Population in Iraq compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Sierra Leone	Iraq	Sierra Leone
1960	7,022,052	2,268,356	-	-
1961	7,194,553	2,304,227	2.46%	1.58%
1962	7,413,875	2,342,242	3.05%	1.65%
1963	7,667,928	2,382,258	3.43%	1.71%
1964	7,929,566	2,424,390	3.41%	1.77%
1965	8,202,140	2,468,666	3.44%	1.83%
1966	8,485,104	2,514,638	3.45%	1.86%
1967	8,778,869	2,562,384	3.46%	1.9%
1968	9,085,016	2,611,532	3.49%	1.92%
1969	9,403,356	2,661,365	3.5%	1.91%
1970	9,735,611	2,712,286	3.53%	1.91%
1971	10,077,809	2,763,222	3.51%	1.88%
1972	10,430,164	2,814,388	3.5%	1.85%
1973	10,795,869	2,866,955	3.51%	1.87%
1974	11,167,761	2,920,459	3.44%	1.87%
1975	11,543,639	2,974,657	3.37%	1.86%
1976	11,927,651	3,028,820	3.33%	1.82%
1977	12,331,046	3,085,354	3.38%	1.87%
1978	12,753,355	3,145,517	3.42%	1.95%
1979	13,170,365	3,207,499	3.27%	1.97%
1980	13,591,992	3,272,089	3.2%	2.01%
1981	14,006,381	3,338,940	3.05%	2.04%
1982	14,406,083	3,408,183	2.85%	2.07%
1983	14,840,555	3,481,646	3.02%	2.16%
1984	15,310,733	3,558,758	3.17%	2.21%
1985	15,683,430	3,638,438	2.43%	2.24%
1986	16,074,145	3,728,380	2.49%	2.47%
1987	16,521,049	3,829,718	2.78%	2.72%
1988	16,908,819	3,934,517	2.35%	2.74%
1989	17,364,542	4,034,037	2.7%	2.53%
1990	17,581,206	4,196,828	1.25%	4.04%
1991	17,767,253	4,246,267	1.06%	1.18%
1992	18,300,845	4,166,366	3%	-1.88%
1993	19,201,195	4,157,130	4.92%	-0.22%
1994	20,139,807	4,173,105	4.89%	0.38%
1995	20,825,860	4,179,179	3.41%	0.15%
1996	21,501,321	4,199,210	3.24%	0.48%
1997	22,176,593	4,253,716	3.14%	1.3%
1998	22,884,399	4,295,785	3.19%	0.99%
1999	23,636,527	4,318,043	3.29%	0.52%
2000	24,424,056	4,423,611	3.33%	2.44%
2001	25,197,840	4,692,716	3.17%	6.08%
2002	26,006,559	4,971,435	3.21%	5.94%
2003	26,802,659	5,177,687	3.06%	4.15%
2004	27,577,878	5,355,717	2.89%	3.44%
2005	28,407,448	5,501,712	3.01%	2.73%
2006	28,616,515	5,624,466	0.74%	2.23%
2007	28,391,607	5,749,352	-0.79%	2.22%
2008	28,971,036	5,894,722	2.04%	2.53%
2009	30,058,206	6,055,646	3.75%	2.73%
2010	31,045,366	6,222,714	3.28%	2.76%
2011	32,161,424	6,387,251	3.59%	2.64%
2012	33,654,842	6,551,080	4.64%	2.56%
2013	35,281,989	6,714,051	4.83%	2.49%
2014	36,550,059	6,876,385	3.59%	2.42%
2015	37,560,535	7,037,655	2.76%	2.35%
2016	38,469,627	7,205,328	2.42%	2.38%
2017	39,337,353	7,379,299	2.26%	2.41%
2018	40,265,624	7,554,563	2.36%	2.38%
2019	41,192,171	7,731,991	2.3%	2.35%
2020	42,116,605	7,912,558	2.24%	2.34%
2021	43,071,211	8,094,602	2.27%	2.3%
2022	44,070,551	8,276,807	2.32%	2.25%
2023	45,074,049	8,460,512	2.28%	2.22%
2024	46,042,015	8,642,022	2.15%	2.15%
2025	47,020,778	8,819,789	2.13%	2.06%
2026	48,007,435	8,996,743	2.1%	2.01%
2027	48,987,424	9,174,695	2.04%	1.98%
2028	49,960,955	9,349,021	1.99%	1.9%
2029	50,943,339	9,520,811	1.97%	1.84%
2030	51,937,208	9,694,851	1.95%	1.83%
2031	52,934,373	9,870,295	1.92%	1.81%
2032	53,953,395	10,047,193	1.93%	1.79%
2033	54,985,129	10,221,006	1.91%	1.73%
2034	56,012,641	10,391,485	1.87%	1.67%
2035	57,035,917	10,563,163	1.83%	1.65%
2036	58,071,740	10,734,341	1.82%	1.62%
2037	59,109,258	10,902,263	1.79%	1.56%
2038	60,132,232	11,066,143	1.73%	1.5%
2039	61,174,679	11,230,060	1.73%	1.48%
2040	62,223,208	11,398,391	1.71%	1.5%
2041	63,249,167	11,566,213	1.65%	1.47%
2042	64,260,847	11,728,787	1.6%	1.41%
2043	65,257,000	11,887,934	1.55%	1.36%
2044	66,237,772	12,049,424	1.5%	1.36%
2045	67,204,176	12,208,872	1.46%	1.32%
2046	68,150,060	12,363,446	1.41%	1.27%
2047	69,098,087	12,512,739	1.39%	1.21%
2048	70,050,118	12,659,609	1.38%	1.17%
2049	70,999,566	12,805,136	1.36%	1.15%
2050	71,928,759	12,948,320	1.31%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.