Algeria vs Iraq: The global population hockey stick
Algeria
46.16 million people
in 2023
Iraq
45.07 million people
in 2023
Algeria rank
34th
Iraq rank
36th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Algeria
- Iraq
How they compare
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 34th and Iraq ranks 36th of 239 countries.
Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 2.00 million people | 2.00 million people | 0 people | — |
| 1100s | 1.95 million people | 1.75 million people | 200,000 people | Algeria |
| 1200s | 1.90 million people | 1.38 million people | 525,000 people | Algeria |
| 1300s | 1.69 million people | 1.00 million people | 685,000 people | Algeria |
| 1400s | 1.47 million people | 1.00 million people | 470,000 people | Algeria |
| 1500s | 1.50 million people | 1.00 million people | 500,000 people | Algeria |
| 1600s | 2.25 million people | 1.25 million people | 1.00 million people | Algeria |
| 1700s | 1.75 million people | 1.00 million people | 750,000 people | Algeria |
| 1710s | 1.83 million people | 1.00 million people | 828,080 people | Algeria |
| 1720s | 1.91 million people | 1.00 million people | 906,160 people | Algeria |
| 1730s | 1.98 million people | 1.00 million people | 984,240 people | Algeria |
| 1740s | 2.06 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.06 million people | Algeria |
| 1750s | 2.14 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.14 million people | Algeria |
| 1760s | 2.22 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.22 million people | Algeria |
| 1770s | 2.30 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.30 million people | Algeria |
| 1780s | 2.38 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.37 million people | Algeria |
| 1790s | 2.45 million people | 1.00 million people | 1.45 million people | Algeria |
| 1800s | 2.54 million people | 1.02 million people | 1.52 million people | Algeria |
| 1810s | 2.64 million people | 1.07 million people | 1.57 million people | Algeria |
| 1820s | 2.71 million people | 1.12 million people | 1.60 million people | Algeria |
| 1830s | 2.76 million people | 1.17 million people | 1.59 million people | Algeria |
| 1840s | 2.81 million people | 1.22 million people | 1.59 million people | Algeria |
| 1850s | 2.97 million people | 1.28 million people | 1.70 million people | Algeria |
| 1860s | 3.29 million people | 1.45 million people | 1.84 million people | Algeria |
| 1870s | 3.64 million people | 1.67 million people | 1.98 million people | Algeria |
| 1880s | 4.03 million people | 1.77 million people | 2.26 million people | Algeria |
| 1890s | 4.46 million people | 2.08 million people | 2.38 million people | Algeria |
| 1900s | 5.07 million people | 2.60 million people | 2.47 million people | Algeria |
| 1910s | 5.66 million people | 3.12 million people | 2.54 million people | Algeria |
| 1920s | 6.13 million people | 3.68 million people | 2.45 million people | Algeria |
| 1930s | 7.05 million people | 4.00 million people | 3.05 million people | Algeria |
| 1940s | 8.30 million people | 4.76 million people | 3.54 million people | Algeria |
| 1950s | 10.12 million people | 6.27 million people | 3.84 million people | Algeria |
| 1960s | 12.35 million people | 8.12 million people | 4.23 million people | Algeria |
| 1970s | 15.69 million people | 11.39 million people | 4.29 million people | Algeria |
| 1980s | 21.66 million people | 15.47 million people | 6.19 million people | Algeria |
| 1990s | 28.08 million people | 20.40 million people | 7.68 million people | Algeria |
| 2000s | 33.00 million people | 27.45 million people | 5.56 million people | Algeria |
| 2010s | 39.67 million people | 36.55 million people | 3.12 million people | Algeria |
| 2020s | 45.11 million people | 43.58 million people | 1.53 million people | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Algeria or Iraq?
- Algeria, at 46.16 million people against 45.07 million people in Iraq as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Algeria and Iraq?
- 1.09 million people, with Algeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Iraq?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do Algeria and Iraq rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Algeria ranks 34th and Iraq ranks 36th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.