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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Iraq	Greece	Iraq
1960	8,331,725	7,022,052	-	-
1961	8,398,050	7,194,553	0.8%	2.46%
1962	8,448,233	7,413,875	0.6%	3.05%
1963	8,479,625	7,667,928	0.37%	3.43%
1964	8,510,429	7,929,566	0.36%	3.41%
1965	8,550,333	8,202,140	0.47%	3.44%
1966	8,613,651	8,485,104	0.74%	3.45%
1967	8,684,088	8,778,869	0.82%	3.46%
1968	8,740,765	9,085,016	0.65%	3.49%
1969	8,772,764	9,403,356	0.37%	3.5%
1970	8,792,806	9,735,611	0.23%	3.53%
1971	8,831,036	10,077,809	0.43%	3.51%
1972	8,888,628	10,430,164	0.65%	3.5%
1973	8,929,086	10,795,869	0.46%	3.51%
1974	8,962,022	11,167,761	0.37%	3.44%
1975	9,046,541	11,543,639	0.94%	3.37%
1976	9,188,150	11,927,651	1.57%	3.33%
1977	9,308,479	12,331,046	1.31%	3.38%
1978	9,429,959	12,753,355	1.31%	3.42%
1979	9,548,258	13,170,365	1.25%	3.27%
1980	9,642,505	13,591,992	0.99%	3.2%
1981	9,729,350	14,006,381	0.9%	3.05%
1982	9,789,513	14,406,083	0.62%	2.85%
1983	9,846,627	14,840,555	0.58%	3.02%
1984	9,895,801	15,310,733	0.5%	3.17%
1985	9,934,300	15,683,430	0.39%	2.43%
1986	9,967,213	16,074,145	0.33%	2.49%
1987	10,000,595	16,521,049	0.33%	2.78%
1988	10,036,983	16,908,819	0.36%	2.35%
1989	10,089,498	17,364,542	0.52%	2.7%
1990	10,196,792	17,581,206	1.06%	1.25%
1991	10,319,927	17,767,253	1.21%	1.06%
1992	10,399,061	18,300,845	0.77%	3%
1993	10,460,415	19,201,195	0.59%	4.92%
1994	10,512,922	20,139,807	0.5%	4.89%
1995	10,562,153	20,825,860	0.47%	3.41%
1996	10,608,800	21,501,321	0.44%	3.24%
1997	10,661,259	22,176,593	0.49%	3.14%
1998	10,720,509	22,884,399	0.56%	3.19%
1999	10,761,698	23,636,527	0.38%	3.29%
2000	10,805,808	24,424,056	0.41%	3.33%
2001	10,862,132	25,197,840	0.52%	3.17%
2002	10,902,022	26,006,559	0.37%	3.21%
2003	10,928,070	26,802,659	0.24%	3.06%
2004	10,955,141	27,577,878	0.25%	2.89%
2005	10,987,314	28,407,448	0.29%	3.01%
2006	11,020,362	28,616,515	0.3%	0.74%
2007	11,048,473	28,391,607	0.26%	-0.79%
2008	11,077,841	28,971,036	0.27%	2.04%
2009	11,107,017	30,058,206	0.26%	3.75%
2010	11,121,341	31,045,366	0.13%	3.28%
2011	11,104,899	32,161,424	-0.15%	3.59%
2012	11,045,011	33,654,842	-0.54%	4.64%
2013	10,965,211	35,281,989	-0.72%	4.83%
2014	10,892,413	36,550,059	-0.66%	3.59%
2015	10,820,883	37,560,535	-0.66%	2.76%
2016	10,775,971	38,469,627	-0.42%	2.42%
2017	10,754,679	39,337,353	-0.2%	2.26%
2018	10,732,882	40,265,624	-0.2%	2.36%
2019	10,721,582	41,192,171	-0.11%	2.3%
2020	10,698,599	42,116,605	-0.21%	2.24%
2021	10,569,207	43,071,211	-1.21%	2.27%
2022	10,436,882	44,070,551	-1.25%	2.32%
2023	10,405,588	45,074,049	-0.3%	2.28%
2024	10,388,805	46,042,015	-0.16%	2.15%
2025	10,276,140	47,020,778	-1.08%	2.13%
2026	10,232,997	48,007,435	-0.42%	2.1%
2027	10,188,386	48,987,424	-0.44%	2.04%
2028	10,143,203	49,960,955	-0.44%	1.99%
2029	10,097,603	50,943,339	-0.45%	1.97%
2030	10,051,921	51,937,208	-0.45%	1.95%
2031	10,006,045	52,934,373	-0.46%	1.92%
2032	9,959,048	53,953,395	-0.47%	1.93%
2033	9,911,765	54,985,129	-0.47%	1.91%
2034	9,865,342	56,012,641	-0.47%	1.87%
2035	9,818,783	57,035,917	-0.47%	1.83%
2036	9,772,426	58,071,740	-0.47%	1.82%
2037	9,726,502	59,109,258	-0.47%	1.79%
2038	9,680,639	60,132,232	-0.47%	1.73%
2039	9,635,315	61,174,679	-0.47%	1.73%
2040	9,590,401	62,223,208	-0.47%	1.71%
2041	9,545,637	63,249,167	-0.47%	1.65%
2042	9,501,568	64,260,847	-0.46%	1.6%
2043	9,457,398	65,257,000	-0.46%	1.55%
2044	9,411,943	66,237,772	-0.48%	1.5%
2045	9,365,737	67,204,176	-0.49%	1.46%
2046	9,319,023	68,150,060	-0.5%	1.41%
2047	9,269,970	69,098,087	-0.53%	1.39%
2048	9,218,699	70,050,118	-0.55%	1.38%
2049	9,165,668	70,999,566	-0.58%	1.36%
2050	9,111,122	71,928,759	-0.6%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.