| Population | 40,194,216 (July 2018 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 39.01% (male 8,005,327 /female 7,674,802) 15-24 years: 19.42% (male 3,976,085 /female 3,829,086) 25-54 years: 33.97% (male 6,900,984 /female 6,752,797) 55-64 years: 4.05% (male 788,602 /female 839,291) 65 years and over: 3.55% (male 632,753 /female 794,489) (2018 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 77.7 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 72.3 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 18.3 (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 20.2 years (2018 est.) male: 20 years female: 20.5 years |
| Population growth rate | 2.5% (2018 est.) |
| Birth rate | 30 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 70.7% of total population (2019) rate of urbanization: 3.06% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 6.974 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.578 million Mosul, 1.325 million Basra, 996,000 Kirkuk, 833,000 Erbil, 847,000 Najaf (2019) |
| 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: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2018 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 37.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) male: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 34.2 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.9 years (2018 est.) male: 72.6 years female: 77.2 years |
| Total fertility rate | 3.94 children born/woman (2018 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 52.8% (2018) |
| 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: 6.2% of population rural: 29.9% of population total: 13.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 86.4% of population (2015 est.) rural: 83.8% of population (2015 est.) total: 85.6% of population (2015 est.) unimproved: urban: 13.6% of population (2015 est.) rural: 16.2% of population (2015 est.) total: 14.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate (2016) 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% (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 |
| 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.) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Maternal mortality rate | 79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 7.2% (2011) |
| Health expenditures | 2,015% |
| Physicians density | 0.82 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2014) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 30.4% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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