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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Kuwait	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	7,022,052	311,060	-	-
1961	7,194,553	345,945	2.46%	11.2%
1962	7,413,875	384,995	3.05%	11.3%
1963	7,667,928	427,694	3.43%	11.1%
1964	7,929,566	473,115	3.41%	10.6%
1965	8,202,140	521,174	3.44%	10.2%
1966	8,485,104	572,590	3.45%	9.87%
1967	8,778,869	628,089	3.46%	9.69%
1968	9,085,016	687,716	3.49%	9.49%
1969	9,403,356	749,452	3.5%	8.98%
1970	9,735,611	809,114	3.53%	7.96%
1971	10,077,809	865,076	3.51%	6.92%
1972	10,430,164	920,352	3.5%	6.39%
1973	10,795,869	977,654	3.51%	6.23%
1974	11,167,761	1,038,346	3.44%	6.21%
1975	11,543,639	1,104,863	3.37%	6.41%
1976	11,927,651	1,178,711	3.33%	6.68%
1977	12,331,046	1,258,023	3.38%	6.73%
1978	12,753,355	1,340,319	3.42%	6.54%
1979	13,170,365	1,423,514	3.27%	6.21%
1980	13,591,992	1,504,782	3.2%	5.71%
1981	14,006,381	1,583,426	3.05%	5.23%
1982	14,406,083	1,662,480	2.85%	4.99%
1983	14,840,555	1,744,295	3.02%	4.92%
1984	15,310,733	1,820,688	3.17%	4.38%
1985	15,683,430	1,894,242	2.43%	4.04%
1986	16,074,145	1,972,520	2.49%	4.13%
1987	16,521,049	2,052,994	2.78%	4.08%
1988	16,908,819	2,134,707	2.35%	3.98%
1989	17,364,542	2,217,468	2.7%	3.88%
1990	17,581,206	1,684,819	1.25%	-24%
1991	17,767,253	1,351,399	1.06%	-19.8%
1992	18,300,845	1,634,961	3%	21%
1993	19,201,195	1,672,151	4.92%	2.27%
1994	20,139,807	1,664,361	4.89%	-0.47%
1995	20,825,860	1,681,513	3.41%	1.03%
1996	21,501,321	1,730,246	3.24%	2.9%
1997	22,176,593	1,787,683	3.14%	3.32%
1998	22,884,399	1,844,302	3.19%	3.17%
1999	23,636,527	1,900,030	3.29%	3.02%
2000	24,424,056	1,954,709	3.33%	2.88%
2001	25,197,840	2,008,121	3.17%	2.73%
2002	26,006,559	2,059,974	3.21%	2.58%
2003	26,802,659	2,109,881	3.06%	2.42%
2004	27,577,878	2,157,320	2.89%	2.25%
2005	28,407,448	2,236,788	3.01%	3.68%
2006	28,616,515	2,364,733	0.74%	5.72%
2007	28,391,607	2,507,887	-0.79%	6.05%
2008	28,971,036	2,651,421	2.04%	5.72%
2009	30,058,206	2,795,484	3.75%	5.43%
2010	31,045,366	2,943,372	3.28%	5.29%
2011	32,161,424	3,132,814	3.59%	6.44%
2012	33,654,842	3,337,109	4.64%	6.52%
2013	35,281,989	3,507,844	4.83%	5.12%
2014	36,550,059	3,665,876	3.59%	4.51%
2015	37,560,535	3,834,574	2.76%	4.6%
2016	38,469,627	4,004,096	2.42%	4.42%
2017	39,337,353	4,154,812	2.26%	3.76%
2018	40,265,624	4,323,515	2.36%	4.06%
2019	41,192,171	4,442,316	2.3%	2.75%
2020	42,116,605	4,400,267	2.24%	-0.95%
2021	43,071,211	4,360,865	2.27%	-0.9%
2022	44,070,551	4,589,643	2.32%	5.25%
2023	45,074,049	4,853,420	2.28%	5.75%
2024	46,042,015	4,973,861	2.15%	2.48%
2025	47,020,778	5,066,162	2.13%	1.86%
2026	48,007,435	5,143,465	2.1%	1.53%
2027	48,987,424	5,209,589	2.04%	1.29%
2028	49,960,955	5,266,597	1.99%	1.09%
2029	50,943,339	5,318,118	1.97%	0.98%
2030	51,937,208	5,366,659	1.95%	0.91%
2031	52,934,373	5,414,485	1.92%	0.89%
2032	53,953,395	5,463,178	1.93%	0.9%
2033	54,985,129	5,512,705	1.91%	0.91%
2034	56,012,641	5,563,035	1.87%	0.91%
2035	57,035,917	5,614,091	1.83%	0.92%
2036	58,071,740	5,665,789	1.82%	0.92%
2037	59,109,258	5,718,074	1.79%	0.92%
2038	60,132,232	5,770,901	1.73%	0.92%
2039	61,174,679	5,824,158	1.73%	0.92%
2040	62,223,208	5,877,719	1.71%	0.92%
2041	63,249,167	5,931,576	1.65%	0.92%
2042	64,260,847	5,985,681	1.6%	0.91%
2043	65,257,000	6,039,888	1.55%	0.91%
2044	66,237,772	6,094,155	1.5%	0.9%
2045	67,204,176	6,148,424	1.46%	0.89%
2046	68,150,060	6,202,560	1.41%	0.88%
2047	69,098,087	6,256,606	1.39%	0.87%
2048	70,050,118	6,310,637	1.38%	0.86%
2049	70,999,566	6,364,604	1.36%	0.86%
2050	71,928,759	6,418,538	1.31%	0.85%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Kuwait was ranked 140th in 2005 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.