Iraq People:
Population:
26,074,906 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 40% (male:5,293,709; female:5,130,826)
15-64 years: 57% (male:7,530,619; female:7,338,109)
65 years and over: 3% (male:367,832; female:413,811) (2005)
Median age:
total: 19.43 years
male: 19.35 years
female: 19.51 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
2.7% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
32.5 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
5.49 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 50.25 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 56.06 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 44.14 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 68.7 years (2005 est.)
male: 67.49 years
female: 69.97 years
Total fertility rate:
4.28 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi
Ethnic groups:
Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%
Religions:
Muslim (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%) 97%, Christian or other 3%
Languages:
Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 40.4%
male: 55.9%
female: 24.4% (2003)
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