Iraq vs. Kuwait
Demographics
| Iraq | Kuwait | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 39,650,145 (July 2021 est.) | 3,032,065 (July 2021 est.) note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 37.02% (male 7,349,868/female 7,041,405) 15-24 years: 19.83% (male 3,918,433/female 3,788,157) 25-54 years: 35.59% (male 6,919,569/female 6,914,856) 55-64 years: 4.23% (male 805,397/female 839,137) 65 years and over: 3.33% (male 576,593/female 719,240) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 24.29% (male 378,778/female 348,512) 15-24 years: 14.96% (male 245,354/female 202,642) 25-54 years: 52.39% (male 984,813/female 583,632) 55-64 years: 5.43% (male 90,583/female 72,026) 65 years and over: 2.92% (male 38,614/female 48,752) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 21.2 years male: 20.8 years female: 21.6 years (2020 est.) | total: 29.7 years male: 30.7 years female: 27.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.06% (2021 est.) | 1.2% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 17.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 2.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.21 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.69 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.26 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1.38 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.9 years male: 71.01 years female: 74.89 years (2021 est.) | total population: 78.9 years male: 77.44 years female: 80.43 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.32 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.25 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA | <.1% (2018 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Iraqi(s) adjective: Iraqi | noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti |
| Ethnic groups | Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian) note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available | Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other .9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | <1000 (2018 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.) note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon | Muslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.) note: data represent the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | <100 (2018 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ???? ???? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Arabic (official), English widely spoken major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.1% male: 56.2% female: 44% (2018) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 96.7% female: 94.9% (2018) |
| Education expenditures | NA | NA |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 100% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.8% of population rural: 95% of population total: 97.9% of population unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population rural: 5% of population total: 2.1% of population (2017 est.) | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.7% of population rural: 89.7% of population total: 95.2% of population unimproved: urban: 3.3% of population rural: 10.3% of population total: 4.8% of population (2017 est.) | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 7.323 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.683 million Mosul, 1.382 million Basra, 1.031 million Kirkuk, 901,000 Najaf, 861,000 Erbil (2021) | 3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.9% (2018) | 3% (2014) |
| Health expenditures | 4.1% (2018) | 5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 30.4% (2016) | 37.9% (2016) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 69.9 youth dependency ratio: 64.1 elderly dependency ratio: 5.9 potential support ratio: 17.1 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 32.4 youth dependency ratio: 28.4 elderly dependency ratio: 4 potential support ratio: 24.9 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
