Internet users in Iraq

81.5% of the population of Iraq used the internet in 2024.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Iraq, 2024 81.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 81.8%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 96th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Iraq over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Individuals using the internet (ITU) (% of population), 2001 to 2025
Period IraqWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 81.5% 71.2%
2023 81.8% 69.2%
2022 78.7% 67.0%
2021 65.0% 63.8%
2020 53.7% 60.1%
2019 44.3% 53.9%
2018 33.9% 49.4%
2017 26.0% 46.3%
2016 19.9% 43.6%
2015 15.2% 39.9%
2014 11.6% 37.4%
2013 9.2% 35.3%
2012 7.1% 33.3%
2011 5.0% 30.9%
2010 2.5% 28.4%
2009 1.1% 25.3%
2008 1.0% 22.8%
2007 0.9% 20.2%
2006 1.0% 17.2%
2005 0.9% 15.6%
2004 0.9% –
2003 0.6% –
2002 0.5% –
2001 0.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 81.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.6%, the figure has changed by +69.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 96th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.NET.USER.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Iraq
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database