Demographics of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Apr 2026

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As of 2026, the population of Iraq is projected at 48.01 million, compared to 47.02 million in 2025. It ranks 33rd in the world by population and 14th in Asia, accounting for 0.58% of the global population and 0.99% of Asia's population. The population growth rate for 2026 is projected at 2.05%, placing Iraq 42nd among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 24.12 million males and 23.89 million females in Iraq. The male population accounts for 50.24%, compared to 49.76% for females. Iraq has 231k more males than females. The sex ratio in 2026 is projected at 100.97 males per 100 females. Iraq ranks 174th globally 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
2026	24,119,195	23,888,242	48,007,437	2.05	100.967

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
2026	72.632	21.101	3.132

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
2026	203,068	1,200,201	4.230	25.000

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Iraq
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	1,976,183	3,677,167	34.956
1955	2,455,931	3,910,347	38.577
1960	3,088,011	3,934,041	43.976
1965	4,212,686	3,989,454	51.361
1970	5,546,555	4,189,055	56.972
1975	7,134,746	4,408,894	61.807
1980	8,971,593	4,620,399	66.006
1985	10,924,580	4,758,850	69.657
1990	12,257,570	5,323,636	69.720
1995	14,129,486	6,696,374	67.846
2000	16,518,769	7,905,287	67.633
2005	19,428,259	8,979,189	68.391
2010	21,439,401	9,605,965	69.058
2015	26,262,522	11,298,012	69.921
2020	29,426,162	12,690,442	69.868
2021	30,093,110	12,978,100	69.868
2022	30,791,339	13,279,212	69.868
2023	31,492,462	13,581,587	69.868
2024	32,176,991	13,865,024	69.886
2025	32,886,176	14,134,598	69.940
2026	33,618,994	14,388,443	70.029

Population
Urbanization

Iraq population by Age Group (2026)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,934,113	2,789,348	5,723,461	11.92	105.190
05-09	2,806,979	2,669,961	5,476,940	11.41	105.132
10-14	2,967,355	2,823,666	5,791,020	12.06	105.089
15-19	2,611,661	2,489,216	5,100,877	10.63	104.919
20-24	2,250,405	2,153,168	4,403,573	9.17	104.516
25-29	2,043,269	1,972,628	4,015,896	8.37	103.581
30-34	1,809,916	1,764,591	3,574,507	7.45	102.569
35-39	1,513,899	1,495,616	3,009,515	6.27	101.222
40-44	1,267,386	1,275,310	2,542,695	5.30	99.379
45-49	1,086,274	1,108,324	2,194,599	4.57	98.011
50-54	920,000	958,826	1,878,826	3.91	95.951
55-59	713,503	785,434	1,498,937	3.12	90.842
60-64	506,613	608,859	1,115,471	2.32	83.207
65-69	270,247	353,498	623,745	1.30	76.449
70-74	219,549	311,548	531,097	1.11	70.470
75-79	119,154	184,034	303,188	0.63	64.746
80-84	56,597	96,453	153,050	0.32	58.678
85-89	18,655	37,690	56,346	0.12	49.496
90-94	3,354	8,979	12,333	0.03	37.354
95-99	258	1,044	1,301	0.00	24.713
100+	7	52	60	0.00	13.462
Total	24,119,194	23,888,245	48,007,437		100.967

Population pyramid
Gender ratio