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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Palau	Iraq	Palau
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.