The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 48,018,145 people compared to 3,607,619 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 2006, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.6M people to 48M (67.8% growth), while Mongolia has grown from 2.57M to 3.61M (40.5% 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 |
48018145
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3607619
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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 | 46/197 | 87/197 |
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Mongolia gained 521,688 people (a 20.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 518,763 (a 16.8% growth).
Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2006 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.5% 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 | 72.6 years | 72.5 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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