Population of Iraq

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Iraq is 41,724,024 as of January 19, 2022, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Iraq is projected at 41,179,350 or 41.179 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Iraq is projected at 40,222,493 or 40.222 million people for the year 2020. Iraq ranks number 36th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Iraq is ranked 14th among 51 countries in Asia.

Iraq's population will be increased year by year. The Iraq population is projected to reach 50.19 million in 2030 and increase further to 70.94 million in 2050 and 107.71 million by 2100. Iraq accounts for 0.52 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.24% in 1956 and is projected to increase by 0.99% by 2100.

Iraq was at 63rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 22nd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Iraq population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	5,719,192	-	-	0.23
1951	5,901,508	182,316	3.19	0.23
1952	6,065,011	163,503	2.77	0.23
1953	6,216,131	151,120	2.49	0.23
1954	6,360,440	144,309	2.32	0.23
1955	6,502,657	142,217	2.24	0.23
1956	6,646,643	143,986	2.21	0.24
1957	6,795,400	148,757	2.24	0.24
1958	6,951,160	155,760	2.29	0.24
1959	7,115,510	164,350	2.36	0.24
1960	7,289,760	174,250	2.45	0.24
1961	7,475,350	185,590	2.55	0.24
1962	7,674,220	198,870	2.66	0.24
1963	7,888,913	214,693	2.80	0.25
1964	8,122,197	233,284	2.96	0.25
1965	8,375,790	253,593	3.12	0.25
1966	8,651,162	275,372	3.29	0.25
1967	8,947,404	296,242	3.42	0.26
1968	9,260,682	313,278	3.50	0.26
1969	9,585,576	324,894	3.51	0.26
1970	9,917,983	332,407	3.47	0.27
1971	10,255,850	337,867	3.41	0.27
1972	10,599,668	343,818	3.35	0.28
1973	10,950,888	351,220	3.31	0.28
1974	11,312,062	361,174	3.30	0.28
1975	11,684,590	372,528	3.29	0.29
1976	12,068,676	384,086	3.29	0.29
1977	12,462,070	393,394	3.26	0.29
1978	12,860,680	398,610	3.20	0.30
1979	13,259,113	398,433	3.10	0.30
1980	13,653,354	394,241	2.97	0.31
1981	14,044,117	390,763	2.86	0.31
1982	14,432,468	388,351	2.77	0.31
1983	14,815,656	383,188	2.66	0.32
1984	15,190,393	374,737	2.53	0.32
1985	15,555,800	365,407	2.41	0.32
1986	15,909,762	353,962	2.28	0.32
1987	16,257,070	347,308	2.18	0.32
1988	16,612,322	355,252	2.19	0.32
1989	16,994,948	382,626	2.30	0.32
1990	17,419,113	424,165	2.50	0.33
1991	17,889,459	470,346	2.70	0.33
1992	18,402,734	513,275	2.87	0.33
1993	18,955,085	552,351	3.00	0.34
1994	19,539,340	584,255	3.08	0.35
1995	20,149,338	609,998	3.12	0.35
1996	20,783,073	633,735	3.15	0.36
1997	21,439,574	656,501	3.16	0.36
1998	22,114,324	674,750	3.15	0.37
1999	22,802,064	687,740	3.11	0.38
2000	23,497,585	695,521	3.05	0.38
2001	24,208,180	710,595	3.02	0.39
2002	24,931,919	723,739	2.99	0.40
2003	25,644,499	712,580	2.86	0.40
2004	26,313,838	669,339	2.61	0.41
2005	26,922,284	608,446	2.31	0.41
2006	27,448,124	525,840	1.95	0.41
2007	27,911,248	463,124	1.69	0.42
2008	28,385,746	474,498	1.70	0.42
2009	28,973,162	587,416	2.07	0.42
2010	29,741,976	768,814	2.65	0.43
2011	30,725,300	983,324	3.31	0.44
2012	31,890,011	1,164,711	3.79	0.45
2013	33,157,050	1,267,039	3.97	0.46
2014	34,411,951	1,254,901	3.78	0.47
2015	35,572,261	1,160,310	3.37	0.48
2016	36,610,632	1,038,371	2.92	0.49
2017	37,552,781	942,149	2.57	0.50
2018	38,433,600	880,819	2.35	0.50
2019	39,309,783	876,183	2.28	0.51

Iraq population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	40,222,493	912,710	2.32	0.52
2021	41,179,350	956,857	2.38	0.52
2022	42,164,965	985,615	2.39	0.53
2023	43,170,801	1,005,836	2.39	0.54
2024	44,181,832	1,011,031	2.34	0.54
2025	45,187,256	1,005,424	2.28	0.55
2026	46,185,956	998,700	2.21	0.56
2027	47,183,017	997,061	2.16	0.57
2028	48,180,891	997,874	2.11	0.57
2029	49,183,531	1,002,640	2.08	0.58
2030	50,193,756	1,010,225	2.05	0.59
2031	51,211,821	1,018,065	2.03	0.59
2032	52,236,451	1,024,630	2.00	0.60
2033	53,267,078	1,030,627	1.97	0.61
2034	54,302,759	1,035,681	1.94	0.62
2035	55,342,596	1,039,837	1.91	0.62
2036	56,386,301	1,043,705	1.89	0.63
2037	57,433,490	1,047,189	1.86	0.64
2038	58,483,012	1,049,522	1.83	0.64
2039	59,533,488	1,050,476	1.80	0.65
2040	60,583,723	1,050,235	1.76	0.66
2041	61,632,952	1,049,229	1.73	0.67
2042	62,680,718	1,047,766	1.70	0.67
2043	63,726,366	1,045,648	1.67	0.68
2044	64,769,327	1,042,961	1.64	0.69
2045	65,809,029	1,039,702	1.61	0.69
2046	66,844,928	1,035,899	1.57	0.70
2047	67,876,448	1,031,520	1.54	0.71
2048	68,903,126	1,026,678	1.51	0.71
2049	69,924,493	1,021,367	1.48	0.72
2050	70,940,126	1,015,633	1.45	0.73
2051	71,949,562	1,009,436	1.42	0.74
2052	72,952,394	1,002,832	1.39	0.74
2053	73,948,455	996,061	1.37	0.75
2054	74,937,654	989,199	1.34	0.76
2055	75,919,837	982,183	1.31	0.76
2056	76,894,704	974,867	1.28	0.77
2057	77,861,832	967,128	1.26	0.78
2058	78,820,726	958,894	1.23	0.78
2059	79,770,815	950,089	1.21	0.79
2060	80,711,619	940,804	1.18	0.80
2061	81,642,787	931,168	1.15	0.80
2062	82,564,022	921,235	1.13	0.81
2063	83,475,016	910,994	1.10	0.81
2064	84,375,481	900,465	1.08	0.82
2065	85,265,137	889,656	1.05	0.83
2066	86,143,631	878,494	1.03	0.83
2067	87,010,659	867,028	1.01	0.84
2068	87,866,102	855,443	0.98	0.84
2069	88,709,869	843,767	0.96	0.85
2070	89,541,803	831,934	0.94	0.86
2071	90,361,703	819,900	0.92	0.86
2072	91,169,212	807,509	0.89	0.87
2073	91,963,810	794,598	0.87	0.87
2074	92,744,899	781,089	0.85	0.88
2075	93,511,987	767,088	0.83	0.88
2076	94,264,733	752,746	0.80	0.89
2077	95,002,941	738,208	0.78	0.89
2078	95,726,481	723,540	0.76	0.90
2079	96,435,252	708,771	0.74	0.90
2080	97,129,148	693,896	0.72	0.91
2081	97,808,055	678,907	0.70	0.91
2082	98,471,747	663,692	0.68	0.92
2083	99,119,839	648,092	0.66	0.92
2084	99,751,912	632,073	0.64	0.93
2085	100,367,649	615,737	0.62	0.93
2086	100,966,868	599,219	0.60	0.94
2087	101,549,635	582,767	0.58	0.94
2088	102,116,234	566,599	0.56	0.95
2089	102,667,082	550,848	0.54	0.95
2090	103,202,500	535,418	0.52	0.95
2091	103,722,619	520,119	0.50	0.96
2092	104,227,434	504,815	0.49	0.96
2093	104,716,804	489,370	0.47	0.97
2094	105,190,616	473,812	0.45	0.97
2095	105,648,832	458,216	0.44	0.97
2096	106,091,476	442,644	0.42	0.98
2097	106,518,731	427,255	0.40	0.98
2098	106,930,835	412,104	0.39	0.98
2099	107,328,195	397,360	0.37	0.99
2100	107,711,274	383,079	0.36	0.99