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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Iraq	Belarus	Iraq
1960	8,198,000	7,022,052	-	-
1961	8,271,216	7,194,553	0.89%	2.46%
1962	8,351,928	7,413,875	0.98%	3.05%
1963	8,437,232	7,667,928	1.02%	3.43%
1964	8,524,224	7,929,566	1.03%	3.41%
1965	8,610,000	8,202,140	1.01%	3.44%
1966	8,696,496	8,485,104	1%	3.45%
1967	8,785,648	8,778,869	1.03%	3.46%
1968	8,874,552	9,085,016	1.01%	3.49%
1969	8,960,304	9,403,356	0.97%	3.5%
1970	9,040,000	9,735,611	0.89%	3.53%
1971	9,115,576	10,077,809	0.84%	3.51%
1972	9,188,968	10,430,164	0.81%	3.5%
1973	9,257,272	10,795,869	0.74%	3.51%
1974	9,317,584	11,167,761	0.65%	3.44%
1975	9,367,000	11,543,639	0.53%	3.37%
1976	9,411,000	11,927,651	0.47%	3.33%
1977	9,463,000	12,331,046	0.55%	3.38%
1978	9,525,000	12,753,355	0.66%	3.42%
1979	9,584,000	13,170,365	0.62%	3.27%
1980	9,643,000	13,591,992	0.62%	3.2%
1981	9,710,000	14,006,381	0.69%	3.05%
1982	9,776,000	14,406,083	0.68%	2.85%
1983	9,843,000	14,840,555	0.69%	3.02%
1984	9,910,000	15,310,733	0.68%	3.17%
1985	9,975,000	15,683,430	0.66%	2.43%
1986	10,043,000	16,074,145	0.68%	2.49%
1987	10,111,000	16,521,049	0.68%	2.78%
1988	10,140,000	16,908,819	0.29%	2.35%
1989	10,170,000	17,364,542	0.3%	2.7%
1990	10,189,348	17,581,206	0.19%	1.25%
1991	10,194,050	17,767,253	0.05%	1.06%
1992	10,216,470	18,300,845	0.22%	3%
1993	10,239,050	19,201,195	0.22%	4.92%
1994	10,226,955	20,139,807	-0.12%	4.89%
1995	10,193,831	20,825,860	-0.32%	3.41%
1996	10,159,569	21,501,321	-0.34%	3.24%
1997	10,117,433	22,176,593	-0.41%	3.14%
1998	10,071,963	22,884,399	-0.45%	3.19%
1999	10,026,738	23,636,527	-0.45%	3.29%
2000	9,979,610	24,424,056	-0.47%	3.33%
2001	9,928,549	25,197,840	-0.51%	3.17%
2002	9,865,548	26,006,559	-0.63%	3.21%
2003	9,796,749	26,802,659	-0.7%	3.06%
2004	9,730,146	27,577,878	-0.68%	2.89%
2005	9,663,915	28,407,448	-0.68%	3.01%
2006	9,604,924	28,616,515	-0.61%	0.74%
2007	9,560,953	28,391,607	-0.46%	-0.79%
2008	9,527,985	28,971,036	-0.34%	2.04%
2009	9,504,583	30,058,206	-0.25%	3.75%
2010	9,483,836	31,045,366	-0.22%	3.28%
2011	9,461,643	32,161,424	-0.23%	3.59%
2012	9,446,836	33,654,842	-0.16%	4.64%
2013	9,443,211	35,281,989	-0.04%	4.83%
2014	9,448,515	36,550,059	0.06%	3.59%
2015	9,461,076	37,560,535	0.13%	2.76%
2016	9,469,379	38,469,627	0.09%	2.42%
2017	9,458,989	39,337,353	-0.11%	2.26%
2018	9,438,785	40,265,624	-0.21%	2.36%
2019	9,419,758	41,192,171	-0.2%	2.3%
2020	9,379,952	42,116,605	-0.42%	2.24%
2021	9,302,585	43,071,211	-0.82%	2.27%
2022	9,228,071	44,070,551	-0.8%	2.32%
2023	9,178,298	45,074,049	-0.54%	2.28%
2024	9,132,629	46,042,015	-0.5%	2.15%
2025	9,073,036	47,020,778	-0.65%	2.13%
2026	9,011,944	48,007,435	-0.67%	2.1%
2027	8,950,041	48,987,424	-0.69%	2.04%
2028	8,887,762	49,960,955	-0.7%	1.99%
2029	8,824,424	50,943,339	-0.71%	1.97%
2030	8,760,466	51,937,208	-0.72%	1.95%
2031	8,696,768	52,934,373	-0.73%	1.92%
2032	8,633,068	53,953,395	-0.73%	1.93%
2033	8,569,172	54,985,129	-0.74%	1.91%
2034	8,505,555	56,012,641	-0.74%	1.87%
2035	8,442,461	57,035,917	-0.74%	1.83%
2036	8,379,897	58,071,740	-0.74%	1.82%
2037	8,317,831	59,109,258	-0.74%	1.79%
2038	8,255,917	60,132,232	-0.74%	1.73%
2039	8,193,893	61,174,679	-0.75%	1.73%
2040	8,132,083	62,223,208	-0.75%	1.71%
2041	8,070,545	63,249,167	-0.76%	1.65%
2042	8,009,602	64,260,847	-0.76%	1.6%
2043	7,949,312	65,257,000	-0.75%	1.55%
2044	7,889,014	66,237,772	-0.76%	1.5%
2045	7,828,555	67,204,176	-0.77%	1.46%
2046	7,767,902	68,150,060	-0.77%	1.41%
2047	7,706,676	69,098,087	-0.79%	1.39%
2048	7,644,179	70,050,118	-0.81%	1.38%
2049	7,580,508	70,999,566	-0.83%	1.36%
2050	7,516,034	71,928,759	-0.85%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.