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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	United States	Iraq	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,022,052	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	7,194,553	183,691,481	2.46%	1.67%
1962	7,413,875	186,537,737	3.05%	1.55%
1963	7,667,928	189,241,798	3.43%	1.45%
1964	7,929,566	191,888,791	3.41%	1.4%
1965	8,202,140	194,302,963	3.44%	1.26%
1966	8,485,104	196,560,338	3.45%	1.16%
1967	8,778,869	198,712,056	3.46%	1.09%
1968	9,085,016	200,706,052	3.49%	1%
1969	9,403,356	202,676,946	3.5%	0.98%
1970	9,735,611	205,052,174	3.53%	1.17%
1971	10,077,809	207,660,677	3.51%	1.27%
1972	10,430,164	209,896,021	3.5%	1.08%
1973	10,795,869	211,908,788	3.51%	0.96%
1974	11,167,761	213,853,928	3.44%	0.92%
1975	11,543,639	215,973,199	3.37%	0.99%
1976	11,927,651	218,035,164	3.33%	0.95%
1977	12,331,046	220,239,425	3.38%	1.01%
1978	12,753,355	222,584,545	3.42%	1.06%
1979	13,170,365	225,055,487	3.27%	1.11%
1980	13,591,992	226,542,250	3.2%	0.66%
1981	14,006,381	229,465,744	3.05%	1.29%
1982	14,406,083	231,664,432	2.85%	0.96%
1983	14,840,555	233,792,014	3.02%	0.92%
1984	15,310,733	235,824,908	3.17%	0.87%
1985	15,683,430	237,923,734	2.43%	0.89%
1986	16,074,145	240,132,831	2.49%	0.93%
1987	16,521,049	242,288,936	2.78%	0.9%
1988	16,908,819	244,499,004	2.35%	0.91%
1989	17,364,542	246,819,222	2.7%	0.95%
1990	17,581,206	250,131,894	1.25%	1.34%
1991	17,767,253	253,492,503	1.06%	1.34%
1992	18,300,845	256,894,189	3%	1.34%
1993	19,201,195	260,255,352	4.92%	1.31%
1994	20,139,807	263,435,673	4.89%	1.22%
1995	20,825,860	266,557,091	3.41%	1.18%
1996	21,501,321	269,667,391	3.24%	1.17%
1997	22,176,593	272,911,760	3.14%	1.2%
1998	22,884,399	276,115,288	3.19%	1.17%
1999	23,636,527	279,294,713	3.29%	1.15%
2000	24,424,056	282,162,411	3.33%	1.03%
2001	25,197,840	284,968,955	3.17%	0.99%
2002	26,006,559	287,625,193	3.21%	0.93%
2003	26,802,659	290,107,933	3.06%	0.86%
2004	27,577,878	292,805,298	2.89%	0.93%
2005	28,407,448	295,516,599	3.01%	0.93%
2006	28,616,515	298,379,912	0.74%	0.97%
2007	28,391,607	301,231,207	-0.79%	0.96%
2008	28,971,036	304,093,966	2.04%	0.95%
2009	30,058,206	306,771,529	3.75%	0.88%
2010	31,045,366	309,327,143	3.28%	0.83%
2011	32,161,424	311,583,481	3.59%	0.73%
2012	33,654,842	313,877,662	4.64%	0.74%
2013	35,281,989	316,059,947	4.83%	0.7%
2014	36,550,059	318,386,329	3.59%	0.74%
2015	37,560,535	320,738,994	2.76%	0.74%
2016	38,469,627	323,071,755	2.42%	0.73%
2017	39,337,353	325,122,128	2.26%	0.63%
2018	40,265,624	326,838,199	2.36%	0.53%
2019	41,192,171	328,329,953	2.3%	0.46%
2020	42,116,605	331,526,933	2.24%	0.97%
2021	43,071,211	331,893,745	2.27%	0.11%
2022	44,070,551	333,271,411	2.32%	0.42%
2023	45,074,049	334,914,895	2.28%	0.49%
2024	46,042,015	340,110,988	2.15%	1.55%
2025	47,020,778	341,931,772	2.13%	0.54%
2026	48,007,435	343,664,369	2.1%	0.51%
2027	48,987,424	345,331,185	2.04%	0.49%
2028	49,960,955	346,981,137	1.99%	0.48%
2029	50,943,339	348,601,982	1.97%	0.47%
2030	51,937,208	350,176,974	1.95%	0.45%
2031	52,934,373	351,725,612	1.92%	0.44%
2032	53,953,395	353,249,060	1.93%	0.43%
2033	54,985,129	354,749,644	1.91%	0.42%
2034	56,012,641	356,234,239	1.87%	0.42%
2035	57,035,917	357,694,316	1.83%	0.41%
2036	58,071,740	359,119,002	1.82%	0.4%
2037	59,109,258	360,517,853	1.79%	0.39%
2038	60,132,232	361,895,407	1.73%	0.38%
2039	61,174,679	363,229,908	1.73%	0.37%
2040	62,223,208	364,512,364	1.71%	0.35%
2041	63,249,167	365,753,139	1.65%	0.34%
2042	64,260,847	366,969,419	1.6%	0.33%
2043	65,257,000	368,146,925	1.55%	0.32%
2044	66,237,772	369,258,123	1.5%	0.3%
2045	67,204,176	370,318,770	1.46%	0.29%
2046	68,150,060	371,328,255	1.41%	0.27%
2047	69,098,087	372,299,116	1.39%	0.26%
2048	70,050,118	373,230,539	1.38%	0.25%
2049	70,999,566	374,119,803	1.36%	0.24%
2050	71,928,759	374,986,259	1.31%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.