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Demographics of Iraq

The Iraqi people (Arabic: العراقيون; Kurdish: گه‌لی عیراق; Syriac: ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ; Turkish: Iraklılar) are people originating from the country of Iraq.[1]

Demographics of Iraq
Population pyramid of Iraq in 2020
Population43,533,592 (2021)
Growth rate2% (2022 est.)
Birth rate34.23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy73.18 years
 • male71.3 years
 • female75.15 years
Fertility rate3.25 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate19.62 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years37.02%
65 and over3.33%
Sex ratio
Total1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.04 male(s)/female
65 and over0.65 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityIraqi
Language
OfficialArabic, Kurdish
Historical population of Iraq

Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq,[2] followed by Iraqi Kurds, then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country.[3][4] Studies indicate that Mesopotamian Arabs, who make up the overwhelming majority of Iraq's population, are genetically distinct from other Arab populations in the Arabs of the Arabian peninsula.[5][6]

The population was estimated to be 43,533,592 in 2021[7] Turkmen (4.5-6 million), Assyrians (0.5 million), Yazidis (500,000), Armenians, Marsh Arabs, and Shabaks (250,000). Other minorities include Mandaeans (3,000), Roma (50,000) and Circassians (2,000).[8] The most spoken languages are Mesopotamian Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian Syriac and Iraqi Turkmen dialects. The percentages of different ethno-religious groups residing in Iraq vary from source to source due to the last Iraqi census having taken place over 30 years ago. A new census of Iraq was planned to take place in 2020,[9] but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] It was rescheduled to November 2022[11][12] but was postponed again with an "electronic national population census" planned in the last quarter of 2023.[13]

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
0 1,000,000—    
500 1,005,000+0.00%
1000 2,000,000+0.14%
1500 1,000,000−0.14%
1700 1,000,000+0.00%
1800 1,000,000+0.00%
1901 2,470,000+0.90%
1955 6,502,657+1.81%
1960 7,289,760+2.31%
1965 8,375,790+2.82%
1970 9,917,983+3.44%
1975 11,684,590+3.33%
1980 13,653,354+3.16%
1985 15,555,800+2.64%
1990 17,419,113+2.29%
1995 20,149,338+2.95%
2000 23,497,585+3.12%
2005 26,922,284+2.76%
2010 29,741,976+2.01%
2015 35,572,261+3.64%
2020 40,222,493+2.49%
Sources:before 1955:[14] after 1955:[15]

39,650,145 (2021 estimate),[16] 43,533,592 (2021 estimate),[17][18] up from 31,234,000 (April 2009 IMF estimate)[19]

 
Iraq fertility rate by region (2006)[20]
  5–6
  4–5
  3–4
  2–3

Vital statistics edit

UN estimates edit

Year[21] Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change CBR1 CDR1 NC1 IMR1 Total fertility rate Life expectancy (years)
1950   259,000   142,000   117,000 45.7 25.1 20.6 222.0 6.20 38.98
1951   270,000   137,000   133,000 46.7 23.8 23.0 210.2 6.40 40.65
1952   293,000   136,000   157,000 49.4 23.0 26.4 199.1 6.84 42.20
1953   297,000   134,000   163,000 48.8 22.0 26.8 188.5 6.84 43.71
1954   297,000   130,000   167,000 47.6 20.8 26.7 178.5 6.76 45.21
1955   267,000   123,000   144,000 41.7 19.2 22.5 169.0 6.00 46.58
1956   271,000   117,000   154,000 41.4 17.8 23.6 160.1 6.00 47.88
1957   220,000   107,000   113,000 32.9 16.0 16.9 151.6 4.80 49.21
1958   224,000   101,000   123,000 32.9 14.8 18.1 143.7 4.80 50.41
1959   252,000   101,000   151,000 36.4 14.6 21.8 136.3 5.30 51.03
1960   257,000 98,000   159,000 36.3 13.9 22.4 129.4 5.30 52.62
1961   289,000   100,000   189,000 39.7 13.8 26.0 123.1 5.80 53.41
1962   352,000   105,000   247,000 47.1 14.0 33.0 117.2 6.87 54.33
1963   363,000   109,000   254,000 46.9 14.0 32.8 111.8 6.90 54.95
1964   373,000   110,000   263,000 46.7 13.8 32.9 107.4 6.93 55.63
1965   384,000   109,000   275,000 46.4 13.2 33.2 102.1 6.95 56.62
1966   395,000   109,000   286,000 46.2 12.8 33.4 97.7 6.97 57.35
1967   408,000   108,000   299,000 46.1 12.2 33.8 93.5 7.00 58.37
1968   422,000   110,000   312,000 46.1 12.0 34.1 89.9 7.05 58.78
1969   438,000   110,000   328,000 46.2 11.6 34.6 86.0 7.10 59.32
1970   450,000   110,000   340,000 45.8 11.2 34.6 82.6 7.08 60.19
1971   461,000   109,000   352,000 45.4 10.7 34.7 79.0 7.06 60.91
1972   471,000   110,000   362,000 44.8 10.4 34.4 76.0 7.01 61.39
1973   481,000   109,000   372,000 44.3 10.0 34.2 73.0 6.96 62.03
1974   492,000   117,000   375,000 43.7 10.4 33.4 70.4 6.93 60.90
1975   500,000   116,000   384,000 43.0 10.0 33.0 67.7 6.88 61.46
1976   508,000   108,000   400,000 42.3 9.0 33.3 64.6 6.81 63.72
1977   516,000   108,000   408,000 41.6 8.7 32.9 62.1 6.75 64.23
1978   525,000   110,000   416,000 41.0 8.5 32.4 59.8 6.69 64.40
1979   536,000   110,000   426,000 40.4 8.3 32.1 57.7 6.63 64.79
1980   546,000   128,000   418,000 40.0 9.4 30.6 55.7 6.57 61.50
1981   560,000   143,000   417,000 39.8 10.1 29.6 53.8 6.51 59.33
1982   573,000   143,000   429,000 39.5 9.9 29.6 52.1 6.45 59.73
1983   586,000   144,000   442,000 39.4 9.7 29.7 50.5 6.39 60.06
1984   607,000   147,000   460,000 39.5 9.6 29.9 49.1 6.33 60.22
1985   620,000   148,000   472,000 39.1 9.3 29.7 47.7 6.25 60.68
1986   626,000   149,000   477,000 38.8 9.2 29.6 46.4 6.18 60.87
1987   642,000   151,000   491,000 38.5 9.0 29.5 45.3 6.10 61.18
1988   662,000   184,000   477,000 38.8 10.8 28.0 49.2 6.02 57.47
1989   683,000   187,000   495,000 39.1 10.7 28.4 53.3 5.94 58.24
1990   708,000   190,000   518,000 39.4 10.6 28.8 52.2 5.88 58.44
1991   707,000   153,000   554,000 39.5 8.5 31.0 46.2 5.81 62.52
1992   722,000   123,000   599,000 39.3 6.7 32.6 41.1 5.72 66.71
1993   744,000   125,000   619,000 39.1 6.6 32.6 40.3 5.64 66.90
1994   782,000   133,000   649,000 38.7 6.6 32.1 39.7 5.53 66.74
1995   796,000   138,000   658,000 38.0 6.6 31.4 39.1 5.40 66.46
1996   810,000   142,000   668,000 37.4 6.6 30.9 38.4 5.29 66.39
1997   835,000   150,000   685,000 37.4 6.7 30.7 37.9 5.24 65.84
1998   853,000   156,000   697,000 37.0 6.8 30.3 36.9 5.15 65.49
1999   873,000   154,000   719,000 36.7 6.5 30.2 36.3 5.06 66.18
2000   891,000   152,000   740,000 36.3 6.2 30.1 35.6 4.95 66.82
2001   905,000   154,000   752,000 35.6 6.0 29.6 34.9 4.84 67.03
2002   916,000   156,000   759,000 35.0 6.0 29.0 34.2 4.71 67.08
2003   937,000   175,000   761,000 34.6 6.5 28.1 33.6 4.62 65.64
2004   963,000   186,000   776,000 34.6 6.7 27.9 32.9 4.58 65.03
2005   975,000   193,000   782,000 34.0 6.7 27.3 32.3 4.48 64.84
2006   998,000   213,000   785,000 33.8 7.2 26.6 31.6 4.44 63.59
2007   976,000   210,000   766,000 33.6 7.2 26.4 30.8 4.37 63.55
2008   972,000   193,000   779,000 33.5 6.7 26.8 30.1 4.34 64.94
2009   1,019,000   184,000   836,000 33.7 6.1 27.6 29.3 4.36 66.45
2010   1,071,000   183,000   888,000 34.3 5.9 28.4 28.6 4.43 67.06
2011   1,132,000   182,000   950,000 35.1 5.6 29.4 27.7 4.54 67.66
2012   1,159,000   184,000   974,000 34.6 5.5 29.1 26.9 4.48 68.02
2013   1,192,000   191,000   1,001,000 33.8 5.4 28.4 26.2 4.38 68.25
2014 1,216,000   190,000 1,026,000 33.1 5.2 27.9 25.2 4.28 68.91
2015   1,193,000   187,000   1,006,000 31.6 5.0 26.6 24.5 4.09 69.44
2016   1,168,000   199,000   970,000 30.2 5.1 25.0 23.7 3.90 68.99
2017   1,146,000   184,000   962,000 28.9 4.6 24.3 23.0 3.73 70.41
2018   1,154,000   174,000   980,000 28.4 4.3 24.1 22.4 3.66 71.51
2019   1,168,000   179,000   989,000 28.1 4.3 23.8 21.8 3.60 71.58
2020   1,179,000 223,000   957,000 27.7 5.2 22.5 21.0 3.55 69.12
2021   1,192,000   207,000   985,000 27.4 4.8 22.6 20.3 3.50 70.38
1 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1,000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1,000); NC = natural change (per 1,000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1,000 births

Fertility ages average in 1997–2006 edit

Age groups[22][23] 1997 2006
15–19 56.2 68
20–24 210 187
25–29 276.2 221
30–34 257.9 188
35–39 196.5 136
40–44 101.4 56
45–49 31 9
Total 1,128.2 865
TFR 4.3

Life expectancy at birth edit

Average life expectancy at age 0 of the total population.[24]

 
Life expectancy at birth in Iraq
Period Life expectancy in
Years
Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 37.9 1985–1990 64.3
1955–1960 44.9 1990–1995 67.4
1960–1965 50.9 1995–2000 69.1
1965–1970 56.4 2000–2005 68.9
1970–1975 59.5 2005–2010 68.0
1975–1980 61.7 2010–2015 69.2
1980–1985 59.0

Structure of the population edit

Structure of the population (1 July 2013) (Estimates):[25]

Age group Male Female Total %
Total 17,710,750 17,083,444 34,794,194 100
0–4 2,495,131 2,405,862 4,900,993 14.09
5–9 2,374,908 2,191,807 4,566,714 13.12
10–14 2,232,712 2,048,891 4,281,603 12.31
15–19 1,937,714 1,825,963 3,763,677 10.82
20–24 1,701,884 1,593,679 3,295,563 9.47
25–29 1,424,739 1,316,462 2,741,201 7.88
30–34 1,176,433 1,134,882 2,311,316 6.64
35–39 983,570 1,044,325 2,027,895 5.83
40–44 933,785 897,936 1,831,722 5.26
45–49 746,884 763,311 1,510,195 4.34
50–54 508,498 562,274 1,070,772 3.08
55–59 356,581 393,511 750,093 2.16
60–64 345,830 378,456 724,285 2.08
65–69 187,626 218,991 406,617 1.17
70–74 133,277 138,375 271,651 0.78
75–79 81,742 90,630 172,373 0.50
80+ 89,436 78,087 167,523 0.48
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 8,005,327 7,674,802 15,680,129 39.01
15–24 3,976,085 3,829,086 7,805,171 19.24
25–54 6,900,984 6,752,797 13,653,781 33.97
55–64 788,602 839,291 1,627,893 4.05
65+ 632,753 794,489 1,427,242 3.55

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020):[26]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 20 135 407 19 719 025 39 854 432 100
0–4 3 001 938 2 845 630 5 847 568 14.67
5–9 2 801 593 2 637 323 5 438 915 13.65
10–14 2 503 802 2 337 380 4 841 183 12.15
15–19 2 196 837 2 075 647 4 272 484 10.72
20–24 1 918 965 1 770 996 3 689 961 9.26
25–29 1 505 098 1 463 422 2 968 520 7.45
30–34 1 317 918 1 356 230 2 674 148 6.71
35–39 1 123 350 1 184 338 2 307 688 5.79
40–44 1 059 298 1 073 442 2 132 741 5.35
45–49 782 854 806 097 1 588 951 3.99
50–54 461 586 574 816 1 036 401 2.60
55–59 524 741 549 131 1 073 872 2.69
60–64 361 381 394 984 756 365 1.90
65-69 237 890 247 820 485 710 1.22
70-74 155 203 156 175 311 378 0.78
75-79 81 749 98 501 180 250 0.45
80+ 101 202 147 093 248 296 0.62
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 8 307 333 7 820 333 16 127 666 40.47
15–64 11 252 030 11 249 103 22 501 133 56.46
65+ 576 044 649 589 1 225 633 3.08

Ethnicity edit

 
  Sunni Arabs
  Shiite Arabs
  Sunni Kurds
  Assyrians
  Yazidis
  Turkmen

Iraq's dominant ethnic group are Arabs, who account for more than three-quarters of the population.

According to the CIA World Factbook, citing a 1987 Iraqi government estimate,[27] the population of Iraq is formed of 70-80% Arabs followed by 15-20% Kurds.[27] and also Marsh Arabs.

in addition, the estimate claims that other minorities form 5% of the country's population, including the Turkmen, Kaka'i, Bedouins, Roma, Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs, Circassians, Mandaeans, and Persians.[27] However, the International Crisis Group points out that figures from the 1987 census, as well as the 1967, 1977, and 1997 censuses, "are all considered highly problematic, due to suspicions of regime manipulation" because Iraqi citizens were only allowed to indicate belonging to either the Arab or Kurdish ethnic groups;[28] consequently, this skewed the number of other ethnic minorities, such as Iraq's third largest ethnic group – the Turkmen.[28]

Languages edit

Arabic and Kurdish are the two official languages of Iraq. Arabic is taught across all schools in Iraq, however in the north the Kurdish language is the most spoken. Eastern Aramaic languages, such as Syriac and Mandaic are spoken, as well as the Iraqi Turkmen language, and various other indigenous languages.

Kurdish, including several dialects, is the second largest language and has regional language status in the north of the country. Aramaic, in antiquity spoken throughout the whole country, is now only spoken by the Assyrian Chaldean minority. The Iraqi Turkmen dialect is spoken in parts of northern iraq, numerous languages of the Caucasus are also spoken by minorities, notably the Chechen community.

Religions edit

Religion in Iraq (2015 CIA estimate)[29]

  Shia Islam (61%)
  Sunni Islam (34%)
  Christianity (1%)
  Other (4%)

The CIA World Factbook estimated in 2015 that between 95-98% of Iraqis followed Islam, with 61-64% being Shia and 29-34% being Sunni. Christianity accounted for 1%, and the rest (1-4%) practiced Yazidism, Mandaeism, and other religions.[30]

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 percent since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 estimate).[27] The percentage of Christians has fallen from 6% in 1991 or 1.5 million to about one third of this. Estimates say there are 500,000 Christians in Iraq.[31]

Nearly all Iraqi Kurds identify as Sunni Muslims. A 2014 survey in Iraq concluded that "98% of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2% identified as Shias".[32] The religious differences between Sunni Arabs and Sunni Kurds are small. While 98 percent of Shia Arabs believe that visiting the shrines of saints is acceptable, 71 percent of Sunni Arabs did and 59 percent of Sunni Kurds support this practice.[32] About 94 percent of the population in Iraqi Kurdistan is Muslim.[33]

Demographic statistics edit

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[34]

Age structure edit

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.)

Ethnic groups edit

Arab: 70-80%
Kurd: 15-25%
Turkoman: 9-13%
Assyrian/Chaldean and Other: 2%

Languages edit

Arabic (official)
Kurdish (official)
Iraqi Turkmen dialect (official only in majority speaking area)
Assyrian dialect (Neo-Aramaic) (official only in majority speaking area)

Median age edit

total: 20.2 years
male: 20 years
female: 20.5 years (2019 est.)

Population growth rate edit

2.5% (2018 est.)

Crude birth rate edit

30 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Crude death rate edit

3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Total fertility rate edit

3.94 children born/woman (2018 est.)

Net migration rate edit

−1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)

Urbanization edit

urban population: 70.5% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 3.06% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)

Sex ratio edit

at birth: 1.04 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 (2017 est.)

Maternal mortality rate edit

50 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)

Infant mortality rate edit

total population: 37.5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)

Life expectancy at birth edit

total population: 74.9 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 77.2 years (2018 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate edit

51.5% (2011)

Health expenditures edit

5.5% of GDP (2011)

Physicians density edit

0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hospital bed density edit

1.4 beds/1,000 population (2014)

Obesity – adult prevalence rate edit

30.4% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight edit

8.5% (2011)

Nationality edit

noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi

Literacy edit

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.7%
male: 85.7%
female: 73.7% (2015 est.)

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ Office, Great Britain Foreign (1958). Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939. H.M. Stationery Office.
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  4. ^ Mitchell, T. F. (1990–1993). Pronouncing Arabic. Oxford [England]: Clarendon Press. p. 37. ISBN 0198151519. OCLC 18020063.
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Further reading edit

  • Zubaida, Sami. "Jews & Others in Iraq 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine." ISIM review 22 (2008): 6–7.

External links edit

  • [1] populationpyramid
  • [2]
  • The World Factbook – Iraq
  • Linguist List partial inventory of languages and dialects of Iraq 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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The Iraqi people Arabic العراقيون Kurdish گه لی عیراق Syriac ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ Turkish Iraklilar are people originating from the country of Iraq 1 Demographics of IraqPopulation pyramid of Iraq in 2020Population43 533 592 2021 Growth rate2 2022 est Birth rate34 23 births 1 000 population 2023 est Death rate3 9 deaths 1 000 population 2022 est Life expectancy73 18 years male71 3 years female75 15 yearsFertility rate3 25 children born woman 2022 est Infant mortality rate19 62 deaths 1 000 live birthsNet migration rate 0 83 migrant s 1 000 population 2022 est Age structure0 14 years37 02 65 and over3 33 Sex ratioTotal1 01 male s female 2022 est At birth1 05 male s femaleUnder 151 04 male s female65 and over0 65 male s femaleNationalityNationalityIraqiLanguageOfficialArabic KurdishHistorical population of IraqIraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq 2 followed by Iraqi Kurds then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country 3 4 Studies indicate that Mesopotamian Arabs who make up the overwhelming majority of Iraq s population are genetically distinct from other Arab populations in the Arabs of the Arabian peninsula 5 6 The population was estimated to be 43 533 592 in 2021 7 Turkmen 4 5 6 million Assyrians 0 5 million Yazidis 500 000 Armenians Marsh Arabs and Shabaks 250 000 Other minorities include Mandaeans 3 000 Roma 50 000 and Circassians 2 000 8 The most spoken languages are Mesopotamian Arabic Kurdish Assyrian Syriac and Iraqi Turkmen dialects The percentages of different ethno religious groups residing in Iraq vary from source to source due to the last Iraqi census having taken place over 30 years ago A new census of Iraq was planned to take place in 2020 9 but this was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 10 It was rescheduled to November 2022 11 12 but was postponed again with an electronic national population census planned in the last quarter of 2023 13 Contents 1 Population 2 Vital statistics 2 1 UN estimates 2 2 Fertility ages average in 1997 2006 2 3 Life expectancy at birth 2 4 Structure of the population 3 Ethnicity 4 Languages 5 Religions 6 Demographic statistics 6 1 Age structure 6 2 Ethnic groups 6 3 Languages 6 4 Median age 6 5 Population growth rate 6 6 Crude birth rate 6 7 Crude death rate 6 8 Total fertility rate 6 9 Net migration rate 6 10 Urbanization 6 11 Sex ratio 6 12 Maternal mortality rate 6 13 Infant mortality rate 6 14 Life expectancy at birth 6 15 Contraceptive prevalence rate 6 16 Health expenditures 6 17 Physicians density 6 18 Hospital bed density 6 19 Obesity adult prevalence rate 6 20 Children under the age of 5 years underweight 6 21 Nationality 6 22 Literacy 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksPopulation editHistorical populationYearPop p a 01 000 000 5001 005 000 0 00 10002 000 000 0 14 15001 000 000 0 14 17001 000 000 0 00 18001 000 000 0 00 19012 470 000 0 90 19556 502 657 1 81 19607 289 760 2 31 19658 375 790 2 82 19709 917 983 3 44 197511 684 590 3 33 198013 653 354 3 16 198515 555 800 2 64 199017 419 113 2 29 199520 149 338 2 95 200023 497 585 3 12 200526 922 284 2 76 201029 741 976 2 01 201535 572 261 3 64 202040 222 493 2 49 Sources before 1955 14 after 1955 15 39 650 145 2021 estimate 16 43 533 592 2021 estimate 17 18 up from 31 234 000 April 2009 IMF estimate 19 nbsp Iraq fertility rate by region 2006 20 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3Vital statistics editUN estimates edit Year 21 Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change CBR1 CDR1 NC1 IMR1 Total fertility rate Life expectancy years 1950 259 000 142 000 117 000 45 7 25 1 20 6 222 0 6 20 38 981951 270 000 137 000 133 000 46 7 23 8 23 0 210 2 6 40 40 651952 293 000 136 000 157 000 49 4 23 0 26 4 199 1 6 84 42 201953 297 000 134 000 163 000 48 8 22 0 26 8 188 5 6 84 43 711954 297 000 130 000 167 000 47 6 20 8 26 7 178 5 6 76 45 211955 267 000 123 000 144 000 41 7 19 2 22 5 169 0 6 00 46 581956 271 000 117 000 154 000 41 4 17 8 23 6 160 1 6 00 47 881957 220 000 107 000 113 000 32 9 16 0 16 9 151 6 4 80 49 211958 224 000 101 000 123 000 32 9 14 8 18 1 143 7 4 80 50 411959 252 000 101 000 151 000 36 4 14 6 21 8 136 3 5 30 51 031960 257 000 98 000 159 000 36 3 13 9 22 4 129 4 5 30 52 621961 289 000 100 000 189 000 39 7 13 8 26 0 123 1 5 80 53 411962 352 000 105 000 247 000 47 1 14 0 33 0 117 2 6 87 54 331963 363 000 109 000 254 000 46 9 14 0 32 8 111 8 6 90 54 951964 373 000 110 000 263 000 46 7 13 8 32 9 107 4 6 93 55 631965 384 000 109 000 275 000 46 4 13 2 33 2 102 1 6 95 56 621966 395 000 109 000 286 000 46 2 12 8 33 4 97 7 6 97 57 351967 408 000 108 000 299 000 46 1 12 2 33 8 93 5 7 00 58 371968 422 000 110 000 312 000 46 1 12 0 34 1 89 9 7 05 58 781969 438 000 110 000 328 000 46 2 11 6 34 6 86 0 7 10 59 321970 450 000 110 000 340 000 45 8 11 2 34 6 82 6 7 08 60 191971 461 000 109 000 352 000 45 4 10 7 34 7 79 0 7 06 60 911972 471 000 110 000 362 000 44 8 10 4 34 4 76 0 7 01 61 391973 481 000 109 000 372 000 44 3 10 0 34 2 73 0 6 96 62 031974 492 000 117 000 375 000 43 7 10 4 33 4 70 4 6 93 60 901975 500 000 116 000 384 000 43 0 10 0 33 0 67 7 6 88 61 461976 508 000 108 000 400 000 42 3 9 0 33 3 64 6 6 81 63 721977 516 000 108 000 408 000 41 6 8 7 32 9 62 1 6 75 64 231978 525 000 110 000 416 000 41 0 8 5 32 4 59 8 6 69 64 401979 536 000 110 000 426 000 40 4 8 3 32 1 57 7 6 63 64 791980 546 000 128 000 418 000 40 0 9 4 30 6 55 7 6 57 61 501981 560 000 143 000 417 000 39 8 10 1 29 6 53 8 6 51 59 331982 573 000 143 000 429 000 39 5 9 9 29 6 52 1 6 45 59 731983 586 000 144 000 442 000 39 4 9 7 29 7 50 5 6 39 60 061984 607 000 147 000 460 000 39 5 9 6 29 9 49 1 6 33 60 221985 620 000 148 000 472 000 39 1 9 3 29 7 47 7 6 25 60 681986 626 000 149 000 477 000 38 8 9 2 29 6 46 4 6 18 60 871987 642 000 151 000 491 000 38 5 9 0 29 5 45 3 6 10 61 181988 662 000 184 000 477 000 38 8 10 8 28 0 49 2 6 02 57 471989 683 000 187 000 495 000 39 1 10 7 28 4 53 3 5 94 58 241990 708 000 190 000 518 000 39 4 10 6 28 8 52 2 5 88 58 441991 707 000 153 000 554 000 39 5 8 5 31 0 46 2 5 81 62 521992 722 000 123 000 599 000 39 3 6 7 32 6 41 1 5 72 66 711993 744 000 125 000 619 000 39 1 6 6 32 6 40 3 5 64 66 901994 782 000 133 000 649 000 38 7 6 6 32 1 39 7 5 53 66 741995 796 000 138 000 658 000 38 0 6 6 31 4 39 1 5 40 66 461996 810 000 142 000 668 000 37 4 6 6 30 9 38 4 5 29 66 391997 835 000 150 000 685 000 37 4 6 7 30 7 37 9 5 24 65 841998 853 000 156 000 697 000 37 0 6 8 30 3 36 9 5 15 65 491999 873 000 154 000 719 000 36 7 6 5 30 2 36 3 5 06 66 182000 891 000 152 000 740 000 36 3 6 2 30 1 35 6 4 95 66 822001 905 000 154 000 752 000 35 6 6 0 29 6 34 9 4 84 67 032002 916 000 156 000 759 000 35 0 6 0 29 0 34 2 4 71 67 082003 937 000 175 000 761 000 34 6 6 5 28 1 33 6 4 62 65 642004 963 000 186 000 776 000 34 6 6 7 27 9 32 9 4 58 65 032005 975 000 193 000 782 000 34 0 6 7 27 3 32 3 4 48 64 842006 998 000 213 000 785 000 33 8 7 2 26 6 31 6 4 44 63 592007 976 000 210 000 766 000 33 6 7 2 26 4 30 8 4 37 63 552008 972 000 193 000 779 000 33 5 6 7 26 8 30 1 4 34 64 942009 1 019 000 184 000 836 000 33 7 6 1 27 6 29 3 4 36 66 452010 1 071 000 183 000 888 000 34 3 5 9 28 4 28 6 4 43 67 062011 1 132 000 182 000 950 000 35 1 5 6 29 4 27 7 4 54 67 662012 1 159 000 184 000 974 000 34 6 5 5 29 1 26 9 4 48 68 022013 1 192 000 191 000 1 001 000 33 8 5 4 28 4 26 2 4 38 68 252014 1 216 000 190 000 1 026 000 33 1 5 2 27 9 25 2 4 28 68 912015 1 193 000 187 000 1 006 000 31 6 5 0 26 6 24 5 4 09 69 442016 1 168 000 199 000 970 000 30 2 5 1 25 0 23 7 3 90 68 992017 1 146 000 184 000 962 000 28 9 4 6 24 3 23 0 3 73 70 412018 1 154 000 174 000 980 000 28 4 4 3 24 1 22 4 3 66 71 512019 1 168 000 179 000 989 000 28 1 4 3 23 8 21 8 3 60 71 582020 1 179 000 223 000 957 000 27 7 5 2 22 5 21 0 3 55 69 122021 1 192 000 207 000 985 000 27 4 4 8 22 6 20 3 3 50 70 381 CBR crude birth rate per 1 000 CDR crude death rate per 1 000 NC natural change per 1 000 IMR infant mortality rate per 1 000 birthsGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Fertility ages average in 1997 2006 edit Age groups 22 23 1997 200615 19 56 2 6820 24 210 18725 29 276 2 22130 34 257 9 18835 39 196 5 13640 44 101 4 5645 49 31 9Total 1 128 2 865TFR 4 3Life expectancy at birth edit Average life expectancy at age 0 of the total population 24 nbsp Life expectancy at birth in IraqPeriod Life expectancy inYears Period Life expectancy inYears1950 1955 37 9 1985 1990 64 31955 1960 44 9 1990 1995 67 41960 1965 50 9 1995 2000 69 11965 1970 56 4 2000 2005 68 91970 1975 59 5 2005 2010 68 01975 1980 61 7 2010 2015 69 21980 1985 59 0Structure of the population edit Structure of the population 1 July 2013 Estimates 25 Age group Male Female Total Total 17 710 750 17 083 444 34 794 194 1000 4 2 495 131 2 405 862 4 900 993 14 095 9 2 374 908 2 191 807 4 566 714 13 1210 14 2 232 712 2 048 891 4 281 603 12 3115 19 1 937 714 1 825 963 3 763 677 10 8220 24 1 701 884 1 593 679 3 295 563 9 4725 29 1 424 739 1 316 462 2 741 201 7 8830 34 1 176 433 1 134 882 2 311 316 6 6435 39 983 570 1 044 325 2 027 895 5 8340 44 933 785 897 936 1 831 722 5 2645 49 746 884 763 311 1 510 195 4 3450 54 508 498 562 274 1 070 772 3 0855 59 356 581 393 511 750 093 2 1660 64 345 830 378 456 724 285 2 0865 69 187 626 218 991 406 617 1 1770 74 133 277 138 375 271 651 0 7875 79 81 742 90 630 172 373 0 5080 89 436 78 087 167 523 0 48Age group Male Female Total Percent0 14 8 005 327 7 674 802 15 680 129 39 0115 24 3 976 085 3 829 086 7 805 171 19 2425 54 6 900 984 6 752 797 13 653 781 33 9755 64 788 602 839 291 1 627 893 4 0565 632 753 794 489 1 427 242 3 55Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group 01 VII 2020 26 Age Group Male Female Total Total 20 135 407 19 719 025 39 854 432 1000 4 3 001 938 2 845 630 5 847 568 14 675 9 2 801 593 2 637 323 5 438 915 13 6510 14 2 503 802 2 337 380 4 841 183 12 1515 19 2 196 837 2 075 647 4 272 484 10 7220 24 1 918 965 1 770 996 3 689 961 9 2625 29 1 505 098 1 463 422 2 968 520 7 4530 34 1 317 918 1 356 230 2 674 148 6 7135 39 1 123 350 1 184 338 2 307 688 5 7940 44 1 059 298 1 073 442 2 132 741 5 3545 49 782 854 806 097 1 588 951 3 9950 54 461 586 574 816 1 036 401 2 6055 59 524 741 549 131 1 073 872 2 6960 64 361 381 394 984 756 365 1 9065 69 237 890 247 820 485 710 1 2270 74 155 203 156 175 311 378 0 7875 79 81 749 98 501 180 250 0 4580 101 202 147 093 248 296 0 62Age group Male Female Total Percent0 14 8 307 333 7 820 333 16 127 666 40 4715 64 11 252 030 11 249 103 22 501 133 56 4665 576 044 649 589 1 225 633 3 08Ethnicity editMain articles Iraqi people and Minorities in Iraq nbsp Sunni Arabs Shiite Arabs Sunni Kurds Assyrians Yazidis TurkmenIraq s dominant ethnic group are Arabs who account for more than three quarters of the population According to the CIA World Factbook citing a 1987 Iraqi government estimate 27 the population of Iraq is formed of 70 80 Arabs followed by 15 20 Kurds 27 and also Marsh Arabs in addition the estimate claims that other minorities form 5 of the country s population including the Turkmen Kaka i Bedouins Roma Assyrians Chaldeans Syriacs Circassians Mandaeans and Persians 27 However the International Crisis Group points out that figures from the 1987 census as well as the 1967 1977 and 1997 censuses are all considered highly problematic due to suspicions of regime manipulation because Iraqi citizens were only allowed to indicate belonging to either the Arab or Kurdish ethnic groups 28 consequently this skewed the number of other ethnic minorities such as Iraq s third largest ethnic group the Turkmen 28 Languages editSee also Languages of Iraq Arabic and Kurdish are the two official languages of Iraq Arabic is taught across all schools in Iraq however in the north the Kurdish language is the most spoken Eastern Aramaic languages such as Syriac and Mandaic are spoken as well as the Iraqi Turkmen language and various other indigenous languages Kurdish including several dialects is the second largest language and has regional language status in the north of the country Aramaic in antiquity spoken throughout the whole country is now only spoken by the Assyrian Chaldean minority The Iraqi Turkmen dialect is spoken in parts of northern iraq numerous languages of the Caucasus are also spoken by minorities notably the Chechen community Religions editMain articles Religion in Iraq Islam in Iraq and Christianity in Iraq Religion in Iraq 2015 CIA estimate 29 Shia Islam 61 Sunni Islam 34 Christianity 1 Other 4 The CIA World Factbook estimated in 2015 that between 95 98 of Iraqis followed Islam with 61 64 being Shia and 29 34 being Sunni Christianity accounted for 1 and the rest 1 4 practiced Yazidism Mandaeism and other religions 30 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 percent since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 with many fleeing to Syria Jordan and Lebanon 2010 estimate 27 The percentage of Christians has fallen from 6 in 1991 or 1 5 million to about one third of this Estimates say there are 500 000 Christians in Iraq 31 Nearly all Iraqi Kurds identify as Sunni Muslims A 2014 survey in Iraq concluded that 98 of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2 identified as Shias 32 The religious differences between Sunni Arabs and Sunni Kurds are small While 98 percent of Shia Arabs believe that visiting the shrines of saints is acceptable 71 percent of Sunni Arabs did and 59 percent of Sunni Kurds support this practice 32 About 94 percent of the population in Iraqi Kurdistan is Muslim 33 Demographic statistics editThe following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated 34 Age structure edit 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 Ethnic groups edit Arab 70 80 Kurd 15 25 Turkoman 9 13 Assyrian Chaldean and Other 2 Languages edit Arabic official Kurdish official Iraqi Turkmen dialect official only in majority speaking area Assyrian dialect Neo Aramaic official only in majority speaking area Median age edit total 20 2 years male 20 years female 20 5 years 2019 est Population growth rate edit 2 5 2018 est Crude birth rate edit 30 births 1 000 population 2018 est Crude death rate edit 3 8 deaths 1 000 population 2018 est Total fertility rate edit 3 94 children born woman 2018 est Net migration rate edit 1 1 migrant s 1 000 population 2018 est Urbanization edit urban population 70 5 of total population 2018 rate of urbanization 3 06 annual rate of change 2015 20 est Sex ratio edit at birth 1 04 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 2017 est Maternal mortality rate edit 50 deaths 100 000 live births 2015 est Infant mortality rate edit total population 37 5 deaths 1 000 live births male 40 6 deaths 1 000 live births female 34 2 deaths 1 000 live births 2018 est Life expectancy at birth edit total population 74 9 years male 72 6 years female 77 2 years 2018 est Contraceptive prevalence rate edit 51 5 2011 Health expenditures edit 5 5 of GDP 2011 Physicians density edit 0 85 physicians 1 000 population 2014 Hospital bed density edit 1 4 beds 1 000 population 2014 Obesity adult prevalence rate edit 30 4 2016 Children under the age of 5 years underweight edit 8 5 2011 Nationality edit noun Iraqi s adjective IraqiLiteracy edit definition age 15 and over can read and write total population 79 7 male 85 7 female 73 7 2015 est See also editArmenians in Iraq Homelessness in Iraq Iraqi diaspora Youth in IraqReferences edit Iraqi a native or inhabitant of Iraq Reference com Retrieved 2010 12 10 Office Great Britain Foreign 1958 Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919 1939 H M Stationery Office Minorities in Iraq EU Research Service PDF Mitchell T F 1990 1993 Pronouncing Arabic Oxford England Clarendon Press p 37 ISBN 0198151519 OCLC 18020063 Nadia Al Zahery Maria Pala Vincenza Battaglia Viola Grugni Mohammed A Hamod Baharak Hooshiar Kashani Anna Olivieri Antonio Torroni Augusta S Santachiara Benerecetti Ornella Semino 2011 In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians a survey of genetic variation in the Arabs of Iraq BMC Evolutionary Biology 11 288 doi 10 1186 1471 2148 11 288 PMC 3215667 PMID 21970613 Cavalli Sforza L Luca Menozzi Paolo Piazza Alberto 2018 06 05 The History and Geography 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original PDF on 8 August 2019 Retrieved 19 June 2018 Iraq the World Factbook 27 April 2022 Archived from the original on 2024 03 20 Iraq the World Factbook 27 April 2022 Archived from the original on 2024 03 20 MINORITIES IN IRAQ EU Research Service PDF a b Who are the Iraqi Kurds Religious Neutrality in Iraqi Kurdistan HuffPost 18 June 2012 Middle East IRAQ CIA The World Factbook Retrieved 2019 04 08 Further reading editZubaida Sami Jews amp Others in Iraq Archived 2019 04 12 at the Wayback Machine ISIM review 22 2008 6 7 External links edit 1 populationpyramid 2 The World Factbook Iraq Linguist List partial inventory of languages and dialects of Iraq Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Demographics of Iraq amp oldid 1214889605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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