Iraq
Urban population in Iraq
Urban population in Iraq: 35% in 1950 and 69.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 69.9%
- Since 1950
- +35 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 97 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 82.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 82.5% in 2050.
- The highest was 70.2% in 1987, the lowest 35% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.9 |
| 2024 | 69.9 |
| 2023 | 69.9 |
| 2022 | 69.9 |
| 2021 | 69.9 |
| 2020 | 69.9 |
| 2019 | 69.9 |
| 2018 | 69.9 |
| 2017 | 69.9 |
| 2016 | 69.9 |
| 2015 | 69.9 |
| 2014 | 69.7 |
| 2013 | 69.4 |
| 2012 | 69.2 |
| 2011 | 69.1 |
| 2010 | 69.1 |
| 2009 | 69 |
| 2008 | 68.9 |
| 2007 | 68.7 |
| 2006 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 68.4 |
| 2004 | 68.2 |
| 2003 | 68.1 |
| 2002 | 67.9 |
| 2001 | 67.8 |
| 2000 | 67.6 |
| 1999 | 67.5 |
| 1998 | 67.5 |
| 1997 | 67.5 |
| 1996 | 67.6 |
| 1995 | 67.9 |
| 1994 | 68.2 |
| 1993 | 68.6 |
| 1992 | 69 |
| 1991 | 69.4 |
| 1990 | 69.7 |
| 1989 | 70 |
| 1988 | 70.2 |
| 1987 | 70.2 |
| 1986 | 70 |
| 1985 | 69.7 |
| 1984 | 69.1 |
| 1983 | 68.5 |
| 1982 | 67.7 |
| 1981 | 66.9 |
| 1980 | 66 |
| 1979 | 65.1 |
| 1978 | 64.3 |
| 1977 | 63.5 |
| 1976 | 62.7 |
| 1975 | 61.8 |
| 1974 | 60.9 |
| 1973 | 60 |
| 1972 | 59 |
| 1971 | 58 |
| 1970 | 57 |
| 1969 | 55.9 |
| 1968 | 54.8 |
| 1967 | 53.7 |
| 1966 | 52.6 |
| 1965 | 51.4 |
| 1964 | 50.1 |
| 1963 | 48.6 |
| 1962 | 47 |
| 1961 | 45.5 |
| 1960 | 44 |
| 1959 | 42.6 |
| 1958 | 41.4 |
| 1957 | 40.4 |
| 1956 | 39.5 |
| 1955 | 38.6 |
| 1954 | 37.7 |
| 1953 | 37 |
| 1952 | 36.2 |
| 1951 | 35.6 |
| 1950 | 35 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Iraq |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 |
| 2027 | 70.2 |
| 2028 | 70.3 |
| 2029 | 70.5 |
| 2030 | 70.7 |
| 2031 | 71 |
| 2032 | 71.3 |
| 2033 | 71.6 |
| 2034 | 72 |
| 2035 | 72.4 |
| 2036 | 72.8 |
| 2037 | 73.3 |
| 2038 | 73.8 |
| 2039 | 74.4 |
| 2040 | 74.9 |
| 2041 | 75.5 |
| 2042 | 76.2 |
| 2043 | 76.9 |
| 2044 | 77.6 |
| 2045 | 78.3 |
| 2046 | 79.1 |
| 2047 | 79.9 |
| 2048 | 80.7 |
| 2049 | 81.6 |
| 2050 | 82.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$139 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel459,000 people in 2020
- National power0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports20 million TIV in 1989