Demographics of Iraq
The Iraqi people (Arabic: العراقيون; Kurdish: گهلی عیراق; Syriac: ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ; Turkish: Iraklılar) are people originating from the country of Iraq.
| Demographics of Iraq | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Iraq in 2020 | |
| Population | 43,533,592 (2021) |
| Growth rate | 2% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 34.23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 73.18 years |
| • male | 71.3 years |
| • female | 75.15 years |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | -0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 37.02% |
| 65 and over | 3.33% |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.65 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Language | |
| Official | Arabic, Kurdish |
Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, followed by Iraqi Kurds, then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country. 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.
The population was estimated to be 43,533,592 in 2021 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). 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, but this was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was rescheduled to November 2022 but was postponed again with an "electronic national population census" planned in the last quarter of 2023.