# Population in Iraq

Population in Iraq was 47.02 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `iq`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/iraq
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/iraq.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=iq

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 47,020,774 |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 |
| 1960 | 7,022,052 |