Population
38.3M
Federal parliamentary republic
GDP per capita, PPP
$15,384
in 2031
Passport power
#196
8 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
8
Top: Sulaymaniyah
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of Iraq
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Continent
- Asia / Western Asia
- Area
- 438,317 km²
- Population
- 38.3M
- Density
- 87.3/km²
- Government
- Federal parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .iq
- Calling code
- +964
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #196 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 8
- Total accessible
- 29
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic (العربية), Aramaic, Sorani
- Religions
- Islam 95.0%, Christianity 10.0%
- Currencies
- ع.د IQD — Iraqi dinar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.712
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $15,384
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 72.4 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 81.5%
- Gini index (2012)
- 29.5
- Inflation (2031)
- 4.8%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 15.5%
- Urban population (2025)
- 69.9%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 5.2/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 48.8 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2013)
- 9.5/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.41