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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Lesotho	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	7,022,052	736,500	-	-
1961	7,194,553	758,824	2.46%	3.03%
1962	7,413,875	781,814	3.05%	3.03%
1963	7,667,928	805,373	3.43%	3.01%
1964	7,929,566	829,437	3.41%	2.99%
1965	8,202,140	854,090	3.44%	2.97%
1966	8,485,104	881,870	3.45%	3.25%
1967	8,778,869	913,982	3.46%	3.64%
1968	9,085,016	948,105	3.49%	3.73%
1969	9,403,356	983,202	3.5%	3.7%
1970	9,735,611	1,019,273	3.53%	3.67%
1971	10,077,809	1,056,246	3.51%	3.63%
1972	10,430,164	1,094,063	3.5%	3.58%
1973	10,795,869	1,132,697	3.51%	3.53%
1974	11,167,761	1,172,420	3.44%	3.51%
1975	11,543,639	1,213,643	3.37%	3.52%
1976	11,927,651	1,253,214	3.33%	3.26%
1977	12,331,046	1,289,967	3.38%	2.93%
1978	12,753,355	1,327,240	3.42%	2.89%
1979	13,170,365	1,366,169	3.27%	2.93%
1980	13,591,992	1,406,521	3.2%	2.95%
1981	14,006,381	1,448,069	3.05%	2.95%
1982	14,406,083	1,490,732	2.85%	2.95%
1983	14,840,555	1,534,413	3.02%	2.93%
1984	15,310,733	1,578,986	3.17%	2.9%
1985	15,683,430	1,624,379	2.43%	2.87%
1986	16,074,145	1,666,138	2.49%	2.57%
1987	16,521,049	1,703,390	2.78%	2.24%
1988	16,908,819	1,739,841	2.35%	2.14%
1989	17,364,542	1,775,436	2.7%	2.05%
1990	17,581,206	1,809,696	1.25%	1.93%
1991	17,767,253	1,842,379	1.06%	1.81%
1992	18,300,845	1,873,274	3%	1.68%
1993	19,201,195	1,901,793	4.92%	1.52%
1994	20,139,807	1,927,707	4.89%	1.36%
1995	20,825,860	1,951,437	3.41%	1.23%
1996	21,501,321	1,972,418	3.24%	1.08%
1997	22,176,593	1,988,130	3.14%	0.8%
1998	22,884,399	1,998,049	3.19%	0.5%
1999	23,636,527	2,003,234	3.29%	0.26%
2000	24,424,056	2,003,913	3.33%	0.03%
2001	25,197,840	2,000,853	3.17%	-0.15%
2002	26,006,559	1,994,679	3.21%	-0.31%
2003	26,802,659	1,985,059	3.06%	-0.48%
2004	27,577,878	1,971,129	2.89%	-0.7%
2005	28,407,448	1,953,076	3.01%	-0.92%
2006	28,616,515	1,945,063	0.74%	-0.41%
2007	28,391,607	1,953,268	-0.79%	0.42%
2008	28,971,036	1,966,541	2.04%	0.68%
2009	30,058,206	1,980,883	3.75%	0.73%
2010	31,045,366	1,996,251	3.28%	0.78%
2011	32,161,424	2,014,009	3.59%	0.89%
2012	33,654,842	2,034,354	4.64%	1.01%
2013	35,281,989	2,056,504	4.83%	1.09%
2014	36,550,059	2,080,089	3.59%	1.15%
2015	37,560,535	2,104,611	2.76%	1.18%
2016	38,469,627	2,130,422	2.42%	1.23%
2017	39,337,353	2,157,110	2.26%	1.25%
2018	40,265,624	2,183,603	2.36%	1.23%
2019	41,192,171	2,209,405	2.3%	1.18%
2020	42,116,605	2,235,727	2.24%	1.19%
2021	43,071,211	2,261,542	2.27%	1.15%
2022	44,070,551	2,286,110	2.32%	1.09%
2023	45,074,049	2,311,472	2.28%	1.11%
2024	46,042,015	2,337,423	2.15%	1.12%
2025	47,020,778	2,363,324	2.13%	1.11%
2026	48,007,435	2,389,334	2.1%	1.1%
2027	48,987,424	2,415,365	2.04%	1.09%
2028	49,960,955	2,441,435	1.99%	1.08%
2029	50,943,339	2,467,677	1.97%	1.07%
2030	51,937,208	2,493,816	1.95%	1.06%
2031	52,934,373	2,520,014	1.92%	1.05%
2032	53,953,395	2,546,489	1.93%	1.05%
2033	54,985,129	2,573,106	1.91%	1.05%
2034	56,012,641	2,599,777	1.87%	1.04%
2035	57,035,917	2,626,560	1.83%	1.03%
2036	58,071,740	2,653,503	1.82%	1.03%
2037	59,109,258	2,680,081	1.79%	1%
2038	60,132,232	2,706,197	1.73%	0.97%
2039	61,174,679	2,732,138	1.73%	0.96%
2040	62,223,208	2,757,868	1.71%	0.94%
2041	63,249,167	2,783,361	1.65%	0.92%
2042	64,260,847	2,808,538	1.6%	0.9%
2043	65,257,000	2,833,257	1.55%	0.88%
2044	66,237,772	2,857,499	1.5%	0.86%
2045	67,204,176	2,881,333	1.46%	0.83%
2046	68,150,060	2,904,780	1.41%	0.81%
2047	69,098,087	2,927,859	1.39%	0.79%
2048	70,050,118	2,950,411	1.38%	0.77%
2049	70,999,566	2,972,156	1.36%	0.74%
2050	71,928,759	2,993,080	1.31%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.