Iraq - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Iraq was 32,031,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,031,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7,379,922 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 7,379,922
1961 7,570,069
1962 7,773,193
1963 7,991,619
1964 8,227,763
1965 8,483,109
1966 8,759,064
1967 9,054,873
1968 9,367,055
1969 9,690,613
1970 10,021,790
1971 10,358,220
1972 10,700,250
1973 11,049,890
1974 11,410,460
1975 11,783,640
1976 12,157,290
1977 12,542,790
1978 12,940,510
1979 13,350,840
1980 13,774,180
1981 14,137,050
1982 14,509,470
1983 14,891,700
1984 15,284,000
1985 15,686,640
1986 16,158,860
1987 16,645,290
1988 17,146,360
1989 17,662,520
1990 18,194,210
1991 18,706,560
1992 19,233,340
1993 19,774,950
1994 20,331,810
1995 20,904,350
1996 21,545,640
1997 22,206,600
1998 22,887,830
1999 23,589,970
2000 24,313,640
2001 24,937,730
2002 25,577,840
2003 26,234,370
2004 26,907,760
2005 27,598,440
2006 28,432,900
2007 29,292,600
2008 30,178,290
2009 31,090,760
2010 32,031,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Iraq was 49.84 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 50.38 in 1990, while its lowest value was 48.90 in 1978.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.71
1961 49.64
1962 49.58
1963 49.51
1964 49.45
1965 49.39
1966 49.34
1967 49.29
1968 49.24
1969 49.20
1970 49.16
1971 49.13
1972 49.11
1973 49.09
1974 49.07
1975 49.03
1976 48.99
1977 48.93
1978 48.90
1979 48.92
1980 49.01
1981 49.18
1982 49.40
1983 49.64
1984 49.87
1985 50.06
1986 50.19
1987 50.29
1988 50.34
1989 50.37
1990 50.38
1991 50.37
1992 50.34
1993 50.30
1994 50.25
1995 50.21
1996 50.17
1997 50.14
1998 50.10
1999 50.07
2000 50.03
2001 49.99
2002 49.94
2003 49.90
2004 49.87
2005 49.85
2006 49.84
2007 49.85
2008 49.85
2009 49.85
2010 49.84

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population