Population in Iraq compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	United Kingdom	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	7,022,052	52,400,000	-	-
1961	7,194,553	52,800,000	2.46%	0.76%
1962	7,413,875	53,250,000	3.05%	0.85%
1963	7,667,928	53,650,000	3.43%	0.75%
1964	7,929,566	54,000,000	3.41%	0.65%
1965	8,202,140	54,348,050	3.44%	0.64%
1966	8,485,104	54,648,500	3.45%	0.55%
1967	8,778,869	54,943,600	3.46%	0.54%
1968	9,085,016	55,211,700	3.49%	0.49%
1969	9,403,356	55,441,750	3.5%	0.42%
1970	9,735,611	55,663,250	3.53%	0.4%
1971	10,077,809	55,896,223	3.51%	0.42%
1972	10,430,164	56,086,065	3.5%	0.34%
1973	10,795,869	56,194,527	3.51%	0.19%
1974	11,167,761	56,229,974	3.44%	0.06%
1975	11,543,639	56,225,800	3.37%	-0.007%
1976	11,927,651	56,211,968	3.33%	-0.02%
1977	12,331,046	56,193,492	3.38%	-0.03%
1978	12,753,355	56,196,504	3.42%	0.005%
1979	13,170,365	56,246,951	3.27%	0.09%
1980	13,591,992	56,314,216	3.2%	0.12%
1981	14,006,381	56,333,829	3.05%	0.03%
1982	14,406,083	56,313,641	2.85%	-0.04%
1983	14,840,555	56,332,848	3.02%	0.03%
1984	15,310,733	56,422,072	3.17%	0.16%
1985	15,683,430	56,550,268	2.43%	0.23%
1986	16,074,145	56,681,396	2.49%	0.23%
1987	16,521,049	56,802,050	2.78%	0.21%
1988	16,908,819	56,928,327	2.35%	0.22%
1989	17,364,542	57,076,711	2.7%	0.26%
1990	17,581,206	57,247,586	1.25%	0.3%
1991	17,767,253	57,424,897	1.06%	0.31%
1992	18,300,845	57,580,402	3%	0.27%
1993	19,201,195	57,718,614	4.92%	0.24%
1994	20,139,807	57,865,745	4.89%	0.25%
1995	20,825,860	58,019,030	3.41%	0.26%
1996	21,501,321	58,166,950	3.24%	0.25%
1997	22,176,593	58,316,954	3.14%	0.26%
1998	22,884,399	58,487,141	3.19%	0.29%
1999	23,636,527	58,682,466	3.29%	0.33%
2000	24,424,056	58,892,514	3.33%	0.36%
2001	25,197,840	59,119,673	3.17%	0.39%
2002	26,006,559	59,370,479	3.21%	0.42%
2003	26,802,659	59,647,577	3.06%	0.47%
2004	27,577,878	59,987,905	2.89%	0.57%
2005	28,407,448	60,401,206	3.01%	0.69%
2006	28,616,515	60,846,820	0.74%	0.74%
2007	28,391,607	61,322,463	-0.79%	0.78%
2008	28,971,036	61,806,995	2.04%	0.79%
2009	30,058,206	62,276,270	3.75%	0.76%
2010	31,045,366	62,766,365	3.28%	0.79%
2011	32,161,424	63,258,810	3.59%	0.78%
2012	33,654,842	63,711,000	4.64%	0.71%
2013	35,281,989	64,139,000	4.83%	0.67%
2014	36,550,059	64,620,000	3.59%	0.75%
2015	37,560,535	65,088,000	2.76%	0.72%
2016	38,469,627	65,607,000	2.42%	0.8%
2017	39,337,353	65,966,000	2.26%	0.55%
2018	40,265,624	66,289,000	2.36%	0.49%
2019	41,192,171	66,631,000	2.3%	0.52%
2020	42,116,605	66,744,000	2.24%	0.17%
2021	43,071,211	66,984,000	2.27%	0.36%
2022	44,070,551	67,604,000	2.32%	0.93%
2023	45,074,049	68,492,000	2.28%	1.31%
2024	46,042,015	69,226,000	2.15%	1.07%
2025	47,020,778	69,639,673	2.13%	0.6%
2026	48,007,435	70,020,350	2.1%	0.55%
2027	48,987,424	70,382,853	2.04%	0.52%
2028	49,960,955	70,732,699	1.99%	0.5%
2029	50,943,339	71,061,482	1.97%	0.46%
2030	51,937,208	71,377,535	1.95%	0.44%
2031	52,934,373	71,678,351	1.92%	0.42%
2032	53,953,395	71,959,934	1.93%	0.39%
2033	54,985,129	72,234,509	1.91%	0.38%
2034	56,012,641	72,497,650	1.87%	0.36%
2035	57,035,917	72,749,096	1.83%	0.35%
2036	58,071,740	72,990,847	1.82%	0.33%
2037	59,109,258	73,218,850	1.79%	0.31%
2038	60,132,232	73,441,349	1.73%	0.3%
2039	61,174,679	73,658,392	1.73%	0.3%
2040	62,223,208	73,868,334	1.71%	0.29%
2041	63,249,167	74,074,316	1.65%	0.28%
2042	64,260,847	74,275,779	1.6%	0.27%
2043	65,257,000	74,475,035	1.55%	0.27%
2044	66,237,772	74,667,284	1.5%	0.26%
2045	67,204,176	74,848,605	1.46%	0.24%
2046	68,150,060	75,020,949	1.41%	0.23%
2047	69,098,087	75,184,478	1.39%	0.22%
2048	70,050,118	75,337,543	1.38%	0.2%
2049	70,999,566	75,476,141	1.36%	0.18%
2050	71,928,759	75,600,588	1.31%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.