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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Ukraine	Iraq	Ukraine
1960	7,022,052	42,824,093	-	-
1961	7,194,553	43,399,766	2.46%	1.34%
1962	7,413,875	43,943,674	3.05%	1.25%
1963	7,667,928	44,462,372	3.43%	1.18%
1964	7,929,566	44,951,156	3.41%	1.1%
1965	8,202,140	45,386,892	3.44%	0.97%
1966	8,485,104	45,802,519	3.45%	0.92%
1967	8,778,869	46,215,988	3.46%	0.9%
1968	9,085,016	46,614,325	3.49%	0.86%
1969	9,403,356	46,976,256	3.5%	0.78%
1970	9,735,611	47,261,306	3.53%	0.61%
1971	10,077,809	47,573,287	3.51%	0.66%
1972	10,430,164	47,946,893	3.5%	0.79%
1973	10,795,869	48,277,121	3.51%	0.69%
1974	11,167,761	48,576,570	3.44%	0.62%
1975	11,543,639	48,865,229	3.37%	0.59%
1976	11,927,651	49,120,842	3.33%	0.52%
1977	12,331,046	49,336,481	3.38%	0.44%
1978	12,753,355	49,521,243	3.42%	0.37%
1979	13,170,365	49,721,381	3.27%	0.4%
1980	13,591,992	49,955,152	3.2%	0.47%
1981	14,006,381	50,189,281	3.05%	0.47%
1982	14,406,083	50,402,724	2.85%	0.43%
1983	14,840,555	50,637,029	3.02%	0.46%
1984	15,310,733	50,887,599	3.17%	0.49%
1985	15,683,430	51,108,770	2.43%	0.43%
1986	16,074,145	51,318,745	2.49%	0.41%
1987	16,521,049	51,515,732	2.78%	0.38%
1988	16,908,819	51,724,853	2.35%	0.41%
1989	17,364,542	51,917,817	2.7%	0.37%
1990	17,581,206	52,054,092	1.25%	0.26%
1991	17,767,253	52,170,961	1.06%	0.22%
1992	18,300,845	52,323,671	3%	0.29%
1993	19,201,195	52,350,126	4.92%	0.05%
1994	20,139,807	52,075,998	4.89%	-0.52%
1995	20,825,860	51,665,539	3.41%	-0.79%
1996	21,501,321	51,226,109	3.24%	-0.85%
1997	22,176,593	50,786,885	3.14%	-0.86%
1998	22,884,399	50,379,731	3.19%	-0.8%
1999	23,636,527	49,976,446	3.29%	-0.8%
2000	24,424,056	49,556,660	3.33%	-0.84%
2001	25,197,840	49,106,855	3.17%	-0.91%
2002	26,006,559	48,677,281	3.21%	-0.87%
2003	26,802,659	48,315,136	3.06%	-0.74%
2004	27,577,878	47,979,507	2.89%	-0.69%
2005	28,407,448	47,585,556	3.01%	-0.82%
2006	28,616,515	47,278,694	0.74%	-0.64%
2007	28,391,607	47,062,798	-0.79%	-0.46%
2008	28,971,036	46,819,175	2.04%	-0.52%
2009	30,058,206	46,623,731	3.75%	-0.42%
2010	31,045,366	46,456,003	3.28%	-0.36%
2011	32,161,424	46,307,853	3.59%	-0.32%
2012	33,654,842	46,210,056	4.64%	-0.21%
2013	35,281,989	46,126,770	4.83%	-0.18%
2014	36,550,059	45,972,380	3.59%	-0.33%
2015	37,560,535	45,784,896	2.76%	-0.41%
2016	38,469,627	45,616,832	2.42%	-0.37%
2017	39,337,353	45,436,041	2.26%	-0.4%
2018	40,265,624	45,208,907	2.36%	-0.5%
2019	41,192,171	44,957,458	2.3%	-0.56%
2020	42,116,605	44,680,014	2.24%	-0.62%
2021	43,071,211	44,298,640	2.27%	-0.85%
2022	44,070,551	41,048,766	2.32%	-7.34%
2023	45,074,049	37,732,836	2.28%	-8.08%
2024	46,042,015	37,860,221	2.15%	0.34%
2025	47,020,778	38,980,379	2.13%	2.96%
2026	48,007,435	39,535,850	2.1%	1.43%
2027	48,987,424	39,245,208	2.04%	-0.74%
2028	49,960,955	38,952,086	1.99%	-0.75%
2029	50,943,339	38,654,416	1.97%	-0.76%
2030	51,937,208	38,353,848	1.95%	-0.78%
2031	52,934,373	38,050,624	1.92%	-0.79%
2032	53,953,395	37,746,688	1.93%	-0.8%
2033	54,985,129	37,442,088	1.91%	-0.81%
2034	56,012,641	37,135,839	1.87%	-0.82%
2035	57,035,917	36,828,149	1.83%	-0.83%
2036	58,071,740	36,519,767	1.82%	-0.84%
2037	59,109,258	36,209,679	1.79%	-0.85%
2038	60,132,232	35,897,705	1.73%	-0.86%
2039	61,174,679	35,584,263	1.73%	-0.87%
2040	62,223,208	35,270,911	1.71%	-0.88%
2041	63,249,167	34,957,580	1.65%	-0.89%
2042	64,260,847	34,641,778	1.6%	-0.9%
2043	65,257,000	34,324,132	1.55%	-0.92%
2044	66,237,772	34,004,074	1.5%	-0.93%
2045	67,204,176	33,680,448	1.46%	-0.95%
2046	68,150,060	33,351,499	1.41%	-0.98%
2047	69,098,087	33,017,828	1.39%	-1%
2048	70,050,118	32,680,968	1.38%	-1.02%
2049	70,999,566	32,338,515	1.36%	-1.05%
2050	71,928,759	31,990,136	1.31%	-1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.