Male population — all countries

Male population — Iraq

Male population in Iraq in 2025 — 23,613,299 people. Ranked 34 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 581.7%.

2025 23.61M people +2.17% vs 2024
World rank 34of 217
Period maximum 23.61M people2025
Period minimum 3.46M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Iraq, 1960–2025010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,463,683 people1962: 3,656,166 people1964: 3,911,898 people1966: 4,188,521 people1968: 4,489,038 people1970: 4,816,418 people1972: 5,168,120 people1974: 5,540,668 people1976: 5,921,993 people1978: 6,340,820 people1980: 6,762,072 people1982: 7,149,632 people1984: 7,579,568 people1986: 7,940,038 people1988: 8,334,007 people1990: 8,656,059 people1992: 9,015,455 people1994: 9,937,880 people1996: 10,628,020 people1998: 11,332,870 people2000: 12,118,085 people2002: 12,925,102 people2004: 13,717,305 people2006: 14,234,444 people2008: 14,408,603 people2010: 15,462,978 people2012: 16,790,539 people2014: 18,261,598 people2016: 19,240,431 people2018: 20,151,959 people2020: 21,099,579 people2022: 22,099,525 people2024: 23,111,081 people2025: 23,613,299 people
Change over the period: +20.15M (+581.74%) Average annual rate: 3 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iraq

Iraq 23.61M people
World 4.13B people
Western Asia computed 165M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.36B people
Male population — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 23.61M +502,218 +2.17%
2024 23.11M +496,966 +2.2%
2023 22.61M +514,590 +2.33%
2022 22.1M +512,809 +2.38%
2021 21.59M +487,137 +2.31%
2020 21.1M +471,585 +2.29%
2019 20.63M +476,035 +2.36%
2018 20.15M +473,756 +2.41%
2017 19.68M +437,772 +2.28%
2016 19.24M +461,327 +2.46%
2015 18.78M +517,506 +2.83%
2014 18.26M +646,037 +3.67%
2013 17.62M +825,022 +4.91%
2012 16.79M +758,210 +4.73%
2011 16.03M +569,351 +3.68%
2010 15.46M +504,179 +3.37%
2009 14.96M +550,196 +3.82%
2008 14.41M +289,714 +2.05%
2007 14.12M −115,555 −0.81%
2006 14.23M +102,706 +0.73%
2005 14.13M +414,433 +3.02%
2004 13.72M +388,880 +2.92%
2003 13.33M +403,323 +3.12%
2002 12.93M +412,250 +3.29%
2001 12.51M +394,767 +3.26%
2000 12.12M +401,529 +3.43%
1999 11.72M +383,686 +3.39%
1998 11.33M +360,985 +3.29%
1997 10.97M +343,865 +3.24%
1996 10.63M +342,919 +3.33%
1995 10.29M +347,221 +3.49%
1994 9.94M +470,945 +4.97%
1993 9.47M +451,480 +5.01%
1992 9.02M +267,745 +3.06%
1991 8.75M +91,651 +1.06%
1990 8.66M +104,645 +1.22%
1989 8.55M +217,407 +2.61%
1988 8.33M +181,225 +2.22%
1987 8.15M +212,744 +2.68%
1986 7.94M +184,746 +2.38%
1985 7.76M +175,724 +2.32%
1984 7.58M +223,883 +3.04%
1983 7.36M +206,053 +2.88%
1982 7.15M +188,627 +2.71%
1981 6.96M +198,933 +2.94%
1980 6.76M +209,731 +3.2%
1979 6.55M +211,521 +3.34%
1978 6.34M +214,130 +3.5%
1977 6.13M +204,697 +3.46%
1976 5.92M +193,510 +3.38%
1975 5.73M +187,815 +3.39%
1974 5.54M +187,129 +3.5%
1973 5.35M +185,419 +3.59%
1972 5.17M +178,598 +3.58%
1971 4.99M +173,104 +3.59%
1970 4.82M +167,424 +3.6%
1969 4.65M +159,956 +3.56%
1968 4.49M +153,610 +3.54%
1967 4.34M +146,907 +3.51%
1966 4.19M +140,998 +3.48%
1965 4.05M +135,625 +3.47%
1964 3.91M +129,871 +3.43%
1963 3.78M +125,861 +3.44%
1962 3.66M +108,136 +3.05%
1961 3.55M +84,347 +2.44%
1960 3.46M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.