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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Turkey	Iraq	Turkey
1960	7,022,052	28,329,898	-	-
1961	7,194,553	29,119,238	2.46%	2.79%
1962	7,413,875	29,916,147	3.05%	2.74%
1963	7,667,928	30,726,841	3.43%	2.71%
1964	7,929,566	31,543,072	3.41%	2.66%
1965	8,202,140	32,345,220	3.44%	2.54%
1966	8,485,104	33,177,672	3.45%	2.57%
1967	8,778,869	34,050,421	3.46%	2.63%
1968	9,085,016	34,921,684	3.49%	2.56%
1969	9,403,356	35,787,774	3.5%	2.48%
1970	9,735,611	36,638,465	3.53%	2.38%
1971	10,077,809	37,518,611	3.51%	2.4%
1972	10,430,164	38,430,221	3.5%	2.43%
1973	10,795,869	39,329,533	3.51%	2.34%
1974	11,167,761	40,210,234	3.44%	2.24%
1975	11,543,639	41,053,126	3.37%	2.1%
1976	11,927,651	41,899,984	3.33%	2.06%
1977	12,331,046	42,773,298	3.38%	2.08%
1978	12,753,355	43,645,306	3.42%	2.04%
1979	13,170,365	44,510,429	3.27%	1.98%
1980	13,591,992	45,408,815	3.2%	2.02%
1981	14,006,381	46,321,190	3.05%	2.01%
1982	14,406,083	47,322,096	2.85%	2.16%
1983	14,840,555	48,447,410	3.02%	2.38%
1984	15,310,733	49,574,069	3.17%	2.33%
1985	15,683,430	50,687,115	2.43%	2.25%
1986	16,074,145	51,777,772	2.49%	2.15%
1987	16,521,049	52,843,670	2.78%	2.06%
1988	16,908,819	53,909,626	2.35%	2.02%
1989	17,364,542	54,976,723	2.7%	1.98%
1990	17,581,206	56,015,628	1.25%	1.89%
1991	17,767,253	57,009,887	1.06%	1.77%
1992	18,300,845	57,990,118	3%	1.72%
1993	19,201,195	58,999,167	4.92%	1.74%
1994	20,139,807	60,033,836	4.89%	1.75%
1995	20,825,860	61,024,503	3.41%	1.65%
1996	21,501,321	61,951,134	3.24%	1.52%
1997	22,176,593	62,852,966	3.14%	1.46%
1998	22,884,399	63,734,383	3.19%	1.4%
1999	23,636,527	64,591,923	3.29%	1.35%
2000	24,424,056	65,425,961	3.33%	1.29%
2001	25,197,840	66,245,128	3.17%	1.25%
2002	26,006,559	67,048,795	3.21%	1.21%
2003	26,802,659	67,831,730	3.06%	1.17%
2004	27,577,878	68,592,617	2.89%	1.12%
2005	28,407,448	69,329,557	3.01%	1.07%
2006	28,616,515	70,045,349	0.74%	1.03%
2007	28,391,607	70,158,112	-0.79%	0.16%
2008	28,971,036	71,051,678	2.04%	1.27%
2009	30,058,206	72,039,206	3.75%	1.39%
2010	31,045,366	73,142,150	3.28%	1.53%
2011	32,161,424	74,223,629	3.59%	1.48%
2012	33,654,842	75,175,827	4.64%	1.28%
2013	35,281,989	76,147,624	4.83%	1.29%
2014	36,550,059	77,181,884	3.59%	1.36%
2015	37,560,535	78,218,479	2.76%	1.34%
2016	38,469,627	79,277,962	2.42%	1.35%
2017	39,337,353	80,312,698	2.26%	1.31%
2018	40,265,624	81,407,204	2.36%	1.36%
2019	41,192,171	82,579,440	2.3%	1.44%
2020	42,116,605	83,384,680	2.24%	0.98%
2021	43,071,211	84,147,318	2.27%	0.91%
2022	44,070,551	84,979,913	2.32%	0.99%
2023	45,074,049	85,325,965	2.28%	0.41%
2024	46,042,015	85,518,661	2.15%	0.23%
2025	47,020,778	85,725,557	2.13%	0.24%
2026	48,007,435	85,960,835	2.1%	0.27%
2027	48,987,424	86,227,115	2.04%	0.31%
2028	49,960,955	86,502,744	1.99%	0.32%
2029	50,943,339	86,771,652	1.97%	0.31%
2030	51,937,208	87,037,680	1.95%	0.31%
2031	52,934,373	87,297,191	1.92%	0.3%
2032	53,953,395	87,537,075	1.93%	0.27%
2033	54,985,129	87,762,403	1.91%	0.26%
2034	56,012,641	87,974,138	1.87%	0.24%
2035	57,035,917	88,172,739	1.83%	0.23%
2036	58,071,740	88,364,318	1.82%	0.22%
2037	59,109,258	88,545,669	1.79%	0.21%
2038	60,132,232	88,707,268	1.73%	0.18%
2039	61,174,679	88,849,956	1.73%	0.16%
2040	62,223,208	88,975,510	1.71%	0.14%
2041	63,249,167	89,083,304	1.65%	0.12%
2042	64,260,847	89,177,769	1.6%	0.11%
2043	65,257,000	89,254,147	1.55%	0.09%
2044	66,237,772	89,311,458	1.5%	0.06%
2045	67,204,176	89,349,806	1.46%	0.04%
2046	68,150,060	89,375,429	1.41%	0.03%
2047	69,098,087	89,383,765	1.39%	0.009%
2048	70,050,118	89,361,174	1.38%	-0.03%
2049	70,999,566	89,306,566	1.36%	-0.06%
2050	71,928,759	89,218,346	1.31%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.