Population in Iraq compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Sri Lanka	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1960	7,022,052	9,661,389	-	-
1961	7,194,553	9,899,372	2.46%	2.46%
1962	7,413,875	10,143,754	3.05%	2.47%
1963	7,667,928	10,395,040	3.43%	2.48%
1964	7,929,566	10,653,397	3.41%	2.49%
1965	8,202,140	10,916,965	3.44%	2.47%
1966	8,485,104	11,183,928	3.45%	2.45%
1967	8,778,869	11,457,328	3.46%	2.44%
1968	9,085,016	11,736,088	3.49%	2.43%
1969	9,403,356	12,013,858	3.5%	2.37%
1970	9,735,611	12,287,110	3.53%	2.27%
1971	10,077,809	12,551,910	3.51%	2.16%
1972	10,430,164	12,809,205	3.5%	2.05%
1973	10,795,869	13,060,916	3.51%	1.97%
1974	11,167,761	13,305,693	3.44%	1.87%
1975	11,543,639	13,548,984	3.37%	1.83%
1976	11,927,651	13,796,770	3.33%	1.83%
1977	12,331,046	14,049,371	3.38%	1.83%
1978	12,753,355	14,310,128	3.42%	1.86%
1979	13,170,365	14,579,614	3.27%	1.88%
1980	13,591,992	14,847,974	3.2%	1.84%
1981	14,006,381	15,099,414	3.05%	1.69%
1982	14,406,083	15,286,567	2.85%	1.24%
1983	14,840,555	15,388,794	3.02%	0.67%
1984	15,310,733	15,441,860	3.17%	0.34%
1985	15,683,430	15,544,154	2.43%	0.66%
1986	16,074,145	15,731,256	2.49%	1.2%
1987	16,521,049	15,916,576	2.78%	1.18%
1988	16,908,819	16,078,621	2.35%	1.02%
1989	17,364,542	16,248,557	2.7%	1.06%
1990	17,581,206	16,352,458	1.25%	0.64%
1991	17,767,253	16,475,354	1.06%	0.75%
1992	18,300,845	16,739,284	3%	1.6%
1993	19,201,195	17,025,918	4.92%	1.71%
1994	20,139,807	17,275,773	4.89%	1.47%
1995	20,825,860	17,564,068	3.41%	1.67%
1996	21,501,321	17,905,018	3.24%	1.94%
1997	22,176,593	18,248,200	3.14%	1.92%
1998	22,884,399	18,596,003	3.19%	1.91%
1999	23,636,527	18,944,731	3.29%	1.88%
2000	24,424,056	19,293,054	3.33%	1.84%
2001	25,197,840	19,600,362	3.17%	1.59%
2002	26,006,559	19,805,752	3.21%	1.05%
2003	26,802,659	19,951,521	3.06%	0.74%
2004	27,577,878	20,087,605	2.89%	0.68%
2005	28,407,448	20,216,524	3.01%	0.64%
2006	28,616,515	20,352,411	0.74%	0.67%
2007	28,391,607	20,492,545	-0.79%	0.69%
2008	28,971,036	20,629,378	2.04%	0.67%
2009	30,058,206	20,756,435	3.75%	0.62%
2010	31,045,366	20,879,089	3.28%	0.59%
2011	32,161,424	21,009,048	3.59%	0.62%
2012	33,654,842	21,169,458	4.64%	0.76%
2013	35,281,989	20,585,000	4.83%	-2.76%
2014	36,550,059	20,778,000	3.59%	0.94%
2015	37,560,535	20,970,000	2.76%	0.92%
2016	38,469,627	21,209,000	2.42%	1.14%
2017	39,337,353	21,453,000	2.26%	1.15%
2018	40,265,624	21,670,000	2.36%	1.01%
2019	41,192,171	21,803,000	2.3%	0.61%
2020	42,116,605	21,919,000	2.24%	0.53%
2021	43,071,211	22,156,000	2.27%	1.08%
2022	44,070,551	22,181,000	2.32%	0.11%
2023	45,074,049	22,037,000	2.28%	-0.65%
2024	46,042,015	21,916,000	2.15%	-0.55%
2025	47,020,778	22,035,440	2.13%	0.54%
2026	48,007,435	22,148,172	2.1%	0.51%
2027	48,987,424	22,255,601	2.04%	0.49%
2028	49,960,955	22,357,682	1.99%	0.46%
2029	50,943,339	22,453,922	1.97%	0.43%
2030	51,937,208	22,546,245	1.95%	0.41%
2031	52,934,373	22,635,106	1.92%	0.39%
2032	53,953,395	22,720,118	1.93%	0.38%
2033	54,985,129	22,802,043	1.91%	0.36%
2034	56,012,641	22,879,527	1.87%	0.34%
2035	57,035,917	22,952,739	1.83%	0.32%
2036	58,071,740	23,022,027	1.82%	0.3%
2037	59,109,258	23,088,877	1.79%	0.29%
2038	60,132,232	23,152,480	1.73%	0.28%
2039	61,174,679	23,211,633	1.73%	0.26%
2040	62,223,208	23,265,986	1.71%	0.23%
2041	63,249,167	23,315,260	1.65%	0.21%
2042	64,260,847	23,359,578	1.6%	0.19%
2043	65,257,000	23,398,752	1.55%	0.17%
2044	66,237,772	23,433,096	1.5%	0.15%
2045	67,204,176	23,464,943	1.46%	0.14%
2046	68,150,060	23,492,738	1.41%	0.12%
2047	69,098,087	23,512,629	1.39%	0.08%
2048	70,050,118	23,525,953	1.38%	0.06%
2049	70,999,566	23,533,940	1.36%	0.03%
2050	71,928,759	23,538,230	1.31%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.