Labor Force Total / Iraq
Iraq Labor Force Total
Iraq labor force total data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.49 million.
COUNTRY: Iraq
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-14 05:09:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
Iraq · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
48 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
6.0 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Iraq · labor force total data as people.
Latest
12.49 million
Previous
12.13 million
Range avg.
10.90 million
Rank
41
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CountryIraq
IndicatorLabor Force Total
12.49 million2025 · Rank 41
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Iraq recorded 12.49 million for Labor Force Total in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 12.13 million in 2024; the absolute change was 359,346.00.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (10.90 million).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 9.93 million in 2017 to 12.49 million in 2025.
Comparison
France31.86 million
Italy25.66 million
Netherlands10.35 million
United States174.83 million
China768.07 million
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