Population: 19,889,666 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.73% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 44.11 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 7.26 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 67.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.74 years
male: 64.87 years
female: 66.66 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.71 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi

Ethnic divisions: 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%

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 60%
male: 70%
female: 49%
Labor force: 4.4 million (1989)
by occupation: services 48%, agriculture 30%, industry 22%
note: severe labor shortage; expatriate labor force was about 1,600,000 (July 1990); since then, it has declined substantially

NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.