| Population | 39,192,111 (July 2017 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 39.46% (male 7,895,522/female 7,569,205) 15-24 years: 19.25% (male 3,841,375/female 3,702,187) 25-54 years: 33.84% (male 6,704,201/female 6,558,108) 55-64 years: 3.99% (male 752,598/female 812,683) 65 years and over: 3.46% (male 601,937/female 754,295) (2017 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 77.7 youth dependency ratio: 72.3 elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 potential support ratio: 18.3 (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 20 years male: 19.8 years female: 20.3 years (2017 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.55% (2017 est.) |
| Birth rate | 30.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 69.7% of total population (2017) rate of urbanization: 2.97% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | BAGHDAD (capital) 6.643 million; Mosul 1.694 million; Erbil 1.166 million; Basra 1.019 million; As Sulaymaniyah 1.004 million; Najaf 889,000 (2015) |
| 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: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 37.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.9 years male: 72.6 years female: 77.2 years (2017 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 4 children born/woman (2017 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 52.5% (2011) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.8% of population rural: 70.1% of population total: 86.6% of population unimproved: urban: 6.1% of population rural: 31.5% of population total: 14.6% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 86.4% of population rural: 83.8% of population total: 85.6% of population unimproved: urban: 13.6% of population rural: 16.2% of population total: 14.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016) |
| 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 |
| 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% note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2015 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) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.7% male: 85.7% female: 73.7% (2015 est.) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 715,737 percentage: 11% (2006 est.) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Maternal mortality rate | 50 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 8.5% (2011) |
| Health expenditures | 5.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 30.4% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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