Population in Iraq compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	7,022,052	2,435,403	-	-
1961	7,194,553	2,526,347	2.46%	3.73%
1962	7,413,875	2,620,910	3.05%	3.74%
1963	7,667,928	2,719,341	3.43%	3.76%
1964	7,929,566	2,821,968	3.41%	3.77%
1965	8,202,140	2,928,771	3.44%	3.78%
1966	8,485,104	3,039,887	3.45%	3.79%
1967	8,778,869	3,157,242	3.46%	3.86%
1968	9,085,016	3,282,711	3.49%	3.97%
1969	9,403,356	3,417,114	3.5%	4.09%
1970	9,735,611	3,562,470	3.53%	4.25%
1971	10,077,809	3,724,031	3.51%	4.54%
1972	10,430,164	3,905,722	3.5%	4.88%
1973	10,795,869	4,106,344	3.51%	5.14%
1974	11,167,761	4,323,632	3.44%	5.29%
1975	11,543,639	4,556,287	3.37%	5.38%
1976	11,927,651	4,807,933	3.33%	5.52%
1977	12,331,046	5,083,048	3.38%	5.72%
1978	12,753,355	5,381,902	3.42%	5.88%
1979	13,170,365	5,703,698	3.27%	5.98%
1980	13,591,992	6,047,997	3.2%	6.04%
1981	14,006,381	6,420,551	3.05%	6.16%
1982	14,406,083	6,824,486	2.85%	6.29%
1983	14,840,555	7,252,941	3.02%	6.28%
1984	15,310,733	7,697,307	3.17%	6.13%
1985	15,683,430	8,151,779	2.43%	5.9%
1986	16,074,145	8,628,639	2.49%	5.85%
1987	16,521,049	9,130,194	2.78%	5.81%
1988	16,908,819	9,629,165	2.35%	5.47%
1989	17,364,542	10,128,394	2.7%	5.18%
1990	17,581,206	10,640,691	1.25%	5.06%
1991	17,767,253	11,160,744	1.06%	4.89%
1992	18,300,845	11,686,676	3%	4.71%
1993	19,201,195	12,215,862	4.92%	4.53%
1994	20,139,807	12,750,040	4.89%	4.37%
1995	20,825,860	13,289,245	3.41%	4.23%
1996	21,501,321	13,831,009	3.24%	4.08%
1997	22,176,593	14,374,943	3.14%	3.93%
1998	22,884,399	14,922,185	3.19%	3.81%
1999	23,636,527	15,472,075	3.29%	3.69%
2000	24,424,056	16,177,722	3.33%	4.56%
2001	25,197,840	17,041,397	3.17%	5.34%
2002	26,006,559	17,910,910	3.21%	5.1%
2003	26,802,659	18,786,767	3.06%	4.89%
2004	27,577,878	19,669,480	2.89%	4.7%
2005	28,407,448	20,559,890	3.01%	4.53%
2006	28,616,515	21,459,144	0.74%	4.37%
2007	28,391,607	22,368,313	-0.79%	4.24%
2008	28,971,036	23,287,877	2.04%	4.11%
2009	30,058,206	24,217,654	3.75%	3.99%
2010	31,045,366	23,978,487	3.28%	-0.99%
2011	32,161,424	25,091,867	3.59%	4.64%
2012	33,654,842	26,168,861	4.64%	4.29%
2013	35,281,989	27,624,004	4.83%	5.56%
2014	36,550,059	28,309,273	3.59%	2.48%
2015	37,560,535	29,816,382	2.76%	5.32%
2016	38,469,627	30,954,198	2.42%	3.82%
2017	39,337,353	30,977,355	2.26%	0.07%
2018	40,265,624	30,196,281	2.36%	-2.52%
2019	41,192,171	30,063,799	2.3%	-0.44%
2020	42,116,605	31,552,510	2.24%	4.95%
2021	43,071,211	30,784,383	2.27%	-2.43%
2022	44,070,551	32,175,224	2.32%	4.52%
2023	45,074,049	33,702,731	2.28%	4.75%
2024	46,042,015	35,300,280	2.15%	4.74%
2025	47,020,778	35,927,625	2.13%	1.78%
2026	48,007,435	36,550,694	2.1%	1.73%
2027	48,987,424	37,167,513	2.04%	1.69%
2028	49,960,955	37,775,810	1.99%	1.64%
2029	50,943,339	38,364,377	1.97%	1.56%
2030	51,937,208	38,918,375	1.95%	1.44%
2031	52,934,373	39,450,880	1.92%	1.37%
2032	53,953,395	39,983,934	1.93%	1.35%
2033	54,985,129	40,517,599	1.91%	1.33%
2034	56,012,641	41,052,423	1.87%	1.32%
2035	57,035,917	41,588,429	1.83%	1.31%
2036	58,071,740	42,125,184	1.82%	1.29%
2037	59,109,258	42,661,908	1.79%	1.27%
2038	60,132,232	43,198,420	1.73%	1.26%
2039	61,174,679	43,734,316	1.73%	1.24%
2040	62,223,208	44,269,571	1.71%	1.22%
2041	63,249,167	44,804,338	1.65%	1.21%
2042	64,260,847	45,338,111	1.6%	1.19%
2043	65,257,000	45,870,896	1.55%	1.18%
2044	66,237,772	46,403,116	1.5%	1.16%
2045	67,204,176	46,934,822	1.46%	1.15%
2046	68,150,060	47,465,267	1.41%	1.13%
2047	69,098,087	47,993,976	1.39%	1.11%
2048	70,050,118	48,521,364	1.38%	1.1%
2049	70,999,566	49,047,461	1.36%	1.08%
2050	71,928,759	49,572,202	1.31%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.