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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Samoa	Iraq	Samoa
1960	7,022,052	112,490	-	-
1961	7,194,553	115,496	2.46%	2.67%
1962	7,413,875	118,597	3.05%	2.68%
1963	7,667,928	121,764	3.43%	2.67%
1964	7,929,566	124,894	3.41%	2.57%
1965	8,202,140	127,978	3.44%	2.47%
1966	8,485,104	131,073	3.45%	2.42%
1967	8,778,869	133,764	3.46%	2.05%
1968	9,085,016	136,020	3.49%	1.69%
1969	9,403,356	138,233	3.5%	1.63%
1970	9,735,611	140,400	3.53%	1.57%
1971	10,077,809	142,503	3.51%	1.5%
1972	10,430,164	144,538	3.5%	1.43%
1973	10,795,869	146,516	3.51%	1.37%
1974	11,167,761	149,431	3.44%	1.99%
1975	11,543,639	153,344	3.37%	2.62%
1976	11,927,651	157,113	3.33%	2.46%
1977	12,331,046	159,753	3.38%	1.68%
1978	12,753,355	161,375	3.42%	1.02%
1979	13,170,365	162,882	3.27%	0.93%
1980	13,591,992	164,322	3.2%	0.88%
1981	14,006,381	165,678	3.05%	0.83%
1982	14,406,083	166,484	2.85%	0.49%
1983	14,840,555	166,714	3.02%	0.14%
1984	15,310,733	166,796	3.17%	0.05%
1985	15,683,430	166,849	2.43%	0.03%
1986	16,074,145	167,061	2.49%	0.13%
1987	16,521,049	167,661	2.78%	0.36%
1988	16,908,819	168,346	2.35%	0.41%
1989	17,364,542	168,768	2.7%	0.25%
1990	17,581,206	169,042	1.25%	0.16%
1991	17,767,253	169,368	1.06%	0.19%
1992	18,300,845	170,331	3%	0.57%
1993	19,201,195	171,774	4.92%	0.85%
1994	20,139,807	173,159	4.89%	0.81%
1995	20,825,860	174,571	3.41%	0.82%
1996	21,501,321	176,071	3.24%	0.86%
1997	22,176,593	177,547	3.14%	0.84%
1998	22,884,399	178,905	3.19%	0.76%
1999	23,636,527	180,275	3.29%	0.77%
2000	24,424,056	181,685	3.33%	0.78%
2001	25,197,840	183,166	3.17%	0.82%
2002	26,006,559	184,471	3.21%	0.71%
2003	26,802,659	185,430	3.06%	0.52%
2004	27,577,878	186,249	2.89%	0.44%
2005	28,407,448	186,978	3.01%	0.39%
2006	28,616,515	187,709	0.74%	0.39%
2007	28,391,607	188,753	-0.79%	0.56%
2008	28,971,036	190,107	2.04%	0.72%
2009	30,058,206	191,513	3.75%	0.74%
2010	31,045,366	193,023	3.28%	0.79%
2011	32,161,424	194,713	3.59%	0.88%
2012	33,654,842	196,498	4.64%	0.92%
2013	35,281,989	198,268	4.83%	0.9%
2014	36,550,059	200,037	3.59%	0.89%
2015	37,560,535	201,782	2.76%	0.87%
2016	38,469,627	203,499	2.42%	0.85%
2017	39,337,353	205,415	2.26%	0.94%
2018	40,265,624	207,582	2.36%	1.05%
2019	41,192,171	209,780	2.3%	1.06%
2020	42,116,605	211,944	2.24%	1.03%
2021	43,071,211	213,779	2.27%	0.87%
2022	44,070,551	215,261	2.32%	0.69%
2023	45,074,049	216,663	2.28%	0.65%
2024	46,042,015	218,019	2.15%	0.63%
2025	47,020,778	219,302	2.13%	0.59%
2026	48,007,435	220,530	2.1%	0.56%
2027	48,987,424	221,772	2.04%	0.56%
2028	49,960,955	223,104	1.99%	0.6%
2029	50,943,339	224,504	1.97%	0.63%
2030	51,937,208	225,968	1.95%	0.65%
2031	52,934,373	227,581	1.92%	0.71%
2032	53,953,395	229,298	1.93%	0.75%
2033	54,985,129	231,110	1.91%	0.79%
2034	56,012,641	233,061	1.87%	0.84%
2035	57,035,917	235,172	1.83%	0.91%
2036	58,071,740	237,415	1.82%	0.95%
2037	59,109,258	239,730	1.79%	0.98%
2038	60,132,232	242,155	1.73%	1.01%
2039	61,174,679	244,653	1.73%	1.03%
2040	62,223,208	247,196	1.71%	1.04%
2041	63,249,167	249,796	1.65%	1.05%
2042	64,260,847	252,427	1.6%	1.05%
2043	65,257,000	255,023	1.55%	1.03%
2044	66,237,772	257,609	1.5%	1.01%
2045	67,204,176	260,250	1.46%	1.03%
2046	68,150,060	262,849	1.41%	1%
2047	69,098,087	265,365	1.39%	0.96%
2048	70,050,118	267,836	1.38%	0.93%
2049	70,999,566	270,291	1.36%	0.92%
2050	71,928,759	272,711	1.31%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.