Population in Iraq compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	7,022,052	1,995,110	-	-
1961	7,194,553	2,046,127	2.46%	2.56%
1962	7,413,875	2,093,919	3.05%	2.34%
1963	7,667,928	2,141,376	3.43%	2.27%
1964	7,929,566	2,188,325	3.41%	2.19%
1965	8,202,140	2,235,820	3.44%	2.17%
1966	8,485,104	2,285,774	3.45%	2.23%
1967	8,778,869	2,337,532	3.46%	2.26%
1968	9,085,016	2,390,803	3.49%	2.28%
1969	9,403,356	2,446,927	3.5%	2.35%
1970	9,735,611	2,505,628	3.53%	2.4%
1971	10,077,809	2,566,421	3.51%	2.43%
1972	10,430,164	2,628,432	3.5%	2.42%
1973	10,795,869	2,690,629	3.51%	2.37%
1974	11,167,761	2,752,671	3.44%	2.31%
1975	11,543,639	2,814,820	3.37%	2.26%
1976	11,927,651	2,877,327	3.33%	2.22%
1977	12,331,046	2,940,327	3.38%	2.19%
1978	12,753,355	3,003,714	3.42%	2.16%
1979	13,170,365	3,067,341	3.27%	2.12%
1980	13,591,992	3,131,512	3.2%	2.09%
1981	14,006,381	3,197,019	3.05%	2.09%
1982	14,406,083	3,264,291	2.85%	2.1%
1983	14,840,555	3,333,633	3.02%	2.12%
1984	15,310,733	3,405,198	3.17%	2.15%
1985	15,683,430	3,478,936	2.43%	2.17%
1986	16,074,145	3,554,793	2.49%	2.18%
1987	16,521,049	3,632,543	2.78%	2.19%
1988	16,908,819	3,711,880	2.35%	2.18%
1989	17,364,542	3,796,078	2.7%	2.27%
1990	17,581,206	3,896,481	1.25%	2.64%
1991	17,767,253	4,021,837	1.06%	3.22%
1992	18,300,845	4,166,699	3%	3.6%
1993	19,201,195	4,320,872	4.92%	3.7%
1994	20,139,807	4,480,208	4.89%	3.69%
1995	20,825,860	4,644,278	3.41%	3.66%
1996	21,501,321	4,813,361	3.24%	3.64%
1997	22,176,593	4,987,883	3.14%	3.63%
1998	22,884,399	5,166,390	3.19%	3.58%
1999	23,636,527	5,349,333	3.29%	3.54%
2000	24,424,056	5,537,064	3.33%	3.51%
2001	25,197,840	5,728,435	3.17%	3.46%
2002	26,006,559	5,924,003	3.21%	3.41%
2003	26,802,659	6,123,997	3.06%	3.38%
2004	27,577,878	6,328,041	2.89%	3.33%
2005	28,407,448	6,535,905	3.01%	3.28%
2006	28,616,515	6,747,720	0.74%	3.24%
2007	28,391,607	6,963,345	-0.79%	3.2%
2008	28,971,036	7,183,002	2.04%	3.15%
2009	30,058,206	7,406,438	3.75%	3.11%
2010	31,045,366	7,633,523	3.28%	3.07%
2011	32,161,424	7,859,346	3.59%	2.96%
2012	33,654,842	8,081,390	4.64%	2.83%
2013	35,281,989	8,302,698	4.83%	2.74%
2014	36,550,059	8,523,441	3.59%	2.66%
2015	37,560,535	8,743,246	2.76%	2.58%
2016	38,469,627	8,961,718	2.42%	2.5%
2017	39,337,353	9,178,714	2.26%	2.42%
2018	40,265,624	9,394,513	2.36%	2.35%
2019	41,192,171	9,609,010	2.3%	2.28%
2020	42,116,605	9,815,746	2.24%	2.15%
2021	43,071,211	10,012,896	2.27%	2.01%
2022	44,070,551	10,203,169	2.32%	1.9%
2023	45,074,049	10,389,635	2.28%	1.83%
2024	46,042,015	10,576,502	2.15%	1.8%
2025	47,020,778	10,762,813	2.13%	1.76%
2026	48,007,435	10,947,845	2.1%	1.72%
2027	48,987,424	11,131,268	2.04%	1.68%
2028	49,960,955	11,312,895	1.99%	1.63%
2029	50,943,339	11,492,799	1.97%	1.59%
2030	51,937,208	11,671,420	1.95%	1.55%
2031	52,934,373	11,848,221	1.92%	1.51%
2032	53,953,395	12,023,121	1.93%	1.48%
2033	54,985,129	12,196,639	1.91%	1.44%
2034	56,012,641	12,369,248	1.87%	1.42%
2035	57,035,917	12,540,596	1.83%	1.39%
2036	58,071,740	12,710,682	1.82%	1.36%
2037	59,109,258	12,879,737	1.79%	1.33%
2038	60,132,232	13,047,122	1.73%	1.3%
2039	61,174,679	13,212,668	1.73%	1.27%
2040	62,223,208	13,376,156	1.71%	1.24%
2041	63,249,167	13,537,361	1.65%	1.21%
2042	64,260,847	13,696,139	1.6%	1.17%
2043	65,257,000	13,853,410	1.55%	1.15%
2044	66,237,772	14,009,926	1.5%	1.13%
2045	67,204,176	14,165,578	1.46%	1.11%
2046	68,150,060	14,318,889	1.41%	1.08%
2047	69,098,087	14,469,210	1.39%	1.05%
2048	70,050,118	14,617,364	1.38%	1.02%
2049	70,999,566	14,763,600	1.36%	1%
2050	71,928,759	14,906,584	1.31%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.