Population of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Feb 2025

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The current population of Iraq is 46,909,343 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Iraq is projected at 47,020,774, or 47.02 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Iraq is projected at 46,042,015, or 46.04 million people, for the year 2024.

Iraq ranks 34th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Iraq is ranked 14th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Iraq population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,596,621	5,653,350	113,459	2.007	0.227
1951	5,710,080	5,774,129	128,098	2.219	0.228
1952	5,838,178	5,913,007	149,657	2.531	0.229
1953	5,987,835	6,064,248	152,826	2.520	0.230
1954	6,140,661	6,219,466	157,610	2.534	0.232
1955	6,298,271	6,366,279	136,015	2.137	0.232
1956	6,434,286	6,507,500	146,428	2.250	0.233
1957	6,580,714	6,633,376	105,323	1.588	0.233
1958	6,686,037	6,741,677	111,281	1.651	0.232
1959	6,797,318	6,870,380	146,123	2.127	0.232
1960	6,943,441	7,022,052	157,222	2.239	0.233
1961	7,100,663	7,194,553	187,780	2.610	0.235
1962	7,288,443	7,413,875	250,864	3.384	0.237
1963	7,539,307	7,667,928	257,242	3.355	0.240
1964	7,796,549	7,929,566	266,035	3.355	0.243
1965	8,062,584	8,202,140	279,113	3.403	0.246
1966	8,341,697	8,485,104	286,814	3.381	0.249
1967	8,628,511	8,778,869	300,716	3.426	0.253
1968	8,929,227	9,085,016	311,579	3.430	0.256
1969	9,240,806	9,403,356	325,100	3.458	0.260
1970	9,565,906	9,735,611	339,409	3.487	0.264
1971	9,905,315	10,077,809	344,988	3.424	0.267
1972	10,250,303	10,430,164	359,721	3.449	0.271
1973	10,610,024	10,795,869	371,690	3.443	0.275
1974	10,981,714	11,167,761	372,093	3.332	0.279
1975	11,353,807	11,543,639	379,665	3.289	0.284
1976	11,733,472	11,927,651	388,358	3.256	0.288
1977	12,121,830	12,331,046	418,432	3.394	0.292
1978	12,540,262	12,753,355	426,187	3.342	0.297
1979	12,966,449	13,170,365	407,833	3.097	0.301
1980	13,374,282	13,591,992	435,419	3.204	0.306
1981	13,809,701	14,006,381	393,361	2.809	0.309
1982	14,203,062	14,406,083	406,041	2.819	0.312
1983	14,609,103	14,840,555	462,903	3.119	0.316
1984	15,072,006	15,310,733	477,453	3.119	0.320
1985	15,549,459	15,683,430	267,942	1.708	0.322
1986	15,817,401	16,074,145	513,488	3.195	0.324
1987	16,330,889	16,521,049	380,319	2.302	0.327
1988	16,711,208	16,908,819	395,221	2.337	0.329
1989	17,106,429	17,364,542	516,227	2.973	0.332
1990	17,622,656	17,581,206	-82,901	-0.472	0.330
1991	17,539,755	17,767,253	454,997	2.561	0.328
1992	17,994,752	18,300,845	612,186	3.345	0.332
1993	18,606,938	19,201,195	1,188,514	6.192	0.343
1994	19,795,452	20,139,807	688,710	3.420	0.355
1995	20,484,162	20,825,860	683,397	3.282	0.362
1996	21,167,559	21,501,321	667,525	3.105	0.368
1997	21,835,084	22,176,593	683,019	3.080	0.374
1998	22,518,103	22,884,399	732,593	3.202	0.381
1999	23,250,696	23,636,527	771,662	3.265	0.388
2000	24,022,358	24,424,056	803,396	3.290	0.396
2001	24,825,754	25,197,840	744,173	2.954	0.403
2002	25,569,927	26,006,559	873,265	3.358	0.410
2003	26,443,192	26,802,659	718,933	2.682	0.417
2004	27,162,125	27,577,878	831,507	3.015	0.424
2005	27,993,632	28,407,448	827,633	2.914	0.431
2006	28,821,265	28,616,515	-409,501	-1.431	0.429
2007	28,411,764	28,391,607	-40,314	-0.142	0.420
2008	28,371,450	28,971,036	1,199,171	4.140	0.423
2009	29,570,621	30,058,206	975,170	3.245	0.434
2010	30,545,791	31,045,366	999,150	3.219	0.442
2011	31,544,941	32,161,424	1,232,965	3.834	0.452
2012	32,777,906	33,654,842	1,753,873	5.213	0.467
2013	34,531,779	35,281,989	1,500,420	4.253	0.484
2014	36,032,199	36,550,059	1,035,720	2.834	0.495
2015	37,067,919	37,560,535	985,231	2.623	0.503
2016	38,053,150	38,469,627	832,954	2.165	0.509
2017	38,886,104	39,337,353	902,499	2.294	0.515
2018	39,788,603	40,265,624	954,043	2.369	0.521
2019	40,742,646	41,192,171	899,049	2.183	0.527
2020	41,641,695	42,116,605	949,819	2.255	0.534
2021	42,591,514	43,071,211	959,393	2.228	0.541
2022	43,550,907	44,070,551	1,039,288	2.358	0.549
2023	44,590,195	45,074,049	967,708	2.147	0.557

Iraq population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	45,557,903	46,042,015	968,224	2.103	0.564
2025	46,526,127	47,020,774	989,294	2.104	0.571
2026	47,515,421	48,007,437	984,032	2.050	0.578
2027	48,499,453	48,987,423	975,940	1.992	0.585
2028	49,475,393	49,960,948	971,111	1.944	0.592
2029	50,446,504	50,943,329	993,651	1.951	0.599
2030	51,440,155	51,937,208	994,106	1.914	0.606
2031	52,434,261	52,934,370	1,000,218	1.890	0.613
2032	53,434,479	53,953,390	1,037,822	1.924	0.620
2033	54,472,301	54,985,129	1,025,656	1.865	0.628
2034	55,497,957	56,012,640	1,029,366	1.838	0.635
2035	56,527,323	57,035,914	1,017,182	1.783	0.642
2036	57,544,505	58,071,736	1,054,463	1.816	0.649
2037	58,598,968	59,109,253	1,020,570	1.727	0.656
2038	59,619,538	60,132,231	1,025,386	1.705	0.663
2039	60,644,924	61,174,676	1,059,504	1.732	0.671
2040	61,704,428	62,223,211	1,037,566	1.668	0.678
2041	62,741,994	63,249,166	1,014,343	1.604	0.685
2042	63,756,337	64,260,843	1,009,012	1.570	0.692
2043	64,765,349	65,256,997	983,296	1.507	0.699
2044	65,748,645	66,237,769	978,248	1.477	0.705
2045	66,726,893	67,204,177	954,568	1.420	0.712
2046	67,681,461	68,150,061	937,200	1.375	0.718
2047	68,618,661	69,098,085	958,848	1.388	0.725
2048	69,577,509	70,050,118	945,218	1.349	0.731
2049	70,522,727	70,999,568	953,682	1.343	0.738
2050	71,476,409	71,928,750	904,682	1.258	0.744
2051	72,381,091	72,837,415	912,648	1.253	0.751
2052	73,293,739	73,729,295	871,111	1.182	0.757
2053	74,164,850	74,612,185	894,670	1.199	0.763
2054	75,059,520	75,496,279	873,517	1.157	0.769
2055	75,933,037	76,363,106	860,138	1.126	0.776
2056	76,793,175	77,222,679	859,009	1.112	0.782
2057	77,652,184	78,068,859	833,349	1.067	0.788
2058	78,485,533	78,892,372	813,678	1.031	0.794
2059	79,299,211	79,699,527	800,632	1.005	0.800
2060	80,099,843	80,520,191	840,696	1.044	0.806
2061	80,940,539	81,338,283	795,487	0.978	0.812
2062	81,736,026	82,123,595	775,137	0.944	0.818
2063	82,511,163	82,908,639	794,952	0.959	0.824
2064	83,306,115	83,692,285	772,341	0.923	0.830
2065	84,078,456	84,455,762	754,613	0.894	0.836
2066	84,833,069	85,218,704	771,270	0.905	0.842
2067	85,604,339	85,953,874	699,069	0.813	0.848
2068	86,303,408	86,644,276	681,736	0.787	0.853
2069	86,985,144	87,325,041	679,794	0.778	0.858
2070	87,664,938	87,995,949	662,022	0.752	0.864
2071	88,326,960	88,649,940	645,961	0.729	0.869
2072	88,972,921	89,295,814	645,785	0.723	0.874
2073	89,618,706	89,944,368	651,324	0.724	0.879
2074	90,270,030	90,564,890	589,721	0.651	0.884
2075	90,859,751	91,124,111	528,720	0.580	0.889
2076	91,388,471	91,657,804	538,667	0.588	0.893
2077	91,927,138	92,181,140	508,003	0.551	0.898
2078	92,435,141	92,703,709	537,136	0.579	0.902
2079	92,972,277	93,242,895	541,237	0.580	0.907
2080	93,513,514	93,761,929	496,830	0.530	0.912
2081	94,010,344	94,257,882	495,076	0.525	0.916
2082	94,505,420	94,743,640	476,441	0.503	0.921
2083	94,981,861	95,208,174	452,626	0.475	0.925
2084	95,434,487	95,644,458	419,942	0.439	0.930
2085	95,854,429	96,078,063	447,267	0.466	0.934
2086	96,301,696	96,520,625	437,858	0.454	0.938
2087	96,739,554	96,925,826	372,543	0.384	0.942
2088	97,112,097	97,294,650	365,106	0.375	0.946
2089	97,477,203	97,662,203	370,000	0.379	0.950
2090	97,847,203	98,003,974	313,542	0.320	0.954
2091	98,160,745	98,323,125	324,760	0.330	0.958
2092	98,485,505	98,655,762	340,514	0.345	0.962
2093	98,826,019	98,983,281	314,525	0.318	0.965
2094	99,140,544	99,274,397	267,705	0.270	0.969
2095	99,408,249	99,536,808	257,118	0.258	0.972
2096	99,665,367	99,792,216	253,698	0.254	0.976
2097	99,919,065	100,033,697	229,265	0.229	0.979
2098	100,148,330	100,251,598	206,535	0.206	0.982
2099	100,354,865	100,459,418	209,106	0.208	0.986
2100	100,563,971	100,649,056	170,170	0.169	0.989