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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Iraq	Brunei	Iraq
1960	88,347	7,022,052	-	-
1961	92,517	7,194,553	4.72%	2.46%
1962	96,719	7,413,875	4.54%	3.05%
1963	101,159	7,667,928	4.59%	3.43%
1964	105,922	7,929,566	4.71%	3.41%
1965	110,838	8,202,140	4.64%	3.44%
1966	115,874	8,485,104	4.54%	3.45%
1967	121,017	8,778,869	4.44%	3.46%
1968	126,222	9,085,016	4.3%	3.49%
1969	131,446	9,403,356	4.14%	3.5%
1970	135,138	9,735,611	2.81%	3.53%
1971	137,921	10,077,809	2.06%	3.51%
1972	142,189	10,430,164	3.09%	3.5%
1973	147,369	10,795,869	3.64%	3.51%
1974	152,656	11,167,761	3.59%	3.44%
1975	158,070	11,543,639	3.55%	3.37%
1976	163,607	11,927,651	3.5%	3.33%
1977	169,277	12,331,046	3.47%	3.38%
1978	174,884	12,753,355	3.31%	3.42%
1979	180,422	13,170,365	3.17%	3.27%
1980	186,111	13,591,992	3.15%	3.2%
1981	191,977	14,006,381	3.15%	3.05%
1982	198,165	14,406,083	3.22%	2.85%
1983	204,741	14,840,555	3.32%	3.02%
1984	211,661	15,310,733	3.38%	3.17%
1985	218,919	15,683,430	3.43%	2.43%
1986	226,495	16,074,145	3.46%	2.49%
1987	233,860	16,521,049	3.25%	2.78%
1988	240,913	16,908,819	3.02%	2.35%
1989	248,064	17,364,542	2.97%	2.7%
1990	255,292	17,581,206	2.91%	1.25%
1991	262,596	17,767,253	2.86%	1.06%
1992	269,839	18,300,845	2.76%	3%
1993	276,971	19,201,195	2.64%	4.92%
1994	284,091	20,139,807	2.57%	4.89%
1995	291,195	20,825,860	2.5%	3.41%
1996	298,276	21,501,321	2.43%	3.24%
1997	305,341	22,176,593	2.37%	3.14%
1998	312,385	22,884,399	2.31%	3.19%
1999	319,411	23,636,527	2.25%	3.29%
2000	326,424	24,424,056	2.2%	3.33%
2001	333,345	25,197,840	2.12%	3.17%
2002	340,099	26,006,559	2.03%	3.21%
2003	346,637	26,802,659	1.92%	3.06%
2004	352,911	27,577,878	1.81%	2.89%
2005	358,916	28,407,448	1.7%	3.01%
2006	364,663	28,616,515	1.6%	0.74%
2007	370,873	28,391,607	1.7%	-0.79%
2008	377,793	28,971,036	1.87%	2.04%
2009	384,952	30,058,206	1.89%	3.75%
2010	392,332	31,045,366	1.92%	3.28%
2011	399,389	32,161,424	1.8%	3.59%
2012	405,557	33,654,842	1.54%	4.64%
2013	411,202	35,281,989	1.39%	4.83%
2014	416,750	36,550,059	1.35%	3.59%
2015	422,212	37,560,535	1.31%	2.76%
2016	427,564	38,469,627	1.27%	2.42%
2017	432,772	39,337,353	1.22%	2.26%
2018	437,810	40,265,624	1.16%	2.36%
2019	442,680	41,192,171	1.11%	2.3%
2020	447,404	42,116,605	1.07%	2.24%
2021	451,721	43,071,211	0.96%	2.27%
2022	455,370	44,070,551	0.81%	2.32%
2023	458,949	45,074,049	0.79%	2.28%
2024	462,721	46,042,015	0.82%	2.15%
2025	466,324	47,020,778	0.78%	2.13%
2026	469,766	48,007,435	0.74%	2.1%
2027	473,148	48,987,424	0.72%	2.04%
2028	476,428	49,960,955	0.69%	1.99%
2029	479,491	50,943,339	0.64%	1.97%
2030	482,438	51,937,208	0.61%	1.95%
2031	485,308	52,934,373	0.59%	1.92%
2032	487,943	53,953,395	0.54%	1.93%
2033	490,424	54,985,129	0.51%	1.91%
2034	492,887	56,012,641	0.5%	1.87%
2035	495,286	57,035,917	0.49%	1.83%
2036	497,544	58,071,740	0.46%	1.82%
2037	499,693	59,109,258	0.43%	1.79%
2038	501,910	60,132,232	0.44%	1.73%
2039	504,061	61,174,679	0.43%	1.73%
2040	505,968	62,223,208	0.38%	1.71%
2041	507,800	63,249,167	0.36%	1.65%
2042	509,531	64,260,847	0.34%	1.6%
2043	511,124	65,257,000	0.31%	1.55%
2044	512,586	66,237,772	0.29%	1.5%
2045	514,047	67,204,176	0.29%	1.46%
2046	515,409	68,150,060	0.26%	1.41%
2047	516,596	69,098,087	0.23%	1.39%
2048	517,693	70,050,118	0.21%	1.38%
2049	518,684	70,999,566	0.19%	1.36%
2050	519,542	71,928,759	0.17%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brunei increased by 62,901 people (a 17.2% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brunei gained 42,238 (a 9.88% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2006 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.6% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.