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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Iraq	Australia	Iraq
1960	10,276,477	7,022,052	-	-
1961	10,483,000	7,194,553	2.01%	2.46%
1962	10,742,000	7,413,875	2.47%	3.05%
1963	10,950,000	7,667,928	1.94%	3.43%
1964	11,167,000	7,929,566	1.98%	3.41%
1965	11,388,000	8,202,140	1.98%	3.44%
1966	11,651,000	8,485,104	2.31%	3.45%
1967	11,799,000	8,778,869	1.27%	3.46%
1968	12,009,000	9,085,016	1.78%	3.49%
1969	12,263,000	9,403,356	2.12%	3.5%
1970	12,507,000	9,735,611	1.99%	3.53%
1971	12,937,000	10,077,809	3.44%	3.51%
1972	13,177,000	10,430,164	1.86%	3.5%
1973	13,380,000	10,795,869	1.54%	3.51%
1974	13,723,000	11,167,761	2.56%	3.44%
1975	13,893,000	11,543,639	1.24%	3.37%
1976	14,033,000	11,927,651	1.01%	3.33%
1977	14,192,000	12,331,046	1.13%	3.38%
1978	14,358,000	12,753,355	1.17%	3.42%
1979	14,514,000	13,170,365	1.09%	3.27%
1980	14,692,000	13,591,992	1.23%	3.2%
1981	14,923,260	14,006,381	1.57%	3.05%
1982	15,184,247	14,406,083	1.75%	2.85%
1983	15,393,472	14,840,555	1.38%	3.02%
1984	15,579,391	15,310,733	1.21%	3.17%
1985	15,788,312	15,683,430	1.34%	2.43%
1986	16,018,350	16,074,145	1.46%	2.49%
1987	16,263,874	16,521,049	1.53%	2.78%
1988	16,532,164	16,908,819	1.65%	2.35%
1989	16,814,416	17,364,542	1.71%	2.7%
1990	17,065,128	17,581,206	1.49%	1.25%
1991	17,284,036	17,767,253	1.28%	1.06%
1992	17,478,635	18,300,845	1.13%	3%
1993	17,634,808	19,201,195	0.89%	4.92%
1994	17,805,468	20,139,807	0.97%	4.89%
1995	18,004,882	20,825,860	1.12%	3.41%
1996	18,224,767	21,501,321	1.22%	3.24%
1997	18,423,037	22,176,593	1.09%	3.14%
1998	18,607,584	22,884,399	1%	3.19%
1999	18,812,264	23,636,527	1.1%	3.29%
2000	19,028,802	24,424,056	1.15%	3.33%
2001	19,274,701	25,197,840	1.29%	3.17%
2002	19,495,210	26,006,559	1.14%	3.21%
2003	19,720,737	26,802,659	1.16%	3.06%
2004	19,932,722	27,577,878	1.07%	2.89%
2005	20,176,844	28,407,448	1.22%	3.01%
2006	20,450,966	28,616,515	1.36%	0.74%
2007	20,827,622	28,391,607	1.84%	-0.79%
2008	21,249,199	28,971,036	2.02%	2.04%
2009	21,691,653	30,058,206	2.08%	3.75%
2010	22,031,750	31,045,366	1.57%	3.28%
2011	22,340,024	32,161,424	1.4%	3.59%
2012	22,733,465	33,654,842	1.76%	4.64%
2013	23,128,129	35,281,989	1.74%	4.83%
2014	23,475,686	36,550,059	1.5%	3.59%
2015	23,815,995	37,560,535	1.45%	2.76%
2016	24,190,907	38,469,627	1.57%	2.42%
2017	24,592,588	39,337,353	1.66%	2.26%
2018	24,963,258	40,265,624	1.51%	2.36%
2019	25,334,826	41,192,171	1.49%	2.3%
2020	25,649,248	42,116,605	1.24%	2.24%
2021	25,685,412	43,071,211	0.14%	2.27%
2022	26,018,721	44,070,551	1.3%	2.32%
2023	26,659,922	45,074,049	2.46%	2.28%
2024	27,196,812	46,042,015	2.01%	2.15%
2025	27,462,351	47,020,778	0.98%	2.13%
2026	27,720,006	48,007,435	0.94%	2.1%
2027	27,971,653	48,987,424	0.91%	2.04%
2028	28,220,660	49,960,955	0.89%	1.99%
2029	28,462,685	50,943,339	0.86%	1.97%
2030	28,698,853	51,937,208	0.83%	1.95%
2031	28,932,262	52,934,373	0.81%	1.92%
2032	29,160,438	53,953,395	0.79%	1.93%
2033	29,384,107	54,985,129	0.77%	1.91%
2034	29,605,432	56,012,641	0.75%	1.87%
2035	29,826,537	57,035,917	0.75%	1.83%
2036	30,047,917	58,071,740	0.74%	1.82%
2037	30,264,792	59,109,258	0.72%	1.79%
2038	30,480,032	60,132,232	0.71%	1.73%
2039	30,694,219	61,174,679	0.7%	1.73%
2040	30,907,034	62,223,208	0.69%	1.71%
2041	31,123,706	63,249,167	0.7%	1.65%
2042	31,343,677	64,260,847	0.71%	1.6%
2043	31,563,469	65,257,000	0.7%	1.55%
2044	31,781,220	66,237,772	0.69%	1.5%
2045	32,000,146	67,204,176	0.69%	1.46%
2046	32,223,471	68,150,060	0.7%	1.41%
2047	32,443,112	69,098,087	0.68%	1.39%
2048	32,662,412	70,050,118	0.68%	1.38%
2049	32,881,878	70,999,566	0.67%	1.36%
2050	33,095,459	71,928,759	0.65%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.