Demographics of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	29 Jun 2025

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As of 2025, the population of Iraq is projected at 47.02 million, compared to 46.04 million in 2024. It ranks 34th in the world by population and 14th in Asia. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 2.10 percent, the 40th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 23.61 million males and 23.41 million females in Iraq. The percentage of the male population is 50.22%, compared to 49.78% of the female population. Iraq has 206k more males than females. The sex ratio in Iraq in 2025 will be 100.879 males per 100 females. Iraq is in the 172th 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
2025	23,613,300	23,407,475	47,020,774	2.10	100.879

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
2025	72.534	20.847	3.174

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
2025	197,210	1,187,570	4.194	25.256

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 (2025)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,904,642	2,760,925	5,665,567	12.05	105.205
05-09	2,817,892	2,680,417	5,498,310	11.69	105.129
10-14	2,959,829	2,816,468	5,776,297	12.28	105.090
15-19	2,520,109	2,402,769	4,922,878	10.47	104.884
20-24	2,208,780	2,115,100	4,323,880	9.20	104.429
25-29	1,998,331	1,932,643	3,930,974	8.36	103.399
30-34	1,763,374	1,722,171	3,485,545	7.41	102.393
35-39	1,454,896	1,442,160	2,897,055	6.16	100.883
40-44	1,231,332	1,242,213	2,473,544	5.26	99.124
45-49	1,059,097	1,082,463	2,141,560	4.55	97.841
50-54	888,788	930,962	1,819,751	3.87	95.470
55-59	678,644	755,764	1,434,408	3.05	89.796
60-64	465,002	564,168	1,029,170	2.19	82.423
65-69	261,285	343,815	605,100	1.29	75.996
70-74	212,798	302,892	515,690	1.10	70.255
75-79	113,366	174,344	287,710	0.61	65.024
80-84	54,152	92,931	147,083	0.31	58.271
85-89	17,662	35,910	53,572	0.11	49.184
90-94	3,080	8,348	11,428	0.02	36.895
95-99	234	963	1,196	0.00	24.299
100+	7	48	55	0.00	14.583
Total	23,613,300	23,407,474	47,020,773		100.879

Population pyramid
Gender ratio