Iraq's population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) was 11.45% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.43 percentage points from 12.88% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.45% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 13.39% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 12.88% | 2015 |
| Highest | 15.31% | 1978 |
| Lowest | 11.33% | 1966 |
| Average since 2016 | 12.78% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13.99% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Iraq's population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.82% to 11.45%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.96 percentage points in 1968 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.88 percentage points in 1963. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.19 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Iraq had the 51st highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 11.45% | 2025 |
| World | 8.04% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 6.57% | 2025 |
Closest to Iraq in the 2025 ranking
- Kenya — 48th of 217: 11.74%
- Timor-Leste — 49th of 217: 11.68%
- Ghana — 50th of 217: 11.63%
- Marshall Islands — 52nd of 217: 11.42%
- Oman — 53rd of 217: 11.4%
- South Sudan — 54th of 217: 11.35%
What this measures
Female population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total female population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.45 |
| 2024 | 11.82 |
| 2023 | 12.27 |
| 2022 | 12.73 |
| 2021 | 13.14 |
| 2020 | 13.39 |
| 2019 | 13.44 |
| 2018 | 13.35 |
| 2017 | 13.19 |
| 2016 | 13.01 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 13.99% (2025)
- Algeria — 10.52% (2025)
- Bahrain — 8.19% (2025)
- Djibouti — 9.33% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.53% (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 7.68% (2025)
- Israel — 8.95% (2025)
- Jordan — 10.03% (2025)
- Kuwait — 7.74% (2025)
- Lebanon
More health data for Iraq
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.8% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 8.26 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 35.28% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 8.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 36.77% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 16.94 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 36.03% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) — 11.93% (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iraq's population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)?
- 11.45% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 2.54 percentage points from 13.99% in 1960. The highest value was 15.31% in 1978 and the lowest 11.33% in 1966.
- How does Iraq rank?
- 51st highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) unusual for Iraq?
- In 2025, Iraq's population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.82% to 11.45%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.16 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0509.FE.5Y, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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