Population in Iraq compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	South Africa	Iraq	South Africa
1960	7,022,052	16,440,172	-	-
1961	7,194,553	16,908,035	2.46%	2.85%
1962	7,413,875	17,418,522	3.05%	3.02%
1963	7,667,928	17,954,564	3.43%	3.08%
1964	7,929,566	18,511,361	3.41%	3.1%
1965	8,202,140	19,089,380	3.44%	3.12%
1966	8,485,104	19,690,087	3.45%	3.15%
1967	8,778,869	20,314,066	3.46%	3.17%
1968	9,085,016	20,957,287	3.49%	3.17%
1969	9,403,356	21,614,676	3.5%	3.14%
1970	9,735,611	22,279,984	3.53%	3.08%
1971	10,077,809	22,942,143	3.51%	2.97%
1972	10,430,164	23,609,456	3.5%	2.91%
1973	10,795,869	24,294,263	3.51%	2.9%
1974	11,167,761	24,989,108	3.44%	2.86%
1975	11,543,639	25,690,940	3.37%	2.81%
1976	11,927,651	26,395,450	3.33%	2.74%
1977	12,331,046	27,118,952	3.38%	2.74%
1978	12,753,355	27,869,507	3.42%	2.77%
1979	13,170,365	28,634,162	3.27%	2.74%
1980	13,591,992	29,518,857	3.2%	3.09%
1981	14,006,381	30,541,044	3.05%	3.46%
1982	14,406,083	31,615,339	2.85%	3.52%
1983	14,840,555	32,739,304	3.02%	3.56%
1984	15,310,733	33,892,788	3.17%	3.52%
1985	15,683,430	35,042,093	2.43%	3.39%
1986	16,074,145	36,180,515	2.49%	3.25%
1987	16,521,049	37,326,190	2.78%	3.17%
1988	16,908,819	38,480,649	2.35%	3.09%
1989	17,364,542	39,628,575	2.7%	2.98%
1990	17,581,206	40,746,268	1.25%	2.82%
1991	17,767,253	41,687,898	1.06%	2.31%
1992	18,300,845	42,443,509	3%	1.81%
1993	19,201,195	43,297,156	4.92%	2.01%
1994	20,139,807	44,004,139	4.89%	1.63%
1995	20,825,860	44,541,554	3.41%	1.22%
1996	21,501,321	45,123,018	3.24%	1.31%
1997	22,176,593	45,666,838	3.14%	1.21%
1998	22,884,399	46,223,880	3.19%	1.22%
1999	23,636,527	46,730,335	3.29%	1.1%
2000	24,424,056	47,159,719	3.33%	0.92%
2001	25,197,840	47,566,800	3.17%	0.86%
2002	26,006,559	48,019,415	3.21%	0.95%
2003	26,802,659	48,500,348	3.06%	1%
2004	27,577,878	48,991,421	2.89%	1.01%
2005	28,407,448	49,490,033	3.01%	1.02%
2006	28,616,515	49,998,277	0.74%	1.03%
2007	28,391,607	50,528,584	-0.79%	1.06%
2008	28,971,036	51,114,599	2.04%	1.16%
2009	30,058,206	51,728,516	3.75%	1.2%
2010	31,045,366	52,344,051	3.28%	1.19%
2011	32,161,424	52,995,205	3.59%	1.24%
2012	33,654,842	53,782,567	4.64%	1.49%
2013	35,281,989	54,678,791	4.83%	1.67%
2014	36,550,059	55,594,838	3.59%	1.68%
2015	37,560,535	56,723,537	2.76%	2.03%
2016	38,469,627	57,259,551	2.42%	0.94%
2017	39,337,353	57,635,162	2.26%	0.66%
2018	40,265,624	58,613,001	2.36%	1.7%
2019	41,192,171	59,587,885	2.3%	1.66%
2020	42,116,605	60,562,381	2.24%	1.64%
2021	43,071,211	61,502,603	2.27%	1.55%
2022	44,070,551	62,378,410	2.32%	1.42%
2023	45,074,049	63,212,384	2.28%	1.34%
2024	46,042,015	64,007,187	2.15%	1.26%
2025	47,020,778	64,747,317	2.13%	1.16%
2026	48,007,435	65,453,086	2.1%	1.09%
2027	48,987,424	66,143,018	2.04%	1.05%
2028	49,960,955	66,830,384	1.99%	1.04%
2029	50,943,339	67,506,850	1.97%	1.01%
2030	51,937,208	68,161,357	1.95%	0.97%
2031	52,934,373	68,798,574	1.92%	0.93%
2032	53,953,395	69,426,441	1.93%	0.91%
2033	54,985,129	70,040,484	1.91%	0.88%
2034	56,012,641	70,641,572	1.87%	0.86%
2035	57,035,917	71,234,749	1.83%	0.84%
2036	58,071,740	71,816,372	1.82%	0.82%
2037	59,109,258	72,387,807	1.79%	0.8%
2038	60,132,232	72,949,611	1.73%	0.78%
2039	61,174,679	73,496,152	1.73%	0.75%
2040	62,223,208	74,035,615	1.71%	0.73%
2041	63,249,167	74,575,444	1.65%	0.73%
2042	64,260,847	75,111,899	1.6%	0.72%
2043	65,257,000	75,641,512	1.55%	0.71%
2044	66,237,772	76,164,461	1.5%	0.69%
2045	67,204,176	76,681,448	1.46%	0.68%
2046	68,150,060	77,199,542	1.41%	0.68%
2047	69,098,087	77,716,650	1.39%	0.67%
2048	70,050,118	78,215,323	1.38%	0.64%
2049	70,999,566	78,699,584	1.36%	0.62%
2050	71,928,759	79,177,329	1.31%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.