Iraq's population exceeds 45 million: PM
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raqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani announced Monday that the country's population has exceeded 45 million.
From November 20 to 23, Iraq launched a nationwide population and housing census for the first time in 27 years. In a press conference, al-Sudani announced that Iraq's population has reached 45,407,895, including foreigners and refugees residing in the country, citing the preliminary results of the recent census.
About 50.1 percent of the total population are males, while approximately 49.8 percent are females. The data also revealed that 70.3 percent of the population lives in urban areas, with 29.7 percent residing in rural areas, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Furthermore, the results indicated that the working-age group, comprising individuals between 15 and 64 years old, constitutes the highest percentage at 60.2 percent of the total population. This is followed by the youth group under 15 years at 36.1 percent and the elderly group over 65 years at 3.7 percent, as stated by al-Sudani.
Iraq traditionally conducted a population census every 10 years; however, the last one was held in 1997 without the participation of the Kurdistan region. Since the 2003 US invasion, no census had been carried out until now.
✔️ Iraq's population exceeds 45 million: PM
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