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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 34,217,848 people in Peru in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 34,854,181 in Peru.

Population statistics:

  • Iraq's population is 1.37 times bigger than Peru's.
  • Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Peru is the 48th.
  • The countries together account for 1% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.42% for Peru.
  • For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +1.26% in Peru.
  • Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Peru has grown from 28.1M to 34.9M (24% growth).
  • Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people compared to the peak of 41.7M people in 2066 for Peru.

Iraq vs Peru: live population counter

Iraq Peru
Current population
47813338
34854181
Population rank 34/197 48/197
Percent of world population 0.58% 0.42%
One net population change
32.6 seconds
1.41 minutes
One birth every
27.2 seconds
58.4 seconds
One death every
2.82 minutes
2.83 minutes
One migration net change every
29.6 minutes
28.6 minutes
Annual migration change -17,735 +18,406
Daily growth/decline +2,652 +1,020
Annual growth/decline +967,966 +372,231
Annual growth/decline rate +2.15% +1.1%
Population growth rate rank 48/197 97/197

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

Iraq
Population

Growth rate
Peru
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Iraq Peru Iraq Peru
1960 7,022,052 10,174,127 - -
1961 7,194,553 10,475,123 2.46% 2.96%
1962 7,413,875 10,784,612 3.05% 2.95%
1963 7,667,928 11,102,099 3.43% 2.94%
1964 7,929,566 11,427,978 3.41% 2.94%
1965 8,202,140 11,761,085 3.44% 2.91%
1966 8,485,104 12,101,297 3.45% 2.89%
1967 8,778,869 12,448,814 3.46% 2.87%
1968 9,085,016 12,803,993 3.49% 2.85%
1969 9,403,356 13,166,767 3.5% 2.83%
1970 9,735,611 13,501,237 3.53% 2.54%
1971 10,077,809 13,838,067 3.51% 2.49%
1972 10,430,164 14,210,147 3.5% 2.69%
1973 10,795,869 14,582,867 3.51% 2.62%
1974 11,167,761 14,956,552 3.44% 2.56%
1975 11,543,639 15,333,957 3.37% 2.52%
1976 11,927,651 15,716,809 3.33% 2.5%
1977 12,331,046 16,109,806 3.38% 2.5%
1978 12,753,355 16,516,059 3.42% 2.52%
1979 13,170,365 16,933,139 3.27% 2.53%
1980 13,591,992 17,360,949 3.2% 2.53%
1981 14,006,381 17,798,805 3.05% 2.52%
1982 14,406,083 18,246,503 2.85% 2.52%
1983 14,840,555 18,705,957 3.02% 2.52%
1984 15,310,733 19,174,716 3.17% 2.51%
1985 15,683,430 19,648,204 2.43% 2.47%
1986 16,074,145 20,117,122 2.49% 2.39%
1987 16,521,049 20,582,320 2.78% 2.31%
1988 16,908,819 21,054,702 2.35% 2.3%
1989 17,364,542 21,532,589 2.7% 2.27%
1990 17,581,206 22,014,771 1.25% 2.24%
1991 17,767,253 22,483,775 1.06% 2.13%
1992 18,300,845 22,946,340 3% 2.06%
1993 19,201,195 23,413,783 4.92% 2.04%
1994 20,139,807 23,881,493 4.89% 2%
1995 20,825,860 24,348,919 3.41% 1.96%
1996 21,501,321 24,811,171 3.24% 1.9%
1997 22,176,593 25,274,147 3.14% 1.87%
1998 22,884,399 25,738,095 3.19% 1.84%
1999 23,636,527 26,186,504 3.29% 1.74%
2000 24,424,056 26,598,331 3.33% 1.57%
2001 25,197,840 26,964,601 3.17% 1.38%
2002 26,006,559 27,288,217 3.21% 1.2%
2003 26,802,659 27,580,490 3.06% 1.07%
2004 27,577,878 27,852,190 2.89% 0.99%
2005 28,407,448 28,101,180 3.01% 0.89%
2006 28,616,515 28,324,491 0.74% 0.79%
2007 28,391,607 28,530,699 -0.79% 0.73%
2008 28,971,036 28,719,041 2.04% 0.66%
2009 30,058,206 28,896,811 3.75% 0.62%
2010 31,045,366 29,086,019 3.28% 0.65%
2011 32,161,424 29,304,086 3.59% 0.75%
2012 33,654,842 29,550,366 4.64% 0.84%
2013 35,281,989 29,817,919 4.83% 0.91%
2014 36,550,059 30,115,826 3.59% 1%
2015 37,560,535 30,457,600 2.76% 1.13%
2016 38,469,627 30,866,494 2.42% 1.34%
2017 39,337,353 31,324,637 2.26% 1.48%
2018 40,265,624 31,897,584 2.36% 1.83%
2019 41,192,171 32,449,303 2.3% 1.73%
2020 42,116,605 32,838,579 2.24% 1.2%
2021 43,071,211 33,155,882 2.27% 0.97%
2022 44,070,551 33,475,438 2.32% 0.96%
2023 45,074,049 33,845,617 2.28% 1.11%
2024 46,042,015 34,217,848 2.15% 1.1%
2025 47,020,778 34,576,670 2.13% 1.05%
2026 48,007,435 34,922,144 2.1% 1%
2027 48,987,424 35,255,683 2.04% 0.96%
2028 49,960,955 35,578,281 1.99% 0.92%
2029 50,943,339 35,890,705 1.97% 0.88%
2030 51,937,208 36,193,882 1.95% 0.84%
2031 52,934,373 36,488,437 1.92% 0.81%
2032 53,953,395 36,774,937 1.93% 0.79%
2033 54,985,129 37,054,380 1.91% 0.76%
2034 56,012,641 37,326,798 1.87% 0.74%
2035 57,035,917 37,591,420 1.83% 0.71%
2036 58,071,740 37,848,147 1.82% 0.68%
2037 59,109,258 38,096,898 1.79% 0.66%
2038 60,132,232 38,337,328 1.73% 0.63%
2039 61,174,679 38,569,891 1.73% 0.61%
2040 62,223,208 38,794,647 1.71% 0.58%
2041 63,249,167 39,011,537 1.65% 0.56%
2042 64,260,847 39,220,371 1.6% 0.54%
2043 65,257,000 39,420,647 1.55% 0.51%
2044 66,237,772 39,612,847 1.5% 0.49%
2045 67,204,176 39,796,723 1.46% 0.46%
2046 68,150,060 39,971,719 1.41% 0.44%
2047 69,098,087 40,137,869 1.39% 0.42%
2048 70,050,118 40,294,857 1.38% 0.39%
2049 70,999,566 40,443,273 1.36% 0.37%
2050 71,928,759 40,583,875 1.31% 0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.

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