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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,314 in 2024 vs 46,042,015 people in Iraq in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,518,980 people compared to 47,813,338 in Iraq.

Population statistics:

  • Iraq's population is 5.02 times bigger than Hungary's.
  • Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while Iraq is the 34th.
  • The countries together account for 0.69% of the world: 0.12% for Hungary vs 0.58% for Iraq.
  • For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +2.45% in Iraq.
  • Since 2005, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.52M (5.63% decline), while Iraq has grown from 28.4M to 47.8M (68.3% growth).
  • Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while Hungary's population already peaked in 1981 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 7.37M people by 2100.

Hungary vs Iraq: live population counter

Hungary Iraq
Current population
9518980
47813338
Population rank 98/197 34/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.58%
One net population change
17.6 minutes
32.6 seconds
One birth every
6.02 minutes
27.2 seconds
One death every
4.09 minutes
2.82 minutes
One migration net change every
32.4 minutes
29.6 minutes
Annual migration change +16,223 -17,735
Daily growth/decline -82 +2,652
Annual growth/decline -29,872 +967,966
Annual growth/decline rate -0.31% +2.15%
Population growth rate rank 178/197 48/197

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

Hungary
Population

Growth rate
Iraq
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Hungary Iraq Hungary Iraq
1960 9,983,512 7,022,052 - -
1961 10,027,958 7,194,553 0.45% 2.46%
1962 10,060,825 7,413,875 0.33% 3.05%
1963 10,087,947 7,667,928 0.27% 3.43%
1964 10,119,835 7,929,566 0.32% 3.41%
1965 10,147,935 8,202,140 0.28% 3.44%
1966 10,178,653 8,485,104 0.3% 3.45%
1967 10,216,604 8,778,869 0.37% 3.46%
1968 10,255,815 9,085,016 0.38% 3.49%
1969 10,298,723 9,403,356 0.42% 3.5%
1970 10,337,910 9,735,611 0.38% 3.53%
1971 10,367,537 10,077,809 0.29% 3.51%
1972 10,398,489 10,430,164 0.3% 3.5%
1973 10,432,055 10,795,869 0.32% 3.51%
1974 10,478,720 11,167,761 0.45% 3.44%
1975 10,540,525 11,543,639 0.59% 3.37%
1976 10,598,677 11,927,651 0.55% 3.33%
1977 10,648,031 12,331,046 0.47% 3.38%
1978 10,684,822 12,753,355 0.35% 3.42%
1979 10,704,152 13,170,365 0.18% 3.27%
1980 10,711,122 13,591,992 0.07% 3.2%
1981 10,711,848 14,006,381 0.007% 3.05%
1982 10,705,535 14,406,083 -0.06% 2.85%
1983 10,689,463 14,840,555 -0.15% 3.02%
1984 10,668,095 15,310,733 -0.2% 3.17%
1985 10,648,713 15,683,430 -0.18% 2.43%
1986 10,630,564 16,074,145 -0.17% 2.49%
1987 10,612,741 16,521,049 -0.17% 2.78%
1988 10,596,487 16,908,819 -0.15% 2.35%
1989 10,481,719 17,364,542 -1.08% 2.7%
1990 10,373,988 17,581,206 -1.03% 1.25%
1991 10,373,400 17,767,253 -0.006% 1.06%
1992 10,369,341 18,300,845 -0.04% 3%
1993 10,357,523 19,201,195 -0.11% 4.92%
1994 10,343,355 20,139,807 -0.14% 4.89%
1995 10,328,965 20,825,860 -0.14% 3.41%
1996 10,311,238 21,501,321 -0.17% 3.24%
1997 10,290,486 22,176,593 -0.2% 3.14%
1998 10,266,570 22,884,399 -0.23% 3.19%
1999 10,237,530 23,636,527 -0.28% 3.29%
2000 10,210,971 24,424,056 -0.26% 3.33%
2001 10,187,576 25,197,840 -0.23% 3.17%
2002 10,158,608 26,006,559 -0.28% 3.21%
2003 10,129,552 26,802,659 -0.29% 3.06%
2004 10,107,146 27,577,878 -0.22% 2.89%
2005 10,087,065 28,407,448 -0.2% 3.01%
2006 10,071,370 28,616,515 -0.16% 0.74%
2007 10,055,780 28,391,607 -0.15% -0.79%
2008 10,038,188 28,971,036 -0.17% 2.04%
2009 10,022,650 30,058,206 -0.15% 3.75%
2010 10,000,023 31,045,366 -0.23% 3.28%
2011 9,971,727 32,161,424 -0.28% 3.59%
2012 9,920,362 33,654,842 -0.52% 4.64%
2013 9,872,734 35,281,989 -0.48% 4.83%
2014 9,833,038 36,550,059 -0.4% 3.59%
2015 9,797,755 37,560,535 -0.36% 2.76%
2016 9,759,755 38,469,627 -0.39% 2.42%
2017 9,726,756 39,337,353 -0.34% 2.26%
2018 9,706,964 40,265,624 -0.2% 2.36%
2019 9,694,824 41,192,171 -0.13% 2.3%
2020 9,670,419 42,116,605 -0.25% 2.24%
2021 9,630,932 43,071,211 -0.41% 2.27%
2022 9,605,074 44,070,551 -0.27% 2.32%
2023 9,592,186 45,074,049 -0.13% 2.28%
2024 9,562,314 46,042,015 -0.31% 2.15%
2025 9,518,980 47,020,778 -0.45% 2.13%
2026 9,473,059 48,007,435 -0.48% 2.1%
2027 9,440,865 48,987,424 -0.34% 2.04%
2028 9,407,907 49,960,955 -0.35% 1.99%
2029 9,373,535 50,943,339 -0.37% 1.97%
2030 9,337,966 51,937,208 -0.38% 1.95%
2031 9,301,690 52,934,373 -0.39% 1.92%
2032 9,264,741 53,953,395 -0.4% 1.93%
2033 9,227,265 54,985,129 -0.4% 1.91%
2034 9,189,343 56,012,641 -0.41% 1.87%
2035 9,150,977 57,035,917 -0.42% 1.83%
2036 9,112,647 58,071,740 -0.42% 1.82%
2037 9,074,256 59,109,258 -0.42% 1.79%
2038 9,036,089 60,132,232 -0.42% 1.73%
2039 8,998,343 61,174,679 -0.42% 1.73%
2040 8,960,956 62,223,208 -0.42% 1.71%
2041 8,924,349 63,249,167 -0.41% 1.65%
2042 8,888,360 64,260,847 -0.4% 1.6%
2043 8,853,182 65,257,000 -0.4% 1.55%
2044 8,818,771 66,237,772 -0.39% 1.5%
2045 8,784,653 67,204,176 -0.39% 1.46%
2046 8,750,973 68,150,060 -0.38% 1.41%
2047 8,717,982 69,098,087 -0.38% 1.39%
2048 8,685,744 70,050,118 -0.37% 1.38%
2049 8,654,021 70,999,566 -0.37% 1.36%
2050 8,622,711 71,928,759 -0.36% 1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Hungary decreased by 289,310 people (a 2.87% decline), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Hungary lost -278,775 (a 2.85% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2005 and is 98th 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) Hungary's population will shrink by 9.42% to 8,622,711 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.

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