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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Yemen	Iraq	Yemen
1960	7,022,052	5,532,301	-	-
1961	7,194,553	5,655,232	2.46%	2.22%
1962	7,413,875	5,782,221	3.05%	2.25%
1963	7,667,928	5,911,135	3.43%	2.23%
1964	7,929,566	6,048,006	3.41%	2.32%
1965	8,202,140	6,195,593	3.44%	2.44%
1966	8,485,104	6,351,494	3.45%	2.52%
1967	8,778,869	6,516,444	3.46%	2.6%
1968	9,085,016	6,690,524	3.49%	2.67%
1969	9,403,356	6,875,859	3.5%	2.77%
1970	9,735,611	7,065,279	3.53%	2.75%
1971	10,077,809	7,257,462	3.51%	2.72%
1972	10,430,164	7,460,068	3.5%	2.79%
1973	10,795,869	7,672,796	3.51%	2.85%
1974	11,167,761	7,896,783	3.44%	2.92%
1975	11,543,639	8,133,598	3.37%	3%
1976	11,927,651	8,384,113	3.33%	3.08%
1977	12,331,046	8,648,222	3.38%	3.15%
1978	12,753,355	8,926,586	3.42%	3.22%
1979	13,170,365	9,224,194	3.27%	3.33%
1980	13,591,992	9,543,358	3.2%	3.46%
1981	14,006,381	9,882,362	3.05%	3.55%
1982	14,406,083	10,241,006	2.85%	3.63%
1983	14,840,555	10,621,499	3.02%	3.72%
1984	15,310,733	11,025,597	3.17%	3.8%
1985	15,683,430	11,453,825	2.43%	3.88%
1986	16,074,145	11,901,040	2.49%	3.9%
1987	16,521,049	12,369,912	2.78%	3.94%
1988	16,908,819	12,859,708	2.35%	3.96%
1989	17,364,542	13,364,174	2.7%	3.92%
1990	17,581,206	13,887,862	1.25%	3.92%
1991	17,767,253	14,430,201	1.06%	3.91%
1992	18,300,845	14,989,494	3%	3.88%
1993	19,201,195	15,563,914	4.92%	3.83%
1994	20,139,807	16,149,147	4.89%	3.76%
1995	20,825,860	16,740,058	3.41%	3.66%
1996	21,501,321	17,313,177	3.24%	3.42%
1997	22,176,593	17,873,936	3.14%	3.24%
1998	22,884,399	18,446,013	3.19%	3.2%
1999	23,636,527	19,029,420	3.29%	3.16%
2000	24,424,056	19,624,141	3.33%	3.13%
2001	25,197,840	20,226,147	3.17%	3.07%
2002	26,006,559	20,835,086	3.21%	3.01%
2003	26,802,659	21,456,379	3.06%	2.98%
2004	27,577,878	22,095,167	2.89%	2.98%
2005	28,407,448	22,790,085	3.01%	3.15%
2006	28,616,515	23,543,083	0.74%	3.3%
2007	28,391,607	24,318,082	-0.79%	3.29%
2008	28,971,036	25,111,941	2.04%	3.26%
2009	30,058,206	25,927,724	3.75%	3.25%
2010	31,045,366	26,754,387	3.28%	3.19%
2011	32,161,424	27,582,897	3.59%	3.1%
2012	33,654,842	28,433,647	4.64%	3.08%
2013	35,281,989	29,312,952	4.83%	3.09%
2014	36,550,059	30,226,309	3.59%	3.12%
2015	37,560,535	31,159,379	2.76%	3.09%
2016	38,469,627	32,109,010	2.42%	3.05%
2017	39,337,353	33,090,921	2.26%	3.06%
2018	40,265,624	34,085,182	2.36%	3%
2019	41,192,171	35,111,408	2.3%	3.01%
2020	42,116,605	36,134,863	2.24%	2.91%
2021	43,071,211	37,140,230	2.27%	2.78%
2022	44,070,551	38,222,876	2.32%	2.92%
2023	45,074,049	39,390,799	2.28%	3.06%
2024	46,042,015	40,583,164	2.15%	3.03%
2025	47,020,778	41,773,871	2.13%	2.93%
2026	48,007,435	42,961,650	2.1%	2.84%
2027	48,987,424	44,145,620	2.04%	2.76%
2028	49,960,955	45,323,685	1.99%	2.67%
2029	50,943,339	46,497,573	1.97%	2.59%
2030	51,937,208	47,667,649	1.95%	2.52%
2031	52,934,373	48,827,503	1.92%	2.43%
2032	53,953,395	49,979,089	1.93%	2.36%
2033	54,985,129	51,129,867	1.91%	2.3%
2034	56,012,641	52,279,989	1.87%	2.25%
2035	57,035,917	53,429,308	1.83%	2.2%
2036	58,071,740	54,578,046	1.82%	2.15%
2037	59,109,258	55,724,259	1.79%	2.1%
2038	60,132,232	56,872,152	1.73%	2.06%
2039	61,174,679	58,024,713	1.73%	2.03%
2040	62,223,208	59,181,514	1.71%	1.99%
2041	63,249,167	60,345,667	1.65%	1.97%
2042	64,260,847	61,517,965	1.6%	1.94%
2043	65,257,000	62,696,517	1.55%	1.92%
2044	66,237,772	63,880,172	1.5%	1.89%
2045	67,204,176	65,066,344	1.46%	1.86%
2046	68,150,060	66,253,578	1.41%	1.82%
2047	69,098,087	67,438,796	1.39%	1.79%
2048	70,050,118	68,620,844	1.38%	1.75%
2049	70,999,566	69,799,794	1.36%	1.72%
2050	71,928,759	70,976,389	1.31%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.