Population in El Salvador compared to Iraq: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Iraq	El Salvador	Iraq
1960	2,791,459	7,022,052	-	-
1961	2,870,016	7,194,553	2.81%	2.46%
1962	2,949,204	7,413,875	2.76%	3.05%
1963	3,028,679	7,667,928	2.69%	3.43%
1964	3,111,883	7,929,566	2.75%	3.41%
1965	3,199,466	8,202,140	2.81%	3.44%
1966	3,290,961	8,485,104	2.86%	3.45%
1967	3,385,184	8,778,869	2.86%	3.46%
1968	3,480,773	9,085,016	2.82%	3.49%
1969	3,576,485	9,403,356	2.75%	3.5%
1970	3,668,796	9,735,611	2.58%	3.53%
1971	3,757,523	10,077,809	2.42%	3.51%
1972	3,846,830	10,430,164	2.38%	3.5%
1973	3,938,068	10,795,869	2.37%	3.51%
1974	4,029,671	11,167,761	2.33%	3.44%
1975	4,120,449	11,543,639	2.25%	3.37%
1976	4,210,310	11,927,651	2.18%	3.33%
1977	4,301,256	12,331,046	2.16%	3.38%
1978	4,394,114	12,753,355	2.16%	3.42%
1979	4,480,388	13,170,365	1.96%	3.27%
1980	4,540,382	13,591,992	1.34%	3.2%
1981	4,570,599	14,006,381	0.67%	3.05%
1982	4,622,477	14,406,083	1.14%	2.85%
1983	4,707,367	14,840,555	1.84%	3.02%
1984	4,798,003	15,310,733	1.93%	3.17%
1985	4,894,706	15,683,430	2.02%	2.43%
1986	4,992,769	16,074,145	2%	2.49%
1987	5,092,441	16,521,049	2%	2.78%
1988	5,195,833	16,908,819	2.03%	2.35%
1989	5,298,979	17,364,542	1.99%	2.7%
1990	5,399,726	17,581,206	1.9%	1.25%
1991	5,495,077	17,767,253	1.77%	1.06%
1992	5,585,609	18,300,845	1.65%	3%
1993	5,659,957	19,201,195	1.33%	4.92%
1994	5,714,129	20,139,807	0.96%	4.89%
1995	5,762,131	20,825,860	0.84%	3.41%
1996	5,805,286	21,501,321	0.75%	3.24%
1997	5,844,578	22,176,593	0.68%	3.14%
1998	5,880,781	22,884,399	0.62%	3.19%
1999	5,913,900	23,636,527	0.56%	3.29%
2000	5,943,366	24,424,056	0.5%	3.33%
2001	5,968,060	25,197,840	0.42%	3.17%
2002	5,986,631	26,006,559	0.31%	3.21%
2003	5,998,599	26,802,659	0.2%	3.06%
2004	6,004,671	27,577,878	0.1%	2.89%
2005	6,005,578	28,407,448	0.02%	3.01%
2006	6,002,319	28,616,515	-0.05%	0.74%
2007	6,009,824	28,391,607	0.13%	-0.79%
2008	6,029,297	28,971,036	0.32%	2.04%
2009	6,048,279	30,058,206	0.31%	3.75%
2010	6,068,249	31,045,366	0.33%	3.28%
2011	6,090,127	32,161,424	0.36%	3.59%
2012	6,113,975	33,654,842	0.39%	4.64%
2013	6,138,839	35,281,989	0.41%	4.83%
2014	6,162,955	36,550,059	0.39%	3.59%
2015	6,183,676	37,560,535	0.34%	2.76%
2016	6,200,800	38,469,627	0.28%	2.42%
2017	6,213,533	39,337,353	0.21%	2.26%
2018	6,219,807	40,265,624	0.1%	2.36%
2019	6,222,318	41,192,171	0.04%	2.3%
2020	6,234,673	42,116,605	0.2%	2.24%
2021	6,255,782	43,071,211	0.34%	2.27%
2022	6,280,319	44,070,551	0.39%	2.32%
2023	6,309,624	45,074,049	0.47%	2.28%
2024	6,338,193	46,042,015	0.45%	2.15%
2025	6,365,499	47,020,778	0.43%	2.13%
2026	6,391,250	48,007,435	0.4%	2.1%
2027	6,416,437	48,987,424	0.39%	2.04%
2028	6,440,931	49,960,955	0.38%	1.99%
2029	6,464,413	50,943,339	0.36%	1.97%
2030	6,486,202	51,937,208	0.34%	1.95%
2031	6,506,399	52,934,373	0.31%	1.92%
2032	6,525,787	53,953,395	0.3%	1.93%
2033	6,544,657	54,985,129	0.29%	1.91%
2034	6,562,182	56,012,641	0.27%	1.87%
2035	6,578,179	57,035,917	0.24%	1.83%
2036	6,593,325	58,071,740	0.23%	1.82%
2037	6,607,014	59,109,258	0.21%	1.79%
2038	6,619,816	60,132,232	0.19%	1.73%
2039	6,631,169	61,174,679	0.17%	1.73%
2040	6,640,751	62,223,208	0.14%	1.71%
2041	6,649,288	63,249,167	0.13%	1.65%
2042	6,656,208	64,260,847	0.1%	1.6%
2043	6,661,886	65,257,000	0.09%	1.55%
2044	6,665,748	66,237,772	0.06%	1.5%
2045	6,668,028	67,204,176	0.03%	1.46%
2046	6,669,403	68,150,060	0.02%	1.41%
2047	6,669,832	69,098,087	0.006%	1.39%
2048	6,669,220	70,050,118	-0.009%	1.38%
2049	6,666,756	70,999,566	-0.04%	1.36%
2050	6,663,341	71,928,759	-0.05%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of El Salvador increased by 198,481 people (a 3.31% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, El Salvador gained 190,725 (a 3.08% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2006 and is 111th 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) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.25% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 111th to 116th. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.