• Population...............................................................................................42,083,436 (2024 est.)
• Population growth rate ......................................................................................1.99% (2024 est.)
• Birth rate.........................................................................23.7 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Death rate........................................................................3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Net migration rate...................................................-0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)
• Ethnic groups*................................................Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)

* Data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available

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