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🇮🇶 Population Density of Iraq

The current population density of Iraq is 106.0563 people per square kilometer. A 2.15% increase from 2023, when the population density only was 103.8266 people/km². In the future, Iraq's population density is projected to increase to 231.8419 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Iraq by 118.6% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Iraq (1950-2024)

Iraq has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 13.0223 people/km² to 106.0563 people/km², an increase of 714.42% in total.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
1950 13.0223 5,653,350
1951 13.3005 5,774,129
1952 13.6204 5,913,007
1953 13.9688 6,064,248
1954 14.3263 6,219,466
1955 14.6645 6,366,278
1956 14.9898 6,507,500
1957 15.2798 6,633,376
1958 15.5292 6,741,678
1959 15.8257 6,870,380
1960 16.1751 7,022,052
1961 16.5724 7,194,553
1962 17.0776 7,413,875
1963 17.6628 7,667,928
1964 18.2655 7,929,566
1965 18.8934 8,202,139
1966 19.5452 8,485,104
1967 20.2218 8,778,869
1968 20.927 9,085,016
1969 21.6603 9,403,356
1970 22.4257 9,735,610
1971 23.2139 10,077,809
1972 24.0255 10,430,164
1973 24.8679 10,795,869
1974 25.7246 11,167,760
1975 26.5904 11,543,640
1976 27.475 11,927,651
1977 28.4042 12,331,046
1978 29.3769 12,753,356
1979 30.3375 13,170,366
1980 31.3087 13,591,992
1981 32.2633 14,006,382
1982 33.184 14,406,082
1983 34.1847 14,840,554
1984 35.2678 15,310,732
1985 36.1263 15,683,430
1986 37.0263 16,074,145
1987 38.0557 16,521,049
1988 38.9489 16,908,819
1989 39.9987 17,364,542
1990 40.4977 17,581,206
1991 40.9263 17,767,253
1992 42.1554 18,300,845
1993 44.2293 19,201,195
1994 46.3914 20,139,807
1995 47.9717 20,825,860
1996 49.5276 21,501,321
1997 51.0831 22,176,593
1998 52.7135 22,884,399
1999 54.446 23,636,527
2000 56.26 24,424,056
2001 58.0424 25,197,840
2002 59.9053 26,006,559
2003 61.7391 26,802,659
2004 63.5248 27,577,878
2005 65.4357 28,407,448
2006 65.9172 28,616,515
2007 65.3992 28,391,607
2008 66.7339 28,971,036
2009 69.2381 30,058,206
2010 71.512 31,045,366
2011 74.0828 32,161,424
2012 77.5229 33,654,842
2013 81.2709 35,281,989
2014 84.1919 36,550,059
2015 86.5195 37,560,534
2016 88.6136 38,469,627
2017 90.6123 39,337,353
2018 92.7506 40,265,624
2019 94.8849 41,192,170
2020 97.0143 42,116,604
2021 99.2132 43,071,210
2022 101.5151 44,070,551
2023 103.8266 45,074,049
2024 106.0563 46,042,015

Future Population Density of Iraq (2024-2100)

Iraq's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 106.0563 people/km² to 231.8419 people/km². An additional increase increase of 118.6% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Population Density (people/km²) Population
2024 106.0563 46,042,015
2025 108.3109 47,020,774
2026 110.5836 48,007,437
2027 112.841 48,987,423
2028 115.0835 49,960,948
2029 117.3463 50,943,330
2030 119.6357 51,937,208
2031 121.9326 52,934,370
2032 124.2799 53,953,390
2033 126.6565 54,985,129
2034 129.0233 56,012,640
2035 131.3804 57,035,914
2036 133.7664 58,071,736
2037 136.1563 59,109,253
2038 138.5127 60,132,231
2039 140.9139 61,174,676
2040 143.3292 62,223,211
2041 145.6924 63,249,166
2042 148.0228 64,260,843
2043 150.3174 65,256,997
2044 152.5766 66,237,769
2045 154.8027 67,204,177
2046 156.9815 68,150,061
2047 159.1652 69,098,085
2048 161.3582 70,050,118
2049 163.5452 70,999,568
2050 165.6856 71,928,750
2051 167.7787 72,837,415
2052 169.8331 73,729,295
2053 171.8668 74,612,185
2054 173.9033 75,496,278
2055 175.9 76,363,106
2056 177.88 77,222,680
2057 179.8291 78,068,859
2058 181.7261 78,892,372
2059 183.5853 79,699,527
2060 185.4757 80,520,191
2061 187.3601 81,338,282
2062 189.1691 82,123,595
2063 190.9774 82,908,639
2064 192.7825 83,692,286
2065 194.5412 84,455,762
2066 196.2986 85,218,704
2067 197.992 85,953,874
2068 199.5823 86,644,276
2069 201.1504 87,325,041
2070 202.6959 87,995,949
2071 204.2023 88,649,940
2072 205.6901 89,295,814
2073 207.184 89,944,368
2074 208.6133 90,564,890
2075 209.9015 91,124,111
2076 211.1308 91,657,804
2077 212.3363 92,181,140
2078 213.54 92,703,709
2079 214.782 93,242,896
2080 215.9776 93,761,929
2081 217.12 94,257,882
2082 218.239 94,743,640
2083 219.309 95,208,174
2084 220.314 95,644,458
2085 221.3128 96,078,062
2086 222.3322 96,520,625
2087 223.2655 96,925,826
2088 224.1151 97,294,650
2089 224.9618 97,662,203
2090 225.749 98,003,974
2091 226.4842 98,323,125
2092 227.2504 98,655,762
2093 228.0048 98,983,281
2094 228.6754 99,274,397
2095 229.2799 99,536,808
2096 229.8682 99,792,216
2097 230.4244 100,033,697
2098 230.9264 100,251,598
2099 231.4051 100,459,418
2100 231.8419 100,649,056

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of Iraq.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of Iraq's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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