Above: Iraq Ethnicity Map

Ethnic groups:

Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%

Religions:

Muslim 97% (Shi’a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Population:

27,499,638 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 39.4% (male 5,509,736/female 5,338,722)
15-64 years: 57.6% (male 8,018,841/female 7,812,611)
65 years and over: 3% (male 386,321/female 433,407) (2007 est.)

Median age:

total: 20 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.618% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:

31.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:

5.26 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.032 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.026 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.891 male(s)/female
total population: 1.024 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 47.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 52.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.31 years
male: 68.04 years
female: 70.65 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate:
4.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 500 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS – deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi

Languages:

Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.1%
male: 84.1%
female: 64.2% (2000 est.)