Iraq vs. Iran
Demographics
| Iraq | Iran | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 39,650,145 (July 2021 est.) | 85,888,910 (July 2021 est.) |
| 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.) | 0-14 years: 24.11% (male 10,472,844/female 10,000,028) 15-24 years: 13.36% (male 5,806,034/female 5,537,561) 25-54 years: 48.94% (male 21,235,038/female 20,327,384) 55-64 years: 7.72% (male 3,220,074/female 3,337,420) 65 years and over: 5.87% (male 2,316,677/female 2,670,254) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 21.2 years male: 20.8 years female: 21.6 years (2020 est.) | total: 31.7 years male: 31.5 years female: 32 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.06% (2021 est.) | 1.03% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 15.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.9 years male: 71.01 years female: 74.89 years (2021 est.) | total population: 75.06 years male: 73.71 years female: 76.48 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.32 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.93 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Iraqi(s) adjective: Iraqi | noun: Iranian(s) adjective: Iranian |
| 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 | Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | 54,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.) note: 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 | Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | 3,200 (2020 est.) |
| 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): ???? ????? ??????? ???? ???? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic major-language sample(s): ????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ??? ???? (Persian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.1% male: 56.2% female: 44% (2018) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.5% male: 90.4% female: 80.8% (2016) |
| 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 19 July 2021, Iraq has reported a total of 1,501,595 cases of COVID-19 or 3,733.22 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 44.48 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 1.74% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine | degree of risk: intermediate (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 20 July 2021, Iran has reported a total of 3,548,704 cases of COVID-19 or 4,225 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 104.03 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 6.98% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Education expenditures | NA | 4% of GDP (2018) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 76.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.8% of population rural: 95% of population total: 97.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population rural: 5% of population total: 2.1% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 93.1% of population total: 97.2% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 6.9% of population total: 2.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.7% of population rural: 89.7% of population total: 95.2% of population unimproved: urban: 3.3% of population rural: 10.3% of population total: 4.8% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.9% of population rural: 95.7% of population total: 98.1% of population unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population (2015 est.) rural: 4.3% of population total: 1.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 7.323 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.683 million Mosul, 1.382 million Basra, 1.031 million Kirkuk, 901,000 Najaf, 861,000 Erbil (2021) | 9.259 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.264 million Mashhad, 2.177 million Esfahan, 1.675 million Shiraz, 1.627 million Tabriz, 1.582 million Karaj (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.9% (2018) | 4.1% (2010/11) |
| Health expenditures | 4.1% (2018) | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 30.4% (2016) | 25.8% (2016) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 52.8% (2018) | 77.4% (2010/11) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 69.9 youth dependency ratio: 64.1 elderly dependency ratio: 5.9 potential support ratio: 17.1 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 45.6 youth dependency ratio: 36 elderly dependency ratio: 9.6 potential support ratio: 14.2 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
