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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Kenya	Iraq	Kenya
1960	7,022,052	7,695,307	-	-
1961	7,194,553	7,987,770	2.46%	3.8%
1962	7,413,875	8,299,308	3.05%	3.9%
1963	7,667,928	8,627,971	3.43%	3.96%
1964	7,929,566	8,973,535	3.41%	4.01%
1965	8,202,140	9,338,078	3.44%	4.06%
1966	8,485,104	9,717,816	3.45%	4.07%
1967	8,778,869	10,111,057	3.46%	4.05%
1968	9,085,016	10,518,823	3.49%	4.03%
1969	9,403,356	10,939,695	3.5%	4%
1970	9,735,611	11,368,791	3.53%	3.92%
1971	10,077,809	11,788,904	3.51%	3.7%
1972	10,430,164	12,206,060	3.5%	3.54%
1973	10,795,869	12,634,835	3.51%	3.51%
1974	11,167,761	13,070,078	3.44%	3.44%
1975	11,543,639	13,511,671	3.37%	3.38%
1976	11,927,651	13,957,623	3.33%	3.3%
1977	12,331,046	14,428,819	3.38%	3.38%
1978	12,753,355	14,934,126	3.42%	3.5%
1979	13,170,365	15,460,666	3.27%	3.53%
1980	13,591,992	16,018,459	3.2%	3.61%
1981	14,006,381	16,601,507	3.05%	3.64%
1982	14,406,083	17,206,175	2.85%	3.64%
1983	14,840,555	17,846,374	3.02%	3.72%
1984	15,310,733	18,514,906	3.17%	3.75%
1985	15,683,430	19,201,768	2.43%	3.71%
1986	16,074,145	19,901,646	2.49%	3.64%
1987	16,521,049	20,616,096	2.78%	3.59%
1988	16,908,819	21,356,219	2.35%	3.59%
1989	17,364,542	22,118,434	2.7%	3.57%
1990	17,581,206	22,892,651	1.25%	3.5%
1991	17,767,253	23,646,514	1.06%	3.29%
1992	18,300,845	24,382,460	3%	3.11%
1993	19,201,195	25,117,188	4.92%	3.01%
1994	20,139,807	25,857,130	4.89%	2.95%
1995	20,825,860	26,601,751	3.41%	2.88%
1996	21,501,321	27,344,211	3.24%	2.79%
1997	22,176,593	28,101,768	3.14%	2.77%
1998	22,884,399	28,888,057	3.19%	2.8%
1999	23,636,527	29,733,408	3.29%	2.93%
2000	24,424,056	30,642,890	3.33%	3.06%
2001	25,197,840	31,619,170	3.17%	3.19%
2002	26,006,559	32,629,808	3.21%	3.2%
2003	26,802,659	33,652,223	3.06%	3.13%
2004	27,577,878	34,713,455	2.89%	3.15%
2005	28,407,448	35,796,484	3.01%	3.12%
2006	28,616,515	36,904,008	0.74%	3.09%
2007	28,391,607	38,036,349	-0.79%	3.07%
2008	28,971,036	39,206,351	2.04%	3.08%
2009	30,058,206	40,408,891	3.75%	3.07%
2010	31,045,366	41,598,567	3.28%	2.94%
2011	32,161,424	42,758,461	3.59%	2.79%
2012	33,654,842	43,888,303	4.64%	2.64%
2013	35,281,989	44,986,791	4.83%	2.5%
2014	36,550,059	46,051,440	3.59%	2.37%
2015	37,560,535	47,088,526	2.76%	2.25%
2016	38,469,627	48,139,687	2.42%	2.23%
2017	39,337,353	49,197,766	2.26%	2.2%
2018	40,265,624	50,207,107	2.36%	2.05%
2019	41,192,171	51,202,827	2.3%	1.98%
2020	42,116,605	52,217,334	2.24%	1.98%
2021	43,071,211	53,219,166	2.27%	1.92%
2022	44,070,551	54,252,461	2.32%	1.94%
2023	45,074,049	55,339,003	2.28%	2%
2024	46,042,015	56,432,944	2.15%	1.98%
2025	47,020,778	57,532,489	2.13%	1.95%
2026	48,007,435	58,636,403	2.1%	1.92%
2027	48,987,424	59,745,751	2.04%	1.89%
2028	49,960,955	60,860,444	1.99%	1.87%
2029	50,943,339	61,979,186	1.97%	1.84%
2030	51,937,208	63,102,241	1.95%	1.81%
2031	52,934,373	64,230,108	1.92%	1.79%
2032	53,953,395	65,359,031	1.93%	1.76%
2033	54,985,129	66,484,805	1.91%	1.72%
2034	56,012,641	67,604,628	1.87%	1.68%
2035	57,035,917	68,715,909	1.83%	1.64%
2036	58,071,740	69,818,887	1.82%	1.61%
2037	59,109,258	70,910,404	1.79%	1.56%
2038	60,132,232	71,990,929	1.73%	1.52%
2039	61,174,679	73,057,760	1.73%	1.48%
2040	62,223,208	74,108,858	1.71%	1.44%
2041	63,249,167	75,144,357	1.65%	1.4%
2042	64,260,847	76,161,719	1.6%	1.35%
2043	65,257,000	77,159,121	1.55%	1.31%
2044	66,237,772	78,134,979	1.5%	1.26%
2045	67,204,176	79,088,832	1.46%	1.22%
2046	68,150,060	80,022,371	1.41%	1.18%
2047	69,098,087	80,938,635	1.39%	1.15%
2048	70,050,118	81,837,657	1.38%	1.11%
2049	70,999,566	82,721,766	1.36%	1.08%
2050	71,928,759	83,593,232	1.31%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.