Population, long-run history in Iraq

Latest: 40,364
Previous: 39,491
Change: +873.15 (+2.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in Iraq
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	7,468
Dec 31, 1964	7,711
Dec 31, 1965	7,971
Dec 31, 1966	8,240
Dec 31, 1967	8,519
Dec 31, 1968	8,808
Dec 31, 1969	9,106
Dec 31, 1970	9,414
Dec 31, 1971	9,732
Dec 31, 1972	10,062
Dec 31, 1973	10,402
Dec 31, 1974	10,754
Dec 31, 1975	11,118
Dec 31, 1976	11,494
Dec 31, 1977	11,883
Dec 31, 1978	12,317
Dec 31, 1979	12,768
Dec 31, 1980	13,233
Dec 31, 1981	13,703
Dec 31, 1982	14,173
Dec 31, 1983	14,652
Dec 31, 1984	15,161
Dec 31, 1985	15,694
Dec 31, 1986	16,247
Dec 31, 1987	16,543
Dec 31, 1988	17,038
Dec 31, 1989	17,568
Dec 31, 1990	18,135
Dec 31, 1991	17,474
Dec 31, 1992	17,863
Dec 31, 1993	18,404
Dec 31, 1994	18,968
Dec 31, 1995	19,555
Dec 31, 1996	20,163
Dec 31, 1997	20,785
Dec 31, 1998	21,422
Dec 31, 1999	22,076
Dec 31, 2000	22,748
Dec 31, 2001	23,440
Dec 31, 2002	24,212
Dec 31, 2003	24,979
Dec 31, 2004	25,726
Dec 31, 2005	26,531
Dec 31, 2006	26,706
Dec 31, 2007	26,429
Dec 31, 2008	26,969
Dec 31, 2009	28,024
Dec 31, 2010	28,956
Dec 31, 2011	29,974
Dec 31, 2012	31,321
Dec 31, 2013	32,779
Dec 31, 2014	33,857
Dec 31, 2015	34,674
Dec 31, 2016	35,437
Dec 31, 2017	36,200
Dec 31, 2018	37,015
Dec 31, 2019	37,846
Dec 31, 2020	38,673
Dec 31, 2021	39,491
Dec 31, 2022	40,364

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iraq

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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