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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Rwanda	Iraq	Rwanda
1960	7,022,052	3,022,294	-	-
1961	7,194,553	3,106,779	2.46%	2.8%
1962	7,413,875	3,186,025	3.05%	2.55%
1963	7,667,928	3,258,890	3.43%	2.29%
1964	7,929,566	3,334,834	3.41%	2.33%
1965	8,202,140	3,423,210	3.44%	2.65%
1966	8,485,104	3,521,626	3.45%	2.87%
1967	8,778,869	3,629,577	3.46%	3.07%
1968	9,085,016	3,744,010	3.49%	3.15%
1969	9,403,356	3,861,271	3.5%	3.13%
1970	9,735,611	3,980,669	3.53%	3.09%
1971	10,077,809	4,100,044	3.51%	3%
1972	10,430,164	4,220,335	3.5%	2.93%
1973	10,795,869	4,345,047	3.51%	2.96%
1974	11,167,761	4,474,228	3.44%	2.97%
1975	11,543,639	4,607,728	3.37%	2.98%
1976	11,927,651	4,745,954	3.33%	3%
1977	12,331,046	4,888,240	3.38%	3%
1978	12,753,355	5,035,171	3.42%	3.01%
1979	13,170,365	5,189,541	3.27%	3.07%
1980	13,591,992	5,353,259	3.2%	3.15%
1981	14,006,381	5,527,230	3.05%	3.25%
1982	14,406,083	5,711,549	2.85%	3.33%
1983	14,840,555	5,905,311	3.02%	3.39%
1984	15,310,733	6,107,627	3.17%	3.43%
1985	15,683,430	6,317,228	2.43%	3.43%
1986	16,074,145	6,531,881	2.49%	3.4%
1987	16,521,049	6,749,493	2.78%	3.33%
1988	16,908,819	6,968,071	2.35%	3.24%
1989	17,364,542	7,184,706	2.7%	3.11%
1990	17,581,206	7,375,307	1.25%	2.65%
1991	17,767,253	7,526,966	1.06%	2.06%
1992	18,300,845	7,683,266	3%	2.08%
1993	19,201,195	7,981,132	4.92%	3.88%
1994	20,139,807	6,792,352	4.89%	-14.9%
1995	20,825,860	5,674,118	3.41%	-16.5%
1996	21,501,321	6,708,764	3.24%	18.2%
1997	22,176,593	7,755,238	3.14%	15.6%
1998	22,884,399	8,081,681	3.19%	4.21%
1999	23,636,527	8,147,912	3.29%	0.82%
2000	24,424,056	8,213,931	3.33%	0.81%
2001	25,197,840	8,287,094	3.17%	0.89%
2002	26,006,559	8,400,180	3.21%	1.36%
2003	26,802,659	8,586,875	3.06%	2.22%
2004	27,577,878	8,816,844	2.89%	2.68%
2005	28,407,448	9,054,528	3.01%	2.7%
2006	28,616,515	9,299,246	0.74%	2.7%
2007	28,391,607	9,549,933	-0.79%	2.7%
2008	28,971,036	9,804,269	2.04%	2.66%
2009	30,058,206	10,060,432	3.75%	2.61%
2010	31,045,366	10,317,553	3.28%	2.56%
2011	32,161,424	10,573,733	3.59%	2.48%
2012	33,654,842	10,829,901	4.64%	2.42%
2013	35,281,989	11,093,340	4.83%	2.43%
2014	36,550,059	11,364,757	3.59%	2.45%
2015	37,560,535	11,640,022	2.76%	2.42%
2016	38,469,627	11,919,183	2.42%	2.4%
2017	39,337,353	12,202,060	2.26%	2.37%
2018	40,265,624	12,487,996	2.36%	2.34%
2019	41,192,171	12,776,103	2.3%	2.31%
2020	42,116,605	13,065,837	2.24%	2.27%
2021	43,071,211	13,355,260	2.27%	2.22%
2022	44,070,551	13,651,030	2.32%	2.21%
2023	45,074,049	13,954,471	2.28%	2.22%
2024	46,042,015	14,256,567	2.15%	2.16%
2025	47,020,778	14,569,343	2.13%	2.19%
2026	48,007,435	14,889,694	2.1%	2.2%
2027	48,987,424	15,214,324	2.04%	2.18%
2028	49,960,955	15,536,461	1.99%	2.12%
2029	50,943,339	15,844,649	1.97%	1.98%
2030	51,937,208	16,154,698	1.95%	1.96%
2031	52,934,373	16,473,106	1.92%	1.97%
2032	53,953,395	16,771,820	1.93%	1.81%
2033	54,985,129	17,073,475	1.91%	1.8%
2034	56,012,641	17,402,250	1.87%	1.93%
2035	57,035,917	17,746,315	1.83%	1.98%
2036	58,071,740	18,076,769	1.82%	1.86%
2037	59,109,258	18,395,838	1.79%	1.77%
2038	60,132,232	18,729,778	1.73%	1.82%
2039	61,174,679	19,076,783	1.73%	1.85%
2040	62,223,208	19,440,762	1.71%	1.91%
2041	63,249,167	19,806,170	1.65%	1.88%
2042	64,260,847	20,153,979	1.6%	1.76%
2043	65,257,000	20,500,826	1.55%	1.72%
2044	66,237,772	20,837,079	1.5%	1.64%
2045	67,204,176	21,152,650	1.46%	1.51%
2046	68,150,060	21,459,144	1.41%	1.45%
2047	69,098,087	21,764,578	1.39%	1.42%
2048	70,050,118	22,086,112	1.38%	1.48%
2049	70,999,566	22,403,887	1.36%	1.44%
2050	71,928,759	22,707,896	1.31%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.