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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Iraq	Iceland	Iraq
1960	175,574	7,022,052	-	-
1961	179,029	7,194,553	1.97%	2.46%
1962	182,378	7,413,875	1.87%	3.05%
1963	185,653	7,667,928	1.8%	3.43%
1964	188,983	7,929,566	1.79%	3.41%
1965	192,286	8,202,140	1.75%	3.44%
1966	195,570	8,485,104	1.71%	3.45%
1967	198,751	8,778,869	1.63%	3.46%
1968	201,488	9,085,016	1.38%	3.49%
1969	203,369	9,403,356	0.93%	3.5%
1970	204,438	9,735,611	0.53%	3.53%
1971	206,098	10,077,809	0.81%	3.51%
1972	209,137	10,430,164	1.47%	3.5%
1973	212,317	10,795,869	1.52%	3.51%
1974	215,209	11,167,761	1.36%	3.44%
1975	217,979	11,543,639	1.29%	3.37%
1976	220,154	11,927,651	1%	3.33%
1977	221,799	12,331,046	0.75%	3.38%
1978	223,537	12,753,355	0.78%	3.42%
1979	225,735	13,170,365	0.98%	3.27%
1980	228,138	13,591,992	1.06%	3.2%
1981	230,755	14,006,381	1.15%	3.05%
1982	233,860	14,406,083	1.35%	2.85%
1983	236,977	14,840,555	1.33%	3.02%
1984	239,511	15,310,733	1.07%	3.17%
1985	241,405	15,683,430	0.79%	2.43%
1986	243,180	16,074,145	0.74%	2.49%
1987	245,859	16,521,049	1.1%	2.78%
1988	249,740	16,908,819	1.58%	2.35%
1989	252,852	17,364,542	1.25%	2.7%
1990	254,826	17,581,206	0.78%	1.25%
1991	257,797	17,767,253	1.17%	1.06%
1992	261,057	18,300,845	1.26%	3%
1993	263,725	19,201,195	1.02%	4.92%
1994	266,021	20,139,807	0.87%	4.89%
1995	267,468	20,825,860	0.54%	3.41%
1996	268,916	21,501,321	0.54%	3.24%
1997	271,128	22,176,593	0.82%	3.14%
1998	274,047	22,884,399	1.08%	3.19%
1999	277,381	23,636,527	1.22%	3.29%
2000	281,205	24,424,056	1.38%	3.33%
2001	284,968	25,197,840	1.34%	3.17%
2002	287,523	26,006,559	0.9%	3.21%
2003	289,521	26,802,659	0.69%	3.06%
2004	292,074	27,577,878	0.88%	2.89%
2005	296,734	28,407,448	1.6%	3.01%
2006	303,782	28,616,515	2.38%	0.74%
2007	311,566	28,391,607	2.56%	-0.79%
2008	317,414	28,971,036	1.88%	2.04%
2009	318,499	30,058,206	0.34%	3.75%
2010	318,041	31,045,366	-0.14%	3.28%
2011	319,014	32,161,424	0.31%	3.59%
2012	320,716	33,654,842	0.53%	4.64%
2013	323,764	35,281,989	0.95%	4.83%
2014	327,386	36,550,059	1.12%	3.59%
2015	330,815	37,560,535	1.05%	2.76%
2016	335,439	38,469,627	1.4%	2.42%
2017	343,400	39,337,353	2.37%	2.26%
2018	352,721	40,265,624	2.71%	2.36%
2019	360,563	41,192,171	2.22%	2.3%
2020	366,463	42,116,605	1.64%	2.24%
2021	372,520	43,071,211	1.65%	2.27%
2022	382,003	44,070,551	2.55%	2.32%
2023	385,663	45,074,049	0.96%	2.28%
2024	386,506	46,042,015	0.22%	2.15%
2025	391,286	47,020,778	1.24%	2.13%
2026	395,277	48,007,435	1.02%	2.1%
2027	398,729	48,987,424	0.87%	2.04%
2028	401,867	49,960,955	0.79%	1.99%
2029	404,639	50,943,339	0.69%	1.97%
2030	407,090	51,937,208	0.61%	1.95%
2031	409,307	52,934,373	0.54%	1.92%
2032	411,279	53,953,395	0.48%	1.93%
2033	413,059	54,985,129	0.43%	1.91%
2034	414,660	56,012,641	0.39%	1.87%
2035	416,153	57,035,917	0.36%	1.83%
2036	417,573	58,071,740	0.34%	1.82%
2037	418,847	59,109,258	0.31%	1.79%
2038	419,997	60,132,232	0.27%	1.73%
2039	421,032	61,174,679	0.25%	1.73%
2040	421,924	62,223,208	0.21%	1.71%
2041	422,688	63,249,167	0.18%	1.65%
2042	423,370	64,260,847	0.16%	1.6%
2043	424,023	65,257,000	0.15%	1.55%
2044	424,570	66,237,772	0.13%	1.5%
2045	424,909	67,204,176	0.08%	1.46%
2046	425,115	68,150,060	0.05%	1.41%
2047	425,264	69,098,087	0.03%	1.39%
2048	425,359	70,050,118	0.02%	1.38%
2049	425,409	70,999,566	0.01%	1.36%
2050	425,404	71,928,759	-0.001%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iceland increased by 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iceland gained 59,875 (a 17.8% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2006 and is 173rd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd. The population of Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.