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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Italy	Iraq	Italy
1960	7,022,052	50,199,700	-	-
1961	7,194,553	50,536,350	2.46%	0.67%
1962	7,413,875	50,879,450	3.05%	0.68%
1963	7,667,928	51,252,000	3.43%	0.73%
1964	7,929,566	51,675,350	3.41%	0.83%
1965	8,202,140	52,112,350	3.44%	0.85%
1966	8,485,104	52,519,000	3.45%	0.78%
1967	8,778,869	52,900,500	3.46%	0.73%
1968	9,085,016	53,235,750	3.49%	0.63%
1969	9,403,356	53,537,950	3.5%	0.57%
1970	9,735,611	53,821,850	3.53%	0.53%
1971	10,077,809	54,073,490	3.51%	0.47%
1972	10,430,164	54,381,345	3.5%	0.57%
1973	10,795,869	54,751,406	3.51%	0.68%
1974	11,167,761	55,110,868	3.44%	0.66%
1975	11,543,639	55,441,001	3.37%	0.6%
1976	11,927,651	55,718,260	3.33%	0.5%
1977	12,331,046	55,955,411	3.38%	0.43%
1978	12,753,355	56,155,143	3.42%	0.36%
1979	13,170,365	56,317,749	3.27%	0.29%
1980	13,591,992	56,433,883	3.2%	0.21%
1981	14,006,381	56,501,675	3.05%	0.12%
1982	14,406,083	56,543,548	2.85%	0.07%
1983	14,840,555	56,564,074	3.02%	0.04%
1984	15,310,733	56,576,718	3.17%	0.02%
1985	15,683,430	56,593,071	2.43%	0.03%
1986	16,074,145	56,596,155	2.49%	0.005%
1987	16,521,049	56,601,931	2.78%	0.01%
1988	16,908,819	56,629,288	2.35%	0.05%
1989	17,364,542	56,671,781	2.7%	0.08%
1990	17,581,206	56,719,240	1.25%	0.08%
1991	17,767,253	56,758,521	1.06%	0.07%
1992	18,300,845	56,797,087	3%	0.07%
1993	19,201,195	56,831,821	4.92%	0.06%
1994	20,139,807	56,843,400	4.89%	0.02%
1995	20,825,860	56,844,303	3.41%	0.002%
1996	21,501,321	56,860,281	3.24%	0.03%
1997	22,176,593	56,890,372	3.14%	0.05%
1998	22,884,399	56,906,744	3.19%	0.03%
1999	23,636,527	56,916,317	3.29%	0.02%
2000	24,424,056	56,942,108	3.33%	0.05%
2001	25,197,840	56,976,981	3.17%	0.06%
2002	26,006,559	57,089,824	3.21%	0.2%
2003	26,802,659	57,399,184	3.06%	0.54%
2004	27,577,878	57,828,179	2.89%	0.75%
2005	28,407,448	58,166,682	3.01%	0.59%
2006	28,616,515	58,399,861	0.74%	0.4%
2007	28,391,607	58,756,247	-0.79%	0.61%
2008	28,971,036	59,211,181	2.04%	0.77%
2009	30,058,206	59,555,454	3.75%	0.58%
2010	31,045,366	59,819,407	3.28%	0.44%
2011	32,161,424	60,026,841	3.59%	0.35%
2012	33,654,842	60,191,247	4.64%	0.27%
2013	35,281,989	60,311,613	4.83%	0.2%
2014	36,550,059	60,320,707	3.59%	0.02%
2015	37,560,535	60,229,605	2.76%	-0.15%
2016	38,469,627	60,115,223	2.42%	-0.19%
2017	39,337,353	60,002,252	2.26%	-0.19%
2018	40,265,624	60,148,658	2.36%	0.24%
2019	41,192,171	59,729,081	2.3%	-0.7%
2020	42,116,605	59,438,851	2.24%	-0.49%
2021	43,071,211	59,133,173	2.27%	-0.51%
2022	44,070,551	59,013,667	2.32%	-0.2%
2023	45,074,049	58,984,216	2.28%	-0.05%
2024	46,042,015	58,952,704	2.15%	-0.05%
2025	47,020,778	58,757,388	2.13%	-0.33%
2026	48,007,435	58,538,738	2.1%	-0.37%
2027	48,987,424	58,302,912	2.04%	-0.4%
2028	49,960,955	58,061,557	1.99%	-0.41%
2029	50,943,339	57,818,364	1.97%	-0.42%
2030	51,937,208	57,565,087	1.95%	-0.44%
2031	52,934,373	57,300,892	1.92%	-0.46%
2032	53,953,395	57,038,998	1.93%	-0.46%
2033	54,985,129	56,780,656	1.91%	-0.45%
2034	56,012,641	56,516,874	1.87%	-0.46%
2035	57,035,917	56,247,746	1.83%	-0.48%
2036	58,071,740	55,978,207	1.82%	-0.48%
2037	59,109,258	55,705,993	1.79%	-0.49%
2038	60,132,232	55,429,408	1.73%	-0.5%
2039	61,174,679	55,146,340	1.73%	-0.51%
2040	62,223,208	54,858,102	1.71%	-0.52%
2041	63,249,167	54,570,785	1.65%	-0.52%
2042	64,260,847	54,276,735	1.6%	-0.54%
2043	65,257,000	53,966,605	1.55%	-0.57%
2044	66,237,772	53,649,281	1.5%	-0.59%
2045	67,204,176	53,327,530	1.46%	-0.6%
2046	68,150,060	52,995,336	1.41%	-0.62%
2047	69,098,087	52,650,393	1.39%	-0.65%
2048	70,050,118	52,294,685	1.38%	-0.68%
2049	70,999,566	51,929,700	1.36%	-0.7%
2050	71,928,759	51,549,925	1.31%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iraq's population will grow by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people with a rank change from 34th to 28th. The population of Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.