Algeria vs Iraq: Population

Algeria

46.16 million people

in 2023

Iraq

45.07 million people

in 2023

Algeria rank

33rd

Iraq rank

35th

Population over time

Algeria currently reports 46.16 million people against 45.07 million people in Iraq, a difference of 1.09 million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iraq ahead.

Algeria ranks 33rd and Iraq ranks 35th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.