Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq
Iraq: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 3.22 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq stood at 3.22 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq peaked at 7.08 live births per woman in 1969 and was at its lowest, 3.22 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Iraq 51st out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.99 live births per woman | 4.8 live births per woman | 6.84 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.73 live births per woman | 5.3 live births per woman | 7.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.9 live births per woman | 6.66 live births per woman | 7.07 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.29 live births per woman | 5.99 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.45 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 5.93 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.56 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 4.92 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.09 live births per woman | 3.48 live births per woman | 4.59 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.31 live births per woman | 3.22 live births per woman | 3.42 live births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More education data for Iraq
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.6% (2007)
- Primary education, teachers 286,890 (2007)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.9% (2007)
- School enrollment, primary, male 113.8% (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Iraq was 3.22 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 7.08 live births per woman in 1969.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.22 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Iraq rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Iraq ranks 51st out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.