Population in Iraq compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	North Korea	Iraq	North Korea
1960	7,022,052	11,722,953	-	-
1961	7,194,553	11,990,713	2.46%	2.28%
1962	7,413,875	12,262,882	3.05%	2.27%
1963	7,667,928	12,567,057	3.43%	2.48%
1964	7,929,566	12,889,770	3.41%	2.57%
1965	8,202,140	13,219,369	3.44%	2.56%
1966	8,485,104	13,569,094	3.45%	2.65%
1967	8,778,869	13,958,350	3.46%	2.87%
1968	9,085,016	14,365,596	3.49%	2.92%
1969	9,403,356	14,767,615	3.5%	2.8%
1970	9,735,611	15,172,775	3.53%	2.74%
1971	10,077,809	15,572,457	3.51%	2.63%
1972	10,430,164	15,975,069	3.5%	2.59%
1973	10,795,869	16,350,367	3.51%	2.35%
1974	11,167,761	16,673,121	3.44%	1.97%
1975	11,543,639	16,971,055	3.37%	1.79%
1976	11,927,651	17,243,450	3.33%	1.61%
1977	12,331,046	17,492,798	3.38%	1.45%
1978	12,753,355	17,735,995	3.42%	1.39%
1979	13,170,365	17,983,470	3.27%	1.4%
1980	13,591,992	18,236,786	3.2%	1.41%
1981	14,006,381	18,501,295	3.05%	1.45%
1982	14,406,083	18,776,357	2.85%	1.49%
1983	14,840,555	19,054,034	3.02%	1.48%
1984	15,310,733	19,335,043	3.17%	1.47%
1985	15,683,430	19,620,388	2.43%	1.48%
1986	16,074,145	19,910,855	2.49%	1.48%
1987	16,521,049	20,205,483	2.78%	1.48%
1988	16,908,819	20,503,161	2.35%	1.47%
1989	17,364,542	20,804,367	2.7%	1.47%
1990	17,581,206	21,112,137	1.25%	1.48%
1991	17,767,253	21,428,638	1.06%	1.5%
1992	18,300,845	21,750,911	3%	1.5%
1993	19,201,195	22,073,352	4.92%	1.48%
1994	20,139,807	22,393,975	4.89%	1.45%
1995	20,825,860	22,669,304	3.41%	1.23%
1996	21,501,321	22,895,746	3.24%	1%
1997	22,176,593	23,110,830	3.14%	0.94%
1998	22,884,399	23,311,564	3.19%	0.87%
1999	23,636,527	23,497,599	3.29%	0.8%
2000	24,424,056	23,665,910	3.33%	0.72%
2001	25,197,840	23,815,358	3.17%	0.63%
2002	26,006,559	23,943,973	3.21%	0.54%
2003	26,802,659	24,090,380	3.06%	0.61%
2004	27,577,878	24,254,943	2.89%	0.68%
2005	28,407,448	24,396,433	3.01%	0.58%
2006	28,616,515	24,524,507	0.74%	0.52%
2007	28,391,607	24,646,383	-0.79%	0.5%
2008	28,971,036	24,764,618	2.04%	0.48%
2009	30,058,206	24,878,332	3.75%	0.46%
2010	31,045,366	24,987,258	3.28%	0.44%
2011	32,161,424	25,097,874	3.59%	0.44%
2012	33,654,842	25,211,728	4.64%	0.45%
2013	35,281,989	25,329,451	4.83%	0.47%
2014	36,550,059	25,451,262	3.59%	0.48%
2015	37,560,535	25,575,350	2.76%	0.49%
2016	38,469,627	25,698,326	2.42%	0.48%
2017	39,337,353	25,817,709	2.26%	0.46%
2018	40,265,624	25,931,147	2.36%	0.44%
2019	41,192,171	26,037,632	2.3%	0.41%
2020	42,116,605	26,136,312	2.24%	0.38%
2021	43,071,211	26,232,534	2.27%	0.37%
2022	44,070,551	26,328,845	2.32%	0.37%
2023	45,074,049	26,418,204	2.28%	0.34%
2024	46,042,015	26,498,823	2.15%	0.31%
2025	47,020,778	26,571,033	2.13%	0.27%
2026	48,007,435	26,633,682	2.1%	0.24%
2027	48,987,424	26,686,492	2.04%	0.2%
2028	49,960,955	26,729,261	1.99%	0.16%
2029	50,943,339	26,762,008	1.97%	0.12%
2030	51,937,208	26,784,894	1.95%	0.09%
2031	52,934,373	26,797,946	1.92%	0.05%
2032	53,953,395	26,801,071	1.93%	0.01%
2033	54,985,129	26,795,061	1.91%	-0.02%
2034	56,012,641	26,780,481	1.87%	-0.05%
2035	57,035,917	26,757,705	1.83%	-0.09%
2036	58,071,740	26,727,309	1.82%	-0.11%
2037	59,109,258	26,689,907	1.79%	-0.14%
2038	60,132,232	26,646,323	1.73%	-0.16%
2039	61,174,679	26,596,967	1.73%	-0.19%
2040	62,223,208	26,542,417	1.71%	-0.21%
2041	63,249,167	26,483,475	1.65%	-0.22%
2042	64,260,847	26,420,812	1.6%	-0.24%
2043	65,257,000	26,354,324	1.55%	-0.25%
2044	66,237,772	26,284,000	1.5%	-0.27%
2045	67,204,176	26,210,196	1.46%	-0.28%
2046	68,150,060	26,132,922	1.41%	-0.29%
2047	69,098,087	26,052,086	1.39%	-0.31%
2048	70,050,118	25,967,581	1.38%	-0.32%
2049	70,999,566	25,879,244	1.36%	-0.34%
2050	71,928,759	25,787,120	1.31%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.