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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Iraq	India	Iraq
1960	435,990,338	7,022,052	-	-
1961	446,564,729	7,194,553	2.43%	2.46%
1962	457,283,090	7,413,875	2.4%	3.05%
1963	468,138,575	7,667,928	2.37%	3.43%
1964	479,229,598	7,929,566	2.37%	3.41%
1965	490,140,146	8,202,140	2.28%	3.44%
1966	500,740,247	8,485,104	2.16%	3.45%
1967	511,606,372	8,778,869	2.17%	3.46%
1968	522,716,889	9,085,016	2.17%	3.49%
1969	533,880,544	9,403,356	2.14%	3.5%
1970	545,864,268	9,735,611	2.24%	3.53%
1971	558,096,387	10,077,809	2.24%	3.51%
1972	570,482,142	10,430,164	2.22%	3.5%
1973	583,465,598	10,795,869	2.28%	3.51%
1974	597,041,391	11,167,761	2.33%	3.44%
1975	611,309,535	11,543,639	2.39%	3.37%
1976	625,861,883	11,927,651	2.38%	3.33%
1977	640,801,103	12,331,046	2.39%	3.38%
1978	655,728,229	12,753,355	2.33%	3.42%
1979	671,155,747	13,170,365	2.35%	3.27%
1980	687,354,025	13,591,992	2.41%	3.2%
1981	703,696,250	14,006,381	2.38%	3.05%
1982	720,313,473	14,406,083	2.36%	2.85%
1983	737,372,681	14,840,555	2.37%	3.02%
1984	754,875,449	15,310,733	2.37%	3.17%
1985	772,647,793	15,683,430	2.35%	2.43%
1986	790,689,978	16,074,145	2.34%	2.49%
1987	808,931,270	16,521,049	2.31%	2.78%
1988	827,342,990	16,908,819	2.28%	2.35%
1989	846,039,529	17,364,542	2.26%	2.7%
1990	864,972,221	17,581,206	2.24%	1.25%
1991	883,927,600	17,767,253	2.19%	1.06%
1992	902,957,070	18,300,845	2.15%	3%
1993	922,118,387	19,201,195	2.12%	4.92%
1994	941,163,767	20,139,807	2.07%	4.89%
1995	960,301,044	20,825,860	2.03%	3.41%
1996	979,678,458	21,501,321	2.02%	3.24%
1997	999,133,762	22,176,593	1.99%	3.14%
1998	1,018,665,080	22,884,399	1.95%	3.19%
1999	1,038,225,823	23,636,527	1.92%	3.29%
2000	1,057,922,733	24,424,056	1.9%	3.33%
2001	1,077,898,575	25,197,840	1.89%	3.17%
2002	1,097,600,380	26,006,559	1.83%	3.21%
2003	1,116,803,006	26,802,659	1.75%	3.06%
2004	1,135,991,513	27,577,878	1.72%	2.89%
2005	1,154,676,322	28,407,448	1.64%	3.01%
2006	1,172,878,890	28,616,515	1.58%	0.74%
2007	1,190,676,021	28,391,607	1.52%	-0.79%
2008	1,207,930,964	28,971,036	1.45%	2.04%
2009	1,225,524,753	30,058,206	1.46%	3.75%
2010	1,243,481,564	31,045,366	1.47%	3.28%
2011	1,261,224,954	32,161,424	1.43%	3.59%
2012	1,278,674,502	33,654,842	1.38%	4.64%
2013	1,295,829,511	35,281,989	1.34%	4.83%
2014	1,312,277,191	36,550,059	1.27%	3.59%
2015	1,328,024,498	37,560,535	1.2%	2.76%
2016	1,343,944,296	38,469,627	1.2%	2.42%
2017	1,359,657,400	39,337,353	1.17%	2.26%
2018	1,374,659,064	40,265,624	1.1%	2.36%
2019	1,389,030,312	41,192,171	1.05%	2.3%
2020	1,402,617,695	42,116,605	0.98%	2.24%
2021	1,414,203,896	43,071,211	0.83%	2.27%
2022	1,425,423,212	44,070,551	0.79%	2.32%
2023	1,438,069,596	45,074,049	0.89%	2.28%
2024	1,450,935,791	46,042,015	0.89%	2.15%
2025	1,463,865,531	47,020,778	0.89%	2.13%
2026	1,476,625,576	48,007,435	0.87%	2.1%
2027	1,489,164,679	48,987,424	0.85%	2.04%
2028	1,501,432,748	49,960,955	0.82%	1.99%
2029	1,513,423,737	50,943,339	0.8%	1.97%
2030	1,525,138,852	51,937,208	0.77%	1.95%
2031	1,536,540,604	52,934,373	0.75%	1.92%
2032	1,547,607,126	53,953,395	0.72%	1.93%
2033	1,558,324,087	54,985,129	0.69%	1.91%
2034	1,568,688,356	56,012,641	0.67%	1.87%
2035	1,578,694,799	57,035,917	0.64%	1.83%
2036	1,588,325,366	58,071,740	0.61%	1.82%
2037	1,597,537,009	59,109,258	0.58%	1.79%
2038	1,606,300,646	60,132,232	0.55%	1.73%
2039	1,614,639,243	61,174,679	0.52%	1.73%
2040	1,622,580,052	62,223,208	0.49%	1.71%
2041	1,630,119,374	63,249,167	0.46%	1.65%
2042	1,637,235,363	64,260,847	0.44%	1.6%
2043	1,643,915,269	65,257,000	0.41%	1.55%
2044	1,650,186,610	66,237,772	0.38%	1.5%
2045	1,656,067,585	67,204,176	0.36%	1.46%
2046	1,661,548,400	68,150,060	0.33%	1.41%
2047	1,666,628,151	69,098,087	0.31%	1.39%
2048	1,671,309,727	70,050,118	0.28%	1.38%
2049	1,675,619,893	70,999,566	0.26%	1.36%
2050	1,679,589,268	71,928,759	0.24%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.