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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Tunisia	Iraq	Tunisia
1960	7,022,052	4,267,288	-	-
1961	7,194,553	4,316,278	2.46%	1.15%
1962	7,413,875	4,369,136	3.05%	1.22%
1963	7,667,928	4,427,131	3.43%	1.33%
1964	7,929,566	4,489,869	3.41%	1.42%
1965	8,202,140	4,561,385	3.44%	1.59%
1966	8,485,104	4,652,287	3.45%	1.99%
1967	8,778,869	4,760,970	3.46%	2.34%
1968	9,085,016	4,879,899	3.49%	2.5%
1969	9,403,356	5,004,697	3.5%	2.56%
1970	9,735,611	5,131,396	3.53%	2.53%
1971	10,077,809	5,261,658	3.51%	2.54%
1972	10,430,164	5,396,557	3.5%	2.56%
1973	10,795,869	5,537,242	3.51%	2.61%
1974	11,167,761	5,684,674	3.44%	2.66%
1975	11,543,639	5,839,262	3.37%	2.72%
1976	11,927,651	5,996,994	3.33%	2.7%
1977	12,331,046	6,155,931	3.38%	2.65%
1978	12,753,355	6,309,390	3.42%	2.49%
1979	13,170,365	6,456,419	3.27%	2.33%
1980	13,591,992	6,606,195	3.2%	2.32%
1981	14,006,381	6,758,284	3.05%	2.3%
1982	14,406,083	6,908,642	2.85%	2.22%
1983	14,840,555	7,053,800	3.02%	2.1%
1984	15,310,733	7,220,044	3.17%	2.36%
1985	15,683,430	7,409,903	2.43%	2.63%
1986	16,074,145	7,600,301	2.49%	2.57%
1987	16,521,049	7,789,987	2.78%	2.5%
1988	16,908,819	7,974,440	2.35%	2.37%
1989	17,364,542	8,151,660	2.7%	2.22%
1990	17,581,206	8,324,509	1.25%	2.12%
1991	17,767,253	8,501,827	1.06%	2.13%
1992	18,300,845	8,682,512	3%	2.13%
1993	19,201,195	8,857,910	4.92%	2.02%
1994	20,139,807	9,018,448	4.89%	1.81%
1995	20,825,860	9,161,258	3.41%	1.58%
1996	21,501,321	9,294,432	3.24%	1.45%
1997	22,176,593	9,421,270	3.14%	1.36%
1998	22,884,399	9,541,667	3.19%	1.28%
1999	23,636,527	9,655,963	3.29%	1.2%
2000	24,424,056	9,764,935	3.33%	1.13%
2001	25,197,840	9,869,677	3.17%	1.07%
2002	26,006,559	9,971,515	3.21%	1.03%
2003	26,802,659	10,071,632	3.06%	1%
2004	27,577,878	10,166,163	2.89%	0.94%
2005	28,407,448	10,255,472	3.01%	0.88%
2006	28,616,515	10,346,410	0.74%	0.89%
2007	28,391,607	10,441,702	-0.79%	0.92%
2008	28,971,036	10,542,635	2.04%	0.97%
2009	30,058,206	10,650,681	3.75%	1.02%
2010	31,045,366	10,765,980	3.28%	1.08%
2011	32,161,424	10,886,035	3.59%	1.12%
2012	33,654,842	11,009,647	4.64%	1.14%
2013	35,281,989	11,141,361	4.83%	1.2%
2014	36,550,059	11,274,288	3.59%	1.19%
2015	37,560,535	11,402,264	2.76%	1.14%
2016	38,469,627	11,528,674	2.42%	1.11%
2017	39,337,353	11,650,498	2.26%	1.06%
2018	40,265,624	11,765,514	2.36%	0.99%
2019	41,192,171	11,875,081	2.3%	0.93%
2020	42,116,605	11,974,057	2.24%	0.83%
2021	43,071,211	12,048,622	2.27%	0.62%
2022	44,070,551	12,119,334	2.32%	0.59%
2023	45,074,049	12,200,431	2.28%	0.67%
2024	46,042,015	12,277,109	2.15%	0.63%
2025	47,020,778	12,348,580	2.13%	0.58%
2026	48,007,435	12,415,147	2.1%	0.54%
2027	48,987,424	12,476,105	2.04%	0.49%
2028	49,960,955	12,531,994	1.99%	0.45%
2029	50,943,339	12,582,709	1.97%	0.4%
2030	51,937,208	12,628,154	1.95%	0.36%
2031	52,934,373	12,669,925	1.92%	0.33%
2032	53,953,395	12,709,155	1.93%	0.31%
2033	54,985,129	12,746,538	1.91%	0.29%
2034	56,012,641	12,781,017	1.87%	0.27%
2035	57,035,917	12,812,275	1.83%	0.24%
2036	58,071,740	12,842,495	1.82%	0.24%
2037	59,109,258	12,872,063	1.79%	0.23%
2038	60,132,232	12,900,190	1.73%	0.22%
2039	61,174,679	12,927,314	1.73%	0.21%
2040	62,223,208	12,953,871	1.71%	0.21%
2041	63,249,167	12,979,696	1.65%	0.2%
2042	64,260,847	13,005,242	1.6%	0.2%
2043	65,257,000	13,030,307	1.55%	0.19%
2044	66,237,772	13,054,103	1.5%	0.18%
2045	67,204,176	13,076,097	1.46%	0.17%
2046	68,150,060	13,095,748	1.41%	0.15%
2047	69,098,087	13,113,228	1.39%	0.13%
2048	70,050,118	13,127,662	1.38%	0.11%
2049	70,999,566	13,138,151	1.36%	0.08%
2050	71,928,759	13,145,144	1.31%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.