Demographics of Iraq
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Iraq, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
The 2009 IMF population estimate of Iraq is 31,234,000.[1]
Background
Iraq is the region known outside the Islamic world as Mesopotamia, the population estimate in 1920 was 3 million. The ruins of Ur, Babylon, and other ancient cities are situated in Iraq, as is the legendary location of the Garden of Eden. Almost 75% of Iraq's population lives in the flat, alluvial plain stretching southeast from Tikrit to the Persian Gulf. The Tigris and the Euphrates carry about 70 million cubic meters of silt annually from this plain down to the delta. The water from these two great rivers, and the fertility of the soil in the alluvial plain and the delta, allowed early agriculture to sustain a stable population as far back as the 7th millennium BC.
Population
- 32,030,823.[1] (April 2010: World Bank.)
Vital statistics
UN estimates [2]
Period | Live births per year | Deaths per year | Natural change per year | CBR1 | CDR1 | NC1 | TFR1 | IMR1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950-1955 | 327 000 | 158 000 | 169 000 | 53.2 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 7.30 | 197.6 |
1955-1960 | 297 000 | 133 000 | 164 000 | 42.6 | 19.1 | 23.5 | 6.20 | 152.9 |
1960-1965 | 343 000 | 122 000 | 221 000 | 43.3 | 15.4 | 27.9 | 6.60 | 120.7 |
1965-1970 | 430 000 | 121 000 | 309 000 | 46.5 | 13.1 | 33.4 | 7.40 | 96.0 |
1970-1975 | 475 000 | 121 000 | 354 000 | 43.6 | 11.1 | 32.5 | 7.15 | 76.4 |
1975-1980 | 526 000 | 124 000 | 402 000 | 41.2 | 9.8 | 31.5 | 6.80 | 60.4 |
1980-1985 | 571 000 | 185 000 | 387 000 | 39.1 | 12.6 | 26.5 | 6.35 | 48.9 |
1985-1990 | 638 000 | 132 000 | 505 000 | 38.8 | 8.0 | 30.8 | 6.15 | 41.8 |
1990-1995 | 719 000 | 105 000 | 614 000 | 38.2 | 5.6 | 32.6 | 5.80 | 43.4 |
1995-2000 | 836 000 | 119 000 | 717 000 | 37.9 | 5.4 | 32.5 | 5.40 | 38.1 |
2000-2005 | 960 000 | 144 000 | 816 000 | 37.5 | 5.6 | 31.9 | 5.12 | 35.9 |
2005-2010 | 1 079 000 | 187 000 | 892 000 | 36.6 | 6.3 | 30.2 | 4.86 | 34.6 |
1 CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births |
Ethnic groups
Iraqi Arabs 65%-80%, Kurds 13%-20%, Assyrians 3%, Turkmen 2%.
Languages
Arabic, Kurdish, Aramaic, Turkmen, Persian
Religions
Islam 95% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-35%), Christianity and other 5%.
Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 39.7% (male 5,398,645; female 5,231,760)
- 15-64 years: 57.3% (male 7,776,257; female 7,576,726)
- 65 years and over: 3% (male 376,700; female 423,295) (2006 est.)
Population growth rate
- 2.66% (2007 est.)
Sex ratio
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 69.01 years
- male: 67.76 years
- female: 70.31 years (2006 est.)
- It usually depends on how long they set the timer on their bomb.
Nationality
- noun: Iraqi(s)
- adjective: Iraqi
Literacy
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 74.1%
- male: 84.1%
- female: 64.2% (2000 est.)
Median Age
- Total Population: 19.7 years
- Male: 19.6 years
- Female: 19.8 years (2006 est.)
See also
- Iraqi people
- Iraqi diaspora
- Refugees of Iraq
- Armenians in Iraq
- Palestinians in Iraq
- History of the Jews in Iraq
References
- ^ a b "Iraq". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
External links
- Iraq Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit Reports, Maps and Assessments of Iraq's Governorates from the UN Inter-Agency Information & Analysis Unit
- CIA World Fact Book
- Linguist List partial inventory of languages and dialects of Iraq
- The Iraq DNA project