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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Sweden	Iraq	Sweden
1960	7,022,052	7,484,656	-	-
1961	7,194,553	7,519,998	2.46%	0.47%
1962	7,413,875	7,561,588	3.05%	0.55%
1963	7,667,928	7,604,328	3.43%	0.57%
1964	7,929,566	7,661,354	3.41%	0.75%
1965	8,202,140	7,733,853	3.44%	0.95%
1966	8,485,104	7,807,797	3.45%	0.96%
1967	8,778,869	7,867,931	3.46%	0.77%
1968	9,085,016	7,912,273	3.49%	0.56%
1969	9,403,356	7,968,072	3.5%	0.71%
1970	9,735,611	8,042,801	3.53%	0.94%
1971	10,077,809	8,098,334	3.51%	0.69%
1972	10,430,164	8,122,300	3.5%	0.3%
1973	10,795,869	8,136,312	3.51%	0.17%
1974	11,167,761	8,159,955	3.44%	0.29%
1975	11,543,639	8,192,437	3.37%	0.4%
1976	11,927,651	8,222,286	3.33%	0.36%
1977	12,331,046	8,251,540	3.38%	0.36%
1978	12,753,355	8,275,599	3.42%	0.29%
1979	13,170,365	8,293,678	3.27%	0.22%
1980	13,591,992	8,310,531	3.2%	0.2%
1981	14,006,381	8,320,503	3.05%	0.12%
1982	14,406,083	8,325,263	2.85%	0.06%
1983	14,840,555	8,329,033	3.02%	0.05%
1984	15,310,733	8,336,605	3.17%	0.09%
1985	15,683,430	8,350,386	2.43%	0.17%
1986	16,074,145	8,369,829	2.49%	0.23%
1987	16,521,049	8,397,804	2.78%	0.33%
1988	16,908,819	8,436,489	2.35%	0.46%
1989	17,364,542	8,492,964	2.7%	0.67%
1990	17,581,206	8,558,835	1.25%	0.78%
1991	17,767,253	8,617,375	1.06%	0.68%
1992	18,300,845	8,668,067	3%	0.59%
1993	19,201,195	8,718,561	4.92%	0.58%
1994	20,139,807	8,780,745	4.89%	0.71%
1995	20,825,860	8,826,939	3.41%	0.53%
1996	21,501,321	8,840,998	3.24%	0.16%
1997	22,176,593	8,846,062	3.14%	0.06%
1998	22,884,399	8,850,974	3.19%	0.06%
1999	23,636,527	8,857,874	3.29%	0.08%
2000	24,424,056	8,872,109	3.33%	0.16%
2001	25,197,840	8,895,960	3.17%	0.27%
2002	26,006,559	8,924,958	3.21%	0.33%
2003	26,802,659	8,958,229	3.06%	0.37%
2004	27,577,878	8,993,531	2.89%	0.39%
2005	28,407,448	9,029,572	3.01%	0.4%
2006	28,616,515	9,080,505	0.74%	0.56%
2007	28,391,607	9,148,092	-0.79%	0.74%
2008	28,971,036	9,219,637	2.04%	0.78%
2009	30,058,206	9,298,515	3.75%	0.86%
2010	31,045,366	9,378,126	3.28%	0.86%
2011	32,161,424	9,449,213	3.59%	0.76%
2012	33,654,842	9,519,374	4.64%	0.74%
2013	35,281,989	9,600,379	4.83%	0.85%
2014	36,550,059	9,696,110	3.59%	1%
2015	37,560,535	9,799,186	2.76%	1.06%
2016	38,469,627	9,923,085	2.42%	1.26%
2017	39,337,353	10,057,698	2.26%	1.36%
2018	40,265,624	10,175,214	2.36%	1.17%
2019	41,192,171	10,278,887	2.3%	1.02%
2020	42,116,605	10,353,442	2.24%	0.73%
2021	43,071,211	10,415,811	2.27%	0.6%
2022	44,070,551	10,486,941	2.32%	0.68%
2023	45,074,049	10,536,632	2.28%	0.47%
2024	46,042,015	10,569,709	2.15%	0.31%
2025	47,020,778	10,619,177	2.13%	0.47%
2026	48,007,435	10,663,427	2.1%	0.42%
2027	48,987,424	10,703,497	2.04%	0.38%
2028	49,960,955	10,740,420	1.99%	0.34%
2029	50,943,339	10,773,692	1.97%	0.31%
2030	51,937,208	10,803,699	1.95%	0.28%
2031	52,934,373	10,830,583	1.92%	0.25%
2032	53,953,395	10,855,855	1.93%	0.23%
2033	54,985,129	10,880,544	1.91%	0.23%
2034	56,012,641	10,903,924	1.87%	0.21%
2035	57,035,917	10,926,433	1.83%	0.21%
2036	58,071,740	10,949,062	1.82%	0.21%
2037	59,109,258	10,971,259	1.79%	0.2%
2038	60,132,232	10,993,203	1.73%	0.2%
2039	61,174,679	11,015,926	1.73%	0.21%
2040	62,223,208	11,039,663	1.71%	0.22%
2041	63,249,167	11,063,604	1.65%	0.22%
2042	64,260,847	11,088,299	1.6%	0.22%
2043	65,257,000	11,113,927	1.55%	0.23%
2044	66,237,772	11,139,125	1.5%	0.23%
2045	67,204,176	11,163,492	1.46%	0.22%
2046	68,150,060	11,186,803	1.41%	0.21%
2047	69,098,087	11,209,183	1.39%	0.2%
2048	70,050,118	11,230,526	1.38%	0.19%
2049	70,999,566	11,250,663	1.36%	0.18%
2050	71,928,759	11,269,877	1.31%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.