Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced that Iraq's population, according to the general population and housing census conducted on November 20-21, has surpassed 45 million, reports Shafaq News.

"The population of Iraq has reached 45,407,495, including foreigners and refugees," Al-Sudani stated, clarifying that "the number of families is 7,898,588."

"The number of males is 22,784,062, accounting for 50.1%, while the number of females is 22,623,833, making up 49.8%."

Furthermore, as stated by Al-Sudani, 36.1% of the population is under the working age of 15, and 3.7% of the population is above the working age of 65.

This was the first general census in Iraq since 1987. According to the 1987 census, Iraq had a population of 16.3 million, and the 1997 census—which did not include the Kurdish autonomous regions—had recorded a population increase reaching 22 million.