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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Iraq	Eritrea	Iraq
1960	972,547	7,022,052	-	-
1961	995,573	7,194,553	2.37%	2.46%
1962	1,019,788	7,413,875	2.43%	3.05%
1963	1,045,092	7,667,928	2.48%	3.43%
1964	1,071,287	7,929,566	2.51%	3.41%
1965	1,098,335	8,202,140	2.52%	3.44%
1966	1,124,957	8,485,104	2.42%	3.45%
1967	1,152,339	8,778,869	2.43%	3.46%
1968	1,181,737	9,085,016	2.55%	3.49%
1969	1,212,005	9,403,356	2.56%	3.5%
1970	1,243,453	9,735,611	2.59%	3.53%
1971	1,276,154	10,077,809	2.63%	3.51%
1972	1,309,235	10,430,164	2.59%	3.5%
1973	1,342,669	10,795,869	2.55%	3.51%
1974	1,375,688	11,167,761	2.46%	3.44%
1975	1,408,210	11,543,639	2.36%	3.37%
1976	1,443,807	11,927,651	2.53%	3.33%
1977	1,482,565	12,331,046	2.68%	3.38%
1978	1,522,378	12,753,355	2.69%	3.42%
1979	1,563,332	13,170,365	2.69%	3.27%
1980	1,605,797	13,591,992	2.72%	3.2%
1981	1,649,939	14,006,381	2.75%	3.05%
1982	1,695,461	14,406,083	2.76%	2.85%
1983	1,736,160	14,840,555	2.4%	3.02%
1984	1,771,730	15,310,733	2.05%	3.17%
1985	1,807,816	15,683,430	2.04%	2.43%
1986	1,845,164	16,074,145	2.07%	2.49%
1987	1,888,669	16,521,049	2.36%	2.78%
1988	1,938,255	16,908,819	2.63%	2.35%
1989	1,987,017	17,364,542	2.52%	2.7%
1990	2,032,737	17,581,206	2.3%	1.25%
1991	1,919,571	17,767,253	-5.57%	1.06%
1992	1,798,748	18,300,845	-6.29%	3%
1993	1,856,006	19,201,195	3.18%	4.92%
1994	1,913,915	20,139,807	3.12%	4.89%
1995	2,025,267	20,825,860	5.82%	3.41%
1996	2,128,464	21,501,321	5.1%	3.24%
1997	2,152,135	22,176,593	1.11%	3.14%
1998	2,180,419	22,884,399	1.31%	3.19%
1999	2,212,780	23,636,527	1.48%	3.29%
2000	2,247,031	24,424,056	1.55%	3.33%
2001	2,312,079	25,197,840	2.89%	3.17%
2002	2,392,978	26,006,559	3.5%	3.21%
2003	2,493,903	26,802,659	4.22%	3.06%
2004	2,598,284	27,577,878	4.19%	2.89%
2005	2,661,215	28,407,448	2.42%	3.01%
2006	2,703,502	28,616,515	1.59%	0.74%
2007	2,743,222	28,391,607	1.47%	-0.79%
2008	2,816,327	28,971,036	2.66%	2.04%
2009	2,887,885	30,058,206	2.54%	3.75%
2010	2,945,186	31,045,366	1.98%	3.28%
2011	2,998,485	32,161,424	1.81%	3.59%
2012	3,036,988	33,654,842	1.28%	4.64%
2013	3,074,360	35,281,989	1.23%	4.83%
2014	3,095,173	36,550,059	0.68%	3.59%
2015	3,105,546	37,560,535	0.34%	2.76%
2016	3,124,698	38,469,627	0.62%	2.42%
2017	3,150,347	39,337,353	0.82%	2.26%
2018	3,192,760	40,265,624	1.35%	2.36%
2019	3,240,194	41,192,171	1.49%	2.3%
2020	3,291,271	42,116,605	1.58%	2.24%
2021	3,350,183	43,071,211	1.79%	2.27%
2022	3,409,447	44,070,551	1.77%	2.32%
2023	3,470,390	45,074,049	1.79%	2.28%
2024	3,535,603	46,042,015	1.88%	2.15%
2025	3,606,996	47,020,778	2.02%	2.13%
2026	3,682,659	48,007,435	2.1%	2.1%
2027	3,760,368	48,987,424	2.11%	2.04%
2028	3,840,135	49,960,955	2.12%	1.99%
2029	3,920,467	50,943,339	2.09%	1.97%
2030	4,002,671	51,937,208	2.1%	1.95%
2031	4,085,037	52,934,373	2.06%	1.92%
2032	4,166,507	53,953,395	1.99%	1.93%
2033	4,249,501	54,985,129	1.99%	1.91%
2034	4,334,727	56,012,641	2.01%	1.87%
2035	4,420,915	57,035,917	1.99%	1.83%
2036	4,509,755	58,071,740	2.01%	1.82%
2037	4,601,933	59,109,258	2.04%	1.79%
2038	4,692,340	60,132,232	1.96%	1.73%
2039	4,780,469	61,174,679	1.88%	1.73%
2040	4,868,668	62,223,208	1.84%	1.71%
2041	4,954,481	63,249,167	1.76%	1.65%
2042	5,039,298	64,260,847	1.71%	1.6%
2043	5,124,256	65,257,000	1.69%	1.55%
2044	5,207,858	66,237,772	1.63%	1.5%
2045	5,292,756	67,204,176	1.63%	1.46%
2046	5,375,963	68,150,060	1.57%	1.41%
2047	5,456,488	69,098,087	1.5%	1.39%
2048	5,537,538	70,050,118	1.49%	1.38%
2049	5,617,348	70,999,566	1.44%	1.36%
2050	5,696,052	71,928,759	1.4%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.