The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.
Population statistics:
- Iraq's population is 2,707 times bigger than Palau's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
- The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.0002% for Palau.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
- Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% decline).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.
Iraq vs Palau: live population counter
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| Current population |
47813338
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17663
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 194/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.0002% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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1.63 weeks
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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1.89 days
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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1.8 days
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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3.72 weeks
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | -14 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | -32 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | -0.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 48/197 | 176/197 |
Iraq and Palau: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 9,328 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 9,555 | 2.46% | 2.43% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 9,793 | 3.05% | 2.49% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 10,037 | 3.43% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 10,292 | 3.41% | 2.54% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 10,547 | 3.44% | 2.48% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 10,805 | 3.45% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 10,988 | 3.46% | 1.69% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 11,080 | 3.49% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 11,159 | 3.5% | 0.71% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 11,368 | 3.53% | 1.87% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 11,759 | 3.51% | 3.44% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 12,194 | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 12,552 | 3.51% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 12,687 | 3.44% | 1.08% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 12,655 | 3.37% | -0.25% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 12,598 | 3.33% | -0.45% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 12,525 | 3.38% | -0.58% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 12,440 | 3.42% | -0.68% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 12,337 | 3.27% | -0.83% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 12,271 | 3.2% | -0.53% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 12,402 | 3.05% | 1.07% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 12,694 | 2.85% | 2.35% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 13,006 | 3.02% | 2.46% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 13,337 | 3.17% | 2.54% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 13,688 | 2.43% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 14,024 | 2.49% | 2.45% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 14,334 | 2.78% | 2.21% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 14,645 | 2.35% | 2.17% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 14,945 | 2.7% | 2.05% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 15,259 | 1.25% | 2.1% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 15,614 | 1.06% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 15,989 | 3% | 2.4% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 16,372 | 4.92% | 2.4% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 16,770 | 4.89% | 2.43% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 17,195 | 3.41% | 2.53% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 17,654 | 3.24% | 2.67% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 18,108 | 3.14% | 2.57% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 18,524 | 3.19% | 2.3% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 18,901 | 3.29% | 2.04% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 19,178 | 3.33% | 1.47% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 19,352 | 3.17% | 0.91% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 19,503 | 3.21% | 0.78% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 19,659 | 3.06% | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 19,820 | 2.89% | 0.82% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 19,819 | 3.01% | -0.005% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 19,593 | 0.74% | -1.14% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 19,302 | -0.79% | -1.49% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 19,009 | 2.04% | -1.52% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 18,709 | 3.75% | -1.58% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 18,396 | 3.28% | -1.67% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 18,078 | 3.59% | -1.73% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 17,765 | 4.64% | -1.73% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 17,648 | 4.83% | -0.66% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 17,715 | 3.59% | 0.38% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 17,770 | 2.76% | 0.31% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 17,797 | 2.42% | 0.15% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 17,812 | 2.26% | 0.08% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 17,814 | 2.36% | 0.01% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 17,798 | 2.3% | -0.09% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 17,792 | 2.24% | -0.03% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 17,783 | 2.27% | -0.05% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 17,759 | 2.32% | -0.13% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 17,727 | 2.28% | -0.18% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 17,695 | 2.15% | -0.18% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 17,663 | 2.13% | -0.18% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 17,618 | 2.1% | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 17,564 | 2.04% | -0.31% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 17,504 | 1.99% | -0.34% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 17,436 | 1.97% | -0.39% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 17,376 | 1.95% | -0.34% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 17,299 | 1.92% | -0.44% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 17,228 | 1.93% | -0.41% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 17,163 | 1.91% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 17,092 | 1.87% | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 17,012 | 1.83% | -0.47% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 16,940 | 1.82% | -0.43% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 16,858 | 1.79% | -0.48% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 16,779 | 1.73% | -0.47% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 16,689 | 1.73% | -0.54% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 16,604 | 1.71% | -0.51% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 16,510 | 1.65% | -0.57% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 16,403 | 1.6% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 16,302 | 1.55% | -0.61% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 16,202 | 1.5% | -0.62% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 16,097 | 1.46% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 15,977 | 1.41% | -0.74% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 15,863 | 1.39% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 15,749 | 1.38% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 15,632 | 1.36% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 15,515 | 1.31% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).
Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.
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Population differences between Iraq and Palau
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 38.4 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 39.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 53.9:46.1 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 99.6 ppl/mi² |
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