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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Maldives	Iraq	Maldives
1960	7,022,052	91,189	-	-
1961	7,194,553	93,450	2.46%	2.48%
1962	7,413,875	95,802	3.05%	2.52%
1963	7,667,928	98,222	3.43%	2.53%
1964	7,929,566	100,662	3.41%	2.48%
1965	8,202,140	104,102	3.44%	3.42%
1966	8,485,104	108,507	3.45%	4.23%
1967	8,778,869	112,528	3.46%	3.71%
1968	9,085,016	116,075	3.49%	3.15%
1969	9,403,356	119,564	3.5%	3.01%
1970	9,735,611	123,219	3.53%	3.06%
1971	10,077,809	127,035	3.51%	3.1%
1972	10,430,164	130,968	3.5%	3.1%
1973	10,795,869	134,952	3.51%	3.04%
1974	11,167,761	138,978	3.44%	2.98%
1975	11,543,639	143,158	3.37%	3.01%
1976	11,927,651	147,525	3.33%	3.05%
1977	12,331,046	151,930	3.38%	2.99%
1978	12,753,355	156,159	3.42%	2.78%
1979	13,170,365	160,360	3.27%	2.69%
1980	13,591,992	164,835	3.2%	2.79%
1981	14,006,381	169,532	3.05%	2.85%
1982	14,406,083	174,333	2.85%	2.83%
1983	14,840,555	179,128	3.02%	2.75%
1984	15,310,733	184,198	3.17%	2.83%
1985	15,683,430	190,169	2.43%	3.24%
1986	16,074,145	196,935	2.49%	3.56%
1987	16,521,049	203,944	2.78%	3.56%
1988	16,908,819	210,885	2.35%	3.4%
1989	17,364,542	217,738	2.7%	3.25%
1990	17,581,206	224,762	1.25%	3.23%
1991	17,767,253	231,802	1.06%	3.13%
1992	18,300,845	238,543	3%	2.91%
1993	19,201,195	244,884	4.92%	2.66%
1994	20,139,807	250,822	4.89%	2.42%
1995	20,825,860	256,649	3.41%	2.32%
1996	21,501,321	262,347	3.24%	2.22%
1997	22,176,593	267,707	3.14%	2.04%
1998	22,884,399	272,723	3.19%	1.87%
1999	23,636,527	277,412	3.29%	1.72%
2000	24,424,056	282,019	3.33%	1.66%
2001	25,197,840	286,767	3.17%	1.68%
2002	26,006,559	291,616	3.21%	1.69%
2003	26,802,659	296,491	3.06%	1.67%
2004	27,577,878	301,413	2.89%	1.66%
2005	28,407,448	306,429	3.01%	1.66%
2006	28,616,515	313,851	0.74%	2.42%
2007	28,391,607	324,479	-0.79%	3.39%
2008	28,971,036	336,170	2.04%	3.6%
2009	30,058,206	348,275	3.75%	3.6%
2010	31,045,366	360,792	3.28%	3.59%
2011	32,161,424	373,674	3.59%	3.57%
2012	33,654,842	386,818	4.64%	3.52%
2013	35,281,989	400,070	4.83%	3.43%
2014	36,550,059	413,617	3.59%	3.39%
2015	37,560,535	428,154	2.76%	3.51%
2016	38,469,627	443,308	2.42%	3.54%
2017	39,337,353	458,287	2.26%	3.38%
2018	40,265,624	473,099	2.36%	3.23%
2019	41,192,171	487,731	2.3%	3.09%
2020	42,116,605	502,118	2.24%	2.95%
2021	43,071,211	516,154	2.27%	2.8%
2022	44,070,551	524,106	2.32%	1.54%
2023	45,074,049	525,994	2.28%	0.36%
2024	46,042,015	527,799	2.15%	0.34%
2025	47,020,778	529,677	2.13%	0.36%
2026	48,007,435	531,514	2.1%	0.35%
2027	48,987,424	533,433	2.04%	0.36%
2028	49,960,955	535,502	1.99%	0.39%
2029	50,943,339	537,574	1.97%	0.39%
2030	51,937,208	539,667	1.95%	0.39%
2031	52,934,373	541,929	1.92%	0.42%
2032	53,953,395	544,288	1.93%	0.44%
2033	54,985,129	546,723	1.91%	0.45%
2034	56,012,641	549,162	1.87%	0.45%
2035	57,035,917	551,599	1.83%	0.44%
2036	58,071,740	554,092	1.82%	0.45%
2037	59,109,258	556,637	1.79%	0.46%
2038	60,132,232	559,231	1.73%	0.47%
2039	61,174,679	561,958	1.73%	0.49%
2040	62,223,208	564,800	1.71%	0.51%
2041	63,249,167	567,606	1.65%	0.5%
2042	64,260,847	570,381	1.6%	0.49%
2043	65,257,000	573,138	1.55%	0.48%
2044	66,237,772	575,811	1.5%	0.47%
2045	67,204,176	578,459	1.46%	0.46%
2046	68,150,060	581,026	1.41%	0.44%
2047	69,098,087	583,393	1.39%	0.41%
2048	70,050,118	585,720	1.38%	0.4%
2049	70,999,566	587,988	1.36%	0.39%
2050	71,928,759	589,960	1.31%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.