13.272	46.745
1970	106,330	444,359	10.922	45.643
1975	115,278	501,187	9.986	43.417
1980	130,266	549,918	9.584	40.459
1985	152,743	620,189	9.739	39.544
1990	195,036	713,606	11.093	40.589
1995	148,967	791,944	7.153	38.027
2000	166,114	881,887	6.801	36.107
2005	187,649	964,267	6.606	33.944
2010	167,937	1,074,309	5.409	34.604
2015	177,919	1,185,490	4.737	31.562
2020	210,459	1,130,421	4.997	26.840
2021	197,242	1,139,167	4.579	26.448
2022	183,525	1,145,989	4.164	26.004
2023	186,266	1,159,682	4.132	25.728
2024	191,811	1,177,772	4.166	25.580

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Iraq
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,008,691	3,710,501	35.122
1955	2,447,031	4,055,626	37.631
1960	3,127,214	4,162,547	42.899
1965	4,242,440	4,133,353	50.651
1970	5,569,369	4,348,614	56.154
1975	7,171,852	4,512,737	61.379
1980	8,945,864	4,707,492	65.521
1985	10,711,364	4,865,031	68.767
1990	12,176,901	5,292,104	69.706
1995	13,899,288	6,309,099	68.780
2000	16,141,452	7,423,961	68.496
2005	18,572,494	8,435,932	68.766
2010	21,258,071	9,504,630	69.103
2015	25,252,255	10,863,394	69.921
2020	29,422,695	12,080,190	70.893
2021	30,305,174	12,307,036	71.119
2022	31,207,440	12,528,765	71.354
2023	32,130,222	12,745,184	71.599
2024	33,073,885	12,955,960	71.853

Population
Urbanization

Iraq population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,876,398	2,733,908	5,610,306	12.19	105.212
05-09	2,850,552	2,711,417	5,561,968	12.08	105.131
10-14	2,905,604	2,764,911	5,670,516	12.32	105.089
15-19	2,446,293	2,333,269	4,779,561	10.38	104.844
20-24	2,173,161	2,083,456	4,256,618	9.25	104.306
25-29	1,952,305	1,891,460	3,843,765	8.35	103.217
30-34	1,710,226	1,673,555	3,383,781	7.35	102.191
35-39	1,402,832	1,395,421	2,798,253	6.08	100.531
40-44	1,196,528	1,209,714	2,406,242	5.23	98.910
45-49	1,032,282	1,057,174	2,089,455	4.54	97.645
50-54	855,839	902,093	1,757,932	3.82	94.873
55-59	644,921	727,018	1,371,939	2.98	88.708
60-64	422,457	517,168	939,625	2.04	81.687
65-69	258,824	342,284	601,109	1.31	75.617
70-74	202,725	289,308	492,033	1.07	70.072
75-79	108,838	166,750	275,588	0.60	65.270
80-84	51,615	89,273	140,889	0.31	57.817
85-89	16,639	34,074	50,712	0.11	48.832
90-94	2,822	7,753	10,575	0.02	36.399
95-99	211	887	1,098	0.00	23.788
100+	7	43	50	0.00	16.279
Total	23,111,079	22,930,936	46,042,015		100.786

Population pyramid
Gender ratio