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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Portugal	Iraq	Portugal
1960	7,022,052	8,857,716	-	-
1961	7,194,553	8,929,316	2.46%	0.81%
1962	7,413,875	8,993,985	3.05%	0.72%
1963	7,667,928	9,030,355	3.43%	0.4%
1964	7,929,566	9,035,365	3.41%	0.06%
1965	8,202,140	8,998,595	3.44%	-0.41%
1966	8,485,104	8,930,990	3.45%	-0.75%
1967	8,778,869	8,874,520	3.46%	-0.63%
1968	9,085,016	8,836,650	3.49%	-0.43%
1969	9,403,356	8,757,705	3.5%	-0.89%
1970	9,735,611	8,680,431	3.53%	-0.88%
1971	10,077,809	8,643,756	3.51%	-0.42%
1972	10,430,164	8,630,430	3.5%	-0.15%
1973	10,795,869	8,633,100	3.51%	0.03%
1974	11,167,761	8,754,365	3.44%	1.4%
1975	11,543,639	9,093,470	3.37%	3.87%
1976	11,927,651	9,355,810	3.33%	2.88%
1977	12,331,046	9,455,675	3.38%	1.07%
1978	12,753,355	9,558,250	3.42%	1.08%
1979	13,170,365	9,661,265	3.27%	1.08%
1980	13,591,992	9,766,312	3.2%	1.09%
1981	14,006,381	9,851,362	3.05%	0.87%
1982	14,406,083	9,911,771	2.85%	0.61%
1983	14,840,555	9,957,865	3.02%	0.47%
1984	15,310,733	9,996,232	3.17%	0.39%
1985	15,683,430	10,023,613	2.43%	0.27%
1986	16,074,145	10,032,734	2.49%	0.09%
1987	16,521,049	10,030,031	2.78%	-0.03%
1988	16,908,819	10,019,610	2.35%	-0.1%
1989	17,364,542	10,005,000	2.7%	-0.15%
1990	17,581,206	9,983,218	1.25%	-0.22%
1991	17,767,253	9,960,235	1.06%	-0.23%
1992	18,300,845	9,952,494	3%	-0.08%
1993	19,201,195	9,964,675	4.92%	0.12%
1994	20,139,807	9,991,525	4.89%	0.27%
1995	20,825,860	10,026,176	3.41%	0.35%
1996	21,501,321	10,063,945	3.24%	0.38%
1997	22,176,593	10,108,977	3.14%	0.45%
1998	22,884,399	10,160,196	3.19%	0.51%
1999	23,636,527	10,217,828	3.29%	0.57%
2000	24,424,056	10,289,898	3.33%	0.71%
2001	25,197,840	10,362,722	3.17%	0.71%
2002	26,006,559	10,419,631	3.21%	0.55%
2003	26,802,659	10,458,821	3.06%	0.38%
2004	27,577,878	10,483,861	2.89%	0.24%
2005	28,407,448	10,503,330	3.01%	0.19%
2006	28,616,515	10,522,288	0.74%	0.18%
2007	28,391,607	10,542,964	-0.79%	0.2%
2008	28,971,036	10,558,177	2.04%	0.14%
2009	30,058,206	10,568,247	3.75%	0.1%
2010	31,045,366	10,573,100	3.28%	0.05%
2011	32,161,424	10,557,560	3.59%	-0.15%
2012	33,654,842	10,514,844	4.64%	-0.4%
2013	35,281,989	10,457,295	4.83%	-0.55%
2014	36,550,059	10,401,062	3.59%	-0.54%
2015	37,560,535	10,358,076	2.76%	-0.41%
2016	38,469,627	10,325,452	2.42%	-0.31%
2017	39,337,353	10,300,300	2.26%	-0.24%
2018	40,265,624	10,283,822	2.36%	-0.16%
2019	41,192,171	10,286,263	2.3%	0.02%
2020	42,116,605	10,297,081	2.24%	0.11%
2021	43,071,211	10,361,831	2.27%	0.63%
2022	44,070,551	10,434,332	2.32%	0.7%
2023	45,074,049	10,578,174	2.28%	1.38%
2024	46,042,015	10,701,636	2.15%	1.17%
2025	47,020,778	10,687,819	2.13%	-0.13%
2026	48,007,435	10,670,917	2.1%	-0.16%
2027	48,987,424	10,653,073	2.04%	-0.17%
2028	49,960,955	10,632,868	1.99%	-0.19%
2029	50,943,339	10,611,484	1.97%	-0.2%
2030	51,937,208	10,591,436	1.95%	-0.19%
2031	52,934,373	10,571,418	1.92%	-0.19%
2032	53,953,395	10,549,456	1.93%	-0.21%
2033	54,985,129	10,526,482	1.91%	-0.22%
2034	56,012,641	10,502,882	1.87%	-0.22%
2035	57,035,917	10,478,843	1.83%	-0.23%
2036	58,071,740	10,454,630	1.82%	-0.23%
2037	59,109,258	10,430,128	1.79%	-0.23%
2038	60,132,232	10,404,947	1.73%	-0.24%
2039	61,174,679	10,377,968	1.73%	-0.26%
2040	62,223,208	10,349,515	1.71%	-0.27%
2041	63,249,167	10,321,577	1.65%	-0.27%
2042	64,260,847	10,294,106	1.6%	-0.27%
2043	65,257,000	10,264,596	1.55%	-0.29%
2044	66,237,772	10,233,543	1.5%	-0.3%
2045	67,204,176	10,201,832	1.46%	-0.31%
2046	68,150,060	10,168,932	1.41%	-0.32%
2047	69,098,087	10,135,159	1.39%	-0.33%
2048	70,050,118	10,101,419	1.38%	-0.33%
2049	70,999,566	10,066,064	1.36%	-0.35%
2050	71,928,759	10,029,252	1.31%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.