The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 2.58 times bigger than Iraq's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.07% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Iraq vs Japan: live population counter
Iraq
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Japan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
47813338
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123324642
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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42.2 seconds
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 48/197 | 182/197 |
Iraq and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Iraq
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Iraq
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Japan
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Iraq
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Japan
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 94,055,000 | 2.46% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 94,933,000 | 3.05% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 95,900,000 | 3.43% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 96,903,000 | 3.41% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 97,952,000 | 3.44% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 98,851,000 | 3.45% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 99,879,000 | 3.46% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 101,011,000 | 3.49% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 102,219,000 | 3.5% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 103,403,000 | 3.53% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 105,697,000 | 3.51% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 107,188,000 | 3.5% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 108,707,000 | 3.51% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 110,162,000 | 3.44% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 111,573,000 | 3.37% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 112,775,000 | 3.33% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 113,872,000 | 3.38% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 114,913,000 | 3.42% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 115,890,000 | 3.27% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 116,807,000 | 3.2% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 117,661,000 | 3.05% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 118,480,000 | 2.85% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 119,307,000 | 3.02% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 120,083,000 | 3.17% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 120,837,000 | 2.43% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 121,482,000 | 2.49% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 122,069,000 | 2.78% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 122,578,000 | 2.35% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 123,069,000 | 2.7% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 123,478,000 | 1.25% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 123,964,000 | 1.06% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 124,425,000 | 3% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 124,829,000 | 4.92% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 125,178,000 | 4.89% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 125,472,000 | 3.41% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 125,757,000 | 3.24% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 126,057,000 | 3.14% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 126,400,000 | 3.19% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 126,631,000 | 3.29% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 126,843,000 | 3.33% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 127,149,000 | 3.17% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 127,445,000 | 3.21% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 127,718,000 | 3.06% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 127,761,000 | 2.89% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 127,773,000 | 3.01% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 127,854,000 | 0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 128,001,000 | -0.79% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 128,063,000 | 2.04% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 128,047,000 | 3.75% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 128,070,000 | 3.28% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 127,833,000 | 3.59% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 127,629,000 | 4.64% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 127,445,000 | 4.83% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 127,276,000 | 3.59% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 127,141,000 | 2.76% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 127,076,000 | 2.42% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 126,972,000 | 2.26% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 126,811,000 | 2.36% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 126,633,000 | 2.3% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 126,261,000 | 2.24% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 125,681,593 | 2.27% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 125,124,989 | 2.32% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 124,516,650 | 2.28% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 123,975,371 | 2.15% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 123,324,642 | 2.13% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 122,647,678 | 2.1% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 121,951,038 | 2.04% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 121,241,776 | 1.99% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 120,524,230 | 1.97% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 119,798,959 | 1.95% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 119,065,610 | 1.92% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 118,326,333 | 1.93% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 117,583,337 | 1.91% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 116,836,274 | 1.87% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 116,084,328 | 1.83% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 115,332,395 | 1.82% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 114,582,890 | 1.79% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 113,837,760 | 1.73% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 113,097,352 | 1.73% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 112,359,802 | 1.71% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 111,622,622 | 1.65% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 110,891,223 | 1.6% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 110,169,955 | 1.55% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 109,455,823 | 1.5% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 108,747,012 | 1.46% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 108,044,346 | 1.41% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 107,350,486 | 1.39% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 106,665,616 | 1.38% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 105,986,908 | 1.36% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 105,312,022 | 1.31% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Iraq's population will grow by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people with a rank change from 34th to 28th. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Iraq and Japan
|
Iraq
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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