The latest officially reported population of Iraq was 46,042,015 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iraq's population is 47,813,338 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 1.11 times bigger than Iraq's.
- Iraq is ranked the 34th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 1.22% of the world: 0.58% for Iraq vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Iraq has had an average growth rate of +2.45% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Iraq has increased from 28.4M people to 47.8M (68.3% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Iraq is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 101M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Iraq vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
47813338
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52963918
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| Population rank | 34/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
32.6 seconds
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
27.2 seconds
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
2.82 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
29.6 minutes
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -17,735 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,652 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +967,966 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.15% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 48/197 | 118/197 |
Iraq and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,022,052 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,194,553 | 8,634,941 | 2.46% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 7,413,875 | 8,919,028 | 3.05% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 7,667,928 | 9,218,077 | 3.43% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 7,929,566 | 9,531,109 | 3.41% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 8,202,140 | 9,858,030 | 3.44% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 8,485,104 | 10,197,578 | 3.45% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 8,778,869 | 10,550,597 | 3.46% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 9,085,016 | 10,917,999 | 3.49% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 9,403,356 | 11,298,936 | 3.5% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 9,735,611 | 11,695,771 | 3.53% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 10,077,809 | 12,105,539 | 3.51% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 10,430,164 | 12,527,856 | 3.5% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 10,795,869 | 13,049,315 | 3.51% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 11,167,761 | 13,580,723 | 3.44% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 11,543,639 | 14,064,798 | 3.37% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 11,927,651 | 14,569,716 | 3.33% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 12,331,046 | 15,086,614 | 3.38% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 12,753,355 | 15,695,003 | 3.42% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 13,170,365 | 16,355,352 | 3.27% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 13,591,992 | 17,058,905 | 3.2% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 14,006,381 | 17,780,572 | 3.05% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 14,406,083 | 18,486,645 | 2.85% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 14,840,555 | 19,109,770 | 3.02% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 15,310,733 | 19,546,528 | 3.17% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 15,683,430 | 19,905,872 | 2.43% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 16,074,145 | 20,288,238 | 2.49% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 16,521,049 | 20,704,904 | 2.78% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 16,908,819 | 21,138,431 | 2.35% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 17,364,542 | 21,578,022 | 2.7% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 17,581,206 | 22,021,481 | 1.25% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 17,767,253 | 22,470,676 | 1.06% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 18,300,845 | 22,927,355 | 3% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 19,201,195 | 23,445,592 | 4.92% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 20,139,807 | 24,043,948 | 4.89% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 20,825,860 | 24,672,143 | 3.41% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 21,501,321 | 25,231,528 | 3.24% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 22,176,593 | 25,799,821 | 3.14% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 22,884,399 | 26,458,999 | 3.19% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 23,636,527 | 27,130,613 | 3.29% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 24,424,056 | 27,816,745 | 3.33% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 25,197,840 | 28,516,770 | 3.17% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 26,006,559 | 29,228,727 | 3.21% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 26,802,659 | 29,896,035 | 3.06% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 27,577,878 | 30,556,637 | 2.89% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 28,407,448 | 31,262,444 | 3.01% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 28,616,515 | 31,992,435 | 0.74% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 28,391,607 | 32,764,135 | -0.79% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 28,971,036 | 33,623,980 | 2.04% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 30,058,206 | 34,569,113 | 3.75% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 31,045,366 | 35,414,399 | 3.28% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 32,161,424 | 36,140,806 | 3.59% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 33,654,842 | 36,923,178 | 4.64% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 35,281,989 | 37,785,849 | 4.83% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 36,550,059 | 38,823,318 | 3.59% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 37,560,535 | 40,024,431 | 2.76% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 38,469,627 | 41,259,892 | 2.42% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 39,337,353 | 42,714,306 | 2.26% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 40,265,624 | 44,230,596 | 2.36% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 41,192,171 | 45,548,175 | 2.3% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 42,116,605 | 46,789,231 | 2.24% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 43,071,211 | 48,066,924 | 2.27% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 44,070,551 | 49,383,346 | 2.32% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 45,074,049 | 50,042,791 | 2.28% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 46,042,015 | 50,448,963 | 2.15% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 47,020,778 | 51,662,152 | 2.13% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 48,007,435 | 53,282,718 | 2.1% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 48,987,424 | 54,724,215 | 2.04% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 49,960,955 | 55,993,833 | 1.99% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 50,943,339 | 57,275,443 | 1.97% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 51,937,208 | 58,571,624 | 1.95% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 52,934,373 | 59,872,936 | 1.92% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 53,953,395 | 61,179,476 | 1.93% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 54,985,129 | 62,497,205 | 1.91% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 56,012,641 | 63,822,356 | 1.87% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 57,035,917 | 65,148,317 | 1.83% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 58,071,740 | 66,470,018 | 1.82% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 59,109,258 | 67,791,240 | 1.79% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 60,132,232 | 69,107,712 | 1.73% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 61,174,679 | 70,416,631 | 1.73% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 62,223,208 | 71,730,604 | 1.71% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 63,249,167 | 73,056,213 | 1.65% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 64,260,847 | 74,387,562 | 1.6% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 65,257,000 | 75,723,670 | 1.55% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 66,237,772 | 77,066,454 | 1.5% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 67,204,176 | 78,415,205 | 1.46% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 68,150,060 | 79,767,271 | 1.41% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 69,098,087 | 81,115,241 | 1.39% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 70,050,118 | 82,463,202 | 1.38% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 70,999,566 | 83,828,356 | 1.36% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 71,928,759 | 85,206,384 | 1.31% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Baghdad | 8.13M |
| Mosul | 1.79M |
| Basra | 1.33M |
| Kirkuk | 975K |
| Sulaymaniyah | 878K |
| Ramadi | 875K |
| Erbil | 846K |
| Najaf | 725K |
| Karbala | 690K |
| Nasiriyah | 542K |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Iraq and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 21.6 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.25 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 274.7 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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