Baghdad – Final results Iraqi’s first census In almost 40 years published on Monday, they show that the population reached 46.1 million.
In 2009. The Unofficial Number estimated that the population at 31.6 million.
Iraqi officials called the counting of the milestone and said that it would provide essential data for the future distribution of planning and resources.
Speaking at a press conference for the announcement of the results, the Iraqi Minister of Planning Mohammed Tamm said the list “shows the determination of the government” to improve the country’s conditions.
The Iraqi government is trying to consolidate security improvements after a decade of war and instability and develop the economy at the time of the regional trial.
The census provides detailed insights into economic, educational and residential conditions, with separate failures for Iraq as a whole and a semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north.
In the Federal Iraq, about 70.2% of the population lives in urban areas, while Kurdish urban areas consist of 84.6% of the Kurdish population. The Kurdish region has also seen higher employment rates with 46% of the population economically active compared to 41.6% in federal areas. The registration for children in primary school was 93% in Kurdish areas compared to 88% in Iraq.
However, the Federal Iraq has seen higher home ownership rates and access to drinking water and state electricity.
Tamim said that the data will support fairer distribution of resources on the provinces.
“For the first time in four decades, Iraq successfully spent a full census, helping to ensure more fairer resource allocation,” he said.
Final number from the 2024 census. Year, more than a million over a preliminary assessment of 45,407 million in November.
2025-02-25 03:24:00
