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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Pakistan	Iraq	Pakistan
1960	7,022,052	45,709,310	-	-
1961	7,194,553	46,921,277	2.46%	2.65%
1962	7,413,875	48,156,128	3.05%	2.63%
1963	7,667,928	49,447,776	3.43%	2.68%
1964	7,929,566	50,799,999	3.41%	2.73%
1965	8,202,140	52,209,010	3.44%	2.77%
1966	8,485,104	53,678,667	3.45%	2.81%
1967	8,778,869	55,214,768	3.46%	2.86%
1968	9,085,016	56,810,507	3.49%	2.89%
1969	9,403,356	58,460,939	3.5%	2.91%
1970	9,735,611	60,166,719	3.53%	2.92%
1971	10,077,809	61,847,899	3.51%	2.79%
1972	10,430,164	63,583,194	3.5%	2.81%
1973	10,795,869	65,461,912	3.51%	2.95%
1974	11,167,761	67,415,487	3.44%	2.98%
1975	11,543,639	69,461,175	3.37%	3.03%
1976	11,927,651	71,620,254	3.33%	3.11%
1977	12,331,046	73,901,827	3.38%	3.19%
1978	12,753,355	76,307,379	3.42%	3.26%
1979	13,170,365	78,997,039	3.27%	3.52%
1980	13,591,992	82,291,010	3.2%	4.17%
1981	14,006,381	85,802,049	3.05%	4.27%
1982	14,406,083	89,089,246	2.85%	3.83%
1983	14,840,555	92,227,711	3.02%	3.52%
1984	15,310,733	95,164,936	3.17%	3.18%
1985	15,683,430	98,229,285	2.43%	3.22%
1986	16,074,145	101,606,764	2.49%	3.44%
1987	16,521,049	105,130,717	2.78%	3.47%
1988	16,908,819	108,724,739	2.35%	3.42%
1989	17,364,542	112,336,629	2.7%	3.32%
1990	17,581,206	116,155,576	1.25%	3.4%
1991	17,767,253	120,060,406	1.06%	3.36%
1992	18,300,845	123,546,848	3%	2.9%
1993	19,201,195	127,020,117	4.92%	2.81%
1994	20,139,807	130,748,083	4.89%	2.93%
1995	20,825,860	134,582,253	3.41%	2.93%
1996	21,501,321	138,557,092	3.24%	2.95%
1997	22,176,593	142,531,804	3.14%	2.87%
1998	22,884,399	146,522,356	3.19%	2.8%
1999	23,636,527	150,565,377	3.29%	2.76%
2000	24,424,056	154,879,127	3.33%	2.87%
2001	25,197,840	159,270,907	3.17%	2.84%
2002	26,006,559	163,222,549	3.21%	2.48%
2003	26,802,659	167,110,248	3.06%	2.38%
2004	27,577,878	171,286,000	2.89%	2.5%
2005	28,407,448	175,453,212	3.01%	2.43%
2006	28,616,515	179,682,690	0.74%	2.41%
2007	28,391,607	184,493,231	-0.79%	2.68%
2008	28,971,036	189,499,113	2.04%	2.71%
2009	30,058,206	194,376,534	3.75%	2.57%
2010	31,045,366	199,239,047	3.28%	2.5%
2011	32,161,424	203,746,065	3.59%	2.26%
2012	33,654,842	207,667,125	4.64%	1.92%
2013	35,281,989	211,073,978	4.83%	1.64%
2014	36,550,059	214,264,647	3.59%	1.51%
2015	37,560,535	217,290,883	2.76%	1.41%
2016	38,469,627	220,138,869	2.42%	1.31%
2017	39,337,353	223,273,967	2.26%	1.42%
2018	40,265,624	226,928,892	2.36%	1.64%
2019	41,192,171	230,800,899	2.3%	1.71%
2020	42,116,605	235,001,746	2.24%	1.82%
2021	43,071,211	239,477,801	2.27%	1.9%
2022	44,070,551	243,700,667	2.32%	1.76%
2023	45,074,049	247,504,495	2.28%	1.56%
2024	46,042,015	251,269,164	2.15%	1.52%
2025	47,020,778	255,219,564	2.13%	1.57%
2026	48,007,435	259,299,796	2.1%	1.6%
2027	48,987,424	263,515,827	2.04%	1.63%
2028	49,960,955	267,881,923	1.99%	1.66%
2029	50,943,339	272,337,520	1.97%	1.66%
2030	51,937,208	276,883,261	1.95%	1.67%
2031	52,934,373	281,528,070	1.92%	1.68%
2032	53,953,395	286,241,141	1.93%	1.67%
2033	54,985,129	291,012,268	1.91%	1.67%
2034	56,012,641	295,820,153	1.87%	1.65%
2035	57,035,917	300,643,518	1.83%	1.63%
2036	58,071,740	305,491,504	1.82%	1.61%
2037	59,109,258	310,353,293	1.79%	1.59%
2038	60,132,232	315,227,709	1.73%	1.57%
2039	61,174,679	320,105,882	1.73%	1.55%
2040	62,223,208	324,937,703	1.71%	1.51%
2041	63,249,167	329,746,478	1.65%	1.48%
2042	64,260,847	334,551,874	1.6%	1.46%
2043	65,257,000	339,334,851	1.55%	1.43%
2044	66,237,772	344,095,467	1.5%	1.4%
2045	67,204,176	348,837,732	1.46%	1.38%
2046	68,150,060	353,552,859	1.41%	1.35%
2047	69,098,087	358,207,159	1.39%	1.32%
2048	70,050,118	362,796,532	1.38%	1.28%
2049	70,999,566	367,344,429	1.36%	1.25%
2050	71,928,759	371,863,804	1.31%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.