Population in Iraq compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Sao Tome	Iraq	Sao Tome
1960	7,022,052	68,012	-	-
1961	7,194,553	68,707	2.46%	1.02%
1962	7,413,875	69,403	3.05%	1.01%
1963	7,667,928	70,112	3.43%	1.02%
1964	7,929,566	70,865	3.41%	1.07%
1965	8,202,140	71,680	3.44%	1.15%
1966	8,485,104	72,576	3.45%	1.25%
1967	8,778,869	73,596	3.46%	1.41%
1968	9,085,016	74,765	3.49%	1.59%
1969	9,403,356	76,083	3.5%	1.76%
1970	9,735,611	77,626	3.53%	2.03%
1971	10,077,809	79,330	3.51%	2.2%
1972	10,430,164	81,041	3.5%	2.16%
1973	10,795,869	82,798	3.51%	2.17%
1974	11,167,761	84,672	3.44%	2.26%
1975	11,543,639	86,708	3.37%	2.4%
1976	11,927,651	88,922	3.33%	2.55%
1977	12,331,046	91,301	3.38%	2.68%
1978	12,753,355	93,794	3.42%	2.73%
1979	13,170,365	96,252	3.27%	2.62%
1980	13,591,992	98,544	3.2%	2.38%
1981	14,006,381	100,615	3.05%	2.1%
1982	14,406,083	102,508	2.85%	1.88%
1983	14,840,555	104,380	3.02%	1.83%
1984	15,310,733	106,394	3.17%	1.93%
1985	15,683,430	108,658	2.43%	2.13%
1986	16,074,145	111,150	2.49%	2.29%
1987	16,521,049	113,919	2.78%	2.49%
1988	16,908,819	116,939	2.35%	2.65%
1989	17,364,542	119,979	2.7%	2.6%
1990	17,581,206	122,980	1.25%	2.5%
1991	17,767,253	125,697	1.06%	2.21%
1992	18,300,845	128,110	3%	1.92%
1993	19,201,195	130,467	4.92%	1.84%
1994	20,139,807	132,732	4.89%	1.74%
1995	20,825,860	134,895	3.41%	1.63%
1996	21,501,321	136,962	3.24%	1.53%
1997	22,176,593	138,922	3.14%	1.43%
1998	22,884,399	140,751	3.19%	1.32%
1999	23,636,527	142,442	3.29%	1.2%
2000	24,424,056	144,018	3.33%	1.11%
2001	25,197,840	146,375	3.17%	1.64%
2002	26,006,559	149,922	3.21%	2.42%
2003	26,802,659	153,814	3.06%	2.6%
2004	27,577,878	157,705	2.89%	2.53%
2005	28,407,448	161,639	3.01%	2.49%
2006	28,616,515	165,638	0.74%	2.47%
2007	28,391,607	169,700	-0.79%	2.45%
2008	28,971,036	173,793	2.04%	2.41%
2009	30,058,206	177,853	3.75%	2.34%
2010	31,045,366	181,802	3.28%	2.22%
2011	32,161,424	185,649	3.59%	2.12%
2012	33,654,842	189,439	4.64%	2.04%
2013	35,281,989	193,148	4.83%	1.96%
2014	36,550,059	196,767	3.59%	1.87%
2015	37,560,535	200,291	2.76%	1.79%
2016	38,469,627	203,689	2.42%	1.7%
2017	39,337,353	206,970	2.26%	1.61%
2018	40,265,624	210,187	2.36%	1.55%
2019	41,192,171	213,392	2.3%	1.52%
2020	42,116,605	217,435	2.24%	1.89%
2021	43,071,211	221,961	2.27%	2.08%
2022	44,070,551	226,305	2.32%	1.96%
2023	45,074,049	230,871	2.28%	2.02%
2024	46,042,015	235,536	2.15%	2.02%
2025	47,020,778	240,251	2.13%	2%
2026	48,007,435	244,987	2.1%	1.97%
2027	48,987,424	249,783	2.04%	1.96%
2028	49,960,955	254,657	1.99%	1.95%
2029	50,943,339	259,597	1.97%	1.94%
2030	51,937,208	264,560	1.95%	1.91%
2031	52,934,373	269,566	1.92%	1.89%
2032	53,953,395	274,643	1.93%	1.88%
2033	54,985,129	279,761	1.91%	1.86%
2034	56,012,641	284,911	1.87%	1.84%
2035	57,035,917	290,082	1.83%	1.81%
2036	58,071,740	295,269	1.82%	1.79%
2037	59,109,258	300,439	1.79%	1.75%
2038	60,132,232	305,590	1.73%	1.71%
2039	61,174,679	310,729	1.73%	1.68%
2040	62,223,208	315,833	1.71%	1.64%
2041	63,249,167	320,875	1.65%	1.6%
2042	64,260,847	325,888	1.6%	1.56%
2043	65,257,000	330,908	1.55%	1.54%
2044	66,237,772	335,919	1.5%	1.51%
2045	67,204,176	340,911	1.46%	1.49%
2046	68,150,060	345,883	1.41%	1.46%
2047	69,098,087	350,758	1.39%	1.41%
2048	70,050,118	355,569	1.38%	1.37%
2049	70,999,566	360,353	1.36%	1.35%
2050	71,928,759	365,103	1.31%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.