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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2025)		47 021^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		108.3^a
Capital city		Baghdad
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		6 974.4^c
UN membership date		21 December 1945
Surface area (km2)		435 052^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.9^a
National currency		Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 300.0^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product^e (million current US$)	166 774	180 924	232 107^b
GDP growth rate^e (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	4.7	-12.8	-2.9^b
GDP per capita^e (current US$)	4 440.0	4 296.0	5 149.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	4.2	6	2.8^b
Economy: Industry^e (% of Gross Value Added)	45	39.6	55.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e (% of GVA)	50.9	54.4	42^b
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	9.6	8.7	8.2^b
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	27.7	27.8	27.6^b
Employment in services^f (% employed)	62.7	63.5	64.2^b
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	10.8	15.8	15.3
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	14.2 / 72.9	10.9 / 69.3	10.7 / 71.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	118	120	107^g,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	80	157	112^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	49 403	59 754^f	109 974^f,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	30 855	37 171^f	58 216^f,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	18 547	22 582^f	51 757^f,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 2 762	- 6 306	28 375^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.6	2.3	2.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	69.9	70.7^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.4^h	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.1	3.4	3.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	72.0 / 67.8	72.3 / 67.0	74.3 / 70.6^a
Population age distributionⁱ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	40.4 / 4.9	38.5 / 5.0	36.0 / 5.6^a
International migrant stock^j,k (000/% of total pop.)	359.4 / 1.0	365.8 / 0.9	371.0 / 0.8^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4 311.7	1 836.7	1 425.3^l,d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	29.8	25.7	22^a
Health: Current expenditure^m (% of GDP)	3.2	5.8ⁿ	4.3^n,o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7	0.9	1^o
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	9.5^p	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	26.5	26.4^q	28.9^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^f (per 100 inhabitants)	15.2	53.7	81.7^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^r
Threatened species (number)	69	80	124^d
Forested area (% of land area)	1.9	1.9	1.9^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	108.3 / 2.9	128.6 / 3.1	171.6 / 3.9^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7 565	8 794	9 684^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	43	50	59^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	892^p	...	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	5.5	5.6	5.6^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	63.7 / 42.8	64.6 / 47.6	64.6 / 47.6^o
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	43.1 / 38.4	52.9 / 47.6	54.7 / 48.0^o
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.9	1.32	0.8^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Data compiled in accordance with the System of National Accounts 1968 (1968 SNA).
f		Estimate.
g		Base 2022 = 100.
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Including refugees.
l		The number of stateless people (233) reported for Iraq reflects the number of stateless persons identified through a survey completed by UNHCR and a partner among various communities affected by statelessness, which led to 1,000 interviews being conducted, through which 233 individuals were considered to be stateless. This figure only captures stateless individuals known to UNHCR, while there are likely to be more people in the country who are stateless. It does not include any estimate of the stateless refugee population or persons of undetermined nationality, populations that are also typically included in official UNHCR statelessness statistics. Based on other data sources it is understood that there are also persons of those profiles in Iraq, and the reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available.
m		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
n		Data are based on SHA2011.
o		2022
p		2013
q		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
r		2021