The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 6,586,476 people in Serbia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 48,018,145 people compared to 6,494,317 in Serbia.
Population statistics:
- Iraq's population is 7.39 times bigger than Serbia's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Serbia is the 110th.
- The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.08% for Serbia.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs -0.76% in Serbia.
- Since 2006, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.6M people to 48M (67.8% growth), while Serbia has declined from 7.41M to 6.49M (12.4% decline).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while Serbia's population already peaked in 1990 at 7.9M people and is projected to decrease to 3.62M people by 2100.
Iraq vs Serbia: live population counter
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| Current population |
48018145
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6494317
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 110/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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14.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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8.63 minutes
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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5.4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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1.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | -8,132 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | -101 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | -36,707 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | 189/197 |
Iraq and Serbia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 6,638,992 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 6,689,077 | 2.46% | 0.75% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 6,740,264 | 3.05% | 0.77% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 6,787,950 | 3.43% | 0.71% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 6,832,855 | 3.41% | 0.66% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 6,876,624 | 3.44% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 6,927,969 | 3.45% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 6,966,522 | 3.46% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 7,007,586 | 3.49% | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 7,123,249 | 3.5% | 1.65% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 7,164,993 | 3.53% | 0.59% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 7,211,716 | 3.51% | 0.65% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 7,252,012 | 3.5% | 0.56% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 7,283,902 | 3.51% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 7,326,043 | 3.44% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 7,368,717 | 3.37% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 7,418,973 | 3.33% | 0.68% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 7,462,783 | 3.38% | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 7,504,017 | 3.42% | 0.55% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 7,541,997 | 3.27% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 7,709,544 | 3.2% | 2.22% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 7,736,787 | 3.05% | 0.35% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 7,763,335 | 2.85% | 0.34% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 7,788,100 | 3.02% | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 7,813,549 | 3.17% | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 7,835,902 | 2.43% | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 7,853,824 | 2.49% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 7,868,027 | 2.78% | 0.18% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 7,884,218 | 2.35% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 7,893,787 | 2.7% | 0.12% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 7,897,937 | 1.25% | 0.05% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 7,595,636 | 1.06% | -3.83% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 7,604,063 | 3% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 7,614,328 | 4.92% | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 7,622,711 | 4.89% | 0.11% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 7,628,264 | 3.41% | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 7,622,185 | 3.24% | -0.08% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 7,598,538 | 3.14% | -0.31% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 7,567,745 | 3.19% | -0.41% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 7,540,401 | 3.29% | -0.36% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 7,516,346 | 3.33% | -0.32% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 7,503,433 | 3.17% | -0.17% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 7,500,031 | 3.21% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 7,480,591 | 3.06% | -0.26% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 7,463,157 | 2.89% | -0.23% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 7,440,769 | 3.01% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 7,411,569 | 0.74% | -0.39% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 7,381,579 | -0.79% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 7,350,222 | 2.04% | -0.42% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 7,320,807 | 3.75% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 7,291,436 | 3.28% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 7,236,519 | 3.59% | -0.75% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 7,201,497 | 4.64% | -0.48% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 7,166,553 | 4.83% | -0.49% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 7,131,787 | 3.59% | -0.49% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 7,095,383 | 2.76% | -0.51% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 7,058,322 | 2.42% | -0.52% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 7,020,858 | 2.26% | -0.53% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 6,982,604 | 2.36% | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 6,945,235 | 2.3% | -0.54% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 6,899,126 | 2.24% | -0.66% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 6,834,326 | 2.27% | -0.94% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 6,664,449 | 2.32% | -2.49% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 6,623,183 | 2.28% | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 6,586,476 | 2.15% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 6,540,343 | 2.13% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 6,494,317 | 2.1% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 6,450,876 | 2.04% | -0.67% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 6,406,817 | 1.99% | -0.68% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 6,362,434 | 1.97% | -0.69% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 6,317,577 | 1.95% | -0.71% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 6,272,283 | 1.92% | -0.72% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 6,226,709 | 1.93% | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 6,180,715 | 1.91% | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 6,134,487 | 1.87% | -0.75% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 6,088,161 | 1.83% | -0.76% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 6,041,698 | 1.82% | -0.76% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 5,995,050 | 1.79% | -0.77% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 5,948,216 | 1.73% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 5,901,240 | 1.73% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 5,854,364 | 1.71% | -0.79% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 5,807,677 | 1.65% | -0.8% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 5,761,194 | 1.6% | -0.8% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 5,715,301 | 1.55% | -0.8% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 5,670,062 | 1.5% | -0.79% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 5,625,371 | 1.46% | -0.79% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 5,581,251 | 1.41% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 5,537,712 | 1.39% | -0.78% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 5,494,697 | 1.38% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 5,452,075 | 1.36% | -0.78% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 5,409,870 | 1.31% | -0.77% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Serbia lost 353,247 people (a 4.77% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Serbia's population decreased by -564,005 (a 7.99% decline).
Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Serbia was ranked 97th in 2006 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 16.7% to 5,409,870 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.
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Population differences between Iraq and Serbia
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| Life expectancy | 72.6 years | 77.3 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 47.4:52.6 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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