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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cyprus	Iraq	Cyprus	Iraq
1960	586,490	7,022,052	-	-
1961	595,514	7,194,553	1.54%	2.46%
1962	601,466	7,413,875	1%	3.05%
1963	607,252	7,667,928	0.96%	3.43%
1964	612,521	7,929,566	0.87%	3.41%
1965	617,736	8,202,140	0.85%	3.44%
1966	623,390	8,485,104	0.92%	3.45%
1967	629,251	8,778,869	0.94%	3.46%
1968	635,157	9,085,016	0.94%	3.49%
1969	641,189	9,403,356	0.95%	3.5%
1970	647,446	9,735,611	0.98%	3.53%
1971	654,050	10,077,809	1.02%	3.51%
1972	661,063	10,430,164	1.07%	3.5%
1973	665,937	10,795,869	0.74%	3.51%
1974	663,254	11,167,761	-0.4%	3.44%
1975	659,405	11,543,639	-0.58%	3.37%
1976	662,032	11,927,651	0.4%	3.33%
1977	667,101	12,331,046	0.77%	3.38%
1978	672,249	12,753,355	0.77%	3.42%
1979	677,549	13,170,365	0.79%	3.27%
1980	683,076	13,591,992	0.82%	3.2%
1981	688,893	14,006,381	0.85%	3.05%
1982	696,497	14,406,083	1.1%	2.85%
1983	707,225	14,840,555	1.54%	3.02%
1984	719,334	15,310,733	1.71%	3.17%
1985	731,277	15,683,430	1.66%	2.43%
1986	743,105	16,074,145	1.62%	2.49%
1987	754,785	16,521,049	1.57%	2.78%
1988	766,235	16,908,819	1.52%	2.35%
1989	777,420	17,364,542	1.46%	2.7%
1990	788,351	17,581,206	1.41%	1.25%
1991	798,944	17,767,253	1.34%	1.06%
1992	810,341	18,300,845	1.43%	3%
1993	826,034	19,201,195	1.94%	4.92%
1994	844,667	20,139,807	2.26%	4.89%
1995	862,695	20,825,860	2.13%	3.41%
1996	880,290	21,501,321	2.04%	3.24%
1997	897,568	22,176,593	1.96%	3.14%
1998	914,548	22,884,399	1.89%	3.19%
1999	931,234	23,636,527	1.82%	3.29%
2000	947,667	24,424,056	1.76%	3.33%
2001	964,127	25,197,840	1.74%	3.17%
2002	981,440	26,006,559	1.8%	3.21%
2003	999,590	26,802,659	1.85%	3.06%
2004	1,017,875	27,577,878	1.83%	2.89%
2005	1,036,151	28,407,448	1.8%	3.01%
2006	1,054,418	28,616,515	1.76%	0.74%
2007	1,072,714	28,391,607	1.74%	-0.79%
2008	1,091,026	28,971,036	1.71%	2.04%
2009	1,109,371	30,058,206	1.68%	3.75%
2010	1,127,816	31,045,366	1.66%	3.28%
2011	1,146,493	32,161,424	1.66%	3.59%
2012	1,165,397	33,654,842	1.65%	4.64%
2013	1,183,895	35,281,989	1.59%	4.83%
2014	1,201,801	36,550,059	1.51%	3.59%
2015	1,219,502	37,560,535	1.47%	2.76%
2016	1,237,112	38,469,627	1.44%	2.42%
2017	1,254,275	39,337,353	1.39%	2.26%
2018	1,270,737	40,265,624	1.31%	2.36%
2019	1,286,671	41,192,171	1.25%	2.3%
2020	1,302,247	42,116,605	1.21%	2.24%
2021	1,317,309	43,071,211	1.16%	2.27%
2022	1,331,370	44,070,551	1.07%	2.32%
2023	1,344,976	45,074,049	1.02%	2.28%
2024	1,358,282	46,042,015	0.99%	2.15%
2025	1,370,750	47,020,778	0.92%	2.13%
2026	1,382,331	48,007,435	0.84%	2.1%
2027	1,393,332	48,987,424	0.8%	2.04%
2028	1,403,777	49,960,955	0.75%	1.99%
2029	1,413,339	50,943,339	0.68%	1.97%
2030	1,422,317	51,937,208	0.64%	1.95%
2031	1,430,677	52,934,373	0.59%	1.92%
2032	1,438,502	53,953,395	0.55%	1.93%
2033	1,445,956	54,985,129	0.52%	1.91%
2034	1,452,842	56,012,641	0.48%	1.87%
2035	1,459,190	57,035,917	0.44%	1.83%
2036	1,465,171	58,071,740	0.41%	1.82%
2037	1,470,712	59,109,258	0.38%	1.79%
2038	1,475,792	60,132,232	0.35%	1.73%
2039	1,480,540	61,174,679	0.32%	1.73%
2040	1,484,845	62,223,208	0.29%	1.71%
2041	1,488,688	63,249,167	0.26%	1.65%
2042	1,492,043	64,260,847	0.23%	1.6%
2043	1,494,983	65,257,000	0.2%	1.55%
2044	1,497,653	66,237,772	0.18%	1.5%
2045	1,500,062	67,204,176	0.16%	1.46%
2046	1,502,255	68,150,060	0.15%	1.41%
2047	1,504,222	69,098,087	0.13%	1.39%
2048	1,505,909	70,050,118	0.11%	1.38%
2049	1,507,311	70,999,566	0.09%	1.36%
2050	1,508,478	71,928,759	0.08%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cyprus increased by 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cyprus gained 160,550 (a 13.2% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 153rd 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) Cyprus' population will grow by 9.31% to 1,508,478 people with a rank change from 153rd to 152nd. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.