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Iraq

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
47,020,774 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 38,274,618in 2017[4]
Land area
434,130 km²[5]
Total area
437,072 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Iraq

Loading 18 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202547M

7,022,052 in 1960, 47,020,774 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19607,022,052
19617,194,553
19627,413,875
19637,667,928
19647,929,566
19658,202,140
19668,485,104
19678,778,869
19689,085,016
19699,403,356
19709,735,611
197110,077,809
197210,430,164
197310,795,869
197411,167,761
197511,543,639
197611,927,651
197712,331,046
197812,753,355
197913,170,365
198013,591,992
198114,006,381
198214,406,083
198314,840,555
198415,310,733
198515,683,430
198616,074,145
198716,521,049
198816,908,819
198917,364,542
199017,581,206
199117,767,253
199218,300,845
199319,201,195
199420,139,807
199520,825,860
199621,501,321
199722,176,593
199822,884,399
199923,636,527
200024,424,056
200125,197,840
200226,006,559
200326,802,659
200427,577,878
200528,407,448
200628,616,515
200728,391,607
200828,971,036
200930,058,206
201031,045,366
201132,161,424
201233,654,842
201335,281,989
201436,550,059
201537,560,535
201638,469,627
201739,337,353
201840,265,624
201941,192,171
202042,116,605
202143,071,211
202244,070,551
202345,074,049
202446,042,015
202547,020,774

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
IQ[18]
ISO alpha-3
IRQ[19]
ISO numeric
368[20]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), capital: Baghdad (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), population (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), area (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official language: Arabic (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Iraq
  8. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official language: Kurdish language (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Iraq
  9. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), currency: Iraqi dinar (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), continent: Asia (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), official name (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Iraq (Q796), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562957333) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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