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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Nigeria	Iraq	Nigeria
1960	7,022,052	45,053,782	-	-
1961	7,194,553	45,989,310	2.46%	2.08%
1962	7,413,875	46,965,292	3.05%	2.12%
1963	7,667,928	47,973,575	3.43%	2.15%
1964	7,929,566	49,012,016	3.41%	2.16%
1965	8,202,140	50,086,764	3.44%	2.19%
1966	8,485,104	51,188,234	3.45%	2.2%
1967	8,778,869	52,293,065	3.46%	2.16%
1968	9,085,016	53,432,783	3.49%	2.18%
1969	9,403,356	54,631,914	3.5%	2.24%
1970	9,735,611	55,893,838	3.53%	2.31%
1971	10,077,809	57,214,684	3.51%	2.36%
1972	10,430,164	58,601,748	3.5%	2.42%
1973	10,795,869	60,082,139	3.51%	2.53%
1974	11,167,761	61,679,144	3.44%	2.66%
1975	11,543,639	63,410,815	3.37%	2.81%
1976	11,927,651	65,258,009	3.33%	2.91%
1977	12,331,046	67,234,590	3.38%	3.03%
1978	12,753,355	69,326,532	3.42%	3.11%
1979	13,170,365	71,498,242	3.27%	3.13%
1980	13,591,992	73,764,641	3.2%	3.17%
1981	14,006,381	76,068,103	3.05%	3.12%
1982	14,406,083	78,378,701	2.85%	3.04%
1983	14,840,555	80,438,260	3.02%	2.63%
1984	15,310,733	82,526,443	3.17%	2.6%
1985	15,683,430	84,897,973	2.43%	2.87%
1986	16,074,145	87,235,953	2.49%	2.75%
1987	16,521,049	89,591,716	2.78%	2.7%
1988	16,908,819	92,020,090	2.35%	2.71%
1989	17,364,542	94,531,014	2.7%	2.73%
1990	17,581,206	97,120,925	1.25%	2.74%
1991	17,767,253	99,720,162	1.06%	2.68%
1992	18,300,845	102,372,770	3%	2.66%
1993	19,201,195	105,122,069	4.92%	2.69%
1994	20,139,807	107,935,714	4.89%	2.68%
1995	20,825,860	110,819,428	3.41%	2.67%
1996	21,501,321	113,754,779	3.24%	2.65%
1997	22,176,593	116,754,792	3.14%	2.64%
1998	22,884,399	119,846,254	3.19%	2.65%
1999	23,636,527	123,047,320	3.29%	2.67%
2000	24,424,056	126,382,494	3.33%	2.71%
2001	25,197,840	129,862,595	3.17%	2.75%
2002	26,006,559	133,471,989	3.21%	2.78%
2003	26,802,659	137,202,644	3.06%	2.8%
2004	27,577,878	141,057,045	2.89%	2.81%
2005	28,407,448	145,017,253	3.01%	2.81%
2006	28,616,515	149,077,334	0.74%	2.8%
2007	28,391,607	153,267,261	-0.79%	2.81%
2008	28,971,036	157,595,014	2.04%	2.82%
2009	30,058,206	162,049,464	3.75%	2.83%
2010	31,045,366	166,642,886	3.28%	2.83%
2011	32,161,424	171,379,598	3.59%	2.84%
2012	33,654,842	176,200,625	4.64%	2.81%
2013	35,281,989	181,049,443	4.83%	2.75%
2014	36,550,059	185,896,915	3.59%	2.68%
2015	37,560,535	190,671,878	2.76%	2.57%
2016	38,469,627	195,443,700	2.42%	2.5%
2017	39,337,353	200,254,579	2.26%	2.46%
2018	40,265,624	204,938,755	2.36%	2.34%
2019	41,192,171	209,485,641	2.3%	2.22%
2020	42,116,605	213,996,181	2.24%	2.15%
2021	43,071,211	218,529,286	2.27%	2.12%
2022	44,070,551	223,150,896	2.32%	2.11%
2023	45,074,049	227,882,945	2.28%	2.12%
2024	46,042,015	232,679,478	2.15%	2.1%
2025	47,020,778	237,527,783	2.13%	2.08%
2026	48,007,435	242,431,830	2.1%	2.06%
2027	48,987,424	247,374,258	2.04%	2.04%
2028	49,960,955	252,346,128	1.99%	2.01%
2029	50,943,339	257,352,638	1.97%	1.98%
2030	51,937,208	262,380,975	1.95%	1.95%
2031	52,934,373	267,421,079	1.92%	1.92%
2032	53,953,395	272,483,635	1.93%	1.89%
2033	54,985,129	277,555,116	1.91%	1.86%
2034	56,012,641	282,622,388	1.87%	1.83%
2035	57,035,917	287,685,757	1.83%	1.79%
2036	58,071,740	292,739,390	1.82%	1.76%
2037	59,109,258	297,773,236	1.79%	1.72%
2038	60,132,232	302,782,350	1.73%	1.68%
2039	61,174,679	307,764,754	1.73%	1.65%
2040	62,223,208	312,710,403	1.71%	1.61%
2041	63,249,167	317,607,237	1.65%	1.57%
2042	64,260,847	322,450,302	1.6%	1.52%
2043	65,257,000	327,243,941	1.55%	1.49%
2044	66,237,772	331,983,354	1.5%	1.45%
2045	67,204,176	336,662,502	1.46%	1.41%
2046	68,150,060	341,281,757	1.41%	1.37%
2047	69,098,087	345,844,004	1.39%	1.34%
2048	70,050,118	350,347,757	1.38%	1.3%
2049	70,999,566	354,792,418	1.36%	1.27%
2050	71,928,759	359,185,550	1.31%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.