The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 46,042,015 people in Iraq in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 47,813,338 in Iraq.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 29.4 times bigger than Iraq's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Iraq is the 34th.
- The countries together account for 17.6% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.58% for Iraq.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +2.45% in Iraq.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Iraq has grown from 28.4M to 47.8M (68.3% growth).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Iraq: live population counter
China
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Iraq
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
|
47813338
|
| Population rank | 2/197 | 34/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.58% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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32.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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27.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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2.82 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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29.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -17,735 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +2,652 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +967,966 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 48/197 |
China and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Iraq
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
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Iraq
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China
|
Iraq
|
|
| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 7,022,052 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 7,194,553 | -1.01% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 7,413,875 | 0.82% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 7,667,928 | 2.49% | 3.43% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 7,929,566 | 2.35% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 8,202,140 | 2.41% | 3.44% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 8,485,104 | 2.83% | 3.45% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 8,778,869 | 2.6% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 9,085,016 | 2.65% | 3.49% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 9,403,356 | 2.78% | 3.5% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 9,735,611 | 2.8% | 3.53% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 10,077,809 | 2.78% | 3.51% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 10,430,164 | 2.49% | 3.5% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 10,795,869 | 2.31% | 3.51% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 11,167,761 | 2.09% | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 11,543,639 | 1.78% | 3.37% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 11,927,651 | 1.56% | 3.33% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 12,331,046 | 1.37% | 3.38% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 12,753,355 | 1.35% | 3.42% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 13,170,365 | 1.34% | 3.27% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 13,591,992 | 1.26% | 3.2% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 14,006,381 | 1.29% | 3.05% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 14,406,083 | 1.48% | 2.85% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 14,840,555 | 1.46% | 3.02% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 15,310,733 | 1.32% | 3.17% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 15,683,430 | 1.37% | 2.43% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 16,074,145 | 1.5% | 2.49% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 16,521,049 | 1.62% | 2.78% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 16,908,819 | 1.62% | 2.35% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 17,364,542 | 1.54% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 17,581,206 | 1.48% | 1.25% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 17,767,253 | 1.37% | 1.06% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 18,300,845 | 1.23% | 3% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 19,201,195 | 1.16% | 4.92% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 20,139,807 | 1.14% | 4.89% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 20,825,860 | 1.09% | 3.41% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 21,501,321 | 1.05% | 3.24% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 22,176,593 | 1.03% | 3.14% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 22,884,399 | 0.96% | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 23,636,527 | 0.87% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 24,424,056 | 0.79% | 3.33% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 25,197,840 | 0.73% | 3.17% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 26,006,559 | 0.67% | 3.21% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 26,802,659 | 0.62% | 3.06% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 27,577,878 | 0.6% | 2.89% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 28,407,448 | 0.59% | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 28,616,515 | 0.56% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 28,391,607 | 0.52% | -0.79% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 28,971,036 | 0.51% | 2.04% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 30,058,206 | 0.5% | 3.75% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 31,045,366 | 0.48% | 3.28% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 32,161,424 | 0.55% | 3.59% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 33,654,842 | 0.68% | 4.64% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 35,281,989 | 0.67% | 4.83% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 36,550,059 | 0.63% | 3.59% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 37,560,535 | 0.58% | 2.76% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 38,469,627 | 0.57% | 2.42% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 39,337,353 | 0.61% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 40,265,624 | 0.47% | 2.36% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 41,192,171 | 0.36% | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 42,116,605 | 0.24% | 2.24% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 43,071,211 | 0.09% | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 44,070,551 | -0.01% | 2.32% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 45,074,049 | -0.1% | 2.28% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 46,042,015 | -0.12% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 47,020,778 | -0.23% | 2.13% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 48,007,435 | -0.22% | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 48,987,424 | -0.23% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 49,960,955 | -0.25% | 1.99% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 50,943,339 | -0.27% | 1.97% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 51,937,208 | -0.29% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 52,934,373 | -0.32% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 53,953,395 | -0.34% | 1.93% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 54,985,129 | -0.36% | 1.91% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 56,012,641 | -0.38% | 1.87% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 57,035,917 | -0.4% | 1.83% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 58,071,740 | -0.41% | 1.82% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 59,109,258 | -0.43% | 1.79% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 60,132,232 | -0.45% | 1.73% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 61,174,679 | -0.47% | 1.73% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 62,223,208 | -0.49% | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 63,249,167 | -0.51% | 1.65% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 64,260,847 | -0.53% | 1.6% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 65,257,000 | -0.55% | 1.55% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 66,237,772 | -0.57% | 1.5% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 67,204,176 | -0.6% | 1.46% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 68,150,060 | -0.64% | 1.41% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 69,098,087 | -0.67% | 1.39% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 70,050,118 | -0.71% | 1.38% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 70,999,566 | -0.75% | 1.36% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 71,928,759 | -0.79% | 1.31% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd 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) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. 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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Population differences between China and Iraq
|
China
|
Iraq
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 25.5 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 21.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 3.25 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 274.7 ppl/mi² |
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