Population in Iraq compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Spain	Iraq	Spain
1960	7,022,052	30,455,000	-	-
1961	7,194,553	30,739,250	2.46%	0.93%
1962	7,413,875	31,023,366	3.05%	0.92%
1963	7,667,928	31,296,651	3.43%	0.88%
1964	7,929,566	31,609,195	3.41%	1%
1965	8,202,140	31,954,292	3.44%	1.09%
1966	8,485,104	32,283,194	3.45%	1.03%
1967	8,778,869	32,682,947	3.46%	1.24%
1968	9,085,016	33,113,134	3.49%	1.32%
1969	9,403,356	33,441,054	3.5%	0.99%
1970	9,735,611	33,814,531	3.53%	1.12%
1971	10,077,809	34,224,490	3.51%	1.21%
1972	10,430,164	34,604,469	3.5%	1.11%
1973	10,795,869	34,988,947	3.51%	1.11%
1974	11,167,761	35,373,335	3.44%	1.1%
1975	11,543,639	35,757,900	3.37%	1.09%
1976	11,927,651	36,137,812	3.33%	1.06%
1977	12,331,046	36,511,638	3.38%	1.03%
1978	12,753,355	36,864,898	3.42%	0.97%
1979	13,170,365	37,191,330	3.27%	0.89%
1980	13,591,992	37,491,165	3.2%	0.81%
1981	14,006,381	37,758,631	3.05%	0.71%
1982	14,406,083	37,986,012	2.85%	0.6%
1983	14,840,555	38,171,525	3.02%	0.49%
1984	15,310,733	38,330,364	3.17%	0.42%
1985	15,683,430	38,469,512	2.43%	0.36%
1986	16,074,145	38,584,624	2.49%	0.3%
1987	16,521,049	38,684,815	2.78%	0.26%
1988	16,908,819	38,766,939	2.35%	0.21%
1989	17,364,542	38,827,764	2.7%	0.16%
1990	17,581,206	38,867,322	1.25%	0.1%
1991	17,767,253	38,966,376	1.06%	0.25%
1992	18,300,845	39,157,685	3%	0.49%
1993	19,201,195	39,361,262	4.92%	0.52%
1994	20,139,807	39,549,108	4.89%	0.48%
1995	20,825,860	39,724,050	3.41%	0.44%
1996	21,501,321	39,889,852	3.24%	0.42%
1997	22,176,593	40,057,389	3.14%	0.42%
1998	22,884,399	40,223,509	3.19%	0.41%
1999	23,636,527	40,386,875	3.29%	0.41%
2000	24,424,056	40,567,864	3.33%	0.45%
2001	25,197,840	40,850,412	3.17%	0.7%
2002	26,006,559	41,431,558	3.21%	1.42%
2003	26,802,659	42,187,645	3.06%	1.82%
2004	27,577,878	42,921,895	2.89%	1.74%
2005	28,407,448	43,653,155	3.01%	1.7%
2006	28,616,515	44,397,319	0.74%	1.7%
2007	28,391,607	45,226,803	-0.79%	1.87%
2008	28,971,036	45,954,106	2.04%	1.61%
2009	30,058,206	46,362,946	3.75%	0.89%
2010	31,045,366	46,576,897	3.28%	0.46%
2011	32,161,424	46,742,697	3.59%	0.36%
2012	33,654,842	46,773,055	4.64%	0.06%
2013	35,281,989	46,604,197	4.83%	-0.36%
2014	36,550,059	46,460,733	3.59%	-0.31%
2015	37,560,535	46,422,303	2.76%	-0.08%
2016	38,469,627	46,458,139	2.42%	0.08%
2017	39,337,353	46,571,232	2.26%	0.24%
2018	40,265,624	46,782,011	2.36%	0.45%
2019	41,192,171	47,118,501	2.3%	0.72%
2020	42,116,605	47,359,424	2.24%	0.51%
2021	43,071,211	47,443,821	2.27%	0.18%
2022	44,070,551	47,786,102	2.32%	0.72%
2023	45,074,049	48,352,528	2.28%	1.19%
2024	46,042,015	48,848,840	2.15%	1.03%
2025	47,020,778	48,827,866	2.13%	-0.04%
2026	48,007,435	48,787,930	2.1%	-0.08%
2027	48,987,424	48,738,456	2.04%	-0.1%
2028	49,960,955	48,683,694	1.99%	-0.11%
2029	50,943,339	48,619,674	1.97%	-0.13%
2030	51,937,208	48,542,955	1.95%	-0.16%
2031	52,934,373	48,454,221	1.92%	-0.18%
2032	53,953,395	48,362,482	1.93%	-0.19%
2033	54,985,129	48,271,264	1.91%	-0.19%
2034	56,012,641	48,177,551	1.87%	-0.19%
2035	57,035,917	48,077,695	1.83%	-0.21%
2036	58,071,740	47,970,911	1.82%	-0.22%
2037	59,109,258	47,860,116	1.79%	-0.23%
2038	60,132,232	47,747,343	1.73%	-0.24%
2039	61,174,679	47,629,540	1.73%	-0.25%
2040	62,223,208	47,504,152	1.71%	-0.26%
2041	63,249,167	47,373,061	1.65%	-0.28%
2042	64,260,847	47,234,914	1.6%	-0.29%
2043	65,257,000	47,092,497	1.55%	-0.3%
2044	66,237,772	46,942,712	1.5%	-0.32%
2045	67,204,176	46,778,501	1.46%	-0.35%
2046	68,150,060	46,604,170	1.41%	-0.37%
2047	69,098,087	46,421,312	1.39%	-0.39%
2048	70,050,118	46,230,109	1.38%	-0.41%
2049	70,999,566	46,024,720	1.36%	-0.44%
2050	71,928,759	45,808,469	1.31%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.