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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Russia	Iraq	Russia
1960	7,022,052	119,897,000	-	-
1961	7,194,553	121,236,000	2.46%	1.12%
1962	7,413,875	122,591,000	3.05%	1.12%
1963	7,667,928	123,960,000	3.43%	1.12%
1964	7,929,566	125,345,000	3.41%	1.12%
1965	8,202,140	126,745,000	3.44%	1.12%
1966	8,485,104	127,468,000	3.45%	0.57%
1967	8,778,869	128,196,000	3.46%	0.57%
1968	9,085,016	128,928,000	3.49%	0.57%
1969	9,403,356	129,664,000	3.5%	0.57%
1970	9,735,611	130,404,000	3.53%	0.57%
1971	10,077,809	131,155,000	3.51%	0.58%
1972	10,430,164	131,909,000	3.5%	0.57%
1973	10,795,869	132,669,000	3.51%	0.58%
1974	11,167,761	133,432,000	3.44%	0.58%
1975	11,543,639	134,200,000	3.37%	0.58%
1976	11,927,651	135,147,000	3.33%	0.71%
1977	12,331,046	136,100,000	3.38%	0.71%
1978	12,753,355	137,060,000	3.42%	0.71%
1979	13,170,365	138,027,000	3.27%	0.71%
1980	13,591,992	139,010,000	3.2%	0.71%
1981	14,006,381	139,941,000	3.05%	0.67%
1982	14,406,083	140,823,000	2.85%	0.63%
1983	14,840,555	141,668,000	3.02%	0.6%
1984	15,310,733	142,745,000	3.17%	0.76%
1985	15,683,430	143,858,000	2.43%	0.78%
1986	16,074,145	144,894,000	2.49%	0.72%
1987	16,521,049	145,908,000	2.78%	0.7%
1988	16,908,819	146,857,000	2.35%	0.65%
1989	17,364,542	147,721,000	2.7%	0.59%
1990	17,581,206	147,969,406	1.25%	0.17%
1991	17,767,253	148,394,216	1.06%	0.29%
1992	18,300,845	148,538,197	3%	0.1%
1993	19,201,195	148,458,777	4.92%	-0.05%
1994	20,139,807	148,407,912	4.89%	-0.03%
1995	20,825,860	148,375,787	3.41%	-0.02%
1996	21,501,321	148,160,129	3.24%	-0.15%
1997	22,176,593	147,915,361	3.14%	-0.17%
1998	22,884,399	147,670,784	3.19%	-0.17%
1999	23,636,527	147,214,776	3.29%	-0.31%
2000	24,424,056	146,596,869	3.33%	-0.42%
2001	25,197,840	145,976,482	3.17%	-0.42%
2002	26,006,559	145,306,497	3.21%	-0.46%
2003	26,802,659	144,648,618	3.06%	-0.45%
2004	27,577,878	144,067,316	2.89%	-0.4%
2005	28,407,448	143,518,814	3.01%	-0.38%
2006	28,616,515	143,049,637	0.74%	-0.33%
2007	28,391,607	142,805,114	-0.79%	-0.17%
2008	28,971,036	142,742,366	2.04%	-0.04%
2009	30,058,206	142,785,348	3.75%	0.03%
2010	31,045,366	142,849,468	3.28%	0.04%
2011	32,161,424	143,018,195	3.59%	0.12%
2012	33,654,842	143,378,447	4.64%	0.25%
2013	35,281,989	143,805,638	4.83%	0.3%
2014	36,550,059	144,237,223	3.59%	0.3%
2015	37,560,535	144,640,716	2.76%	0.28%
2016	38,469,627	145,015,460	2.42%	0.26%
2017	39,337,353	145,293,260	2.26%	0.19%
2018	40,265,624	145,398,106	2.36%	0.07%
2019	41,192,171	145,453,291	2.3%	0.04%
2020	42,116,605	145,245,148	2.24%	-0.14%
2021	43,071,211	144,746,762	2.27%	-0.34%
2022	44,070,551	144,236,933	2.32%	-0.35%
2023	45,074,049	143,826,130	2.28%	-0.28%
2024	46,042,015	143,533,851	2.15%	-0.2%
2025	47,020,778	142,718,132	2.13%	-0.57%
2026	48,007,435	142,120,553	2.1%	-0.42%
2027	48,987,424	141,773,330	2.04%	-0.24%
2028	49,960,955	141,402,326	1.99%	-0.26%
2029	50,943,339	141,021,009	1.97%	-0.27%
2030	51,937,208	140,628,883	1.95%	-0.28%
2031	52,934,373	140,218,596	1.92%	-0.29%
2032	53,953,395	139,807,207	1.93%	-0.29%
2033	54,985,129	139,414,947	1.91%	-0.28%
2034	56,012,641	139,034,543	1.87%	-0.27%
2035	57,035,917	138,666,694	1.83%	-0.26%
2036	58,071,740	138,311,757	1.82%	-0.26%
2037	59,109,258	137,968,177	1.79%	-0.25%
2038	60,132,232	137,643,032	1.73%	-0.24%
2039	61,174,679	137,336,299	1.73%	-0.22%
2040	62,223,208	137,053,347	1.71%	-0.21%
2041	63,249,167	136,795,588	1.65%	-0.19%
2042	64,260,847	136,558,692	1.6%	-0.17%
2043	65,257,000	136,335,849	1.55%	-0.16%
2044	66,237,772	136,124,845	1.5%	-0.15%
2045	67,204,176	135,933,758	1.46%	-0.14%
2046	68,150,060	135,756,848	1.41%	-0.13%
2047	69,098,087	135,574,181	1.39%	-0.13%
2048	70,050,118	135,372,557	1.38%	-0.15%
2049	70,999,566	135,156,911	1.36%	-0.16%
2050	71,928,759	134,923,391	1.31%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iraq's population will grow by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people with a rank change from 34th to 28th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.