Iraq Population Pyramid 2016

Iraq
2016
Population: 38,469,626

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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Iraq in 2016

In 2016, Iraq had a total population of 38,469,627 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 34.4%, up from 28,616,514 in 2006. With a median age of 19.7 years, Iraq had a youth dependency ratio of 70.5 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.4 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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