Country Resource - Iraq

- Population...........................................................................39,192,111 (July 2017 est.)
- Population growth rate ......................................................................2.55% (2017 est.)
- Birth rate.......................................................30.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Death rate......................................................3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Net migration rate.........................................-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Ethnic groups................................................Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
Note: Ethnic group data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available