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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Tanzania	Iraq	Tanzania
1960	7,022,052	9,901,419	-	-
1961	7,194,553	10,187,886	2.46%	2.89%
1962	7,413,875	10,487,756	3.05%	2.94%
1963	7,667,928	10,799,528	3.43%	2.97%
1964	7,929,566	11,127,826	3.41%	3.04%
1965	8,202,140	11,470,728	3.44%	3.08%
1966	8,485,104	11,827,459	3.45%	3.11%
1967	8,778,869	12,200,109	3.46%	3.15%
1968	9,085,016	12,602,076	3.49%	3.29%
1969	9,403,356	13,036,700	3.5%	3.45%
1970	9,735,611	13,492,677	3.53%	3.5%
1971	10,077,809	13,971,451	3.51%	3.55%
1972	10,430,164	14,479,308	3.5%	3.63%
1973	10,795,869	15,010,101	3.51%	3.67%
1974	11,167,761	15,561,630	3.44%	3.67%
1975	11,543,639	16,138,361	3.37%	3.71%
1976	11,927,651	16,736,211	3.33%	3.7%
1977	12,331,046	17,352,929	3.38%	3.68%
1978	12,753,355	17,976,566	3.42%	3.59%
1979	13,170,365	18,592,038	3.27%	3.42%
1980	13,591,992	19,189,769	3.2%	3.21%
1981	14,006,381	19,784,703	3.05%	3.1%
1982	14,406,083	20,398,571	2.85%	3.1%
1983	14,840,555	21,079,874	3.02%	3.34%
1984	15,310,733	21,779,066	3.17%	3.32%
1985	15,683,430	22,501,693	2.43%	3.32%
1986	16,074,145	23,258,959	2.49%	3.37%
1987	16,521,049	24,030,378	2.78%	3.32%
1988	16,908,819	24,769,686	2.35%	3.08%
1989	17,364,542	25,438,759	2.7%	2.7%
1990	17,581,206	26,110,207	1.25%	2.64%
1991	17,767,253	26,780,436	1.06%	2.57%
1992	18,300,845	27,457,588	3%	2.53%
1993	19,201,195	28,332,692	4.92%	3.19%
1994	20,139,807	29,442,356	4.89%	3.92%
1995	20,825,860	30,383,497	3.41%	3.2%
1996	21,501,321	30,945,762	3.24%	1.85%
1997	22,176,593	31,578,089	3.14%	2.04%
1998	22,884,399	32,420,458	3.19%	2.67%
1999	23,636,527	33,300,330	3.29%	2.71%
2000	24,424,056	34,260,139	3.33%	2.88%
2001	25,197,840	35,198,299	3.17%	2.74%
2002	26,006,559	36,121,304	3.21%	2.62%
2003	26,802,659	37,089,555	3.06%	2.68%
2004	27,577,878	38,109,668	2.89%	2.75%
2005	28,407,448	39,182,076	3.01%	2.81%
2006	28,616,515	40,294,902	0.74%	2.84%
2007	28,391,607	41,435,512	-0.79%	2.83%
2008	28,971,036	42,570,728	2.04%	2.74%
2009	30,058,206	43,633,982	3.75%	2.5%
2010	31,045,366	44,758,488	3.28%	2.58%
2011	32,161,424	46,029,367	3.59%	2.84%
2012	33,654,842	47,374,260	4.64%	2.92%
2013	35,281,989	48,824,128	4.83%	3.06%
2014	36,550,059	50,351,512	3.59%	3.13%
2015	37,560,535	52,020,962	2.76%	3.32%
2016	38,469,627	53,824,013	2.42%	3.47%
2017	39,337,353	55,652,890	2.26%	3.4%
2018	40,265,624	57,437,145	2.36%	3.21%
2019	41,192,171	59,174,891	2.3%	3.03%
2020	42,116,605	60,972,798	2.24%	3.04%
2021	43,071,211	62,830,412	2.27%	3.05%
2022	44,070,551	64,711,821	2.32%	2.99%
2023	45,074,049	66,617,606	2.28%	2.95%
2024	46,042,015	68,560,157	2.15%	2.92%
2025	47,020,778	70,545,858	2.13%	2.9%
2026	48,007,435	72,563,773	2.1%	2.86%
2027	48,987,424	74,604,804	2.04%	2.81%
2028	49,960,955	76,670,483	1.99%	2.77%
2029	50,943,339	78,773,192	1.97%	2.74%
2030	51,937,208	80,913,118	1.95%	2.72%
2031	52,934,373	83,087,927	1.92%	2.69%
2032	53,953,395	85,293,126	1.93%	2.65%
2033	54,985,129	87,520,491	1.91%	2.61%
2034	56,012,641	89,788,673	1.87%	2.59%
2035	57,035,917	92,091,418	1.83%	2.56%
2036	58,071,740	94,420,808	1.82%	2.53%
2037	59,109,258	96,775,766	1.79%	2.49%
2038	60,132,232	99,156,465	1.73%	2.46%
2039	61,174,679	101,567,525	1.73%	2.43%
2040	62,223,208	103,999,350	1.71%	2.39%
2041	63,249,167	106,448,475	1.65%	2.35%
2042	64,260,847	108,926,272	1.6%	2.33%
2043	65,257,000	111,433,788	1.55%	2.3%
2044	66,237,772	113,966,263	1.5%	2.27%
2045	67,204,176	116,525,463	1.46%	2.25%
2046	68,150,060	119,109,670	1.41%	2.22%
2047	69,098,087	121,721,018	1.39%	2.19%
2048	70,050,118	124,351,294	1.38%	2.16%
2049	70,999,566	126,981,394	1.36%	2.12%
2050	71,928,759	129,621,083	1.31%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.