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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Iraq	Finland	Iraq
1960	4,429,634	7,022,052	-	-
1961	4,461,005	7,194,553	0.71%	2.46%
1962	4,491,443	7,413,875	0.68%	3.05%
1963	4,523,309	7,667,928	0.71%	3.43%
1964	4,548,543	7,929,566	0.56%	3.41%
1965	4,563,732	8,202,140	0.33%	3.44%
1966	4,580,869	8,485,104	0.38%	3.45%
1967	4,605,744	8,778,869	0.54%	3.46%
1968	4,626,469	9,085,016	0.45%	3.49%
1969	4,623,785	9,403,356	-0.06%	3.5%
1970	4,606,307	9,735,611	-0.38%	3.53%
1971	4,612,124	10,077,809	0.13%	3.51%
1972	4,639,657	10,430,164	0.6%	3.5%
1973	4,666,081	10,795,869	0.57%	3.51%
1974	4,690,574	11,167,761	0.52%	3.44%
1975	4,711,440	11,543,639	0.44%	3.37%
1976	4,725,664	11,927,651	0.3%	3.33%
1977	4,738,902	12,331,046	0.28%	3.38%
1978	4,752,528	12,753,355	0.29%	3.42%
1979	4,764,690	13,170,365	0.26%	3.27%
1980	4,779,535	13,591,992	0.31%	3.2%
1981	4,799,964	14,006,381	0.43%	3.05%
1982	4,826,933	14,406,083	0.56%	2.85%
1983	4,855,787	14,840,555	0.6%	3.02%
1984	4,881,803	15,310,733	0.54%	3.17%
1985	4,902,206	15,683,430	0.42%	2.43%
1986	4,918,154	16,074,145	0.33%	2.49%
1987	4,932,123	16,521,049	0.28%	2.78%
1988	4,946,481	16,908,819	0.29%	2.35%
1989	4,964,371	17,364,542	0.36%	2.7%
1990	4,986,431	17,581,206	0.44%	1.25%
1991	5,013,740	17,767,253	0.55%	1.06%
1992	5,041,992	18,300,845	0.56%	3%
1993	5,066,447	19,201,195	0.49%	4.92%
1994	5,088,333	20,139,807	0.43%	4.89%
1995	5,107,790	20,825,860	0.38%	3.41%
1996	5,124,573	21,501,321	0.33%	3.24%
1997	5,139,835	22,176,593	0.3%	3.14%
1998	5,153,498	22,884,399	0.27%	3.19%
1999	5,165,474	23,636,527	0.23%	3.29%
2000	5,176,209	24,424,056	0.21%	3.33%
2001	5,188,008	25,197,840	0.23%	3.17%
2002	5,200,598	26,006,559	0.24%	3.21%
2003	5,213,014	26,802,659	0.24%	3.06%
2004	5,228,172	27,577,878	0.29%	2.89%
2005	5,246,096	28,407,448	0.34%	3.01%
2006	5,266,268	28,616,515	0.38%	0.74%
2007	5,288,720	28,391,607	0.43%	-0.79%
2008	5,313,399	28,971,036	0.47%	2.04%
2009	5,338,871	30,058,206	0.48%	3.75%
2010	5,363,352	31,045,366	0.46%	3.28%
2011	5,388,272	32,161,424	0.46%	3.59%
2012	5,413,971	33,654,842	0.48%	4.64%
2013	5,438,972	35,281,989	0.46%	4.83%
2014	5,461,512	36,550,059	0.41%	3.59%
2015	5,479,531	37,560,535	0.33%	2.76%
2016	5,495,303	38,469,627	0.29%	2.42%
2017	5,508,214	39,337,353	0.23%	2.26%
2018	5,515,525	40,265,624	0.13%	2.36%
2019	5,521,606	41,192,171	0.11%	2.3%
2020	5,529,543	42,116,605	0.14%	2.24%
2021	5,541,017	43,071,211	0.21%	2.27%
2022	5,556,106	44,070,551	0.27%	2.32%
2023	5,583,911	45,074,049	0.5%	2.28%
2024	5,637,214	46,042,015	0.95%	2.15%
2025	5,643,254	47,020,778	0.11%	2.13%
2026	5,641,649	48,007,435	-0.03%	2.1%
2027	5,635,897	48,987,424	-0.1%	2.04%
2028	5,628,676	49,960,955	-0.13%	1.99%
2029	5,620,617	50,943,339	-0.14%	1.97%
2030	5,611,856	51,937,208	-0.16%	1.95%
2031	5,602,498	52,934,373	-0.17%	1.92%
2032	5,592,622	53,953,395	-0.18%	1.93%
2033	5,582,339	54,985,129	-0.18%	1.91%
2034	5,571,550	56,012,641	-0.19%	1.87%
2035	5,560,286	57,035,917	-0.2%	1.83%
2036	5,548,634	58,071,740	-0.21%	1.82%
2037	5,536,663	59,109,258	-0.22%	1.79%
2038	5,524,493	60,132,232	-0.22%	1.73%
2039	5,512,215	61,174,679	-0.22%	1.73%
2040	5,499,935	62,223,208	-0.22%	1.71%
2041	5,487,678	63,249,167	-0.22%	1.65%
2042	5,475,338	64,260,847	-0.22%	1.6%
2043	5,462,854	65,257,000	-0.23%	1.55%
2044	5,450,242	66,237,772	-0.23%	1.5%
2045	5,437,548	67,204,176	-0.23%	1.46%
2046	5,424,719	68,150,060	-0.24%	1.41%
2047	5,411,708	69,098,087	-0.24%	1.39%
2048	5,398,346	70,050,118	-0.25%	1.38%
2049	5,384,653	70,999,566	-0.25%	1.36%
2050	5,370,605	71,928,759	-0.26%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th 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) Finland's population will shrink by 4.83% to 5,370,605 people with a rank change from 118th to 126th. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.