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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Zimbabwe	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	7,022,052	3,809,389	-	-
1961	7,194,553	3,930,401	2.46%	3.18%
1962	7,413,875	4,055,959	3.05%	3.19%
1963	7,667,928	4,185,877	3.43%	3.2%
1964	7,929,566	4,320,006	3.41%	3.2%
1965	8,202,140	4,458,462	3.44%	3.2%
1966	8,485,104	4,601,217	3.45%	3.2%
1967	8,778,869	4,748,307	3.46%	3.2%
1968	9,085,016	4,900,440	3.49%	3.2%
1969	9,403,356	5,058,181	3.5%	3.22%
1970	9,735,611	5,215,918	3.53%	3.12%
1971	10,077,809	5,374,712	3.51%	3.04%
1972	10,430,164	5,542,445	3.5%	3.12%
1973	10,795,869	5,720,404	3.51%	3.21%
1974	11,167,761	5,908,328	3.44%	3.29%
1975	11,543,639	6,098,658	3.37%	3.22%
1976	11,927,651	6,287,105	3.33%	3.09%
1977	12,331,046	6,449,512	3.38%	2.58%
1978	12,753,355	6,543,575	3.42%	1.46%
1979	13,170,365	6,647,556	3.27%	1.59%
1980	13,591,992	7,041,303	3.2%	5.92%
1981	14,006,381	7,498,635	3.05%	6.49%
1982	14,406,083	7,796,496	2.85%	3.97%
1983	14,840,555	8,098,404	3.02%	3.87%
1984	15,310,733	8,391,488	3.17%	3.62%
1985	15,683,430	8,686,813	2.43%	3.52%
1986	16,074,145	8,982,578	2.49%	3.4%
1987	16,521,049	9,284,644	2.78%	3.36%
1988	16,908,819	9,583,094	2.35%	3.21%
1989	17,364,542	9,864,798	2.7%	2.94%
1990	17,581,206	10,137,281	1.25%	2.76%
1991	17,767,253	10,404,816	1.06%	2.64%
1992	18,300,845	10,702,700	3%	2.86%
1993	19,201,195	10,860,288	4.92%	1.47%
1994	20,139,807	10,873,148	4.89%	0.12%
1995	20,825,860	10,974,599	3.41%	0.93%
1996	21,501,321	11,158,360	3.24%	1.67%
1997	22,176,593	11,369,827	3.14%	1.9%
1998	22,884,399	11,594,297	3.19%	1.97%
1999	23,636,527	11,783,458	3.29%	1.63%
2000	24,424,056	11,892,055	3.33%	0.92%
2001	25,197,840	11,971,901	3.17%	0.67%
2002	26,006,559	12,087,653	3.21%	0.97%
2003	26,802,659	12,232,323	3.06%	1.2%
2004	27,577,878	12,365,896	2.89%	1.09%
2005	28,407,448	12,483,432	3.01%	0.95%
2006	28,616,515	12,636,445	0.74%	1.23%
2007	28,391,607	12,804,058	-0.79%	1.33%
2008	28,971,036	12,959,149	2.04%	1.21%
2009	30,058,206	13,142,790	3.75%	1.42%
2010	31,045,366	13,356,548	3.28%	1.63%
2011	32,161,424	13,595,424	3.59%	1.79%
2012	33,654,842	13,817,887	4.64%	1.64%
2013	35,281,989	14,013,808	4.83%	1.42%
2014	36,550,059	14,207,359	3.59%	1.38%
2015	37,560,535	14,399,013	2.76%	1.35%
2016	38,469,627	14,600,294	2.42%	1.4%
2017	39,337,353	14,812,482	2.26%	1.45%
2018	40,265,624	15,034,452	2.36%	1.5%
2019	41,192,171	15,271,368	2.3%	1.58%
2020	42,116,605	15,526,888	2.24%	1.67%
2021	43,071,211	15,797,210	2.27%	1.74%
2022	44,070,551	16,069,056	2.32%	1.72%
2023	45,074,049	16,340,822	2.28%	1.69%
2024	46,042,015	16,634,373	2.15%	1.8%
2025	47,020,778	16,950,805	2.13%	1.9%
2026	48,007,435	17,273,591	2.1%	1.9%
2027	48,987,424	17,600,621	2.04%	1.89%
2028	49,960,955	17,932,015	1.99%	1.88%
2029	50,943,339	18,268,967	1.97%	1.88%
2030	51,937,208	18,610,356	1.95%	1.87%
2031	52,934,373	18,956,207	1.92%	1.86%
2032	53,953,395	19,311,368	1.93%	1.87%
2033	54,985,129	19,675,929	1.91%	1.89%
2034	56,012,641	20,041,125	1.87%	1.86%
2035	57,035,917	20,409,159	1.83%	1.84%
2036	58,071,740	20,778,662	1.82%	1.81%
2037	59,109,258	21,144,748	1.79%	1.76%
2038	60,132,232	21,512,919	1.73%	1.74%
2039	61,174,679	21,881,123	1.73%	1.71%
2040	62,223,208	22,250,123	1.71%	1.69%
2041	63,249,167	22,627,428	1.65%	1.7%
2042	64,260,847	23,000,906	1.6%	1.65%
2043	65,257,000	23,371,301	1.55%	1.61%
2044	66,237,772	23,740,630	1.5%	1.58%
2045	67,204,176	24,102,391	1.46%	1.52%
2046	68,150,060	24,462,491	1.41%	1.49%
2047	69,098,087	24,816,449	1.39%	1.45%
2048	70,050,118	25,168,419	1.38%	1.42%
2049	70,999,566	25,518,513	1.36%	1.39%
2050	71,928,759	25,866,397	1.31%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iraq increased by 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iraq gained 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Iraq was ranked 39th most populous country in 2006 and is 34th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.