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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Sudan	Iraq	Sudan
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.