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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Uganda	Iraq	Uganda
1960	7,022,052	7,640,973	-	-
1961	7,194,553	7,862,217	2.46%	2.9%
1962	7,413,875	8,092,231	3.05%	2.93%
1963	7,667,928	8,333,663	3.43%	2.98%
1964	7,929,566	8,586,363	3.41%	3.03%
1965	8,202,140	8,849,203	3.44%	3.06%
1966	8,485,104	9,122,864	3.45%	3.09%
1967	8,778,869	9,408,924	3.46%	3.14%
1968	9,085,016	9,708,632	3.49%	3.19%
1969	9,403,356	10,014,858	3.5%	3.15%
1970	9,735,611	10,321,603	3.53%	3.06%
1971	10,077,809	10,618,206	3.51%	2.87%
1972	10,430,164	10,885,796	3.5%	2.52%
1973	10,795,869	11,144,236	3.51%	2.37%
1974	11,167,761	11,424,846	3.44%	2.52%
1975	11,543,639	11,725,240	3.37%	2.63%
1976	11,927,651	12,037,294	3.33%	2.66%
1977	12,331,046	12,359,669	3.38%	2.68%
1978	12,753,355	12,692,113	3.42%	2.69%
1979	13,170,365	13,002,163	3.27%	2.44%
1980	13,591,992	13,275,741	3.2%	2.1%
1981	14,006,381	13,556,452	3.05%	2.11%
1982	14,406,083	13,873,631	2.85%	2.34%
1983	14,840,555	14,221,881	3.02%	2.51%
1984	15,310,733	14,607,677	3.17%	2.71%
1985	15,683,430	15,023,681	2.43%	2.85%
1986	16,074,145	15,467,579	2.49%	2.95%
1987	16,521,049	15,954,170	2.78%	3.15%
1988	16,908,819	16,470,483	2.35%	3.24%
1989	17,364,542	17,010,698	2.7%	3.28%
1990	17,581,206	17,569,897	1.25%	3.29%
1991	17,767,253	18,155,901	1.06%	3.34%
1992	18,300,845	18,785,032	3%	3.47%
1993	19,201,195	19,445,161	4.92%	3.51%
1994	20,139,807	20,108,801	4.89%	3.41%
1995	20,825,860	20,665,667	3.41%	2.77%
1996	21,501,321	21,231,550	3.24%	2.74%
1997	22,176,593	21,856,046	3.14%	2.94%
1998	22,884,399	22,515,806	3.19%	3.02%
1999	23,636,527	23,257,281	3.29%	3.29%
2000	24,424,056	24,000,150	3.33%	3.19%
2001	25,197,840	24,745,676	3.17%	3.11%
2002	26,006,559	25,532,870	3.21%	3.18%
2003	26,802,659	26,352,124	3.06%	3.21%
2004	27,577,878	27,154,515	2.89%	3.04%
2005	28,407,448	27,963,289	3.01%	2.98%
2006	28,616,515	28,794,003	0.74%	2.97%
2007	28,391,607	29,653,430	-0.79%	2.98%
2008	28,971,036	30,539,553	2.04%	2.99%
2009	30,058,206	31,451,151	3.75%	2.98%
2010	31,045,366	32,390,802	3.28%	2.99%
2011	32,161,424	33,354,543	3.59%	2.98%
2012	33,654,842	34,337,438	4.64%	2.95%
2013	35,281,989	35,337,042	4.83%	2.91%
2014	36,550,059	36,395,539	3.59%	3%
2015	37,560,535	37,531,446	2.76%	3.12%
2016	38,469,627	38,799,152	2.42%	3.38%
2017	39,337,353	40,177,388	2.26%	3.55%
2018	40,265,624	41,565,831	2.36%	3.46%
2019	41,192,171	42,999,637	2.3%	3.45%
2020	42,116,605	44,457,152	2.24%	3.39%
2021	43,071,211	45,910,930	2.27%	3.27%
2022	44,070,551	47,312,719	2.32%	3.05%
2023	45,074,049	48,656,601	2.28%	2.84%
2024	46,042,015	50,015,092	2.15%	2.79%
2025	47,020,778	51,384,895	2.13%	2.74%
2026	48,007,435	52,761,471	2.1%	2.68%
2027	48,987,424	54,144,274	2.04%	2.62%
2028	49,960,955	55,532,564	1.99%	2.56%
2029	50,943,339	56,922,797	1.97%	2.5%
2030	51,937,208	58,312,944	1.95%	2.44%
2031	52,934,373	59,703,537	1.92%	2.38%
2032	53,953,395	61,089,060	1.93%	2.32%
2033	54,985,129	62,464,116	1.91%	2.25%
2034	56,012,641	63,833,872	1.87%	2.19%
2035	57,035,917	65,205,570	1.83%	2.15%
2036	58,071,740	66,573,737	1.82%	2.1%
2037	59,109,258	67,942,634	1.79%	2.06%
2038	60,132,232	69,312,210	1.73%	2.02%
2039	61,174,679	70,669,875	1.73%	1.96%
2040	62,223,208	72,020,414	1.71%	1.91%
2041	63,249,167	73,372,658	1.65%	1.88%
2042	64,260,847	74,730,004	1.6%	1.85%
2043	65,257,000	76,090,991	1.55%	1.82%
2044	66,237,772	77,449,517	1.5%	1.79%
2045	67,204,176	78,797,995	1.46%	1.74%
2046	68,150,060	80,139,174	1.41%	1.7%
2047	69,098,087	81,478,503	1.39%	1.67%
2048	70,050,118	82,812,102	1.38%	1.64%
2049	70,999,566	84,130,056	1.36%	1.59%
2050	71,928,759	85,431,202	1.31%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.