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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Iraq's population is 346 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Iraq vs Kiribati: live population counter

Iraq Kiribati
Current population
47813338
138067
Population rank 34/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.58% 0.002%
One net population change
32.6 seconds
4.41 hours
One birth every
27.2 seconds
2.56 hours
One death every
2.82 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
29.6 minutes
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -17,735 -471
Daily growth/decline +2,652 +5
Annual growth/decline +967,966 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +2.15% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 48/197 74/197

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

Iraq
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Iraq Kiribati Iraq Kiribati
1960 7,022,052 47,157 - -
1961 7,194,553 48,323 2.46% 2.47%
1962 7,413,875 49,538 3.05% 2.51%
1963 7,667,928 50,791 3.43% 2.53%
1964 7,929,566 52,088 3.41% 2.55%
1965 8,202,140 53,439 3.44% 2.59%
1966 8,485,104 54,425 3.45% 1.85%
1967 8,778,869 54,996 3.46% 1.05%
1968 9,085,016 55,529 3.49% 0.97%
1969 9,403,356 56,360 3.5% 1.5%
1970 9,735,611 57,510 3.53% 2.04%
1971 10,077,809 58,652 3.51% 1.99%
1972 10,430,164 59,778 3.5% 1.92%
1973 10,795,869 60,824 3.51% 1.75%
1974 11,167,761 61,219 3.44% 0.65%
1975 11,543,639 60,987 3.37% -0.38%
1976 11,927,651 60,661 3.33% -0.53%
1977 12,331,046 60,267 3.38% -0.65%
1978 12,753,355 59,864 3.42% -0.67%
1979 13,170,365 60,172 3.27% 0.51%
1980 13,591,992 61,148 3.2% 1.62%
1981 14,006,381 62,121 3.05% 1.59%
1982 14,406,083 63,134 2.85% 1.63%
1983 14,840,555 64,169 3.02% 1.64%
1984 15,310,733 65,228 3.17% 1.65%
1985 15,683,430 66,496 2.43% 1.94%
1986 16,074,145 68,059 2.49% 2.35%
1987 16,521,049 69,733 2.78% 2.46%
1988 16,908,819 71,427 2.35% 2.43%
1989 17,364,542 73,147 2.7% 2.41%
1990 17,581,206 74,855 1.25% 2.34%
1991 17,767,253 76,367 1.06% 2.02%
1992 18,300,845 77,641 3% 1.67%
1993 19,201,195 78,841 4.92% 1.55%
1994 20,139,807 80,021 4.89% 1.5%
1995 20,825,860 81,234 3.41% 1.52%
1996 21,501,321 82,623 3.24% 1.71%
1997 22,176,593 84,147 3.14% 1.84%
1998 22,884,399 85,657 3.19% 1.79%
1999 23,636,527 87,126 3.29% 1.71%
2000 24,424,056 88,613 3.33% 1.71%
2001 25,197,840 90,335 3.17% 1.94%
2002 26,006,559 92,264 3.21% 2.14%
2003 26,802,659 94,175 3.06% 2.07%
2004 27,577,878 96,085 2.89% 2.03%
2005 28,407,448 98,035 3.01% 2.03%
2006 28,616,515 100,017 0.74% 2.02%
2007 28,391,607 102,068 -0.79% 2.05%
2008 28,971,036 104,222 2.04% 2.11%
2009 30,058,206 106,467 3.75% 2.15%
2010 31,045,366 108,704 3.28% 2.1%
2011 32,161,424 110,647 3.59% 1.79%
2012 33,654,842 112,284 4.64% 1.48%
2013 35,281,989 113,838 4.83% 1.38%
2014 36,550,059 115,326 3.59% 1.31%
2015 37,560,535 116,815 2.76% 1.29%
2016 38,469,627 118,478 2.42% 1.42%
2017 39,337,353 120,275 2.26% 1.52%
2018 40,265,624 122,084 2.36% 1.5%
2019 41,192,171 123,921 2.3% 1.5%
2020 42,116,605 126,099 2.24% 1.76%
2021 43,071,211 128,377 2.27% 1.81%
2022 44,070,551 130,469 2.32% 1.63%
2023 45,074,049 132,530 2.28% 1.58%
2024 46,042,015 134,518 2.15% 1.5%
2025 47,020,778 136,501 2.13% 1.47%
2026 48,007,435 138,451 2.1% 1.43%
2027 48,987,424 140,405 2.04% 1.41%
2028 49,960,955 142,335 1.99% 1.37%
2029 50,943,339 144,231 1.97% 1.33%
2030 51,937,208 146,130 1.95% 1.32%
2031 52,934,373 148,028 1.92% 1.3%
2032 53,953,395 149,915 1.93% 1.27%
2033 54,985,129 151,768 1.91% 1.24%
2034 56,012,641 153,602 1.87% 1.21%
2035 57,035,917 155,447 1.83% 1.2%
2036 58,071,740 157,316 1.82% 1.2%
2037 59,109,258 159,188 1.79% 1.19%
2038 60,132,232 161,050 1.73% 1.17%
2039 61,174,679 162,895 1.73% 1.15%
2040 62,223,208 164,711 1.71% 1.11%
2041 63,249,167 166,508 1.65% 1.09%
2042 64,260,847 168,325 1.6% 1.09%
2043 65,257,000 170,182 1.55% 1.1%
2044 66,237,772 172,012 1.5% 1.08%
2045 67,204,176 173,818 1.46% 1.05%
2046 68,150,060 175,629 1.41% 1.04%
2047 69,098,087 177,392 1.39% 1%
2048 70,050,118 179,152 1.38% 0.99%
2049 70,999,566 180,915 1.36% 0.98%
2050 71,928,759 182,629 1.31% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

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