The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 3,599,274 in Mongolia.
Population statistics:
- Iraq's population is 13.3 times bigger than Mongolia's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
- The countries together account for 0.62% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
- Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Mongolia has grown from 2.54M to 3.6M (41.9% growth).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people compared to the peak of 5.6M people in 2100 for Mongolia.
Iraq vs Mongolia: live population counter
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| Current population |
47813338
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3599274
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 132/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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12 minutes
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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7.95 minutes
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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27.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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4.4 days
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | +83 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | +120 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | +43,643 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | +1.25% |
| Population growth rate rank | 48/197 | 88/197 |
Iraq and Mongolia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 977,595 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 1,009,284 | 2.46% | 3.24% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 1,041,444 | 3.05% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 1,071,362 | 3.43% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 1,100,234 | 3.41% | 2.69% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 1,131,177 | 3.44% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 1,163,754 | 3.45% | 2.88% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 1,196,996 | 3.46% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 1,229,930 | 3.49% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 1,262,284 | 3.5% | 2.63% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 1,295,272 | 3.53% | 2.61% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 1,330,071 | 3.51% | 2.69% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 1,366,821 | 3.5% | 2.76% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 1,405,502 | 3.51% | 2.83% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 1,446,050 | 3.44% | 2.88% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 1,488,296 | 3.37% | 2.92% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 1,531,945 | 3.33% | 2.93% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 1,576,245 | 3.38% | 2.89% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 1,619,468 | 3.42% | 2.74% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 1,660,659 | 3.27% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 1,701,335 | 3.2% | 2.45% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 1,742,857 | 3.05% | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 1,785,364 | 2.85% | 2.44% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 1,829,092 | 3.02% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 1,874,349 | 3.17% | 2.47% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 1,921,514 | 2.43% | 2.52% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 1,970,965 | 2.49% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 2,022,800 | 2.78% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 2,076,322 | 2.35% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 2,124,185 | 2.7% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 2,098,710 | 1.25% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 2,165,342 | 1.06% | 3.17% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 2,167,790 | 3% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 2,165,130 | 4.92% | -0.12% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 2,189,395 | 4.89% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 2,224,945 | 3.41% | 1.62% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 2,259,507 | 3.24% | 1.55% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 2,291,750 | 3.14% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 2,323,809 | 3.19% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 2,356,813 | 3.29% | 1.42% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 2,388,299 | 3.33% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 2,417,751 | 3.17% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 2,449,027 | 3.21% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 2,480,374 | 3.06% | 1.28% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 2,508,412 | 2.89% | 1.13% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 2,536,407 | 3.01% | 1.12% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 2,567,168 | 0.74% | 1.21% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 2,601,850 | -0.79% | 1.35% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 2,643,201 | 2.04% | 1.59% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 2,691,115 | 3.75% | 1.81% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 2,738,622 | 3.28% | 1.77% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 2,786,317 | 3.59% | 1.74% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 2,839,705 | 4.64% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 2,899,011 | 4.83% | 2.09% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 2,963,113 | 3.59% | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 3,026,864 | 2.76% | 2.15% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 3,088,856 | 2.42% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 3,148,917 | 2.26% | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 3,208,189 | 2.36% | 1.88% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 3,267,673 | 2.3% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 3,327,204 | 2.24% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 3,383,741 | 2.27% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 3,433,748 | 2.32% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 3,481,145 | 2.28% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 3,524,788 | 2.15% | 1.25% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 3,566,934 | 2.13% | 1.2% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 3,607,194 | 2.1% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 3,646,133 | 2.04% | 1.08% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 3,684,133 | 1.99% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 3,721,196 | 1.97% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 3,757,736 | 1.95% | 0.98% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 3,793,979 | 1.92% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 3,830,403 | 1.93% | 0.96% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 3,867,674 | 1.91% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 3,905,872 | 1.87% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 3,944,896 | 1.83% | 1% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 3,984,836 | 1.82% | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 4,025,966 | 1.79% | 1.03% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 4,067,894 | 1.73% | 1.04% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 4,110,455 | 1.73% | 1.05% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 4,153,587 | 1.71% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 4,197,027 | 1.65% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 4,240,723 | 1.6% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 4,284,073 | 1.55% | 1.02% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 4,327,016 | 1.5% | 1% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 4,369,833 | 1.46% | 0.99% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 4,411,717 | 1.41% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 4,452,180 | 1.39% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 4,491,289 | 1.38% | 0.88% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 4,529,071 | 1.36% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 4,565,277 | 1.31% | 0.8% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Mongolia gained 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 572,410 (a 18.9% growth).
Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2005 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.
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Population differences between Iraq and Mongolia
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 27.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 5.86 ppl/mi² |
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