Iraq vs South Korea statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 57th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Iraq and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Iraq and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	$1,537,252,193	$3,958,811,881
1961	$1,671,960,965	$2,417,628,737
1962	$1,784,174,541	$2,814,615,385
1963	$1,805,901,510	$3,988,461,538
1964	$2,136,408,198	$3,459,019,943
1965	$2,335,785,506	$3,120,861,499
1966	$2,530,306,096	$3,929,055,144
1967	$2,551,522,656	$4,855,892,446
1968	$2,896,598,841	$6,119,394,892
1969	$3,007,758,797	$7,678,698,838
1970	$3,281,318,687	$9,005,144,969
1971	$3,865,346,535	$9,903,571,249
1972	$4,113,848,002	$10,862,211,761
1973	$5,134,367,778	$13,876,472,208
1974	$11,516,762,614	$19,543,973,941
1975	$13,458,516,763	$21,784,297,521
1976	$17,754,825,601	$29,902,479,339
1977	$19,838,130,715	$38,446,487,603
1978	$23,762,275,652	$51,972,107,438
1979	$37,816,457,839	$66,946,900,826
1980	$52,569,000,000	$65,398,377,598
1981	$37,823,000,000	$72,933,533,012
1982	$42,382,333,333	$78,358,416,171
1983	$40,712,903,226	$87,760,553,262
1984	$46,938,387,097	$97,510,744,119
1985	$48,425,161,290	$101,296,177,099
1986	$47,264,516,129	$116,836,246,285
1987	$56,774,193,548	$147,948,709,376
1988	$62,684,516,129	$199,591,287,825
1989	$65,831,935,484	$246,928,837,311
1990	$180,408,064,516	$283,365,844,161
1991	$407,796,350	$330,647,042,837
1992	$553,671,958	$355,524,903,068
1993	$1,031,944,881	$392,665,710,525
1994	$3,991,349,283	$463,619,823,515
1995	$12,894,029,888	$566,581,003,128
1996	$10,433,698,621	$610,167,053,824
1997	$20,764,857,056	$569,755,022,973
1998	$20,617,405,044	$383,331,833,682
1999	$36,881,601,584	$497,514,040,642
2000	$48,364,250,944	$576,179,387,820
2001	$36,176,430,129	$547,656,279,895
2002	$32,928,454,672	$627,246,933,730
2003	$21,921,569,479	$702,714,855,194
2004	$36,633,669,269	$793,175,561,887
2005	$50,065,104,668	$934,901,071,333
2006	$65,147,051,918	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$88,837,057,320	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$131,614,434,154	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$111,657,580,326	$943,941,876,219
2010	$138,516,722,650	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$185,749,664,444	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$218,002,476,129	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$234,637,675,129	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$228,415,656,175	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$166,774,104,959	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$166,743,557,748	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$187,217,660,051	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$227,367,469,034	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$233,636,097,800	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$180,898,797,517	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$209,691,945,713	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$287,372,232,138	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$268,881,051,644	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$279,641,257,615	-

Iraq and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	$218.9	$158.3
1961	$232.4	$93.8
1962	$240.7	$106.2
1963	$235.5	$146.3
1964	$269.4	$123.6
1965	$284.8	$108.7
1966	$298.2	$133.5
1967	$290.6	$161.2
1968	$319	$198.4
1969	$320	$243.4
1970	$337	$279.3
1971	$384	$301
1972	$394	$324
1973	$476	$407
1974	$1,031	$563
1975	$1,166	$617
1976	$1,489	$834
1977	$1,609	$1,056
1978	$1,863	$1,406
1979	$2,871	$1,784
1980	$3,868	$1,715
1981	$2,700	$1,883
1982	$2,942	$1,993
1983	$2,743	$2,199
1984	$3,066	$2,413
1985	$3,088	$2,482
1986	$2,940	$2,835
1987	$3,436	$3,555
1988	$3,707	$4,749
1989	$3,791	$5,817
1990	$10,261	$6,610
1991	$23	$7,637
1992	$30.3	$8,127
1993	$53.7	$8,885
1994	$198.2	$10,385
1995	$619	$12,565
1996	$485	$13,403
1997	$936	$12,398
1998	$901	$8,282
1999	$1,560	$10,672
2000	$1,980	$12,257
2001	$1,436	$11,561
2002	$1,266	$13,165
2003	$818	$14,673
2004	$1,328	$16,496
2005	$1,762	$19,403
2006	$2,277	$21,743
2007	$3,129	$24,086
2008	$4,543	$21,350
2009	$3,715	$19,144
2010	$4,462	$23,079
2011	$5,776	$25,098
2012	$6,478	$25,459
2013	$6,650	$27,180
2014	$6,249	$29,253
2015	$4,440	$28,737
2016	$4,334	$29,280
2017	$4,759	$31,601
2018	$5,647	$33,447
2019	$5,672	$31,902
2020	$4,295	$31,721
2021	$4,868	$35,126
2022	$6,521	$32,395
2023	$5,965	$33,121
2024	$6,074	-

Iraq vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	South Korea
1950	37.4	22.2
1951	39	26.6
1952	40.5	36.6
1953	42.1	40.5
1954	43.5	46.1
1955	45	48.4
1956	46.4	50.2
1957	47.7	51.6
1958	49	51.8
1959	49.7	52.9
1960	51.5	53.8
1961	52.3	54.4
1962	53.5	55
1963	54.4	55
1964	55.2	55.3
1965	56.4	55.8
1966	57.3	55.4
1967	58.4	60.9
1968	59	60.9
1969	59.6	61.4
1970	60.5	62.2
1971	61.3	62.7
1972	61.8	63.2
1973	62.3	63.8
1974	61	64.2
1975	61.4	64.7
1976	63.6	65
1977	63.9	64.6
1978	64.2	65
1979	64.4	66.1
1980	60.9	64.8
1981	58.7	67.1
1982	59	67.1
1983	59.3	66.7
1984	59.5	68.1
1985	59.8	68.4
1986	60	69
1987	60.3	69.3
1988	56.7	70.2
1989	57.5	70.7
1990	57.6	71
1991	61.3	71.4
1992	65.3	72.2
1993	65.3	72.7
1994	65	72.9
1995	64.8	73.4
1996	64.6	74
1997	64.2	74.5
1998	64.4	75
1999	64.5	75.6
2000	64.9	76.2
2001	65.3	76.9
2002	65.7	77.2
2003	64.8	77.5
2004	64.6	78
2005	64.9	78.4
2006	64	79
2007	64.4	79.4
2008	66.5	80
2009	67.8	80.6
2010	68.1	80.7
2011	68.4	81.2
2012	68.8	81.3
2013	69	81.8
2014	69.7	82.4
2015	70	82.5
2016	68.7	82.9
2017	69.8	83.3
2018	71.1	83.3
2019	71.2	83.7
2020	69.7	83.7
2021	70.7	83.9
2022	72	82.7
2023	72.3	84.3
2024	72.4	84.4
2025	72.5	84.5

Iraq and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	7,022,052	25,012,374
1961	7,194,553	25,765,673
1962	7,413,875	26,513,030
1963	7,667,928	27,261,747
1964	7,929,566	27,984,155
1965	8,202,140	28,704,674
1966	8,485,104	29,435,571
1967	8,778,869	30,130,983
1968	9,085,016	30,838,302
1969	9,403,356	31,544,266
1970	9,735,611	32,240,827
1971	10,077,809	32,882,704
1972	10,430,164	33,505,406
1973	10,795,869	34,103,149
1974	11,167,761	34,692,266
1975	11,543,639	35,280,725
1976	11,927,651	35,848,523
1977	12,331,046	36,411,795
1978	12,753,355	36,969,185
1979	13,170,365	37,534,236
1980	13,591,992	38,123,775
1981	14,006,381	38,723,248
1982	14,406,083	39,326,352
1983	14,840,555	39,910,403
1984	15,310,733	40,405,956
1985	15,683,430	40,805,744
1986	16,074,145	41,213,674
1987	16,521,049	41,621,690
1988	16,908,819	42,031,247
1989	17,364,542	42,449,038
1990	17,581,206	42,869,283
1991	17,767,253	43,295,704
1992	18,300,845	43,747,962
1993	19,201,195	44,194,628
1994	20,139,807	44,641,540
1995	20,825,860	45,092,991
1996	21,501,321	45,524,681
1997	22,176,593	45,953,580
1998	22,884,399	46,286,503
1999	23,636,527	46,616,677
2000	24,424,056	47,008,111
2001	25,197,840	47,370,164
2002	26,006,559	47,644,736
2003	26,802,659	47,892,330
2004	27,577,878	48,082,519
2005	28,407,448	48,184,561
2006	28,616,515	48,438,292
2007	28,391,607	48,683,638
2008	28,971,036	49,054,708
2009	30,058,206	49,307,835
2010	31,045,366	49,554,112
2011	32,161,424	49,936,638
2012	33,654,842	50,199,853
2013	35,281,989	50,428,893
2014	36,550,059	50,746,659
2015	37,560,535	51,014,947
2016	38,469,627	51,217,803
2017	39,337,353	51,361,911
2018	40,265,624	51,585,058
2019	41,192,171	51,764,822
2020	42,116,605	51,836,239
2021	43,071,211	51,769,539
2022	44,070,551	51,672,569
2023	45,074,049	51,712,619
2024	46,042,015	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Iraq and South Korea

Fertility rate

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	5.3	5.99
1961	5.8	5.8
1962	6.99	5.56
1963	7.01	5.33
1964	7.01	5.07
1965	7.02	4.89
1966	7.02	4.78
1967	7.03	4.62
1968	7.06	4.51
1969	7.08	4.45
1970	7.07	4.53
1971	7.06	4.54
1972	7.02	4.12
1973	6.99	4.07
1974	6.95	3.77
1975	6.91	3.43
1976	6.86	3
1977	6.8	2.99
1978	6.73	2.64
1979	6.66	2.9
1980	6.59	2.82
1981	6.53	2.57
1982	6.46	2.39
1983	6.39	2.06
1984	6.32	1.74
1985	6.25	1.66
1986	6.18	1.58
1987	6.11	1.53
1988	6.05	1.55
1989	5.99	1.56
1990	5.93	1.57
1991	5.83	1.71
1992	5.72	1.76
1993	5.61	1.65
1994	5.49	1.66
1995	5.36	1.63
1996	5.25	1.57
1997	5.19	1.54
1998	5.11	1.46
1999	5.04	1.43
2000	4.92	1.48
2001	4.8	1.31
2002	4.67	1.18
2003	4.58	1.19
2004	4.53	1.16
2005	4.45	1.09
2006	4.46	1.13
2007	4.4	1.26
2008	4.37	1.19
2009	4.38	1.15
2010	4.46	1.23
2011	4.59	1.24
2012	4.54	1.3
2013	4.44	1.19
2014	4.31	1.21
2015	4.08	1.24
2016	3.84	1.17
2017	3.64	1.05
2018	3.55	0.98
2019	3.48	0.92
2020	3.42	0.84
2021	3.36	0.81
2022	3.29	0.78
2023	3.25	0.72

Iraq and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	20.4	19.3
1961	20.4	19.2
1962	20.1	19.1
1963	19.8	19
1964	19.5	18.8
1965	19.3	18.6
1966	19	18.5
1967	18.7	18.6
1968	18.5	18.7
1969	18.3	18.8
1970	18.1	18.9
1971	17.9	19
1972	17.7	19.1
1973	17.5	19.3
1974	17.2	19.6
1975	17	19.9
1976	16.7	20.2
1977	16.6	20.7
1978	16.6	21.1
1979	16.5	21.6
1980	16.5	22.1
1981	16.5	22.5
1982	16.5	22.8
1983	16.6	23.3
1984	16.6	23.7
1985	16.7	24.2
1986	16.8	24.8
1987	16.9	25.3
1988	16.9	25.8
1989	17	26.3
1990	17.1	26.7
1991	17.2	27.2
1992	17.3	27.8
1993	17.3	28.3
1994	17.4	28.9
1995	17.5	29.4
1996	17.6	29.8
1997	17.7	30.2
1998	17.8	30.7
1999	17.9	31.2
2000	17.9	31.7
2001	18	32.3
2002	18.1	32.8
2003	18.2	33.4
2004	18.3	33.9
2005	18.5	34.5
2006	18.6	35.2
2007	18.7	35.8
2008	18.8	36.4
2009	18.9	37
2010	19	37.6
2011	19.1	38.2
2012	19.2	38.8
2013	19.3	39.5
2014	19.4	40.2
2015	19.5	40.8
2016	19.7	41.4
2017	19.9	41.9
2018	20.1	42.5
2019	20.4	43.1
2020	20.6	43.8
2021	20.9	44.4
2022	21.1	44.9
2023	21.4	45.5
2024	21.6	46.1

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