Population

In Iraq, the population density is 83 people per square kilometer (216 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Iraq is 39,339,753 people. Iraq has about 95,780 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Iraq make up 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Iraq make up 0.3 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Ethnic diversity in Iraq is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) is about the number, size, socioeconomic distribution and geographical location of different cultural groups, usually within a state or otherwise demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics may refer, alone or in combination, to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and monopolization of power. The ethnic fractionalization index in Iraq is 0.3689. This means that there is some diversity in Iraq, although all people can still be divided into a relatively small number of large ethnic groups. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly selected individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Below you will find statistics about Iraq on the average age and gender distribution at different ages.

The total population of Iraq is 39,339,753 people. People in Iraq speak the Arabic, and Kurdish languages. The linguistic diversity of Iraq is diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Iraq is 0.3694. The median age is approximately 21.5 years. Life expectancy in Iraq is 70. The female fertility rate in Iraq is 4.2. Around 27% of the population of Iraq are obese. The ethnic diversity is diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Iraq is 0.3689. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Iraq see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Age
The median age is approximately 21.5 years. The median age for men is 21.4, while the median age for women is 21.6.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.05. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.03; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.03; sex ratio over 64 - 0.9; total sex ratio - 1.02. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Iraq is Islam, the followers of which comprise 99% of all religious believers in the country. Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called the sunnah, Arabic سنة, composed of accounts called hadith, Arabic حديث) of Muhammad, considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. Besides Islam, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Iraq are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, folk religions, Judaism. The religious diversity of Iraq is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Iraq. The index of religious fractionalization in Iraq is 0.4844. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.