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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Kazakhstan	Iraq	Kazakhstan
1960	7,022,052	9,429,981	-	-
1961	7,194,553	9,742,085	2.46%	3.31%
1962	7,413,875	10,058,928	3.05%	3.25%
1963	7,667,928	10,377,466	3.43%	3.17%
1964	7,929,566	10,690,309	3.41%	3.01%
1965	8,202,140	10,993,183	3.44%	2.83%
1966	8,485,104	11,288,989	3.45%	2.69%
1967	8,778,869	11,584,428	3.46%	2.62%
1968	9,085,016	11,879,182	3.49%	2.54%
1969	9,403,356	12,156,212	3.5%	2.33%
1970	9,735,611	12,419,057	3.53%	2.16%
1971	10,077,809	12,684,813	3.51%	2.14%
1972	10,430,164	12,951,798	3.5%	2.1%
1973	10,795,869	13,208,121	3.51%	1.98%
1974	11,167,761	13,454,570	3.44%	1.87%
1975	11,543,639	13,700,843	3.37%	1.83%
1976	11,927,651	13,998,738	3.33%	2.17%
1977	12,331,046	14,353,265	3.38%	2.53%
1978	12,753,355	14,711,497	3.42%	2.5%
1979	13,170,365	14,978,696	3.27%	1.82%
1980	13,591,992	15,152,949	3.2%	1.16%
1981	14,006,381	15,323,082	3.05%	1.12%
1982	14,406,083	15,492,595	2.85%	1.11%
1983	14,840,555	15,665,551	3.02%	1.12%
1984	15,310,733	15,844,621	3.17%	1.14%
1985	15,683,430	16,031,090	2.43%	1.18%
1986	16,074,145	16,262,702	2.49%	1.44%
1987	16,521,049	16,527,715	2.78%	1.63%
1988	16,908,819	16,781,168	2.35%	1.53%
1989	17,364,542	16,997,013	2.7%	1.29%
1990	17,581,206	17,154,054	1.25%	0.92%
1991	17,767,253	17,278,600	1.06%	0.73%
1992	18,300,845	17,332,625	3%	0.31%
1993	19,201,195	17,274,487	4.92%	-0.34%
1994	20,139,807	17,043,771	4.89%	-1.34%
1995	20,825,860	16,730,536	3.41%	-1.84%
1996	21,501,321	16,416,027	3.24%	-1.88%
1997	22,176,593	16,043,251	3.14%	-2.27%
1998	22,884,399	15,647,785	3.19%	-2.46%
1999	23,636,527	15,455,874	3.29%	-1.23%
2000	24,424,056	15,501,103	3.33%	0.29%
2001	25,197,840	15,575,550	3.17%	0.48%
2002	26,006,559	15,656,677	3.21%	0.52%
2003	26,802,659	15,747,380	3.06%	0.58%
2004	27,577,878	15,850,159	2.89%	0.65%
2005	28,407,448	15,968,117	3.01%	0.74%
2006	28,616,515	16,103,716	0.74%	0.85%
2007	28,391,607	16,257,214	-0.79%	0.95%
2008	28,971,036	16,426,525	2.04%	1.04%
2009	30,058,206	16,619,846	3.75%	1.18%
2010	31,045,366	16,836,810	3.28%	1.31%
2011	32,161,424	17,066,002	3.59%	1.36%
2012	33,654,842	17,306,106	4.64%	1.41%
2013	35,281,989	17,556,502	4.83%	1.45%
2014	36,550,059	17,816,285	3.59%	1.48%
2015	37,560,535	18,084,169	2.76%	1.5%
2016	38,469,627	18,363,600	2.42%	1.55%
2017	39,337,353	18,651,931	2.26%	1.57%
2018	40,265,624	18,932,727	2.36%	1.51%
2019	41,192,171	19,209,555	2.3%	1.46%
2020	42,116,605	19,482,117	2.24%	1.42%
2021	43,071,211	19,743,603	2.27%	1.34%
2022	44,070,551	20,034,609	2.32%	1.47%
2023	45,074,049	20,330,104	2.28%	1.47%
2024	46,042,015	20,592,571	2.15%	1.29%
2025	47,020,778	20,843,753	2.13%	1.22%
2026	48,007,435	21,083,619	2.1%	1.15%
2027	48,987,424	21,316,177	2.04%	1.1%
2028	49,960,955	21,547,638	1.99%	1.09%
2029	50,943,339	21,777,008	1.97%	1.06%
2030	51,937,208	22,003,192	1.95%	1.04%
2031	52,934,373	22,227,045	1.92%	1.02%
2032	53,953,395	22,452,639	1.93%	1.01%
2033	54,985,129	22,679,377	1.91%	1.01%
2034	56,012,641	22,903,209	1.87%	0.99%
2035	57,035,917	23,125,951	1.83%	0.97%
2036	58,071,740	23,349,072	1.82%	0.96%
2037	59,109,258	23,571,233	1.79%	0.95%
2038	60,132,232	23,793,387	1.73%	0.94%
2039	61,174,679	24,017,887	1.73%	0.94%
2040	62,223,208	24,246,822	1.71%	0.95%
2041	63,249,167	24,477,612	1.65%	0.95%
2042	64,260,847	24,707,974	1.6%	0.94%
2043	65,257,000	24,941,020	1.55%	0.94%
2044	66,237,772	25,175,225	1.5%	0.94%
2045	67,204,176	25,409,749	1.46%	0.93%
2046	68,150,060	25,642,870	1.41%	0.92%
2047	69,098,087	25,875,743	1.39%	0.91%
2048	70,050,118	26,106,834	1.38%	0.89%
2049	70,999,566	26,328,898	1.36%	0.85%
2050	71,928,759	26,544,261	1.31%	0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Kazakhstan gained 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Kazakhstan's population increased by 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd in 2005 and ranked 65th 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 Kazakhstan will increase by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people and rank change from 65th to 64th.