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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	South Sudan	Iraq	South Sudan
1960	7,022,052	2,931,559	-	-
1961	7,194,553	2,976,724	2.46%	1.54%
1962	7,413,875	3,024,308	3.05%	1.6%
1963	7,667,928	3,072,669	3.43%	1.6%
1964	7,929,566	3,129,918	3.41%	1.86%
1965	8,202,140	3,189,835	3.44%	1.91%
1966	8,485,104	3,236,423	3.45%	1.46%
1967	8,778,869	3,277,648	3.46%	1.27%
1968	9,085,016	3,321,528	3.49%	1.34%
1969	9,403,356	3,365,533	3.5%	1.32%
1970	9,735,611	3,409,614	3.53%	1.31%
1971	10,077,809	3,468,646	3.51%	1.73%
1972	10,430,164	3,542,497	3.5%	2.13%
1973	10,795,869	3,627,383	3.51%	2.4%
1974	11,167,761	3,723,259	3.44%	2.64%
1975	11,543,639	3,821,494	3.37%	2.64%
1976	11,927,651	3,921,910	3.33%	2.63%
1977	12,331,046	4,024,032	3.38%	2.6%
1978	12,753,355	4,127,657	3.42%	2.58%
1979	13,170,365	4,232,605	3.27%	2.54%
1980	13,591,992	4,339,030	3.2%	2.51%
1981	14,006,381	4,447,272	3.05%	2.49%
1982	14,406,083	4,557,686	2.85%	2.48%
1983	14,840,555	4,661,574	3.02%	2.28%
1984	15,310,733	4,750,627	3.17%	1.91%
1985	15,683,430	4,834,296	2.43%	1.76%
1986	16,074,145	4,921,240	2.49%	1.8%
1987	16,521,049	4,962,395	2.78%	0.84%
1988	16,908,819	4,848,029	2.35%	-2.3%
1989	17,364,542	4,713,229	2.7%	-2.78%
1990	17,581,206	4,737,633	1.25%	0.52%
1991	17,767,253	4,836,677	1.06%	2.09%
1992	18,300,845	4,909,749	3%	1.51%
1993	19,201,195	4,956,002	4.92%	0.94%
1994	20,139,807	5,071,184	4.89%	2.32%
1995	20,825,860	5,225,836	3.41%	3.05%
1996	21,501,321	5,356,925	3.24%	2.51%
1997	22,176,593	5,509,136	3.14%	2.84%
1998	22,884,399	5,620,068	3.19%	2.01%
1999	23,636,527	5,771,628	3.29%	2.7%
2000	24,424,056	6,032,267	3.33%	4.52%
2001	25,197,840	6,308,391	3.17%	4.58%
2002	26,006,559	6,596,806	3.21%	4.57%
2003	26,802,659	6,903,127	3.06%	4.64%
2004	27,577,878	7,233,041	2.89%	4.78%
2005	28,407,448	7,590,143	3.01%	4.94%
2006	28,616,515	7,976,526	0.74%	5.09%
2007	28,391,607	8,388,788	-0.79%	5.17%
2008	28,971,036	8,817,647	2.04%	5.11%
2009	30,058,206	9,243,556	3.75%	4.83%
2010	31,045,366	9,745,953	3.28%	5.44%
2011	32,161,424	10,288,109	3.59%	5.56%
2012	33,654,842	10,756,240	4.64%	4.55%
2013	35,281,989	11,166,275	4.83%	3.81%
2014	36,550,059	11,235,073	3.59%	0.62%
2015	37,560,535	11,107,561	2.76%	-1.13%
2016	38,469,627	10,830,102	2.42%	-2.5%
2017	39,337,353	10,259,154	2.26%	-5.27%
2018	40,265,624	10,122,977	2.36%	-1.33%
2019	41,192,171	10,423,384	2.3%	2.97%
2020	42,116,605	10,698,467	2.24%	2.64%
2021	43,071,211	10,865,780	2.27%	1.56%
2022	44,070,551	11,021,177	2.32%	1.43%
2023	45,074,049	11,483,374	2.28%	4.19%
2024	46,042,015	11,943,408	2.15%	4.01%
2025	47,020,778	12,188,793	2.13%	2.05%
2026	48,007,435	12,436,036	2.1%	2.03%
2027	48,987,424	12,687,301	2.04%	2.02%
2028	49,960,955	12,941,503	1.99%	2%
2029	50,943,339	13,198,080	1.97%	1.98%
2030	51,937,208	13,457,446	1.95%	1.97%
2031	52,934,373	13,725,413	1.92%	1.99%
2032	53,953,395	13,996,343	1.93%	1.97%
2033	54,985,129	14,261,762	1.91%	1.9%
2034	56,012,641	14,527,550	1.87%	1.86%
2035	57,035,917	14,798,602	1.83%	1.87%
2036	58,071,740	15,070,098	1.82%	1.83%
2037	59,109,258	15,335,700	1.79%	1.76%
2038	60,132,232	15,595,968	1.73%	1.7%
2039	61,174,679	15,850,696	1.73%	1.63%
2040	62,223,208	16,101,470	1.71%	1.58%
2041	63,249,167	16,350,149	1.65%	1.54%
2042	64,260,847	16,593,361	1.6%	1.49%
2043	65,257,000	16,829,209	1.55%	1.42%
2044	66,237,772	17,060,176	1.5%	1.37%
2045	67,204,176	17,286,412	1.46%	1.33%
2046	68,150,060	17,509,693	1.41%	1.29%
2047	69,098,087	17,728,331	1.39%	1.25%
2048	70,050,118	17,938,437	1.38%	1.19%
2049	70,999,566	18,142,893	1.36%	1.14%
2050	71,928,759	18,341,968	1.31%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.