Iraq AI Report
Date: June 5, 2025
Iraq is a mid-size country with 0.6% of the world's population. Iraq is a republic country. It has 6 world heritage sites. It is rich in resources and has 5.3% of Oil, of the World.
Iraq is the 34th ranked country in population and 56th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.





Out of 195 countries in the world, Iraq is the 2nd highest ranked in Kurdish . This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Kurdish when compared to other countries.
The Average Arabic of 195 countries in the world is 1,760,925. Iraq is the 3rd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Arabic when compared to other countries.
Iraq is the 3rd highest ranked in Azerbaijani out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Azerbaijani when compared to other countries.
Out of 195 countries in the world, Iraq is the 5th highest ranked in Persian . This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Persian when compared to other countries.


Out of 195 countries in the world, Iraq is the 59th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) . This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
Out of 195 countries in the world, Iraq is the 87th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.
Out of 195 countries in the world, Iraq is the 88th worst ranked in Honey prod. . This may indicate inferior natural biodiversity as compared to other countries.
The Average Rice prod. of 195 countries in the world is 6,981,685. Iraq is the 100th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of rice, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
Urbanization Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Pop. with access to Electricity (%) | % People | 86 | 1 | 1129 | ||
2 | # Cities>5M | # Cities | 0 | 9 | 1129 | ||
3 | # Cities>5M | # Cities | 0 | 11 | 1130 | ||
4 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 2 | 20 | 1127 | ||
5 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 4 | 20 | 1129 | ||
6 | # Cities>500000 | # Cities | 5 | 22 | 1130 | ||
7 | # Cities>1M | # Cities | 1 | 22 | 1126 | ||
8 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 8 | 25 | 1129 | ||
9 | # Cities>300000 | # Cities | 7 | 25 | 1129 | ||
10 | Urban Population (2021) | # People | 23,726,053 | 30 | 1130 | ||
11 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 23 | 31 | 1125 | ||
12 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 21 | 33 | 1130 | ||
13 | Urban Population / Total Population % . | % People | 60 | 69 | 1129 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Rural Pop. /Total Pop. % | % People | 40 | 127 | 1232 | ||
2 | Rural Pop. | # People | 18,013,759 | 43 | 1230 |
Nature Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Tree density. | Density | 9 | 1 | 1129 | ||
2 | Tree density . | Density | 8 | 1 | 1129 | ||
3 | Oil Prod. | Barrels/day | 4,369,531 | 5 | 1130 | ||
4 | Oil Prodcuced/Total Oil Produced % | 5 | 5 | 1125 | |||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Country forest area / Global Forest area % | 0 | 122 | 1233 | |||
2 | Forest Area. | Area | 21,142,892 | 126 | 1234 | ||
3 | Number of Trees | Count | 15,642,617,148 | 125 | 1233 | ||
4 | Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced % | Weight | 0 | 103 | 1231 | ||
5 | Honey prod. | Tons | 16,211 | 108 | 1231 | ||
6 | Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production) | Percent | 0 | 103 | 1234 | ||
7 | Cow Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 3,855,383 | 105 | 1231 | ||
8 | Cow Beef Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 320,761 | 105 | 1235 | ||
9 | Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production) | Percent | 0 | 101 | 1230 | ||
10 | Rice prod. | Tons | 6,981,685 | 96 | 1230 | ||
11 | Soyabean prod. | Tons | 3,684,006 | 94 | 1230 | ||
12 | Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced % | Weight | 0 | 86 | 1235 | ||
13 | Potatoes prod. | Tons | 2,538,925 | 86 | 1233 | ||
14 | Number of Cows | Count | 8,697,624 | 85 | 1234 | ||
15 | Cows (% of Total Cows) | Percent | 0 | 85 | 1234 | ||
16 | Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced % | Weight | 0 | 73 | 1231 | ||
17 | Onion prod. | Tons | 773,539 | 74 | 1233 | ||
18 | Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production) | Percent | 0 | 59 | 1232 | ||
19 | Goat Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 46,111 | 59 | 1232 | ||
20 | Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production) | Percent | 1 | 51 | 1230 | ||
21 | Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.% | Weight | 1 | 56 | 1235 | ||
22 | Barley prod. | Tons | 1,576,534 | 56 | 1233 | ||
23 | Goat Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 196,989 | 55 | 1235 | ||
24 | Apple Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 1,044,287 | 55 | 1233 | ||
25 | Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production) | Percent | 0 | 55 | 1230 | ||
26 | Apple Production (% of Total Apple Production) | Percent | 1 | 54 | 1234 | ||
27 | Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 588,164 | 54 | 1232 | ||
28 | Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production) | Percent | 0 | 52 | 1230 | ||
29 | Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales) | Weight | 1,707 | 51 | 1235 | ||
30 | Natural Gas Prod. | Million cubic meters | 216,389 | 43 | 1234 | ||
31 | Natural Gas Produced/Total Natural Gas Produced % | Mass | 5 | 43 | 1231 | ||
32 | Orange Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 618,959 | 38 | 1232 | ||
33 | Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production) | Percent | 0 | 38 | 1233 | ||
34 | Wheat prod. | Tons | 6,698,590 | 35 | 1232 | ||
35 | Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %. | Weight | 0 | 35 | 1235 | ||
36 | Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 7,516,792 | 14 | 1231 | ||
37 | Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production) | Percent | 4 | 13 | 1230 |
Language Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Kurdish | # People | 142,374 | 2 | 1129 | ||
2 | Kurdish as a % of total Kurdish speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1127 | ||
3 | Arabic | # People | 1,760,925 | 3 | 1127 | ||
4 | Azerbaijani | # People | 171,624 | 3 | 1129 | ||
5 | Arabic as a % of total Arabic speakers | % People | 0 | 3 | 1130 | ||
6 | Azerbaijani as a % of total Azerbaijani speakers | % People | 0 | 4 | 1128 | ||
7 | Persian | # People | 385,138 | 5 | 1130 | ||
8 | Persian as a % of total Persian speakers | % People | 0 | 5 | 1128 | ||
9 | Armenian as a % of total Armenian speakers | % People | 0 | 10 | 1126 | ||
10 | Armenian | # People | 26,254 | 11 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Turkish | # People | 420,564 | 7 | 1233 | ||
2 | Turkish as a % of total Turkish speakers | % People | 0 | 7 | 1233 |
Work Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Unemployment Rate. | % People | 7 | 5 | 1130 | ||
2 | Unemployed Labour Force. | # People | 1,511,199 | 20 | 1125 | ||
3 | Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %. | % People | 76 | 60 | 1125 | ||
4 | Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %. | % People | 56 | 72 | 1127 | ||
5 | Employment in services/Total Labour force %. | % People | 56 | 72 | 1126 | ||
6 | Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force % | % People | 58 | 80 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Total Labour Force/Total Pop. | % People | 43 | 169 | 1231 | ||
2 | Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 135 | 1231 | ||
3 | Employment in Services /Total pop.%. | % People | 25 | 131 | 1234 | ||
4 | Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % . | % People | 23 | 119 | 1230 | ||
5 | Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %. | % People | 23 | 119 | 1234 | ||
6 | Employment in Agriculture | # People | 5,314,003 | 73 | 1235 | ||
7 | Labour Force Participation | # People | 14,659,929 | 53 | 1235 | ||
8 | Total Labour Force (2021) | # People | 20,409,734 | 48 | 1232 | ||
9 | Employment in Services | # People | 10,251,634 | 42 | 1230 | ||
10 | Non-Agricultural Labour Force | # People | 15,067,127 | 40 | 1233 | ||
11 | Formal Jobs | # People | 10,605,934 | 36 | 1232 |
Culture Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Islamic Population | # People | 9,936,734 | 10 | 1127 | ||
2 | Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.% | % People | 0 | 10 | 1126 | ||
3 | Islamic Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 22 | 17 | 1125 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | # Olympic Medals | Count | 157 | 114 | 1234 | ||
2 | World Heritage Sites | Count | 7 | 59 | 1231 |
Health Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Total No. of Pharmacists | # People | 19,528 | 22 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes | Age | 73 | 111 | 1231 | ||
2 | Dentist to doctor ratio | Ratio | 3 | 70 | 1232 | ||
3 | Total No. of Doctors | # People | 78,648 | 49 | 1234 | ||
4 | Dentist (per 10,000) | People per 10000 | 31 | 44 | 1233 |
Demography Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Births | # People (In Thousands) | 681 | 25 | 1125 | ||
2 | Male Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 21,226 | 33 | 1127 | ||
3 | Female Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 20,993 | 33 | 1127 | ||
4 | Total Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 42,003 | 34 | 1129 | ||
5 | Population Growth Rate (%) | % People | 0 | 38 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Female % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 83 | 1230 | ||
2 | Male % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 39 | 1230 |
Internet Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Facebook users | # People | 6,757,917 | 25 | 1129 | ||
2 | Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users | % People | 0 | 25 | 1126 | ||
3 | Internet Users | # People | 28,408,774 | 28 | 1125 | ||
4 | Int. Users / Total Pop.% | % People | 70 | 95 | 1129 | ||
5 | FB Users / Total Int. Users %. | % People | 31 | 95 | 1126 | ||
6 | FB Users / Total Pop. %. | % People | 25 | 96 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 35 | 172 | 1233 | ||
2 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 31 | 142 | 1233 | ||
3 | Facebook CPC in Rs. | Absolute | 5 | 117 | 1235 | ||
4 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 14 | 97 | 1235 | ||
5 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 13 | 91 | 1232 | ||
6 | LinkedIn users | # People | 6,388,891 | 57 | 1234 | ||
7 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users | % People | 0 | 57 | 1234 | ||
8 | Twitter users | # People | 3,173,740 | 32 | 1233 | ||
9 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users | % People | 0 | 32 | 1232 |
Governance Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Total Military Force | # People | 358,465 | 25 | 1125 | ||
2 | Military Force/Total World Military Force %. | % People | 0 | 25 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Military Force/Total Pop. % | % People | 1 | 57 | 1234 | ||
2 | Military Budget (in Billion $) | $ Billion | 15 | 28 | 1233 | ||
3 | Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %. | Percent | 0 | 28 | 1234 |
Education Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Total Literate Pop. | # People | 34,678,001 | 33 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop. | % People | 28 | 174 | 1232 | ||
2 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 23 | 172 | 1231 | ||
3 | # Students per teacher in secondary edu. | Ratio | 31 | 1 | 1232 | ||
4 | Literacy Rate (%) | % People | 86 | 137 | 1235 | ||
5 | # Students per teacher in Primary edu. | Ratio | 260 | 123 | 1233 | ||
6 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 27 | 66 | 1231 | ||
7 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %. | % People | 36 | 65 | 1230 | ||
8 | Teachers in secondary edu. | # People | 659,923 | 41 | 1231 |
Wealth Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | FDI (millions USD) | Amount | 3,115 | 185 | 1232 | ||
2 | FDI / Total FDI of the World %. | 0 | 185 | 1233 | |||
3 | Corporate Tax Rates in % | Rate | 23 | 157 | 1235 | ||
4 | Imports /Total GDP of the Country %. | 53 | 141 | 1235 | |||
5 | GDP Per Capita (USD) | $ | 30,070 | 109 | 1233 | ||
6 | Import Ban(Number of products) | Count | 12 | 99 | 1231 | ||
7 | Exports/Total GDP of the Country %. | 46 | 57 | 1234 | |||
8 | Imports/Total Imports of the World %. | 0 | 54 | 1230 | |||
9 | Import of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 183,299 | 54 | 1232 | ||
10 | GDP (Billions USD) 2025 | $ Billions | 613 | 49 | 1235 | ||
11 | GDP as a % of Total GDP | Percent | 0 | 49 | 1230 |
Media Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | # Phone Numbers /Total Pop. % | Percent | 101 | 137 | 1234 | ||
2 | # Mobile phone numbers | Count | 40,393,496 | 40 | 1230 |
LANGUAGES
- Official Language:
- 1. Arabic
: 35,130,000
- 2. Kurdish
: 8,191,000
Mother Tongue : Arabic
Literacy Rate (%) : 85.60
Country Capital | : | Baghdad |
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GDP Per capita | : | 15,256 |
GDP Per Capita Rank | : | 109th/195 |
Life Expectancy | : | 72 |
Unemployment Rate | : | 16 |
Number of Internet Users | : | 35,863,181 |
Internet Users Rank | : | 28th/195 |
Area | : | 434,129 |
Area Rank | : | 56th/195 |
Total Population | : | 47,021 |
Total Population Rank | : | 34th/195 |
List of cities having more than 100K population in Iraq
Sr. | City | Total City Population (2023) |
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1 | Abu al-Kahsib | 227,610 |
2 | Ad-Diwaniyah | 452,308 |
3 | Al-'Amarah | 590,868 |
4 | Al-Basrah | 1,501,870 |
5 | Al-Fallujah | 281,041 |
6 | Al-Hillah | 510,443 |
7 | Al-Iskandriah | 112,685 |
8 | Al-Kufah | 191,878 |
9 | Al-Kut | 436,178 |
10 | Al-Mahmudiyah | 113,581 |
11 | Al-Mawsil | 1,525,393 |
12 | Al-Qurnah | 141,584 |
13 | An-Najaf | 837,073 |
14 | An-Nasiriyah | 625,480 |
15 | Arbil | 984,706 |
16 | Ar-Ramadi | 250,349 |
17 | Ash-Shatrah | 204,088 |
18 | As-Samawah | 248,333 |
19 | As-Sulaymaniyah | 757,768 |
20 | Az-Zubayr | 336,935 |
21 | Baghdad | 7,526,711 |
22 | Ba'qubah | 312,628 |
23 | Dahuk | 381,852 |
24 | Kalar | 162,643 |
25 | Karbala' | 796,972 |
26 | Kirkuk | 1,089,102 |
27 | Samarra' | 162,195 |
28 | Shatt al-'Arab | 148,977 |
29 | Suq as-Shuyukh | 147,409 |
30 | Suran | 147,633 |
31 | Tal'afar | 193,222 |
32 | Tikrit | 122,094 |
33 | Tuz Khurmatu | 114,925 |
34 | Zakhu | 237,467 |
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