Iraq Population

• The current population of Iraq is 39,342,512 as of Saturday, July 7, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Iraq population is equivalent to 0.52% of the total world population.
• Iraq ranks number 36 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Iraq is 91 per Km2 (235 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 434,320 Km2 (167,692 sq. miles)
• 68.7 % of the population is urban (27,042,424 people in 2018)
• The median age in Iraq is 19.5 years.

Population of Iraq (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Iraq Global Rank
2018	39,339,753	2.78 %	1,065,135	7,834	19.5	4.49	91	66.9 %	27,042,424	0.52 %	7,632,819,325	36
2017	38,274,618	2.88 %	1,072,046	7,834	19.5	4.49	88	68.7 %	26,306,153	0.51 %	7,550,262,101	36
2016	37,202,572	3.01 %	1,086,923	7,834	19.5	4.49	86	68.7 %	25,576,081	0.50 %	7,466,964,280	37
2015	36,115,649	3.26 %	1,070,590	92,733	19.4	4.55	83	68.8 %	24,847,389	0.49 %	7,383,008,820	37
2010	30,762,701	2.64 %	750,855	-91,466	18.9	4.55	71	69.5 %	21,374,433	0.44 %	6,958,169,159	39
2005	27,008,426	2.76 %	688,603	-53,264	18.7	4.66	62	69.7 %	18,825,977	0.41 %	6,542,159,383	40
2000	23,565,413	3.12 %	671,405	-3,572	18.2	5.19	54	69.2 %	16,302,927	0.38 %	6,145,006,989	43
1995	20,208,387	2.96 %	547,876	-30,805	17.5	5.65	47	69.3 %	14,005,725	0.35 %	5,751,474,416	47
1990	17,469,005	2.32 %	378,522	-126,037	16.8	6.09	40	69.9 %	12,210,719	0.33 %	5,330,943,460	46
1985	15,576,395	2.67 %	384,608	-39,988	16.7	6.35	36	68.8 %	10,711,365	0.32 %	4,873,781,796	49
1980	13,653,356	3.16 %	393,753	-9,558	16.6	6.80	31	65.5 %	8,945,866	0.31 %	4,458,411,534	50
1975	11,684,589	3.33 %	353,321	-1,717	17.0	7.15	27	61.4 %	7,171,849	0.29 %	4,079,087,198	51
1970	9,917,983	3.44 %	308,438	-1,375	17.5	7.40	23	56.2 %	5,569,368	0.27 %	3,700,577,650	52
1965	8,375,793	2.82 %	217,206	-110	20.3	7.30	19	50.7 %	4,242,439	0.25 %	3,339,592,688	64
1960	7,289,761	2.31 %	157,421	-220	19.6	6.20	17	42.9 %	3,127,213	0.24 %	3,033,212,527	62
1955	6,502,657	2.60 %	156,693	-110	20.3	7.30	15	37.6 %	2,447,030	0.23 %	2,772,242,535

Iraq Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Iraq Global Rank
2020	41,502,885	2.82 %	1,077,447	7,834	20.0	4.27	96	68.8 %	28,564,086	0.53 %	7,795,482,309	36
2025	47,199,653	2.61 %	1,139,354	-10,437	20.6	4.01	109	69.2 %	32,654,360	0.58 %	8,185,613,757	33
2030	53,297,666	2.46 %	1,219,603	-12,475	21.4	3.79	123	69.2 %	36,880,434	0.62 %	8,551,198,644	30
2035	59,820,984	2.34 %	1,304,664	-10,000	22.2	3.58	138	69.2 %	41,385,909	0.67 %	8,892,701,940	29
2040	66,751,984	2.22 %	1,386,200	-6,000	23.1	3.40	154	69.0 %	46,082,548	0.72 %	9,210,337,004	28
2045	74,007,050	2.08 %	1,451,013	-6,000	23.9	3.25	170	68.7 %	50,862,249	0.78 %	9,504,209,572	24
2050	81,490,359	1.95 %	1,496,662	-6,000	24.7	3.11	188	68.3 %	55,653,186	0.83 %	9,771,822,753	22