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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Zambia	Iraq	Zambia
1960	7,022,052	3,153,729	-	-
1961	7,194,553	3,254,086	2.46%	3.18%
1962	7,413,875	3,358,099	3.05%	3.2%
1963	7,667,928	3,465,907	3.43%	3.21%
1964	7,929,566	3,577,017	3.41%	3.21%
1965	8,202,140	3,692,086	3.44%	3.22%
1966	8,485,104	3,812,003	3.45%	3.25%
1967	8,778,869	3,936,343	3.46%	3.26%
1968	9,085,016	4,065,593	3.49%	3.28%
1969	9,403,356	4,197,116	3.5%	3.24%
1970	9,735,611	4,321,718	3.53%	2.97%
1971	10,077,809	4,442,525	3.51%	2.8%
1972	10,430,164	4,569,309	3.5%	2.85%
1973	10,795,869	4,702,693	3.51%	2.92%
1974	11,167,761	4,842,746	3.44%	2.98%
1975	11,543,639	4,990,086	3.37%	3.04%
1976	11,927,651	5,143,842	3.33%	3.08%
1977	12,331,046	5,302,480	3.38%	3.08%
1978	12,753,355	5,465,374	3.42%	3.07%
1979	13,170,365	5,631,728	3.27%	3.04%
1980	13,591,992	5,802,833	3.2%	3.04%
1981	14,006,381	5,983,289	3.05%	3.11%
1982	14,406,083	6,178,637	2.85%	3.26%
1983	14,840,555	6,381,038	3.02%	3.28%
1984	15,310,733	6,580,490	3.17%	3.13%
1985	15,683,430	6,780,953	2.43%	3.05%
1986	16,074,145	6,986,471	2.49%	3.03%
1987	16,521,049	7,191,282	2.78%	2.93%
1988	16,908,819	7,391,440	2.35%	2.78%
1989	17,364,542	7,589,216	2.7%	2.68%
1990	17,581,206	7,786,169	1.25%	2.6%
1991	17,767,253	7,981,650	1.06%	2.51%
1992	18,300,845	8,176,680	3%	2.44%
1993	19,201,195	8,373,921	4.92%	2.41%
1994	20,139,807	8,576,269	4.89%	2.42%
1995	20,825,860	8,785,763	3.41%	2.44%
1996	21,501,321	9,004,053	3.24%	2.48%
1997	22,176,593	9,237,063	3.14%	2.59%
1998	22,884,399	9,482,408	3.19%	2.66%
1999	23,636,527	9,740,005	3.29%	2.72%
2000	24,424,056	10,017,631	3.33%	2.85%
2001	25,197,840	10,325,185	3.17%	3.07%
2002	26,006,559	10,647,949	3.21%	3.13%
2003	26,802,659	10,983,595	3.06%	3.15%
2004	27,577,878	11,338,198	2.89%	3.23%
2005	28,407,448	11,718,819	3.01%	3.36%
2006	28,616,515	12,129,553	0.74%	3.5%
2007	28,391,607	12,565,085	-0.79%	3.59%
2008	28,971,036	13,021,324	2.04%	3.63%
2009	30,058,206	13,490,389	3.75%	3.6%
2010	31,045,366	13,965,594	3.28%	3.52%
2011	32,161,424	14,437,796	3.59%	3.38%
2012	33,654,842	14,913,629	4.64%	3.3%
2013	35,281,989	15,398,997	4.83%	3.25%
2014	36,550,059	15,895,315	3.59%	3.22%
2015	37,560,535	16,399,089	2.76%	3.17%
2016	38,469,627	16,914,423	2.42%	3.14%
2017	39,337,353	17,441,320	2.26%	3.12%
2018	40,265,624	17,973,569	2.36%	3.05%
2019	41,192,171	18,513,839	2.3%	3.01%
2020	42,116,605	19,059,395	2.24%	2.95%
2021	43,071,211	19,603,607	2.27%	2.86%
2022	44,070,551	20,152,938	2.32%	2.8%
2023	45,074,049	20,723,965	2.28%	2.83%
2024	46,042,015	21,314,956	2.15%	2.85%
2025	47,020,778	21,913,869	2.13%	2.81%
2026	48,007,435	22,521,905	2.1%	2.77%
2027	48,987,424	23,138,716	2.04%	2.74%
2028	49,960,955	23,761,368	1.99%	2.69%
2029	50,943,339	24,389,681	1.97%	2.64%
2030	51,937,208	25,024,887	1.95%	2.6%
2031	52,934,373	25,666,496	1.92%	2.56%
2032	53,953,395	26,311,946	1.93%	2.51%
2033	54,985,129	26,960,073	1.91%	2.46%
2034	56,012,641	27,611,621	1.87%	2.42%
2035	57,035,917	28,266,887	1.83%	2.37%
2036	58,071,740	28,925,103	1.82%	2.33%
2037	59,109,258	29,583,482	1.79%	2.28%
2038	60,132,232	30,240,549	1.73%	2.22%
2039	61,174,679	30,895,586	1.73%	2.17%
2040	62,223,208	31,550,394	1.71%	2.12%
2041	63,249,167	32,204,340	1.65%	2.07%
2042	64,260,847	32,856,596	1.6%	2.03%
2043	65,257,000	33,510,500	1.55%	1.99%
2044	66,237,772	34,165,920	1.5%	1.96%
2045	67,204,176	34,821,101	1.46%	1.92%
2046	68,150,060	35,475,795	1.41%	1.88%
2047	69,098,087	36,129,270	1.39%	1.84%
2048	70,050,118	36,782,260	1.38%	1.81%
2049	70,999,566	37,434,667	1.36%	1.77%
2050	71,928,759	38,083,369	1.31%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.