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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Morocco	Iraq	Morocco
1960	7,022,052	11,624,933	-	-
1961	7,194,553	11,931,085	2.46%	2.63%
1962	7,413,875	12,253,092	3.05%	2.7%
1963	7,667,928	12,577,502	3.43%	2.65%
1964	7,929,566	12,898,886	3.41%	2.56%
1965	8,202,140	13,239,171	3.44%	2.64%
1966	8,485,104	13,597,065	3.45%	2.7%
1967	8,778,869	13,968,175	3.46%	2.73%
1968	9,085,016	14,347,899	3.49%	2.72%
1969	9,403,356	14,734,255	3.5%	2.69%
1970	9,735,611	15,129,449	3.53%	2.68%
1971	10,077,809	15,527,225	3.51%	2.63%
1972	10,430,164	15,924,692	3.5%	2.56%
1973	10,795,869	16,326,269	3.51%	2.52%
1974	11,167,761	16,733,842	3.44%	2.5%
1975	11,543,639	17,150,786	3.37%	2.49%
1976	11,927,651	17,574,182	3.33%	2.47%
1977	12,331,046	18,014,756	3.38%	2.51%
1978	12,753,355	18,477,385	3.42%	2.57%
1979	13,170,365	18,955,589	3.27%	2.59%
1980	13,591,992	19,459,943	3.2%	2.66%
1981	14,006,381	19,985,401	3.05%	2.7%
1982	14,406,083	20,520,318	2.85%	2.68%
1983	14,840,555	21,060,696	3.02%	2.63%
1984	15,310,733	21,593,778	3.17%	2.53%
1985	15,683,430	22,113,953	2.43%	2.41%
1986	16,074,145	22,600,803	2.49%	2.2%
1987	16,521,049	23,054,392	2.78%	2.01%
1988	16,908,819	23,500,524	2.35%	1.94%
1989	17,364,542	23,939,414	2.7%	1.87%
1990	17,581,206	24,375,551	1.25%	1.82%
1991	17,767,253	24,799,014	1.06%	1.74%
1992	18,300,845	25,212,468	3%	1.67%
1993	19,201,195	25,614,586	4.92%	1.59%
1994	20,139,807	26,000,822	4.89%	1.51%
1995	20,825,860	26,399,429	3.41%	1.53%
1996	21,501,321	26,808,107	3.24%	1.55%
1997	22,176,593	27,213,337	3.14%	1.51%
1998	22,884,399	27,621,648	3.19%	1.5%
1999	23,636,527	28,027,179	3.29%	1.47%
2000	24,424,056	28,423,435	3.33%	1.41%
2001	25,197,840	28,814,643	3.17%	1.38%
2002	26,006,559	29,198,142	3.21%	1.33%
2003	26,802,659	29,571,415	3.06%	1.28%
2004	27,577,878	29,953,018	2.89%	1.29%
2005	28,407,448	30,358,144	3.01%	1.35%
2006	28,616,515	30,771,178	0.74%	1.36%
2007	28,391,607	31,186,468	-0.79%	1.35%
2008	28,971,036	31,606,767	2.04%	1.35%
2009	30,058,206	32,030,778	3.75%	1.34%
2010	31,045,366	32,467,016	3.28%	1.36%
2011	32,161,424	32,912,588	3.59%	1.37%
2012	33,654,842	33,355,241	4.64%	1.34%
2013	35,281,989	33,787,571	4.83%	1.3%
2014	36,550,059	34,204,780	3.59%	1.23%
2015	37,560,535	34,607,588	2.76%	1.18%
2016	38,469,627	35,023,457	2.42%	1.2%
2017	39,337,353	35,446,392	2.26%	1.21%
2018	40,265,624	35,839,760	2.36%	1.11%
2019	41,192,171	36,210,898	2.3%	1.04%
2020	42,116,605	36,584,208	2.24%	1.03%
2021	43,071,211	36,954,442	2.27%	1.01%
2022	44,070,551	37,329,064	2.32%	1.01%
2023	45,074,049	37,712,505	2.28%	1.03%
2024	46,042,015	38,081,173	2.15%	0.98%
2025	47,020,778	38,430,771	2.13%	0.92%
2026	48,007,435	38,762,439	2.1%	0.86%
2027	48,987,424	39,080,092	2.04%	0.82%
2028	49,960,955	39,384,122	1.99%	0.78%
2029	50,943,339	39,674,554	1.97%	0.74%
2030	51,937,208	39,953,461	1.95%	0.7%
2031	52,934,373	40,221,736	1.92%	0.67%
2032	53,953,395	40,477,986	1.93%	0.64%
2033	54,985,129	40,722,975	1.91%	0.61%
2034	56,012,641	40,957,241	1.87%	0.58%
2035	57,035,917	41,182,092	1.83%	0.55%
2036	58,071,740	41,398,224	1.82%	0.52%
2037	59,109,258	41,604,025	1.79%	0.5%
2038	60,132,232	41,802,267	1.73%	0.48%
2039	61,174,679	41,990,437	1.73%	0.45%
2040	62,223,208	42,168,202	1.71%	0.42%
2041	63,249,167	42,339,039	1.65%	0.41%
2042	64,260,847	42,500,324	1.6%	0.38%
2043	65,257,000	42,650,491	1.55%	0.35%
2044	66,237,772	42,792,499	1.5%	0.33%
2045	67,204,176	42,925,305	1.46%	0.31%
2046	68,150,060	43,046,175	1.41%	0.28%
2047	69,098,087	43,158,165	1.39%	0.26%
2048	70,050,118	43,262,402	1.38%	0.24%
2049	70,999,566	43,355,724	1.36%	0.22%
2050	71,928,759	43,440,428	1.31%	0.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Morocco gained 4,252,279 people (a 13.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 3,742,453 (a 10.7% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2006 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.1% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.