Iraq People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
40,462,701 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi
Ethnic groups
Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
Languages
Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population
major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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Religions
Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 61-64%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)
note: the last census in Iraq was in 1997; while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon
Age structure
0-14 years: 37.02% (male 7,349,868/female 7,041,405)
15-24 years: 19.83% (male 3,918,433/female 3,788,157)
25-54 years: 35.59% (male 6,919,569/female 6,914,856)
55-64 years: 4.23% (male 805,397/female 839,137)
65 years and over: 3.33% (male 576,593/female 719,240) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 71
youth dependency ratio: 65.2
elderly dependency ratio: 5.8
potential support ratio: 17.1 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 21.2 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 21.6 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
2% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
24.7 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
population is concentrated in the north, center, and eastern parts of the country, with many of the larger urban agglomerations found along extensive parts of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; much of the western and southern areas are either lightly populated or uninhabited
Urbanization
urban population: 71.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
7.512 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.737 million Mosul, 1.414 million Basra, 1.052 million Kirkuk, 930,000 Najaf, 878,000 Erbil (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 73.18 years
male: 71.3 years
female: 75.15 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.25 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
52.8% (2018)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 97.4% of population
total: 99.3% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 2.6% of population
total: 0.7% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
4.5% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: intermediate (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Iraq; as of 9 December 2022, Iraq has reported a total of 2,463,296 cases of COVID-19 or 6,124.18 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 25,363 cumulative deaths or a rate of 63.06 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 29 November 2022, 25.41% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
30.4% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0.16 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.11 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 18.5% (2020 est.)
male: 35.1% (2020 est.)
female: 1.8% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
3.9% (2018)
Child marriage
women married by age 15: 7.2%
women married by age 18: 27.9% (2018 est.)
Education expenditures
4.7% of GDP (2016)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.6%
male: 91.2%
female: 79.9% (2017)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 25.6%
male: 22%
female: 63.3% (2017)
NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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