# Live births in Iraq

Live births in Iraq was 1.16 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `iq`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/iraq
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=iq

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 1,159,682 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 1,145,989 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 1,139,167 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 1,130,421 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 1,122,563 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 1,113,895 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 1,113,403 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 1,146,998 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,185,490 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1,218,190 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,204,531 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,172,290 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,141,502 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,074,309 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1,019,814 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 974,852 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 979,591 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1,000,546 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 964,267 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 947,136 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 925,338 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 904,796 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 895,718 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 881,887 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 867,442 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 846,632 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 828,117 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 806,382 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 791,944 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 777,798 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 740,741 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 722,490 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 709,928 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 713,606 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 688,237 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 665,783 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 644,260 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 627,320 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 620,189 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 606,305 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 588,012 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 575,155 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 562,615 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 549,918 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 539,509 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 528,509 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 518,904 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 510,257 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 501,187 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 490,919 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 479,582 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 468,479 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 457,082 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 444,359 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 431,927 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 417,811 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 404,600 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 393,501 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 383,410 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 373,339 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 364,125 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 355,050 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 288,108 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 257,730 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 252,574 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 224,669 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 220,687 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 271,124 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 266,904 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 296,236 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 296,110 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 292,168 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 270,439 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 259,351 (estimated) |