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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 46,042,015 people in Iraq in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 47,813,338 in Iraq.

Population statistics:

  • Iraq's population is 1.2 times bigger than Angola's.
  • Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while Iraq is the 34th.
  • The countries together account for 1.06% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.58% for Iraq.
  • For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +2.45% in Iraq.
  • Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while Iraq has grown from 28.4M to 47.8M (68.3% growth).
  • Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 101M people in 2100 for Iraq.

Angola vs Iraq: live population counter

Angola Iraq
Current population
39983997
47813338
Population rank 39/197 34/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 0.58%
One net population change
27.8 seconds
32.6 seconds
One birth every
22.8 seconds
27.2 seconds
One death every
2.07 minutes
2.82 minutes
One migration net change every
3.33 hours
29.6 minutes
Annual migration change -2,629 -17,735
Daily growth/decline +3,112 +2,652
Annual growth/decline +1,135,943 +967,966
Annual growth/decline rate +3.09% +2.15%
Population growth rate rank 13/197 48/197

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

Angola
Population

Growth rate
Iraq
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Angola Iraq Angola Iraq
1960 5,231,654 7,022,052 - -
1961 5,301,583 7,194,553 1.34% 2.46%
1962 5,354,310 7,413,875 0.99% 3.05%
1963 5,408,320 7,667,928 1.01% 3.43%
1964 5,464,187 7,929,566 1.03% 3.41%
1965 5,521,981 8,202,140 1.06% 3.44%
1966 5,581,386 8,485,104 1.08% 3.45%
1967 5,641,807 8,778,869 1.08% 3.46%
1968 5,702,699 9,085,016 1.08% 3.49%
1969 5,763,685 9,403,356 1.07% 3.5%
1970 5,852,788 9,735,611 1.55% 3.53%
1971 5,991,102 10,077,809 2.36% 3.51%
1972 6,174,262 10,430,164 3.06% 3.5%
1973 6,388,528 10,795,869 3.47% 3.51%
1974 6,613,367 11,167,761 3.52% 3.44%
1975 6,842,947 11,543,639 3.47% 3.37%
1976 7,074,664 11,927,651 3.39% 3.33%
1977 7,317,829 12,331,046 3.44% 3.38%
1978 7,576,734 12,753,355 3.54% 3.42%
1979 7,847,207 13,170,365 3.57% 3.27%
1980 8,133,872 13,591,992 3.65% 3.2%
1981 8,435,607 14,006,381 3.71% 3.05%
1982 8,751,648 14,406,083 3.75% 2.85%
1983 9,082,983 14,840,555 3.79% 3.02%
1984 9,425,917 15,310,733 3.78% 3.17%
1985 9,779,120 15,683,430 3.75% 2.43%
1986 10,139,450 16,074,145 3.68% 2.49%
1987 10,497,858 16,521,049 3.53% 2.78%
1988 10,861,291 16,908,819 3.46% 2.35%
1989 11,238,562 17,364,542 3.47% 2.7%
1990 11,626,360 17,581,206 3.45% 1.25%
1991 12,023,529 17,767,253 3.42% 1.06%
1992 12,423,712 18,300,845 3.33% 3%
1993 12,827,135 19,201,195 3.25% 4.92%
1994 13,249,764 20,139,807 3.29% 4.89%
1995 13,699,778 20,825,860 3.4% 3.41%
1996 14,170,973 21,501,321 3.44% 3.24%
1997 14,660,413 22,176,593 3.45% 3.14%
1998 15,159,370 22,884,399 3.4% 3.19%
1999 15,667,235 23,636,527 3.35% 3.29%
2000 16,194,869 24,424,056 3.37% 3.33%
2001 16,747,208 25,197,840 3.41% 3.17%
2002 17,327,699 26,006,559 3.47% 3.21%
2003 17,943,712 26,802,659 3.56% 3.06%
2004 18,600,423 27,577,878 3.66% 2.89%
2005 19,291,161 28,407,448 3.71% 3.01%
2006 20,015,279 28,616,515 3.75% 0.74%
2007 20,778,561 28,391,607 3.81% -0.79%
2008 21,578,655 28,971,036 3.85% 2.04%
2009 22,414,773 30,058,206 3.87% 3.75%
2010 23,294,825 31,045,366 3.93% 3.28%
2011 24,218,352 32,161,424 3.96% 3.59%
2012 25,177,394 33,654,842 3.96% 4.64%
2013 26,165,620 35,281,989 3.93% 4.83%
2014 27,160,769 36,550,059 3.8% 3.59%
2015 28,157,798 37,560,535 3.67% 2.76%
2016 29,183,070 38,469,627 3.64% 2.42%
2017 30,234,839 39,337,353 3.6% 2.26%
2018 31,297,155 40,265,624 3.51% 2.36%
2019 32,375,632 41,192,171 3.45% 2.3%
2020 33,451,132 42,116,605 3.32% 2.24%
2021 34,532,429 43,071,211 3.23% 2.27%
2022 35,635,029 44,070,551 3.19% 2.32%
2023 36,749,906 45,074,049 3.13% 2.28%
2024 37,885,849 46,042,015 3.09% 2.15%
2025 39,040,029 47,020,778 3.05% 2.13%
2026 40,215,174 48,007,435 3.01% 2.1%
2027 41,415,119 48,987,424 2.98% 2.04%
2028 42,641,677 49,960,955 2.96% 1.99%
2029 43,891,847 50,943,339 2.93% 1.97%
2030 45,160,453 51,937,208 2.89% 1.95%
2031 46,449,962 52,934,373 2.86% 1.92%
2032 47,759,505 53,953,395 2.82% 1.93%
2033 49,091,470 54,985,129 2.79% 1.91%
2034 50,447,449 56,012,641 2.76% 1.87%
2035 51,821,711 57,035,917 2.72% 1.83%
2036 53,215,935 58,071,740 2.69% 1.82%
2037 54,625,858 59,109,258 2.65% 1.79%
2038 56,053,776 60,132,232 2.61% 1.73%
2039 57,501,906 61,174,679 2.58% 1.73%
2040 58,965,319 62,223,208 2.54% 1.71%
2041 60,441,178 63,249,167 2.5% 1.65%
2042 61,927,899 64,260,847 2.46% 1.6%
2043 63,430,872 65,257,000 2.43% 1.55%
2044 64,945,294 66,237,772 2.39% 1.5%
2045 66,464,320 67,204,176 2.34% 1.46%
2046 68,000,587 68,150,060 2.31% 1.41%
2047 69,554,157 69,098,087 2.28% 1.39%
2048 71,118,776 70,050,118 2.25% 1.38%
2049 72,701,379 70,999,566 2.23% 1.36%
2050 74,295,387 71,928,759 2.19% 1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th 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) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.

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