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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Malta	Iraq	Malta
1960	7,022,052	326,550	-	-
1961	7,194,553	325,250	2.46%	-0.4%
1962	7,413,875	323,900	3.05%	-0.42%
1963	7,667,928	322,550	3.43%	-0.42%
1964	7,929,566	321,250	3.41%	-0.4%
1965	8,202,140	318,800	3.44%	-0.76%
1966	8,485,104	315,200	3.45%	-1.13%
1967	8,778,869	311,550	3.46%	-1.16%
1968	9,085,016	307,900	3.49%	-1.17%
1969	9,403,356	304,300	3.5%	-1.17%
1970	9,735,611	302,650	3.53%	-0.54%
1971	10,077,809	302,700	3.51%	0.02%
1972	10,430,164	302,450	3.5%	-0.08%
1973	10,795,869	302,200	3.51%	-0.08%
1974	11,167,761	301,996	3.44%	-0.07%
1975	11,543,639	304,222	3.37%	0.74%
1976	11,927,651	305,774	3.33%	0.51%
1977	12,331,046	306,970	3.38%	0.39%
1978	12,753,355	310,182	3.42%	1.05%
1979	13,170,365	313,342	3.27%	1.02%
1980	13,591,992	316,645	3.2%	1.05%
1981	14,006,381	318,982	3.05%	0.74%
1982	14,406,083	325,898	2.85%	2.17%
1983	14,840,555	330,524	3.02%	1.42%
1984	15,310,733	330,593	3.17%	0.02%
1985	15,683,430	336,452	2.43%	1.77%
1986	16,074,145	342,121	2.49%	1.68%
1987	16,521,049	344,485	2.78%	0.69%
1988	16,908,819	347,325	2.35%	0.82%
1989	17,364,542	350,722	2.7%	0.98%
1990	17,581,206	354,170	1.25%	0.98%
1991	17,767,253	363,845	1.06%	2.73%
1992	18,300,845	367,618	3%	1.04%
1993	19,201,195	371,308	4.92%	1%
1994	20,139,807	374,797	4.89%	0.94%
1995	20,825,860	377,419	3.41%	0.7%
1996	21,501,321	379,905	3.24%	0.66%
1997	22,176,593	382,791	3.14%	0.76%
1998	22,884,399	385,287	3.19%	0.65%
1999	23,636,527	387,578	3.29%	0.59%
2000	24,424,056	390,087	3.33%	0.65%
2001	25,197,840	393,028	3.17%	0.75%
2002	26,006,559	395,969	3.21%	0.75%
2003	26,802,659	398,582	3.06%	0.66%
2004	27,577,878	401,268	2.89%	0.67%
2005	28,407,448	403,834	3.01%	0.64%
2006	28,616,515	405,308	0.74%	0.37%
2007	28,391,607	406,724	-0.79%	0.35%
2008	28,971,036	409,379	2.04%	0.65%
2009	30,058,206	412,477	3.75%	0.76%
2010	31,045,366	414,508	3.28%	0.49%
2011	32,161,424	416,268	3.59%	0.42%
2012	33,654,842	420,028	4.64%	0.9%
2013	35,281,989	424,810	4.83%	1.14%
2014	36,550,059	433,481	3.59%	2.04%
2015	37,560,535	444,220	2.76%	2.48%
2016	38,469,627	454,505	2.42%	2.32%
2017	39,337,353	467,106	2.26%	2.77%
2018	40,265,624	483,903	2.36%	3.6%
2019	41,192,171	503,912	2.3%	4.13%
2020	42,116,605	515,490	2.24%	2.3%
2021	43,071,211	518,150	2.27%	0.52%
2022	44,070,551	531,113	2.32%	2.5%
2023	45,074,049	552,747	2.28%	4.07%
2024	46,042,015	568,847	2.15%	2.91%
2025	47,020,778	574,955	2.13%	1.07%
2026	48,007,435	578,756	2.1%	0.66%
2027	48,987,424	580,829	2.04%	0.36%
2028	49,960,955	582,657	1.99%	0.31%
2029	50,943,339	584,129	1.97%	0.25%
2030	51,937,208	585,315	1.95%	0.2%
2031	52,934,373	586,254	1.92%	0.16%
2032	53,953,395	586,948	1.93%	0.12%
2033	54,985,129	587,297	1.91%	0.06%
2034	56,012,641	587,151	1.87%	-0.02%
2035	57,035,917	586,661	1.83%	-0.08%
2036	58,071,740	586,003	1.82%	-0.11%
2037	59,109,258	585,174	1.79%	-0.14%
2038	60,132,232	584,125	1.73%	-0.18%
2039	61,174,679	582,893	1.73%	-0.21%
2040	62,223,208	581,634	1.71%	-0.22%
2041	63,249,167	580,285	1.65%	-0.23%
2042	64,260,847	578,871	1.6%	-0.24%
2043	65,257,000	577,384	1.55%	-0.26%
2044	66,237,772	575,789	1.5%	-0.28%
2045	67,204,176	574,143	1.46%	-0.29%
2046	68,150,060	572,420	1.41%	-0.3%
2047	69,098,087	570,534	1.39%	-0.33%
2048	70,050,118	568,553	1.38%	-0.35%
2049	70,999,566	566,709	1.36%	-0.32%
2050	71,928,759	564,751	1.31%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.