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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Qatar	Iraq	Qatar
1960	7,022,052	36,010	-	-
1961	7,194,553	39,680	2.46%	10.2%
1962	7,413,875	44,630	3.05%	12.5%
1963	7,667,928	50,380	3.43%	12.9%
1964	7,929,566	56,867	3.41%	12.9%
1965	8,202,140	64,065	3.44%	12.7%
1966	8,485,104	72,192	3.45%	12.7%
1967	8,778,869	81,439	3.46%	12.8%
1968	9,085,016	91,749	3.49%	12.7%
1969	9,403,356	103,025	3.5%	12.3%
1970	9,735,611	116,350	3.53%	12.9%
1971	10,077,809	131,346	3.51%	12.9%
1972	10,430,164	146,506	3.5%	11.5%
1973	10,795,869	161,841	3.51%	10.5%
1974	11,167,761	177,362	3.44%	9.59%
1975	11,543,639	193,087	3.37%	8.87%
1976	11,927,651	209,052	3.33%	8.27%
1977	12,331,046	225,285	3.38%	7.77%
1978	12,753,355	241,808	3.42%	7.33%
1979	13,170,365	258,670	3.27%	6.97%
1980	13,591,992	275,913	3.2%	6.67%
1981	14,006,381	293,553	3.05%	6.39%
1982	14,406,083	311,537	2.85%	6.13%
1983	14,840,555	329,709	3.02%	5.83%
1984	15,310,733	347,878	3.17%	5.51%
1985	15,683,430	365,940	2.43%	5.19%
1986	16,074,145	382,422	2.49%	4.5%
1987	16,521,049	397,005	2.78%	3.81%
1988	16,908,819	411,264	2.35%	3.59%
1989	17,364,542	425,646	2.7%	3.5%
1990	17,581,206	440,175	1.25%	3.41%
1991	17,767,253	454,853	1.06%	3.33%
1992	18,300,845	469,657	3%	3.25%
1993	19,201,195	484,545	4.92%	3.17%
1994	20,139,807	499,459	4.89%	3.08%
1995	20,825,860	514,325	3.41%	2.98%
1996	21,501,321	529,019	3.24%	2.86%
1997	22,176,593	550,500	3.14%	4.06%
1998	22,884,399	580,540	3.19%	5.46%
1999	23,636,527	612,500	3.29%	5.51%
2000	24,424,056	644,989	3.33%	5.3%
2001	25,197,840	677,925	3.17%	5.11%
2002	26,006,559	711,205	3.21%	4.91%
2003	26,802,659	744,682	3.06%	4.71%
2004	27,577,878	773,332	2.89%	3.85%
2005	28,407,448	825,408	3.01%	6.73%
2006	28,616,515	972,831	0.74%	17.9%
2007	28,391,607	1,208,595	-0.79%	24.2%
2008	28,971,036	1,426,938	2.04%	18.1%
2009	30,058,206	1,608,903	3.75%	12.8%
2010	31,045,366	1,616,832	3.28%	0.49%
2011	32,161,424	1,624,761	3.59%	0.49%
2012	33,654,842	1,722,438	4.64%	6.01%
2013	35,281,989	1,916,426	4.83%	11.3%
2014	36,550,059	2,151,745	3.59%	12.3%
2015	37,560,535	2,344,557	2.76%	8.96%
2016	38,469,627	2,477,113	2.42%	5.65%
2017	39,337,353	2,545,820	2.26%	2.77%
2018	40,265,624	2,580,734	2.36%	1.37%
2019	41,192,171	2,638,657	2.3%	2.24%
2020	42,116,605	2,794,148	2.24%	5.89%
2021	43,071,211	2,504,910	2.27%	-10.4%
2022	44,070,551	2,657,333	2.32%	6.08%
2023	45,074,049	2,656,032	2.28%	-0.05%
2024	46,042,015	2,857,822	2.15%	7.6%
2025	47,020,778	2,921,065	2.13%	2.21%
2026	48,007,435	2,975,134	2.1%	1.85%
2027	48,987,424	3,019,526	2.04%	1.49%
2028	49,960,955	3,057,695	1.99%	1.26%
2029	50,943,339	3,092,803	1.97%	1.15%
2030	51,937,208	3,125,174	1.95%	1.05%
2031	52,934,373	3,156,754	1.92%	1.01%
2032	53,953,395	3,189,188	1.93%	1.03%
2033	54,985,129	3,222,500	1.91%	1.04%
2034	56,012,641	3,256,691	1.87%	1.06%
2035	57,035,917	3,291,711	1.83%	1.08%
2036	58,071,740	3,327,585	1.82%	1.09%
2037	59,109,258	3,364,333	1.79%	1.1%
2038	60,132,232	3,401,906	1.73%	1.12%
2039	61,174,679	3,440,293	1.73%	1.13%
2040	62,223,208	3,479,439	1.71%	1.14%
2041	63,249,167	3,519,302	1.65%	1.15%
2042	64,260,847	3,559,840	1.6%	1.15%
2043	65,257,000	3,601,019	1.55%	1.16%
2044	66,237,772	3,642,784	1.5%	1.16%
2045	67,204,176	3,685,111	1.46%	1.16%
2046	68,150,060	3,727,959	1.41%	1.16%
2047	69,098,087	3,771,287	1.39%	1.16%
2048	70,050,118	3,815,108	1.38%	1.16%
2049	70,999,566	3,859,368	1.36%	1.16%
2050	71,928,759	3,904,074	1.31%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.