Population in Algeria compared to Iraq: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Iraq	Algeria	Iraq
1960	11,424,922	7,022,052	-	-
1961	11,628,883	7,194,553	1.79%	2.46%
1962	11,800,771	7,413,875	1.48%	3.05%
1963	11,982,118	7,667,928	1.54%	3.43%
1964	12,179,813	7,929,566	1.65%	3.41%
1965	12,365,976	8,202,140	1.53%	3.44%
1966	12,590,069	8,485,104	1.81%	3.45%
1967	12,876,118	8,778,869	2.27%	3.46%
1968	13,172,614	9,085,016	2.3%	3.49%
1969	13,475,960	9,403,356	2.3%	3.5%
1970	13,783,719	9,735,611	2.28%	3.53%
1971	14,098,936	10,077,809	2.29%	3.51%
1972	14,427,072	10,430,164	2.33%	3.5%
1973	14,771,147	10,795,869	2.38%	3.51%
1974	15,133,502	11,167,761	2.45%	3.44%
1975	15,678,596	11,543,639	3.6%	3.37%
1976	16,409,170	11,927,651	4.66%	3.33%
1977	17,015,994	12,331,046	3.7%	3.38%
1978	17,506,974	12,753,355	2.89%	3.42%
1979	18,036,655	13,170,365	3.03%	3.27%
1980	18,607,174	13,591,992	3.16%	3.2%
1981	19,220,704	14,006,381	3.3%	3.05%
1982	19,872,348	14,406,083	3.39%	2.85%
1983	20,558,115	14,840,555	3.45%	3.02%
1984	21,271,969	15,310,733	3.47%	3.17%
1985	22,008,544	15,683,430	3.46%	2.43%
1986	22,745,499	16,074,145	3.35%	2.49%
1987	23,443,624	16,521,049	3.07%	2.78%
1988	24,109,536	16,908,819	2.84%	2.35%
1989	24,754,485	17,364,542	2.68%	2.7%
1990	25,375,810	17,581,206	2.51%	1.25%
1991	25,987,928	17,767,253	2.41%	1.06%
1992	26,628,568	18,300,845	2.47%	3%
1993	27,277,048	19,201,195	2.44%	4.92%
1994	27,887,279	20,139,807	2.24%	4.89%
1995	28,470,191	20,825,860	2.09%	3.41%
1996	29,033,044	21,501,321	1.98%	3.24%
1997	29,579,301	22,176,593	1.88%	3.14%
1998	30,054,133	22,884,399	1.61%	3.19%
1999	30,474,354	23,636,527	1.4%	3.29%
2000	30,903,893	24,424,056	1.41%	3.33%
2001	31,331,221	25,197,840	1.38%	3.17%
2002	31,750,835	26,006,559	1.34%	3.21%
2003	32,175,818	26,802,659	1.34%	3.06%
2004	32,628,286	27,577,878	1.41%	2.89%
2005	33,109,249	28,407,448	1.47%	3.01%
2006	33,623,506	28,616,515	1.55%	0.74%
2007	34,189,416	28,391,607	1.68%	-0.79%
2008	34,816,961	28,971,036	1.84%	2.04%
2009	35,490,445	30,058,206	1.93%	3.75%
2010	36,188,236	31,045,366	1.97%	3.28%
2011	36,903,376	32,161,424	1.98%	3.59%
2012	37,646,166	33,654,842	2.01%	4.64%
2013	38,414,171	35,281,989	2.04%	4.83%
2014	39,205,031	36,550,059	2.06%	3.59%
2015	40,019,529	37,560,535	2.08%	2.76%
2016	40,850,721	38,469,627	2.08%	2.42%
2017	41,689,299	39,337,353	2.05%	2.26%
2018	42,505,035	40,265,624	1.96%	2.36%
2019	43,294,546	41,192,171	1.86%	2.3%
2020	44,042,091	42,116,605	1.73%	2.24%
2021	44,761,099	43,071,211	1.63%	2.27%
2022	45,477,389	44,070,551	1.6%	2.32%
2023	46,164,219	45,074,049	1.51%	2.28%
2024	46,814,308	46,042,015	1.41%	2.15%
2025	47,435,316	47,020,778	1.33%	2.13%
2026	48,028,344	48,007,435	1.25%	2.1%
2027	48,593,419	48,987,424	1.18%	2.04%
2028	49,135,532	49,960,955	1.12%	1.99%
2029	49,655,386	50,943,339	1.06%	1.97%
2030	50,154,168	51,937,208	1%	1.95%
2031	50,637,369	52,934,373	0.96%	1.92%
2032	51,113,505	53,953,395	0.94%	1.93%
2033	51,584,249	54,985,129	0.92%	1.91%
2034	52,048,009	56,012,641	0.9%	1.87%
2035	52,516,794	57,035,917	0.9%	1.83%
2036	52,986,277	58,071,740	0.89%	1.82%
2037	53,452,788	59,109,258	0.88%	1.79%
2038	53,921,847	60,132,232	0.88%	1.73%
2039	54,396,263	61,174,679	0.88%	1.73%
2040	54,873,482	62,223,208	0.88%	1.71%
2041	55,351,998	63,249,167	0.87%	1.65%
2042	55,834,554	64,260,847	0.87%	1.6%
2043	56,319,606	65,257,000	0.87%	1.55%
2044	56,806,185	66,237,772	0.86%	1.5%
2045	57,290,162	67,204,176	0.85%	1.46%
2046	57,767,681	68,150,060	0.83%	1.41%
2047	58,234,183	69,098,087	0.81%	1.39%
2048	58,690,893	70,050,118	0.78%	1.38%
2049	59,136,165	70,999,566	0.76%	1.36%
2050	59,565,558	71,928,759	0.73%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.