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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Iraq]]
|image=File:Iraq single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size=350
|caption=Population pyramid of Iraq in 2020
|size_of_population=46,118,793 (2024)
|age_0–14_years={{decrease}} 35.90% (2024)
|age_15–64_years={{increase}} 60.44% (2024)
|age_65_years={{increaseNegative}} 3.66% (2024)
|growth=2% (2022 est.)
|birth=34.23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
|death=3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
|net_migration=-0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
|sr_at_birth=1.05 male(s)/female
|sr_under_15=1.04 male(s)/female
|sr_65_years_over=0.65 male(s)/female
|total_mf_ratio=1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
|infant_mortality=19.62 deaths/1,000 live births
|life=73.18 years
|life_male=71.3 years
|life_female=75.15 years
|fertility=3.22 children born/woman (2024)
<!-- nationality -->
|nation             = [[Iraqis|Iraqi]]
|major_ethnic       = [[Arabs]]
|minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Kurds]]
** [[Yazidis]]
** [[Shabaks|Shabaks(?)]]
** Other Kurds
* [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turks]]
* [[Iraqi Armenians|Armenians]]
* [[Afro-Arabs]]
* [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]
* [[Dom people|Doms]]
* [[ Iraqi Persians|Iraqiranians]]
{{tree list/end}}
}}
<!-- language -->
|official          = [[Arabic]] and [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]
 | spoken          = [[Languages of Iraq]]
}}

[[File:Historical population of Iraq.svg|350px|alt=|thumb|upright=1.4|Historical population of Iraq]]
The '''Iraqi people''' ({{langx|ar|العراقيون}}; {{langx|ku|گه‌لی عێراق}}; [[Syriac language|Syriac]]: ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ) are people originating from the country of [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iraqi – a native or inhabitant of Iraq|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/iraqi|publisher=[[Reference.com]]|access-date=2010-12-10}}</ref>

Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Great Britain Foreign |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJpnAAAAMAAJ |title=Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939 |date=1958 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |language=en}}</ref> followed by [[Kurds in Iraq|Iraqi Kurds]], then [[Iraqi Turkmen]] as the third largest ethnic group in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minorities in Iraq: EU Research Service|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/548988/EPRS_BRI(2015)548988_REV1_EN.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Mitchell, T. F.|title=Pronouncing Arabic|date=1990–1993|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=0198151519|location=Oxford [England]|pages=37|oclc=18020063}}</ref> Studies indicate that Mesopotamian Arabs, who make up the overwhelming majority of Iraq's population, are genetically distinct from other Arab populations in the [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabs of the Arabian peninsula]].<ref name="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 2011 2882">{{Cite journal|author=Nadia Al-Zahery|author2=Maria Pala|author3=Vincenza Battaglia|author4=Viola Grugni|author5=Mohammed A. Hamod|author6=Baharak Hooshiar Kashani|author7=Anna Olivieri|author8=Antonio Torroni|author9=Augusta S. Santachiara-Benerecetti|author10=Ornella Semino|year=2011|title=In search of the genetic footprints of Sumerians: a survey of genetic variation in the Arabs of Iraq|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|volume=11|page=288|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-11-288|pmc=3215667|pmid=21970613 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cavalli-Sforza|first1=L. Luca|title=The History and Geography of Human Genes|last2=Menozzi|first2=Paolo|last3=Piazza|first3=Alberto|date=2018-06-05|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691187266|doi=10.2307/j.ctv301gjp|s2cid=242032876}}</ref>

The most spoken languages are [[Mesopotamian Arabic]], [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]], Assyrian [[Eastern Aramaic languages|Syriac]] and [[Iraqi Turkmen#Language|Iraqi Turkmen]] dialects. The percentages of the different ethno-religious groups of Iraq vary from source to source due to the lack of recent official data. 

After several postponements, the latest national census was held on 20 and 21 November 2024, with a total number of 120,000 field researchers who executed the census in all [[Governorates of Iraq|governorates]] on the set date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ina.iq/eng/34711-iraq-launches-extensive-population-census-plan-with-120000-researchers.html|title=Iraq launches extensive population census plan with 120,000 researchers|publisher=Iraqi News Agency}}</ref> The detailed results, announced on 24 February 2025, showed that the Iraqi population had risen to 46,118,793, with 101 Male for every 100 Female. Named the ‘General Population and Housing Census’,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iraq.un.org/en/289810-iraq-unveils-key-census-insights-new-era-iraq%E2%80%99s-national-planning|title= Iraq Unveils Key Census Insights: A New Era for Iraq’s National Planning|publisher=Uniter Nations in Iraq}}</ref> it did not include a questionnaire on ethnicity, and was specifically designed to provide official data for developmental and welfare purposes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=التخطيط تعلن النتائج الأساسية للتعداد السكاني في العراق |url=https://www.ina.iq/228692--46-118-.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=وكالة الأنباء العراقية}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=46.1 Million People Were Counted in Iraq's First Census in Nearly 40 Years |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-24/46-1-million-people-were-counted-in-iraqs-first-census-in-nearly-40-years |website=US News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rasediraqi.com/357646/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A4%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-27-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8B|title=التعداد السكاني في العراق: دون سؤال عن القومية أوالطائفية.. أول احصائية بعد 27 عاماً|publisher=Rased|language=ar}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=right
|percentages=pagr
|0    |1,000,000
|500  |1,005,000
|1000 |2,000,000
|1500 |1,000,000
|1700 |1,000,000
|1800 |1,000,000
|1901 |2,470,000
|1955 |6,502,657
|1960 |7,289,760
|1965 |8,375,790
|1970 |9,917,983
|1975 |11,684,590
|1980 |13,653,354
|1985 |15,555,800
|1990 |17,419,113
|1995 |20,149,338
|2000 |23,497,585
|2005 |26,922,284
|2010 |29,741,976
|2015 |35,572,261
|2020 |40,222,493
|2024 |46,118,793

|footnote= Sources: before 1955:<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq Population - Our World in Data |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=0..latest&country=~IRQ |website=www.ourworldindata.org |language=en}}</ref> after 1955:<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq Population - Worldometer |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/iraq-population/ |website=www.worldometers.info |language=en}}</ref>}}

===Structure of the population===
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|title= Structure of the population
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
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Structure of the population (17.10.1997) (Official)<ref>https://www.cosit.gov.iq/AAS13/population/pop(4).htm</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 10,987,252
| align="right" | 11,058,992
| align="right" | 22,046,244
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1,907,322
| align="right" | 1,862,248
| align="right" | 3,769,570
| align="right" | 17.10
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1,688,130
| align="right" | 1,627,076
| align="right" | 3,315,206
| align="right" | 15.04
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1,421,683
| align="right" | 1,363,313
| align="right" | 2,784,996
| align="right" | 12.63
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1,290,386
| align="right" | 1,243,525
| align="right" | 2,533,911
| align="right" | 11.49
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1,016,867
| align="right" | 1,025,804
| align="right" | 2,042,671
| align="right" | 9.27
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 847,383
| align="right" | 872,810
| align="right" | 1,720,193
| align="right" | 7.80
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 679,211
| align="right" | 708,439
| align="right" | 1,387,650
| align="right" | 6.29
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 412,940
| align="right" | 484,993
| align="right" | 897,933
| align="right" | 4.07
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 428,413
| align="right" | 453,425
| align="right" | 881,838
| align="right" | 4.00
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 326,666
| align="right" | 349,381
| align="right" | 676,047
| align="right" | 3.07
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 263,237
| align="right" | 255,955
| align="right" | 519,192
| align="right" | 2.36
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 214,561
| align="right" | 208,597
| align="right" | 423,158
| align="right" | 1.92
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 134,527
| align="right" | 156,316
| align="right" | 290,843
| align="right" | 1.32
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 123,136
| align="right" | 146,658
| align="right" | 269,794
| align="right" | 1.22
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 81,818
| align="right" | 110,811
| align="right" | 192,629
| align="right" | 0.87
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 54,984
| align="right" | 68,775
| align="right" | 123,759
| align="right" | 0.56
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 38,137
| align="right" | 45,719
| align="right" | 83,856
| align="right" | 0.38
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 31,951
| align="right" | 46,389
| align="right" | 78,340
| align="right" | 0.36
|-
| align="right" | Unknown
| align="right" | 25,900
| align="right" | 28,758
| align="right" | 54,658
| align="right" | 0.25
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 5,017,135
| align="right" | 4,852,637
| align="right" | 9,869,772
| align="right" | 44.77
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 5,614,191
| align="right" | 5,759,245
| align="right" | 11,373,436
| align="right" | 51.59
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 330,026
| align="right" | 418,352
| align="right" | 748,378
| align="right" | 3.39
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020):<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 20 135 407
| align="right" | 19 719 025
| align="right" | 39 854 432
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3 001 938
| align="right" | 2 845 630
| align="right" | 5 847 568
| align="right" | 14.67
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 2 801 593
| align="right" | 2 637 323
| align="right" | 5 438 915
| align="right" | 13.65
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 2 503 802
| align="right" | 2 337 380
| align="right" | 4 841 183
| align="right" | 12.15
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 2 196 837
| align="right" | 2 075 647
| align="right" | 4 272 484
| align="right" | 10.72
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 918 965
| align="right" | 1 770 996
| align="right" | 3 689 961
| align="right" | 9.26
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 505 098
| align="right" | 1 463 422
| align="right" | 2 968 520
| align="right" | 7.45
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 317 918
| align="right" | 1 356 230
| align="right" | 2 674 148
| align="right" | 6.71
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 123 350
| align="right" | 1 184 338
| align="right" | 2 307 688
| align="right" | 5.79
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 059 298
| align="right" | 1 073 442
| align="right" | 2 132 741
| align="right" | 5.35
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 782 854
| align="right" | 806 097
| align="right" | 1 588 951
| align="right" | 3.99
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 461 586
| align="right" | 574 816
| align="right" | 1 036 401
| align="right" | 2.60
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 524 741
| align="right" | 549 131
| align="right" | 1 073 872
| align="right" | 2.69
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 361 381
| align="right" | 394 984
| align="right" | 756 365
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 237 890
| align="right" | 247 820
| align="right" | 485 710
| align="right" | 1.22
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 155 203
| align="right" | 156 175
| align="right" | 311 378
| align="right" | 0.78
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 81 749
| align="right" | 98 501
| align="right" | 180 250
| align="right" | 0.45
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 101 202
| align="right" | 147 093
| align="right" | 248 296
| align="right" | 0.62
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 8 307 333
| align="right" | 7 820 333
| align="right" | 16 127 666
| align="right" | 40.47
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 11 252 030
| align="right" | 11 249 103
| align="right" | 22 501 133
| align="right" | 56.46
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 576 044
| align="right" | 649 589
| align="right" | 1 225 633
| align="right" | 3.08
|-
|}

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==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates (based on UN WPP Revision 2022) ===
{{sticky-header}}{{sort under}}{{table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align: left;" |Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects|website=population.un.org}}</ref>
! width="80pt"|Live births per year
! width="80pt"|Deaths per year
! width="80pt"|Natural change
! width="80pt"|CBR<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|CDR<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|NC<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt" |[[Infant mortality|IMR]]<sup>1</sup>
! width="80pt"|[[Total fertility rate]]
! width="80pt"|[[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
|  style="color:blue"|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
|style="color:blue"|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
|  style="color:blue;|1,216,000
|  190,000
|  style="color:blue;|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
|style="color:blue"|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
|  style="color:red"|223,000
|  957,000
|27.7
|5.2
|22.5
|21.0
|3.55
|69.12
|-
|2021
|  1,192,000
|  207,000
|  985,000
|style="color:red"|27.4
|4.8
|22.6
|20.3
|style="color:red"|3.50
|70.38
|-
| colspan="10" | <sup>1</sup> <small>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</small>
|}
{{Chart|definition=Iraq Total Population.chart|data=Iraq Total Population.tab|Width=450}}

{{Chart|definition=Iraq Population Change.chart|data=Iraq Population Change.tab|Width=450}}

{{Chart|definition=Iraq Infant Mortality.chart|data=Iraq Infant Mortality.tab|Width=450}}
{{Chart|definition=Iraq TFR.chart|data=Iraq TFR.tab|Width=450}}

===Total fertility rate ===
[[File:Iraq total fertility rate by region 2006.png|thumb|Iraq [[Total fertility rate|fertility rate]] by region (2006)<ref name="unicef">{{cite web|url=http://www.childinfo.org/files/MICS3_Iraq_FinalReport_2006_eng.pdf |title=Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006 – unicef statistics|publisher=Unicef|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>
{| width="100%"
|-
| valign=right|
{{legend|#ff0000|5–6}}
{{legend|#ff6600|4–5}}
{{legend|#ffff00|3–4}}
{{legend|#00ff00|2–3}}
|}
]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50"|Age groups<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cosit.gov.iq/en/population-manpower-staatistics/life |title=الجهاز المركزي للاحصاء - Demographic Statistics |access-date=2014-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305055657/http://cosit.gov.iq/en/population-manpower-staatistics/life |archive-date=2014-03-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.childinfo.org/files/MICS3_Iraq_FinalReport_2006_eng.pdf|title=UNICEF DATA - Child Statistics}}</ref>
! width="50pt"|1997
! width="50pt"|2006
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 56.2
| align="right" | 68
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 210
| align="right" | 187
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 276.2
| align="right" | 221
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 257.9
| align="right" | 188
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 196.5
| align="right" | 136
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 101.4
| align="right" | 56
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 31
| align="right" | 9
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1,128.2
| align="right" | 865
|-
| align="right" | TFR
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 4.3
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
Average [[life expectancy]] at birth of the total population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Iraq -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy at birth in Iraq]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />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
|
|
|}

==Ethnicity==
{{Main|Iraqi people|Minorities in Iraq}}

[[File:Ethnoreligious Iraq.svg|right|200px|thumb|
{{legend|#aaffcc|Sunni Arabs}}
{{legend|#ffaaaa|Shiite Arabs}}
{{legend|#eeffaa|Sunni Kurds}}
{{legend|#ccaaff|Assyrians}}
{{legend|#cdde87|Yazidis}}
{{legend|#ff9955|Turkmen}}]]
Iraq's dominant ethnic group is [[Arabs]], who account for more than three-quarters of the population.

According to the [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]], citing a 1987 Iraqi government estimate, the population of Iraq is formed of 75-80% Arabs (including [[Marsh Arabs]]) followed by 15-20% [[Kurds in Iraq|Kurds]] and other minorities form 5% of the country's population, including the [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turkmen]], [[Kaka'i]], [[Bedouins]], [[Gypsies in Iraq|Roma]], [[Assyrians in Iraq|Assyrians]], [[Circassians in Iraq|Circassians]], [[Mandaeans]], and [[Ajam of Iraq|Persians]].<ref name="TWFIraq">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |title=Iraq|work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=22 June 2014}}</ref>

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;<ref name="ICG">{{cite web|year=2008|title=Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?|url=http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Iraq_08_11_13_Turkey_and_Iraqi_Kurds_Conflict_or_Cooperation.pdf|publisher=[[International Crisis Group]]|page=16|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808043240/http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Iraq_08_11_13_Turkey_and_Iraqi_Kurds_Conflict_or_Cooperation.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> consequently, this skewed the number of other ethnic minorities, such as Iraq's third largest ethnic group – the [[Iraqi Turkmen|Turkmen]].<ref name="ICG" />

==Languages==
{{See also|Languages of Iraq}}
[[Arabic]] and [[Kurdish languages|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 language|Syriac]] and [[Mandaic language|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 minority, in distinct dialects that differ from church affiliation and geographic origin. The [[Iraqi Turkmen#Language|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==
{{Main|Religion in Iraq|Islam in Iraq|Christianity in Iraq}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Iraq (2015 [[CIA]] estimate)<ref name="Iraq - the World Factbook">{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Iraq - the World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320130209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-date=2024-03-20}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shia Islam]]
|value1 = 61
|color1 = green
|label2 = [[Sunni Islam in Iraq|Sunni Islam]]
|value2 = 34
|color2 = MediumSeaGreen
|label3 = [[Christianity in Iraq|Christianity]]
|value3 = 2
|color3 = blue
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 3
|color4 = Purple
}}

The CIA [[The World Factbook|World Factbook]] estimated in 2015 that between 95-98% of Iraqis followed [[Islam]], with 61-64% being Shia and 29-34% being Sunni. [[Christianity in Iraq|Christianity]] accounted for 2%, and the rest (1-4%) practiced [[Yazidism]], [[Mandaeism]], and other religions.<ref name="Iraq - the World Factbook"/>

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).<ref name="TWFIraq"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/548988/EPRS_BRI(2015)548988_REV1_EN.pdf|title=MINORITIES IN IRAQ: EU Research Service}}</ref>

Nearly all Iraqi Kurds identify as [[Sunni Muslim]]s. A 2014 survey in Iraq concluded that "98% of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2% identified as Shias".<ref name="pewresearch.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/20/who-are-the-iraqi-kurds/|title=Who are the Iraqi Kurds?|date=20 August 2014 }}</ref> 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 Islam|Sunni Arabs]] did and 59 percent of Sunni Kurds support this practice.<ref name="pewresearch.org"/> About 94 percent of the population in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] is Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-mansfield/religious-neutrality-iraqi-kurdistan_b_1587042.html|title=Religious Neutrality in Iraqi Kurdistan|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=18 June 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Armenians in Iraq]]
*[[Homelessness in Iraq]]
*[[Iraqi diaspora]]
*[[Youth in Iraq]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*

==Further reading==
*Zubaida, Sami. "[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/15604917.pdf Jews & Others in Iraq] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412051804/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/15604917.pdf |date=2019-04-12 }}." ISIM review 22 (2008): 6–7.

==External links==
*[https://www.populationpyramid.net/iraq/2023/ Population of Iraq 2023] populationpyramid
*[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ The World Factbook – Iraq]
*[http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get-language-by-country.cfm?country=120 Linguist List partial inventory of languages and dialects of Iraq] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213914/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get-language-by-country.cfm?country=120 |date=2016-03-03 }}

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