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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Malaysia	Iraq	Malaysia
1960	7,022,052	7,956,197	-	-
1961	7,194,553	8,164,443	2.46%	2.62%
1962	7,413,875	8,380,172	3.05%	2.64%
1963	7,667,928	8,602,160	3.43%	2.65%
1964	7,929,566	8,828,406	3.41%	2.63%
1965	8,202,140	9,056,408	3.44%	2.58%
1966	8,485,104	9,284,688	3.45%	2.52%
1967	8,778,869	9,507,099	3.46%	2.4%
1968	9,085,016	9,725,281	3.49%	2.29%
1969	9,403,356	9,947,597	3.5%	2.29%
1970	9,735,611	10,178,802	3.53%	2.32%
1971	10,077,809	10,423,453	3.51%	2.4%
1972	10,430,164	10,676,835	3.5%	2.43%
1973	10,795,869	10,935,621	3.51%	2.42%
1974	11,167,761	11,200,906	3.44%	2.43%
1975	11,543,639	11,471,914	3.37%	2.42%
1976	11,927,651	11,750,097	3.33%	2.42%
1977	12,331,046	12,035,713	3.38%	2.43%
1978	12,753,355	12,328,157	3.42%	2.43%
1979	13,170,365	12,627,862	3.27%	2.43%
1980	13,591,992	12,983,363	3.2%	2.82%
1981	14,006,381	13,399,203	3.05%	3.2%
1982	14,406,083	13,832,798	2.85%	3.24%
1983	14,840,555	14,285,907	3.02%	3.28%
1984	15,310,733	14,759,009	3.17%	3.31%
1985	15,683,430	15,252,258	2.43%	3.34%
1986	16,074,145	15,760,419	2.49%	3.33%
1987	16,521,049	16,276,737	2.78%	3.28%
1988	16,908,819	16,796,605	2.35%	3.19%
1989	17,364,542	17,314,997	2.7%	3.09%
1990	17,581,206	17,833,171	1.25%	2.99%
1991	17,767,253	18,342,464	1.06%	2.86%
1992	18,300,845	18,834,572	3%	2.68%
1993	19,201,195	19,322,664	4.92%	2.59%
1994	20,139,807	19,820,446	4.89%	2.58%
1995	20,825,860	20,330,599	3.41%	2.57%
1996	21,501,321	20,850,087	3.24%	2.56%
1997	22,176,593	21,375,218	3.14%	2.52%
1998	22,884,399	21,906,713	3.19%	2.49%
1999	23,636,527	22,435,531	3.29%	2.41%
2000	24,424,056	22,967,816	3.33%	2.37%
2001	25,197,840	23,526,538	3.17%	2.43%
2002	26,006,559	24,102,477	3.21%	2.45%
2003	26,802,659	24,679,602	3.06%	2.39%
2004	27,577,878	25,256,772	2.89%	2.34%
2005	28,407,448	25,836,071	3.01%	2.29%
2006	28,616,515	26,417,909	0.74%	2.25%
2007	28,391,607	26,998,389	-0.79%	2.2%
2008	28,971,036	27,570,059	2.04%	2.12%
2009	30,058,206	28,124,778	3.75%	2.01%
2010	31,045,366	28,655,776	3.28%	1.89%
2011	32,161,424	29,162,039	3.59%	1.77%
2012	33,654,842	29,662,831	4.64%	1.72%
2013	35,281,989	30,174,265	4.83%	1.72%
2014	36,550,059	30,696,137	3.59%	1.73%
2015	37,560,535	31,232,798	2.76%	1.75%
2016	38,469,627	31,789,685	2.42%	1.78%
2017	39,337,353	32,355,644	2.26%	1.78%
2018	40,265,624	32,910,967	2.36%	1.72%
2019	41,192,171	33,440,596	2.3%	1.61%
2020	42,116,605	33,889,558	2.24%	1.34%
2021	43,071,211	34,282,399	2.27%	1.16%
2022	44,070,551	34,695,493	2.32%	1.2%
2023	45,074,049	35,126,298	2.28%	1.24%
2024	46,042,015	35,557,673	2.15%	1.23%
2025	47,020,778	35,977,838	2.13%	1.18%
2026	48,007,435	36,385,119	2.1%	1.13%
2027	48,987,424	36,785,089	2.04%	1.1%
2028	49,960,955	37,182,773	1.99%	1.08%
2029	50,943,339	37,574,292	1.97%	1.05%
2030	51,937,208	37,961,722	1.95%	1.03%
2031	52,934,373	38,347,786	1.92%	1.02%
2032	53,953,395	38,728,383	1.93%	0.99%
2033	54,985,129	39,097,871	1.91%	0.95%
2034	56,012,641	39,457,849	1.87%	0.92%
2035	57,035,917	39,814,834	1.83%	0.9%
2036	58,071,740	40,166,904	1.82%	0.88%
2037	59,109,258	40,512,289	1.79%	0.86%
2038	60,132,232	40,853,318	1.73%	0.84%
2039	61,174,679	41,185,892	1.73%	0.81%
2040	62,223,208	41,509,646	1.71%	0.79%
2041	63,249,167	41,828,594	1.65%	0.77%
2042	64,260,847	42,144,474	1.6%	0.76%
2043	65,257,000	42,455,952	1.55%	0.74%
2044	66,237,772	42,754,140	1.5%	0.7%
2045	67,204,176	43,038,205	1.46%	0.66%
2046	68,150,060	43,313,754	1.41%	0.64%
2047	69,098,087	43,580,459	1.39%	0.62%
2048	70,050,118	43,831,577	1.38%	0.58%
2049	70,999,566	44,065,538	1.36%	0.53%
2050	71,928,759	44,289,765	1.31%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.