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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Mexico	Iraq	Mexico
1960	7,022,052	36,724,615	-	-
1961	7,194,553	37,890,118	2.46%	3.17%
1962	7,413,875	39,129,200	3.05%	3.27%
1963	7,667,928	40,424,065	3.43%	3.31%
1964	7,929,566	41,772,049	3.41%	3.33%
1965	8,202,140	43,174,477	3.44%	3.36%
1966	8,485,104	44,629,106	3.45%	3.37%
1967	8,778,869	46,129,608	3.46%	3.36%
1968	9,085,016	47,668,303	3.49%	3.34%
1969	9,403,356	49,233,194	3.5%	3.28%
1970	9,735,611	50,814,953	3.53%	3.21%
1971	10,077,809	52,412,558	3.51%	3.14%
1972	10,430,164	54,030,168	3.5%	3.09%
1973	10,795,869	55,667,284	3.51%	3.03%
1974	11,167,761	57,320,149	3.44%	2.97%
1975	11,543,639	58,982,400	3.37%	2.9%
1976	11,927,651	60,645,512	3.33%	2.82%
1977	12,331,046	62,308,493	3.38%	2.74%
1978	12,753,355	63,979,046	3.42%	2.68%
1979	13,170,365	65,648,865	3.27%	2.61%
1980	13,591,992	67,300,334	3.2%	2.52%
1981	14,006,381	68,892,108	3.05%	2.37%
1982	14,406,083	70,433,260	2.85%	2.24%
1983	14,840,555	71,971,240	3.02%	2.18%
1984	15,310,733	73,506,846	3.17%	2.13%
1985	15,683,430	75,043,414	2.43%	2.09%
1986	16,074,145	76,585,637	2.49%	2.06%
1987	16,521,049	78,136,651	2.78%	2.03%
1988	16,908,819	79,695,531	2.35%	2%
1989	17,364,542	81,247,182	2.7%	1.95%
1990	17,581,206	82,820,170	1.25%	1.94%
1991	17,767,253	84,430,572	1.06%	1.94%
1992	18,300,845	86,044,809	3%	1.91%
1993	19,201,195	87,653,807	4.92%	1.87%
1994	20,139,807	89,259,205	4.89%	1.83%
1995	20,825,860	90,862,455	3.41%	1.8%
1996	21,501,321	92,452,702	3.24%	1.75%
1997	22,176,593	94,021,207	3.14%	1.7%
1998	22,884,399	95,575,245	3.19%	1.65%
1999	23,636,527	97,115,707	3.29%	1.61%
2000	24,424,056	98,625,552	3.33%	1.55%
2001	25,197,840	100,099,099	3.17%	1.49%
2002	26,006,559	101,548,624	3.21%	1.45%
2003	26,802,659	102,978,515	3.06%	1.41%
2004	27,577,878	104,394,131	2.89%	1.37%
2005	28,407,448	105,811,504	3.01%	1.36%
2006	28,616,515	107,253,666	0.74%	1.36%
2007	28,391,607	108,774,360	-0.79%	1.42%
2008	28,971,036	110,374,288	2.04%	1.47%
2009	30,058,206	111,999,721	3.75%	1.47%
2010	31,045,366	113,623,895	3.28%	1.45%
2011	32,161,424	115,243,504	3.59%	1.43%
2012	33,654,842	116,818,208	4.64%	1.37%
2013	35,281,989	118,343,573	4.83%	1.31%
2014	36,550,059	119,784,261	3.59%	1.22%
2015	37,560,535	121,072,306	2.76%	1.08%
2016	38,469,627	122,251,351	2.42%	0.97%
2017	39,337,353	123,400,057	2.26%	0.94%
2018	40,265,624	124,573,711	2.36%	0.95%
2019	41,192,171	125,762,982	2.3%	0.95%
2020	42,116,605	126,799,054	2.24%	0.82%
2021	43,071,211	127,648,148	2.27%	0.67%
2022	44,070,551	128,613,117	2.32%	0.76%
2023	45,074,049	129,739,759	2.28%	0.88%
2024	46,042,015	130,861,007	2.15%	0.86%
2025	47,020,778	131,946,905	2.13%	0.83%
2026	48,007,435	132,997,664	2.1%	0.8%
2027	48,987,424	134,017,711	2.04%	0.77%
2028	49,960,955	135,008,697	1.99%	0.74%
2029	50,943,339	135,970,893	1.97%	0.71%
2030	51,937,208	136,904,747	1.95%	0.69%
2031	52,934,373	137,811,068	1.92%	0.66%
2032	53,953,395	138,690,189	1.93%	0.64%
2033	54,985,129	139,542,087	1.91%	0.61%
2034	56,012,641	140,362,026	1.87%	0.59%
2035	57,035,917	141,150,818	1.83%	0.56%
2036	58,071,740	141,909,168	1.82%	0.54%
2037	59,109,258	142,637,546	1.79%	0.51%
2038	60,132,232	143,336,222	1.73%	0.49%
2039	61,174,679	143,998,296	1.73%	0.46%
2040	62,223,208	144,624,328	1.71%	0.43%
2041	63,249,167	145,217,780	1.65%	0.41%
2042	64,260,847	145,777,459	1.6%	0.39%
2043	65,257,000	146,300,011	1.55%	0.36%
2044	66,237,772	146,787,722	1.5%	0.33%
2045	67,204,176	147,240,096	1.46%	0.31%
2046	68,150,060	147,654,160	1.41%	0.28%
2047	69,098,087	148,030,153	1.39%	0.25%
2048	70,050,118	148,372,233	1.38%	0.23%
2049	70,999,566	148,677,894	1.36%	0.21%
2050	71,928,759	148,946,272	1.31%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.