Population in Iraq compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Vatican	Iraq	Vatican
1960	7,022,052	-	-	-
1961	7,194,553	-	2.46%	-
1962	7,413,875	-	3.05%	-
1963	7,667,928	-	3.43%	-
1964	7,929,566	-	3.41%	-
1965	8,202,140	-	3.44%	-
1966	8,485,104	-	3.45%	-
1967	8,778,869	-	3.46%	-
1968	9,085,016	-	3.49%	-
1969	9,403,356	-	3.5%	-
1970	9,735,611	-	3.53%	-
1971	10,077,809	-	3.51%	-
1972	10,430,164	-	3.5%	-
1973	10,795,869	-	3.51%	-
1974	11,167,761	-	3.44%	-
1975	11,543,639	-	3.37%	-
1976	11,927,651	-	3.33%	-
1977	12,331,046	-	3.38%	-
1978	12,753,355	-	3.42%	-
1979	13,170,365	-	3.27%	-
1980	13,591,992	-	3.2%	-
1981	14,006,381	-	3.05%	-
1982	14,406,083	-	2.85%	-
1983	14,840,555	-	3.02%	-
1984	15,310,733	-	3.17%	-
1985	15,683,430	-	2.43%	-
1986	16,074,145	-	2.49%	-
1987	16,521,049	-	2.78%	-
1988	16,908,819	-	2.35%	-
1989	17,364,542	-	2.7%	-
1990	17,581,206	-	1.25%	-
1991	17,767,253	-	1.06%	-
1992	18,300,845	-	3%	-
1993	19,201,195	-	4.92%	-
1994	20,139,807	-	4.89%	-
1995	20,825,860	-	3.41%	-
1996	21,501,321	-	3.24%	-
1997	22,176,593	-	3.14%	-
1998	22,884,399	-	3.19%	-
1999	23,636,527	-	3.29%	-
2000	24,424,056	880	3.33%	-
2001	25,197,840	890	3.17%	1.14%
2002	26,006,559	900	3.21%	1.12%
2003	26,802,659	911	3.06%	1.22%
2004	27,577,878	921	2.89%	1.1%
2005	28,407,448	921	3.01%	0%
2006	28,616,515	932	0.74%	1.19%
2007	28,391,607	821	-0.79%	-11.9%
2008	28,971,036	824	2.04%	0.37%
2009	30,058,206	826	3.75%	0.24%
2010	31,045,366	829	3.28%	0.36%
2011	32,161,424	832	3.59%	0.36%
2012	33,654,842	836	4.64%	0.48%
2013	35,281,989	839	4.83%	0.36%
2014	36,550,059	842	3.59%	0.36%
2015	37,560,535	1,000	2.76%	18.8%
2016	38,469,627	-	2.42%	0%
2017	39,337,353	1,000	2.26%	0%
2018	40,265,624	-	2.36%	0%
2019	41,192,171	1,000	2.3%	0%
2020	42,116,605	987	2.24%	-1.29%
2021	43,071,211	970	2.27%	-1.68%
2022	44,070,551	944	2.32%	-2.66%
2023	45,074,049	922	2.28%	-2.34%
2024	46,042,015	933	2.15%	1.2%
2025	47,020,778	939	2.13%	0.59%
2026	48,007,435	952	2.1%	1.37%
2027	48,987,424	974	2.04%	2.32%
2028	49,960,955	985	1.99%	1.13%
2029	50,943,339	983	1.97%	-0.19%
2030	51,937,208	976	1.95%	-0.75%
2031	52,934,373	968	1.92%	-0.75%
2032	53,953,395	968	1.93%	0%
2033	54,985,129	988	1.91%	2.09%
2034	56,012,641	992	1.87%	0.37%
2035	57,035,917	1,000	1.83%	0.74%
2036	58,071,740	998	1.82%	-0.18%
2037	59,109,258	1,003	1.79%	0.55%
2038	60,132,232	1,022	1.73%	1.83%
2039	61,174,679	1,060	1.73%	3.78%
2040	62,223,208	1,095	1.71%	3.3%
2041	63,249,167	1,127	1.65%	2.86%
2042	64,260,847	1,149	1.6%	1.96%
2043	65,257,000	1,169	1.55%	1.76%
2044	66,237,772	1,186	1.5%	1.42%
2045	67,204,176	1,209	1.46%	2.02%
2046	68,150,060	1,224	1.41%	1.22%
2047	69,098,087	1,248	1.39%	1.95%
2048	70,050,118	1,272	1.38%	1.92%
2049	70,999,566	1,296	1.36%	1.88%
2050	71,928,759	1,325	1.31%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.