Northern Iraq - Demographics

Demographics

Due to the absence of a proper population census, the exact population of Iraqi Kurdistan as well as the rest of Iraq is unknown, but the Kurdish government has recently started to publish better population figures. According to the statistics from the census offices in Erbil, Sulaimani and Duhok, the population of Kurdistan has reached 5,299,304. Iraqi Kurdistan has a young population with an estimated 36% of the population being under the age of 15.

The ethno-linguistic make-up of Iraqi Kurdistan is diverse and includes Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Turkmens, Armenians, Shabaks, Yezidis, Roma, Circassians and Mandaeans.