Country Resource - Iraq

- Population.........................................................................................38,872,655 (July 2020 est.)
- Population growth rate .....................................................................................2.16% (2020 est.)
- Birth rate......................................................................25.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)
- Death rate....................................................................3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)
- Net migration rate................................................-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 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