Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Iraq: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and Iraq: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Iraq	Equatorial Guinea	Iraq
1960	269,807	7,022,052	-	-
1961	274,896	7,194,553	1.89%	2.46%
1962	280,286	7,413,875	1.96%	3.05%
1963	285,965	7,667,928	2.03%	3.43%
1964	291,942	7,929,566	2.09%	3.41%
1965	298,238	8,202,140	2.16%	3.44%
1966	304,859	8,485,104	2.22%	3.45%
1967	311,805	8,778,869	2.28%	3.46%
1968	318,849	9,085,016	2.26%	3.49%
1969	322,517	9,403,356	1.15%	3.5%
1970	320,803	9,735,611	-0.53%	3.53%
1971	315,940	10,077,809	-1.52%	3.51%
1972	309,468	10,430,164	-2.05%	3.5%
1973	302,281	10,795,869	-2.32%	3.51%
1974	294,953	11,167,761	-2.42%	3.44%
1975	287,901	11,543,639	-2.39%	3.37%
1976	281,031	11,927,651	-2.39%	3.33%
1977	276,779	12,331,046	-1.51%	3.38%
1978	276,531	12,753,355	-0.09%	3.42%
1979	279,846	13,170,365	1.2%	3.27%
1980	288,644	13,591,992	3.14%	3.2%
1981	303,252	14,006,381	5.06%	3.05%
1982	322,216	14,406,083	6.25%	2.85%
1983	343,421	14,840,555	6.58%	3.02%
1984	364,899	15,310,733	6.25%	3.17%
1985	385,547	15,683,430	5.66%	2.43%
1986	404,728	16,074,145	4.98%	2.49%
1987	422,522	16,521,049	4.4%	2.78%
1988	439,651	16,908,819	4.05%	2.35%
1989	456,808	17,364,542	3.9%	2.7%
1990	474,274	17,581,206	3.82%	1.25%
1991	492,217	17,767,253	3.78%	1.06%
1992	510,770	18,300,845	3.77%	3%
1993	530,023	19,201,195	3.77%	4.92%
1994	550,138	20,139,807	3.8%	4.89%
1995	571,264	20,825,860	3.84%	3.41%
1996	593,492	21,501,321	3.89%	3.24%
1997	616,893	22,176,593	3.94%	3.14%
1998	641,474	22,884,399	3.98%	3.19%
1999	667,214	23,636,527	4.01%	3.29%
2000	703,279	24,424,056	5.41%	3.33%
2001	749,836	25,197,840	6.62%	3.17%
2002	797,957	26,006,559	6.42%	3.21%
2003	847,862	26,802,659	6.25%	3.06%
2004	899,917	27,577,878	6.14%	2.89%
2005	947,367	28,407,448	5.27%	3.01%
2006	990,343	28,616,515	4.54%	0.74%
2007	1,036,044	28,391,607	4.61%	-0.79%
2008	1,084,530	28,971,036	4.68%	2.04%
2009	1,135,673	30,058,206	4.72%	3.75%
2010	1,189,085	31,045,366	4.7%	3.28%
2011	1,241,835	32,161,424	4.44%	3.59%
2012	1,293,483	33,654,842	4.16%	4.64%
2013	1,346,218	35,281,989	4.08%	4.83%
2014	1,399,828	36,550,059	3.98%	3.59%
2015	1,453,923	37,560,535	3.86%	2.76%
2016	1,508,186	38,469,627	3.73%	2.42%
2017	1,562,396	39,337,353	3.59%	2.26%
2018	1,616,422	40,265,624	3.46%	2.36%
2019	1,670,177	41,192,171	3.33%	2.3%
2020	1,716,468	42,116,605	2.77%	2.24%
2021	1,758,786	43,071,211	2.47%	2.27%
2022	1,803,545	44,070,551	2.54%	2.32%
2023	1,847,549	45,074,049	2.44%	2.28%
2024	1,892,516	46,042,015	2.43%	2.15%
2025	1,938,427	47,020,778	2.43%	2.13%
2026	1,984,463	48,007,435	2.37%	2.1%
2027	2,030,749	48,987,424	2.33%	2.04%
2028	2,077,253	49,960,955	2.29%	1.99%
2029	2,123,699	50,943,339	2.24%	1.97%
2030	2,170,434	51,937,208	2.2%	1.95%
2031	2,218,077	52,934,373	2.2%	1.92%
2032	2,267,025	53,953,395	2.21%	1.93%
2033	2,315,991	54,985,129	2.16%	1.91%
2034	2,364,847	56,012,641	2.11%	1.87%
2035	2,414,263	57,035,917	2.09%	1.83%
2036	2,463,880	58,071,740	2.06%	1.82%
2037	2,513,955	59,109,258	2.03%	1.79%
2038	2,564,843	60,132,232	2.02%	1.73%
2039	2,615,417	61,174,679	1.97%	1.73%
2040	2,665,575	62,223,208	1.92%	1.71%
2041	2,715,477	63,249,167	1.87%	1.65%
2042	2,764,764	64,260,847	1.82%	1.6%
2043	2,813,769	65,257,000	1.77%	1.55%
2044	2,862,511	66,237,772	1.73%	1.5%
2045	2,911,227	67,204,176	1.7%	1.46%
2046	2,959,088	68,150,060	1.64%	1.41%
2047	3,005,551	69,098,087	1.57%	1.39%
2048	3,051,480	70,050,118	1.53%	1.38%
2049	3,097,625	70,999,566	1.51%	1.36%
2050	3,143,719	71,928,759	1.49%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th 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) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.