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Iraq — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Iraq, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.10%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -13.3% since 1961
Population growth for Iraq was 2.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.80% in 1993. The lowest was -0.79% in 2007 (about -2.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.22% per year.
Iraq ranks 43 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 20%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Iraq sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 56% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.10%
First (1961)
2.43%
Change
-13.3%
Highest
4.80%
in 1993
Lowest
-0.79%
in 2007
Average
2.93%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.22%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.12% |
| 2023 | 2.25% |
| 2022 | 2.29% |
| 2021 | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 2.22% |
| 2019 | 2.28% |
| 2018 | 2.33% |
| 2017 | 2.23% |
| 2016 | 2.39% |
| 2015 | 2.73% |
| 2014 | 3.53% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.