Population in Iraq compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Netherlands	Iraq	Netherlands
1960	7,022,052	11,486,631	-	-
1961	7,194,553	11,638,712	2.46%	1.32%
1962	7,413,875	11,805,689	3.05%	1.43%
1963	7,667,928	11,965,966	3.43%	1.36%
1964	7,929,566	12,127,120	3.41%	1.35%
1965	8,202,140	12,294,732	3.44%	1.38%
1966	8,485,104	12,456,251	3.45%	1.31%
1967	8,778,869	12,598,201	3.46%	1.14%
1968	9,085,016	12,729,721	3.49%	1.04%
1969	9,403,356	12,877,984	3.5%	1.16%
1970	9,735,611	13,038,526	3.53%	1.25%
1971	10,077,809	13,194,497	3.51%	1.2%
1972	10,430,164	13,328,593	3.5%	1.02%
1973	10,795,869	13,439,322	3.51%	0.83%
1974	11,167,761	13,545,056	3.44%	0.79%
1975	11,543,639	13,666,335	3.37%	0.9%
1976	11,927,651	13,774,037	3.33%	0.79%
1977	12,331,046	13,856,185	3.38%	0.6%
1978	12,753,355	13,941,700	3.42%	0.62%
1979	13,170,365	14,038,270	3.27%	0.69%
1980	13,591,992	14,149,800	3.2%	0.79%
1981	14,006,381	14,247,208	3.05%	0.69%
1982	14,406,083	14,312,690	2.85%	0.46%
1983	14,840,555	14,367,070	3.02%	0.38%
1984	15,310,733	14,424,211	3.17%	0.4%
1985	15,683,430	14,491,632	2.43%	0.47%
1986	16,074,145	14,572,278	2.49%	0.56%
1987	16,521,049	14,665,037	2.78%	0.64%
1988	16,908,819	14,760,094	2.35%	0.65%
1989	17,364,542	14,848,907	2.7%	0.6%
1990	17,581,206	14,951,510	1.25%	0.69%
1991	17,767,253	15,069,798	1.06%	0.79%
1992	18,300,845	15,184,166	3%	0.76%
1993	19,201,195	15,290,368	4.92%	0.7%
1994	20,139,807	15,382,838	4.89%	0.6%
1995	20,825,860	15,459,006	3.41%	0.5%
1996	21,501,321	15,530,498	3.24%	0.46%
1997	22,176,593	15,610,650	3.14%	0.52%
1998	22,884,399	15,707,209	3.19%	0.62%
1999	23,636,527	15,812,088	3.29%	0.67%
2000	24,424,056	15,925,513	3.33%	0.72%
2001	25,197,840	16,046,180	3.17%	0.76%
2002	26,006,559	16,148,929	3.21%	0.64%
2003	26,802,659	16,225,302	3.06%	0.47%
2004	27,577,878	16,281,779	2.89%	0.35%
2005	28,407,448	16,319,868	3.01%	0.23%
2006	28,616,515	16,346,101	0.74%	0.16%
2007	28,391,607	16,381,696	-0.79%	0.22%
2008	28,971,036	16,445,593	2.04%	0.39%
2009	30,058,206	16,530,388	3.75%	0.52%
2010	31,045,366	16,615,394	3.28%	0.51%
2011	32,161,424	16,693,074	3.59%	0.47%
2012	33,654,842	16,754,962	4.64%	0.37%
2013	35,281,989	16,804,432	4.83%	0.3%
2014	36,550,059	16,865,008	3.59%	0.36%
2015	37,560,535	16,939,923	2.76%	0.44%
2016	38,469,627	17,030,314	2.42%	0.53%
2017	39,337,353	17,131,296	2.26%	0.59%
2018	40,265,624	17,231,624	2.36%	0.59%
2019	41,192,171	17,344,874	2.3%	0.66%
2020	42,116,605	17,441,500	2.24%	0.56%
2021	43,071,211	17,533,044	2.27%	0.52%
2022	44,070,551	17,700,982	2.32%	0.96%
2023	45,074,049	17,877,117	2.28%	1%
2024	46,042,015	17,994,237	2.15%	0.66%
2025	47,020,778	18,110,800	2.13%	0.65%
2026	48,007,435	18,211,436	2.1%	0.56%
2027	48,987,424	18,299,531	2.04%	0.48%
2028	49,960,955	18,379,573	1.99%	0.44%
2029	50,943,339	18,452,044	1.97%	0.39%
2030	51,937,208	18,515,913	1.95%	0.35%
2031	52,934,373	18,571,934	1.92%	0.3%
2032	53,953,395	18,621,087	1.93%	0.26%
2033	54,985,129	18,664,975	1.91%	0.24%
2034	56,012,641	18,702,456	1.87%	0.2%
2035	57,035,917	18,733,223	1.83%	0.16%
2036	58,071,740	18,760,054	1.82%	0.14%
2037	59,109,258	18,781,793	1.79%	0.12%
2038	60,132,232	18,798,283	1.73%	0.09%
2039	61,174,679	18,810,276	1.73%	0.06%
2040	62,223,208	18,817,745	1.71%	0.04%
2041	63,249,167	18,820,870	1.65%	0.02%
2042	64,260,847	18,819,607	1.6%	-0.007%
2043	65,257,000	18,815,261	1.55%	-0.02%
2044	66,237,772	18,807,564	1.5%	-0.04%
2045	67,204,176	18,797,005	1.46%	-0.06%
2046	68,150,060	18,785,724	1.41%	-0.06%
2047	69,098,087	18,771,651	1.39%	-0.07%
2048	70,050,118	18,754,325	1.38%	-0.09%
2049	70,999,566	18,735,299	1.36%	-0.1%
2050	71,928,759	18,714,579	1.31%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.