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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Poland	Iraq	Poland
1960	7,022,052	29,637,450	-	-
1961	7,194,553	29,964,000	2.46%	1.1%
1962	7,413,875	30,308,500	3.05%	1.15%
1963	7,667,928	30,712,000	3.43%	1.33%
1964	7,929,566	31,139,450	3.41%	1.39%
1965	8,202,140	31,444,950	3.44%	0.98%
1966	8,485,104	31,681,000	3.45%	0.75%
1967	8,778,869	31,987,155	3.46%	0.97%
1968	9,085,016	32,294,655	3.49%	0.96%
1969	9,403,356	32,548,300	3.5%	0.79%
1970	9,735,611	32,664,300	3.53%	0.36%
1971	10,077,809	32,783,500	3.51%	0.36%
1972	10,430,164	33,055,650	3.5%	0.83%
1973	10,795,869	33,357,200	3.51%	0.91%
1974	11,167,761	33,678,899	3.44%	0.96%
1975	11,543,639	34,015,199	3.37%	1%
1976	11,927,651	34,356,300	3.33%	1%
1977	12,331,046	34,689,050	3.38%	0.97%
1978	12,753,355	34,965,600	3.42%	0.8%
1979	13,170,365	35,247,217	3.27%	0.81%
1980	13,591,992	35,574,150	3.2%	0.93%
1981	14,006,381	35,898,587	3.05%	0.91%
1982	14,406,083	36,230,481	2.85%	0.92%
1983	14,840,555	36,571,808	3.02%	0.94%
1984	15,310,733	36,904,134	3.17%	0.91%
1985	15,683,430	37,201,885	2.43%	0.81%
1986	16,074,145	37,456,119	2.49%	0.68%
1987	16,521,049	37,668,045	2.78%	0.57%
1988	16,908,819	37,824,487	2.35%	0.42%
1989	17,364,542	37,961,529	2.7%	0.36%
1990	17,581,206	38,110,782	1.25%	0.39%
1991	17,767,253	38,246,193	1.06%	0.36%
1992	18,300,845	38,363,667	3%	0.31%
1993	19,201,195	38,461,408	4.92%	0.25%
1994	20,139,807	38,542,652	4.89%	0.21%
1995	20,825,860	38,594,998	3.41%	0.14%
1996	21,501,321	38,624,370	3.24%	0.08%
1997	22,176,593	38,649,660	3.14%	0.07%
1998	22,884,399	38,663,481	3.19%	0.04%
1999	23,636,527	38,660,271	3.29%	-0.008%
2000	24,424,056	38,258,629	3.33%	-1.04%
2001	25,197,840	38,248,076	3.17%	-0.03%
2002	26,006,559	38,230,364	3.21%	-0.05%
2003	26,802,659	38,204,570	3.06%	-0.07%
2004	27,577,878	38,182,222	2.89%	-0.06%
2005	28,407,448	38,165,445	3.01%	-0.04%
2006	28,616,515	38,141,267	0.74%	-0.06%
2007	28,391,607	38,120,560	-0.79%	-0.05%
2008	28,971,036	38,125,759	2.04%	0.01%
2009	30,058,206	38,151,603	3.75%	0.07%
2010	31,045,366	38,042,794	3.28%	-0.29%
2011	32,161,424	38,063,255	3.59%	0.05%
2012	33,654,842	38,063,164	4.64%	-0%
2013	35,281,989	38,040,196	4.83%	-0.06%
2014	36,550,059	38,011,735	3.59%	-0.07%
2015	37,560,535	37,986,412	2.76%	-0.07%
2016	38,469,627	37,970,087	2.42%	-0.04%
2017	39,337,353	37,974,826	2.26%	0.01%
2018	40,265,624	37,974,750	2.36%	-0%
2019	41,192,171	37,965,475	2.3%	-0.02%
2020	42,116,605	37,515,748	2.24%	-1.18%
2021	43,071,211	36,981,559	2.27%	-1.42%
2022	44,070,551	36,821,749	2.32%	-0.43%
2023	45,074,049	36,687,353	2.28%	-0.36%
2024	46,042,015	36,554,707	2.15%	-0.36%
2025	47,020,778	36,176,920	2.13%	-1.03%
2026	48,007,435	35,894,534	2.1%	-0.78%
2027	48,987,424	35,753,988	2.04%	-0.39%
2028	49,960,955	35,605,295	1.99%	-0.42%
2029	50,943,339	35,447,860	1.97%	-0.44%
2030	51,937,208	35,283,068	1.95%	-0.46%
2031	52,934,373	35,111,838	1.92%	-0.49%
2032	53,953,395	34,934,626	1.93%	-0.5%
2033	54,985,129	34,753,118	1.91%	-0.52%
2034	56,012,641	34,567,292	1.87%	-0.53%
2035	57,035,917	34,377,478	1.83%	-0.55%
2036	58,071,740	34,183,187	1.82%	-0.57%
2037	59,109,258	33,984,777	1.79%	-0.58%
2038	60,132,232	33,782,992	1.73%	-0.59%
2039	61,174,679	33,577,269	1.73%	-0.61%
2040	62,223,208	33,368,049	1.71%	-0.62%
2041	63,249,167	33,156,329	1.65%	-0.63%
2042	64,260,847	32,941,367	1.6%	-0.65%
2043	65,257,000	32,722,775	1.55%	-0.66%
2044	66,237,772	32,501,991	1.5%	-0.67%
2045	67,204,176	32,278,695	1.46%	-0.69%
2046	68,150,060	32,052,771	1.41%	-0.7%
2047	69,098,087	31,824,481	1.39%	-0.71%
2048	70,050,118	31,593,911	1.38%	-0.72%
2049	70,999,566	31,360,713	1.36%	-0.74%
2050	71,928,759	31,124,396	1.31%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.