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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Iraq	Egypt	Iraq
1960	26,896,479	7,022,052	-	-
1961	27,600,898	7,194,553	2.62%	2.46%
1962	28,337,013	7,413,875	2.67%	3.05%
1963	29,091,869	7,667,928	2.66%	3.43%
1964	29,858,922	7,929,566	2.64%	3.41%
1965	30,629,174	8,202,140	2.58%	3.44%
1966	31,406,541	8,485,104	2.54%	3.45%
1967	32,196,360	8,778,869	2.51%	3.46%
1968	32,998,319	9,085,016	2.49%	3.49%
1969	33,811,615	9,403,356	2.46%	3.5%
1970	34,623,990	9,735,611	2.4%	3.53%
1971	35,433,368	10,077,809	2.34%	3.51%
1972	36,258,328	10,430,164	2.33%	3.5%
1973	37,102,043	10,795,869	2.33%	3.51%
1974	37,969,667	11,167,761	2.34%	3.44%
1975	38,875,327	11,543,639	2.39%	3.37%
1976	39,795,557	11,927,651	2.37%	3.33%
1977	40,748,870	12,331,046	2.4%	3.38%
1978	41,761,431	12,753,355	2.48%	3.42%
1979	42,818,628	13,170,365	2.53%	3.27%
1980	43,950,413	13,591,992	2.64%	3.2%
1981	45,147,224	14,006,381	2.72%	3.05%
1982	46,407,611	14,406,083	2.79%	2.85%
1983	47,786,402	14,840,555	2.97%	3.02%
1984	49,247,334	15,310,733	3.06%	3.17%
1985	50,734,968	15,683,430	3.02%	2.43%
1986	52,206,295	16,074,145	2.9%	2.49%
1987	53,674,435	16,521,049	2.81%	2.78%
1988	55,187,681	16,908,819	2.82%	2.35%
1989	56,710,642	17,364,542	2.76%	2.7%
1990	58,396,618	17,581,206	2.97%	1.25%
1991	60,028,997	17,767,253	2.8%	1.06%
1992	61,480,660	18,300,845	2.42%	3%
1993	62,915,681	19,201,195	2.33%	4.92%
1994	64,285,589	20,139,807	2.18%	4.89%
1995	65,652,622	20,825,860	2.13%	3.41%
1996	67,028,048	21,501,321	2.1%	3.24%
1997	68,431,740	22,176,593	2.09%	3.14%
1998	69,943,294	22,884,399	2.21%	3.19%
1999	71,520,954	23,636,527	2.26%	3.29%
2000	73,083,284	24,424,056	2.18%	3.33%
2001	74,652,029	25,197,840	2.15%	3.17%
2002	76,239,137	26,006,559	2.13%	3.21%
2003	77,853,548	26,802,659	2.12%	3.06%
2004	79,477,443	27,577,878	2.09%	2.89%
2005	81,101,004	28,407,448	2.04%	3.01%
2006	82,700,403	28,616,515	1.97%	0.74%
2007	84,276,225	28,391,607	1.91%	-0.79%
2008	85,864,789	28,971,036	1.88%	2.04%
2009	87,501,636	30,058,206	1.91%	3.75%
2010	89,196,072	31,045,366	1.94%	3.28%
2011	91,093,059	32,161,424	2.13%	3.59%
2012	93,161,001	33,654,842	2.27%	4.64%
2013	95,333,553	35,281,989	2.33%	4.83%
2014	97,528,654	36,550,059	2.3%	3.59%
2015	99,597,342	37,560,535	2.12%	2.76%
2016	101,644,589	38,469,627	2.06%	2.42%
2017	103,696,057	39,337,353	2.02%	2.26%
2018	105,682,094	40,265,624	1.92%	2.36%
2019	107,553,158	41,192,171	1.77%	2.3%
2020	109,315,124	42,116,605	1.64%	2.24%
2021	110,957,008	43,071,211	1.5%	2.27%
2022	112,618,250	44,070,551	1.5%	2.32%
2023	114,535,772	45,074,049	1.7%	2.28%
2024	116,538,258	46,042,015	1.75%	2.15%
2025	118,365,997	47,020,778	1.57%	2.13%
2026	120,101,181	48,007,435	1.47%	2.1%
2027	121,847,622	48,987,424	1.45%	2.04%
2028	123,608,457	49,960,955	1.45%	1.99%
2029	125,373,058	50,943,339	1.43%	1.97%
2030	127,139,323	51,937,208	1.41%	1.95%
2031	128,912,256	52,934,373	1.39%	1.92%
2032	130,695,084	53,953,395	1.38%	1.93%
2033	132,485,612	54,985,129	1.37%	1.91%
2034	134,287,838	56,012,641	1.36%	1.87%
2035	136,097,214	57,035,917	1.35%	1.83%
2036	137,913,263	58,071,740	1.33%	1.82%
2037	139,738,699	59,109,258	1.32%	1.79%
2038	141,565,835	60,132,232	1.31%	1.73%
2039	143,393,267	61,174,679	1.29%	1.73%
2040	145,213,662	62,223,208	1.27%	1.71%
2041	147,018,554	63,249,167	1.24%	1.65%
2042	148,800,785	64,260,847	1.21%	1.6%
2043	150,547,655	65,257,000	1.17%	1.55%
2044	152,255,332	66,237,772	1.13%	1.5%
2045	153,919,190	67,204,176	1.09%	1.46%
2046	155,535,951	68,150,060	1.05%	1.41%
2047	157,114,404	69,098,087	1.01%	1.39%
2048	158,657,392	70,050,118	0.98%	1.38%
2049	160,161,615	70,999,566	0.95%	1.36%
2050	161,630,197	71,928,759	0.92%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.