The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 48,018,145 people compared to 5,367,504 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Iraq's population is 8.95 times bigger than Slovakia's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.06% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2006, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.6M people to 48M (67.8% growth), while Slovakia has declined from 5.37M to 5.37M (0.1% decline).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Iraq vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
48018145
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5367504
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 46/197 | 173/197 |
Iraq and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 4,191,667 | 2.46% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 4,238,188 | 3.05% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 4,282,017 | 3.43% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 4,327,341 | 3.41% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 4,370,983 | 3.44% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 4,411,666 | 3.45% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 4,449,367 | 3.46% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 4,483,915 | 3.49% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 4,518,607 | 3.5% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 4,538,223 | 3.53% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 4,557,449 | 3.51% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 4,596,622 | 3.5% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 4,641,445 | 3.51% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 4,689,623 | 3.44% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 4,739,105 | 3.37% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 4,789,507 | 3.33% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 4,840,501 | 3.38% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 4,890,125 | 3.42% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 4,938,973 | 3.27% | 1% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 4,979,815 | 3.2% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 5,016,105 | 3.05% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 5,055,099 | 2.85% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 5,091,971 | 3.02% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 5,127,097 | 3.17% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 5,161,768 | 2.43% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 5,193,838 | 2.49% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 5,222,840 | 2.78% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 5,250,596 | 2.35% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 5,275,942 | 2.7% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 5,299,187 | 1.25% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 5,303,294 | 1.06% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 5,305,016 | 3% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 5,325,305 | 4.92% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 5,346,331 | 4.89% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 5,361,999 | 3.41% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 5,373,361 | 3.24% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 5,383,291 | 3.14% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 5,390,516 | 3.19% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 5,396,020 | 3.29% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 5,388,720 | 3.33% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 5,378,867 | 3.17% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 5,376,912 | 3.21% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 5,373,374 | 3.06% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 5,372,280 | 2.89% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 5,372,807 | 3.01% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 5,373,054 | 0.74% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 5,374,622 | -0.79% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 5,379,233 | 2.04% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 5,386,406 | 3.75% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 5,391,428 | 3.28% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 5,398,384 | 3.59% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 5,407,579 | 4.64% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 5,413,393 | 4.83% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 5,418,649 | 3.59% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 5,423,801 | 2.76% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 5,430,798 | 2.42% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 5,439,232 | 2.26% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 5,446,771 | 2.36% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 5,454,147 | 2.3% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 5,458,827 | 2.24% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 5,447,247 | 2.27% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 5,431,752 | 2.32% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 5,426,740 | 2.28% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 5,422,069 | 2.15% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 5,390,674 | 2.13% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 5,367,504 | 2.1% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 5,357,756 | 2.04% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 5,346,292 | 1.99% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 5,333,135 | 1.97% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 5,318,323 | 1.95% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 5,302,079 | 1.92% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 5,284,585 | 1.93% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 5,265,970 | 1.91% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 5,246,341 | 1.87% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 5,225,725 | 1.83% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 5,204,191 | 1.82% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 5,181,996 | 1.79% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 5,159,193 | 1.73% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 5,135,906 | 1.73% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 5,112,164 | 1.71% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 5,088,002 | 1.65% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 5,063,600 | 1.6% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 5,038,933 | 1.55% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 5,014,014 | 1.5% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 4,988,989 | 1.46% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 4,963,847 | 1.41% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 4,938,476 | 1.39% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 4,912,885 | 1.38% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 4,886,923 | 1.36% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 4,860,572 | 1.31% | -0.54% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).
Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.
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Population differences between Iraq and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 72.6 years | 78.8 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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