The current population of Iraq is 47,813,338 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 46,042,015 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Iraq accounts for 0.58% of the world's population.
- Iraq is ranked 34/197 by population and was ranked 38th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of 3.42% per year.
- Iraq is projected to reach 101M people in 2100.
Iraq population clock
Iraq
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
47813338
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 34/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | N/A |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.82 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 48/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -17,735 | N/A |
Iraq population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,022,052 | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 3.43% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 3.44% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 3.45% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 3.49% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 3.5% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 3.53% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 3.51% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 3.5% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 3.51% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 3.37% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 3.33% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 3.38% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 3.42% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 3.27% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 3.2% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 3.05% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 2.85% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 3.02% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 3.17% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 2.43% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 2.49% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 2.78% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 2.35% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 1.25% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 1.06% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 3% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 4.92% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 4.89% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 3.41% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 3.24% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 3.14% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 3.33% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 3.17% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 3.21% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 3.06% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 2.89% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | -0.79% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 2.04% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 3.75% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 3.28% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 3.59% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 4.64% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 4.83% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 3.59% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 2.76% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 2.42% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 2.36% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 2.24% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 2.32% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 2.28% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 1.99% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 1.97% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 1.87% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 1.83% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 1.82% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 1.79% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 1.73% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 1.73% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 1.65% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 1.6% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 1.5% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 1.46% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 1.41% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 1.39% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 1.38% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 1.36% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 1.31% |
Iraq has a population of 47.8M as of 2025, compared to 37.6M in 2015, 28.4M in 2005, and 20.8M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.73% per year. Iraq is ranked 44th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Iraq will have 67,204,176 people (40.6% growth) with a rank change from 34th to 29th.
By the year 2100, Iraq's population is projected to grow by 110.5% to 101M people.
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Iraq population statistics
|
Iraq
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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