Iraq vs Uganda: Population, total

Iraq
47.02 million
in 2025
Uganda
51.38 million
in 2025
Iraq rank
34th
Uganda rank
31st

Population, total over time

  • Iraq
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 51.38 million against 47.02 million in Iraq, a difference of 4.36 million.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Iraq ranks 34th and Uganda ranks 31st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population, total
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.