Population of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	19 Feb 2024

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The current population of Iraq is 46,313,331 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Iraq is projected at 46,523,657, or 46.52 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Iraq is projected at 45,504,560, or 45.50 million people for the year 2023.

Iraq ranks 33th 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	5,656,471	119,701	2.116	0.23
1951	5,716,322	5,783,972	135,300	2.339	0.23
1952	5,851,622	5,930,350	157,455	2.655	0.23
1953	6,009,077	6,089,258	160,363	2.634	0.23
1954	6,169,440	6,252,041	165,202	2.643	0.23
1955	6,334,642	6,405,686	142,088	2.218	0.23
1956	6,476,730	6,552,801	152,142	2.322	0.23
1957	6,628,872	6,683,798	109,853	1.644	0.23
1958	6,738,725	6,796,490	115,531	1.700	0.23
1959	6,854,256	6,929,323	150,134	2.167	0.23
1960	7,004,390	7,084,678	160,576	2.267	0.23
1961	7,164,966	7,260,714	191,496	2.638	0.24
1962	7,356,462	7,481,832	250,739	3.352	0.24
1963	7,607,201	7,735,824	257,247	3.326	0.24
1964	7,864,448	7,997,655	266,415	3.331	0.24
1965	8,130,863	8,270,544	279,363	3.378	0.25
1966	8,410,226	8,553,883	287,315	3.359	0.25
1967	8,697,541	8,848,502	301,922	3.412	0.25
1968	8,999,463	9,156,132	313,338	3.422	0.26
1969	9,312,801	9,476,737	327,871	3.460	0.26
1970	9,640,672	9,811,347	341,351	3.479	0.27
1971	9,982,023	10,154,928	345,811	3.406	0.27
1972	10,327,834	10,507,315	358,962	3.417	0.27
1973	10,686,796	10,872,139	370,686	3.410	0.28
1974	11,057,482	11,243,146	371,327	3.303	0.28
1975	11,428,809	11,617,622	377,627	3.251	0.29
1976	11,806,436	11,999,342	385,811	3.216	0.29
1977	12,192,247	12,400,190	415,885	3.354	0.29
1978	12,608,132	12,819,707	423,149	3.301	0.30
1979	13,031,281	13,233,830	405,098	3.061	0.30
1980	13,436,379	13,653,369	433,979	3.179	0.31
1981	13,870,358	14,067,260	393,804	2.800	0.31
1982	14,264,162	14,467,682	407,040	2.814	0.31
1983	14,671,202	14,903,737	465,069	3.121	0.32
1984	15,136,271	15,377,032	481,522	3.132	0.32
1985	15,617,793	15,753,856	272,126	1.727	0.32
1986	15,889,919	16,148,221	516,604	3.199	0.33
1987	16,406,523	16,598,019	382,992	2.308	0.33
1988	16,789,515	16,987,346	395,663	2.329	0.33
1989	17,185,178	17,442,590	514,825	2.952	0.33
1990	17,700,003	17,658,381	-83,243	-0.471	0.33
1991	17,616,760	17,846,378	459,237	2.573	0.33
1992	18,075,997	18,385,673	619,352	3.369	0.33
1993	18,695,349	19,295,818	1,200,938	6.226	0.35
1994	19,896,287	20,248,073	703,572	3.475	0.36
1995	20,599,859	20,948,858	697,998	3.332	0.36
1996	21,297,857	21,639,332	682,949	3.156	0.37
1997	21,980,806	22,330,770	699,928	3.135	0.38
1998	22,680,734	23,053,488	745,509	3.234	0.39
1999	23,426,243	23,820,734	788,982	3.312	0.39
2000	24,215,225	24,628,858	827,266	3.359	0.40
2001	25,042,491	25,425,663	766,344	3.014	0.41
2002	25,808,835	26,255,343	893,016	3.402	0.42
2003	26,701,851	27,068,823	733,944	2.712	0.42
2004	27,435,795	27,858,948	846,306	3.038	0.43
2005	28,282,101	28,698,684	833,167	2.903	0.44
2006	29,115,268	28,905,607	-419,322	-1.451	0.44
2007	28,695,946	28,660,887	-70,118	-0.245	0.43
2008	28,625,828	29,218,381	1,185,107	4.057	0.43
2009	29,810,935	30,289,040	956,211	3.157	0.44
2010	30,767,146	31,264,875	995,458	3.184	0.45
2011	31,762,604	32,378,061	1,230,914	3.802	0.46
2012	32,993,518	33,864,447	1,741,858	5.145	0.47
2013	34,735,376	35,481,800	1,492,847	4.208	0.49
2014	36,228,223	36,746,488	1,036,530	2.821	0.50
2015	37,264,753	37,757,813	986,119	2.612	0.51
2016	38,250,872	38,697,943	894,142	2.311	0.52
2017	39,145,014	39,621,162	952,295	2.404	0.52
2018	40,097,309	40,590,700	986,781	2.431	0.53
2019	41,084,090	41,563,520	958,861	2.307	0.54
2020	42,042,951	42,556,984	1,028,065	2.416	0.54
2021	43,071,016	43,533,592	925,153	2.125	0.55

Iraq population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	43,996,169	44,496,122	999,905	2.247	0.56
2023	44,996,074	45,504,560	1,016,972	2.235	0.57
2024	46,013,046	46,523,657	1,021,222	2.195	0.57
2025	47,034,268	47,549,546	1,030,557	2.167	0.58
2026	48,064,825	48,583,520	1,037,389	2.135	0.59
2027	49,102,214	49,623,459	1,042,490	2.101	0.60
2028	50,144,704	50,671,593	1,053,778	2.080	0.60
2029	51,198,482	51,730,760	1,064,556	2.058	0.61
2030	52,263,038	52,800,825	1,075,575	2.037	0.62
2031	53,338,613	53,879,499	1,081,771	2.008	0.63
2032	54,420,384	54,966,918	1,093,068	1.989	0.63
2033	55,513,452	56,062,270	1,097,636	1.958	0.64
2034	56,611,088	57,162,965	1,103,755	1.931	0.65
2035	57,714,843	58,268,847	1,108,008	1.902	0.66
2036	58,822,851	59,376,243	1,106,783	1.864	0.66
2037	59,929,634	60,484,498	1,109,728	1.835	0.67
2038	61,039,362	61,591,674	1,104,624	1.794	0.68
2039	62,143,986	62,695,913	1,103,854	1.761	0.69
2040	63,247,840	63,798,124	1,100,567	1.725	0.69
2041	64,348,407	64,897,603	1,098,393	1.693	0.70
2042	65,446,800	65,990,902	1,088,204	1.649	0.71
2043	66,535,004	67,078,936	1,087,864	1.622	0.72
2044	67,622,868	68,160,087	1,074,439	1.576	0.72
2045	68,697,307	69,232,581	1,070,548	1.546	0.73
2046	69,767,855	70,303,215	1,070,719	1.523	0.74
2047	70,838,574	71,367,305	1,057,462	1.482	0.75
2048	71,896,036	72,422,410	1,052,748	1.454	0.75
2049	72,948,784	73,472,404	1,047,239	1.425	0.76
2050	73,996,023	74,515,140	1,038,235	1.393	0.77
2051	75,034,258	75,546,289	1,024,062	1.356	0.77
2052	76,058,320	76,571,293	1,025,947	1.340	0.78
2053	77,084,267	77,591,427	1,014,320	1.307	0.79
2054	78,098,587	78,602,717	1,008,261	1.283	0.80
2055	79,106,848	79,606,588	999,480	1.256	0.80
2056	80,106,328	80,603,155	993,654	1.233	0.81
2057	81,099,982	81,590,720	981,477	1.203	0.82
2058	82,081,459	82,571,803	980,689	1.188	0.83
2059	83,062,148	83,546,164	968,033	1.159	0.83
2060	84,030,181	84,505,546	950,730	1.125	0.84
2061	84,980,911	85,449,511	937,199	1.097	0.85
2062	85,918,110	86,384,363	932,506	1.079	0.85
2063	86,850,616	87,308,492	915,751	1.049	0.86
2064	87,766,367	88,219,965	907,195	1.028	0.87
2065	88,673,562	89,122,627	898,130	1.008	0.87
2066	89,571,692	90,018,157	892,930	0.992	0.88
2067	90,464,622	90,903,880	878,516	0.966	0.89
2068	91,343,138	91,777,004	867,732	0.945	0.89
2069	92,210,870	92,635,238	848,736	0.916	0.90
2070	93,059,606	93,477,406	835,600	0.894	0.91
2071	93,895,206	94,308,792	827,173	0.877	0.91
2072	94,722,379	95,130,492	816,227	0.858	0.92
2073	95,538,606	95,938,643	800,074	0.834	0.93
2074	96,338,680	96,730,174	782,988	0.809	0.93
2075	97,121,668	97,506,579	769,822	0.790	0.94
2076	97,891,490	98,265,205	747,430	0.761	0.95
2077	98,638,920	99,003,307	728,774	0.736	0.95
2078	99,367,694	99,723,724	712,060	0.714	0.96
2079	100,079,754	100,427,045	694,582	0.692	0.96
2080	100,774,336	101,113,611	678,551	0.671	0.97
2081	101,452,887	101,783,663	661,551	0.650	0.98
2082	102,114,438	102,436,834	644,792	0.629	0.98
2083	102,759,230	103,076,155	633,851	0.615	0.99
2084	103,393,081	103,700,881	615,600	0.594	0.99
2085	104,008,681	104,309,332	601,301	0.576	1.00
2086	104,609,982	104,901,071	582,177	0.555	1.01
2087	105,192,159	105,476,925	569,533	0.540	1.01
2088	105,761,692	106,035,957	548,529	0.517	1.02
2089	106,310,221	106,579,002	537,562	0.504	1.02
2090	106,847,783	107,109,082	522,597	0.488	1.03
2091	107,370,380	107,624,054	507,348	0.471	1.03
2092	107,877,728	108,120,932	486,409	0.450	1.04
2093	108,364,137	108,598,811	469,347	0.432	1.04
2094	108,833,484	109,059,946	452,923	0.415	1.05
2095	109,286,407	109,505,956	439,098	0.401	1.05
2096	109,725,505	109,938,207	425,404	0.387	1.06
2097	110,150,909	110,355,238	408,658	0.370	1.06
2098	110,559,567	110,755,179	391,224	0.353	1.07
2099	110,950,791	111,137,740	373,898	0.336	1.07
2100	111,324,689	111,503,537	357,696	0.321	1.08