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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Nauru	Iraq	Nauru
1960	7,022,052	4,607	-	-
1961	7,194,553	4,774	2.46%	3.62%
1962	7,413,875	4,979	3.05%	4.29%
1963	7,667,928	5,226	3.43%	4.96%
1964	7,929,566	5,515	3.41%	5.53%
1965	8,202,140	5,832	3.44%	5.75%
1966	8,485,104	6,043	3.45%	3.62%
1967	8,778,869	6,135	3.46%	1.52%
1968	9,085,016	6,328	3.49%	3.15%
1969	9,403,356	6,581	3.5%	4%
1970	9,735,611	6,710	3.53%	1.96%
1971	10,077,809	6,762	3.51%	0.77%
1972	10,430,164	6,812	3.5%	0.74%
1973	10,795,869	6,866	3.51%	0.79%
1974	11,167,761	6,923	3.44%	0.83%
1975	11,543,639	6,987	3.37%	0.92%
1976	11,927,651	7,064	3.33%	1.1%
1977	12,331,046	7,163	3.38%	1.4%
1978	12,753,355	7,298	3.42%	1.88%
1979	13,170,365	7,468	3.27%	2.33%
1980	13,591,992	7,649	3.2%	2.42%
1981	14,006,381	7,839	3.05%	2.48%
1982	14,406,083	8,040	2.85%	2.56%
1983	14,840,555	8,216	3.02%	2.19%
1984	15,310,733	8,377	3.17%	1.96%
1985	15,683,430	8,551	2.43%	2.08%
1986	16,074,145	8,742	2.49%	2.23%
1987	16,521,049	8,946	2.78%	2.33%
1988	16,908,819	9,165	2.35%	2.45%
1989	17,364,542	9,390	2.7%	2.45%
1990	17,581,206	9,622	1.25%	2.47%
1991	17,767,253	9,850	1.06%	2.37%
1992	18,300,845	10,021	3%	1.74%
1993	19,201,195	10,102	4.92%	0.81%
1994	20,139,807	10,137	4.89%	0.35%
1995	20,825,860	10,165	3.41%	0.28%
1996	21,501,321	10,183	3.24%	0.18%
1997	22,176,593	10,197	3.14%	0.14%
1998	22,884,399	10,198	3.19%	0.01%
1999	23,636,527	10,187	3.29%	-0.11%
2000	24,424,056	10,168	3.33%	-0.19%
2001	25,197,840	10,130	3.17%	-0.37%
2002	26,006,559	10,082	3.21%	-0.47%
2003	26,802,659	10,059	3.06%	-0.23%
2004	27,577,878	10,060	2.89%	0.01%
2005	28,407,448	10,049	3.01%	-0.11%
2006	28,616,515	10,034	0.74%	-0.15%
2007	28,391,607	10,020	-0.79%	-0.14%
2008	28,971,036	10,009	2.04%	-0.11%
2009	30,058,206	10,016	3.75%	0.07%
2010	31,045,366	10,043	3.28%	0.27%
2011	32,161,424	10,098	3.59%	0.55%
2012	33,654,842	10,267	4.64%	1.67%
2013	35,281,989	10,517	4.83%	2.43%
2014	36,550,059	10,742	3.59%	2.14%
2015	37,560,535	10,954	2.76%	1.97%
2016	38,469,627	11,150	2.42%	1.79%
2017	39,337,353	11,324	2.26%	1.56%
2018	40,265,624	11,477	2.36%	1.35%
2019	41,192,171	11,587	2.3%	0.96%
2020	42,116,605	11,643	2.24%	0.48%
2021	43,071,211	11,709	2.27%	0.57%
2022	44,070,551	11,801	2.32%	0.79%
2023	45,074,049	11,875	2.28%	0.63%
2024	46,042,015	11,947	2.15%	0.61%
2025	47,020,778	12,030	2.13%	0.7%
2026	48,007,435	12,103	2.1%	0.61%
2027	48,987,424	12,196	2.04%	0.77%
2028	49,960,955	12,296	1.99%	0.82%
2029	50,943,339	12,403	1.97%	0.87%
2030	51,937,208	12,519	1.95%	0.94%
2031	52,934,373	12,645	1.92%	1%
2032	53,953,395	12,785	1.93%	1.11%
2033	54,985,129	12,921	1.91%	1.06%
2034	56,012,641	13,071	1.87%	1.16%
2035	57,035,917	13,230	1.83%	1.22%
2036	58,071,740	13,391	1.82%	1.21%
2037	59,109,258	13,541	1.79%	1.12%
2038	60,132,232	13,697	1.73%	1.16%
2039	61,174,679	13,857	1.73%	1.17%
2040	62,223,208	14,041	1.71%	1.33%
2041	63,249,167	14,220	1.65%	1.27%
2042	64,260,847	14,402	1.6%	1.28%
2043	65,257,000	14,579	1.55%	1.23%
2044	66,237,772	14,754	1.5%	1.2%
2045	67,204,176	14,920	1.46%	1.13%
2046	68,150,060	15,098	1.41%	1.19%
2047	69,098,087	15,268	1.39%	1.12%
2048	70,050,118	15,431	1.38%	1.07%
2049	70,999,566	15,595	1.36%	1.06%
2050	71,928,759	15,751	1.31%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.