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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Taiwan	Iraq	Taiwan
1960	7,022,052	-	-	-
1961	7,194,553	11,030,385	2.46%	-
1962	7,413,875	11,392,513	3.05%	3.28%
1963	7,667,928	11,762,101	3.43%	3.24%
1964	7,929,566	12,137,143	3.41%	3.19%
1965	8,202,140	12,511,863	3.44%	3.09%
1966	8,485,104	12,874,153	3.45%	2.9%
1967	8,778,869	13,210,344	3.46%	2.61%
1968	9,085,016	13,548,537	3.49%	2.56%
1969	9,403,356	14,068,984	3.5%	3.84%
1970	9,735,611	14,582,944	3.53%	3.65%
1971	10,077,809	14,913,564	3.51%	2.27%
1972	10,430,164	15,220,495	3.5%	2.06%
1973	10,795,869	15,505,121	3.51%	1.87%
1974	11,167,761	15,784,817	3.44%	1.8%
1975	11,543,639	16,075,128	3.37%	1.84%
1976	11,927,651	16,401,413	3.33%	2.03%
1977	12,331,046	16,730,895	3.38%	2.01%
1978	12,753,355	17,042,272	3.42%	1.86%
1979	13,170,365	17,372,779	3.27%	1.94%
1980	13,591,992	17,704,538	3.2%	1.91%
1981	14,006,381	18,029,982	3.05%	1.84%
1982	14,406,083	18,354,855	2.85%	1.8%
1983	14,840,555	18,653,146	3.02%	1.63%
1984	15,310,733	18,929,866	3.17%	1.48%
1985	15,683,430	19,191,510	2.43%	1.38%
1986	16,074,145	19,411,454	2.49%	1.15%
1987	16,521,049	19,617,046	2.78%	1.06%
1988	16,908,819	19,839,704	2.35%	1.14%
1989	17,364,542	20,055,492	2.7%	1.09%
1990	17,581,206	20,278,946	1.25%	1.11%
1991	17,767,253	20,503,568	1.06%	1.11%
1992	18,300,845	20,704,227	3%	0.98%
1993	19,201,195	20,899,019	4.92%	0.94%
1994	20,139,807	21,086,645	4.89%	0.9%
1995	20,825,860	21,267,653	3.41%	0.86%
1996	21,501,321	21,441,432	3.24%	0.82%
1997	22,176,593	21,634,124	3.14%	0.9%
1998	22,884,399	21,835,703	3.19%	0.93%
1999	23,636,527	22,010,489	3.29%	0.8%
2000	24,424,056	22,184,530	3.33%	0.79%
2001	25,197,840	22,341,120	3.17%	0.71%
2002	26,006,559	22,463,172	3.21%	0.55%
2003	26,802,659	22,562,663	3.06%	0.44%
2004	27,577,878	22,646,836	2.89%	0.37%
2005	28,407,448	22,729,753	3.01%	0.37%
2006	28,616,515	22,823,455	0.74%	0.41%
2007	28,391,607	22,917,444	-0.79%	0.41%
2008	28,971,036	22,997,696	2.04%	0.35%
2009	30,058,206	23,078,402	3.75%	0.35%
2010	31,045,366	23,140,948	3.28%	0.27%
2011	32,161,424	23,193,518	3.59%	0.23%
2012	33,654,842	23,270,367	4.64%	0.33%
2013	35,281,989	23,344,670	4.83%	0.32%
2014	36,550,059	23,403,635	3.59%	0.25%
2015	37,560,535	23,462,914	2.76%	0.25%
2016	38,469,627	23,515,945	2.42%	0.23%
2017	39,337,353	23,555,522	2.26%	0.17%
2018	40,265,624	23,580,080	2.36%	0.1%
2019	41,192,171	23,596,027	2.3%	0.07%
2020	42,116,605	23,582,179	2.24%	-0.06%
2021	43,071,211	23,468,275	2.27%	-0.48%
2022	44,070,551	23,319,977	2.32%	-0.63%
2023	45,074,049	23,342,541	2.28%	0.1%
2024	46,042,015	23,410,331	2.15%	0.29%
2025	47,020,778	23,308,308	2.13%	-0.44%
2026	48,007,435	23,205,944	2.1%	-0.44%
2027	48,987,424	23,102,120	2.04%	-0.45%
2028	49,960,955	22,996,693	1.99%	-0.46%
2029	50,943,339	22,890,335	1.97%	-0.46%
2030	51,937,208	22,781,040	1.95%	-0.48%
2031	52,934,373	22,667,327	1.92%	-0.5%
2032	53,953,395	22,549,689	1.93%	-0.52%
2033	54,985,129	22,428,721	1.91%	-0.54%
2034	56,012,641	22,302,402	1.87%	-0.56%
2035	57,035,917	22,170,689	1.83%	-0.59%
2036	58,071,740	22,034,775	1.82%	-0.61%
2037	59,109,258	21,893,029	1.79%	-0.64%
2038	60,132,232	21,746,001	1.73%	-0.67%
2039	61,174,679	21,594,236	1.73%	-0.7%
2040	62,223,208	21,436,947	1.71%	-0.73%
2041	63,249,167	21,274,187	1.65%	-0.76%
2042	64,260,847	21,105,682	1.6%	-0.79%
2043	65,257,000	20,932,105	1.55%	-0.82%
2044	66,237,772	20,754,623	1.5%	-0.85%
2045	67,204,176	20,571,741	1.46%	-0.88%
2046	68,150,060	20,384,903	1.41%	-0.91%
2047	69,098,087	20,194,425	1.39%	-0.93%
2048	70,050,118	19,999,753	1.38%	-0.96%
2049	70,999,566	19,801,293	1.36%	-0.99%
2050	71,928,759	19,598,997	1.31%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.