Iraq vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 57th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Iraq and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Iraq and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	$1,537,252,193	$73,233,967,692
1961	$1,671,960,965	$77,741,965,703
1962	$1,784,174,541	$81,247,564,157
1963	$1,805,901,510	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,136,408,198	$94,407,558,351
1965	$2,335,785,506	$101,824,755,079
1966	$2,530,306,096	$108,572,752,102
1967	$2,551,522,656	$113,116,888,211
1968	$2,896,598,841	$107,759,910,068
1969	$3,007,758,797	$116,464,702,803
1970	$3,281,318,687	$130,671,946,244
1971	$3,865,346,535	$148,113,896,325
1972	$4,113,848,002	$169,965,034,965
1973	$5,134,367,778	$192,537,971,583
1974	$11,516,762,614	$206,131,369,799
1975	$13,458,516,763	$241,756,637,168
1976	$17,754,825,601	$232,614,555,256
1977	$19,838,130,715	$263,066,457,352
1978	$23,762,275,652	$335,883,029,722
1979	$37,816,457,839	$438,994,070,309
1980	$52,569,000,000	$564,947,710,899
1981	$37,823,000,000	$540,765,675,241
1982	$42,382,333,333	$515,048,916,841
1983	$40,712,903,226	$489,618,008,186
1984	$46,938,387,097	$461,487,097,632
1985	$48,425,161,290	$489,285,164,271
1986	$47,264,516,129	$601,452,653,181
1987	$56,774,193,548	$745,162,608,269
1988	$62,684,516,129	$910,122,732,124
1989	$65,831,935,484	$926,884,816,754
1990	$180,408,064,516	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$407,796,350	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$553,671,958	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$1,031,944,881	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$3,991,349,283	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$12,894,029,888	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$10,433,698,621	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$20,764,857,056	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$20,617,405,044	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$36,881,601,584	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$48,364,250,944	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$36,176,430,129	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$32,928,454,672	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$21,921,569,479	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$36,633,669,269	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$50,065,104,668	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$65,147,051,918	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$88,837,057,320	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$131,614,434,154	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$111,657,580,326	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$138,516,722,650	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$185,749,664,444	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$218,002,476,129	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$234,637,675,129	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$228,415,656,175	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$166,774,104,959	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$166,743,557,748	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$187,217,660,051	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$227,367,469,034	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$233,636,097,800	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$180,898,797,517	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$209,691,945,713	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$287,372,232,138	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$268,881,051,644	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$279,641,257,615	$3,643,834,188,783

Iraq and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	$218.9	$1,398
1961	$232.4	$1,472
1962	$240.7	$1,526
1963	$235.5	$1,613
1964	$269.4	$1,748
1965	$284.8	$1,874
1966	$298.2	$1,987
1967	$290.6	$2,059
1968	$319	$1,952
1969	$320	$2,101
1970	$337	$2,348
1971	$384	$2,650
1972	$394	$3,030
1973	$476	$3,426
1974	$1,031	$3,666
1975	$1,166	$4,300
1976	$1,489	$4,138
1977	$1,609	$4,681
1978	$1,863	$5,977
1979	$2,871	$7,805
1980	$3,868	$10,032
1981	$2,700	$9,599
1982	$2,942	$9,146
1983	$2,743	$8,692
1984	$3,066	$8,179
1985	$3,088	$8,652
1986	$2,940	$10,611
1987	$3,436	$13,119
1988	$3,707	$15,987
1989	$3,791	$16,239
1990	$10,261	$19,095
1991	$23	$19,901
1992	$30.3	$20,487
1993	$53.7	$18,389
1994	$198.2	$19,709
1995	$619	$23,169
1996	$485	$24,406
1997	$936	$26,766
1998	$901	$28,275
1999	$1,560	$28,762
2000	$1,980	$28,281
2001	$1,436	$27,907
2002	$1,266	$30,078
2003	$818	$34,443
2004	$1,328	$40,367
2005	$1,762	$42,105
2006	$2,277	$44,512
2007	$3,129	$50,398
2008	$4,543	$47,396
2009	$3,715	$38,744
2010	$4,462	$39,599
2011	$5,776	$42,110
2012	$6,478	$42,490
2013	$6,650	$43,419
2014	$6,249	$47,427
2015	$4,440	$44,984
2016	$4,334	$40,988
2017	$4,759	$40,629
2018	$5,647	$43,315
2019	$5,672	$42,794
2020	$4,295	$40,405
2021	$4,868	$46,926
2022	$6,521	$46,063
2023	$5,965	$49,201
2024	$6,074	$52,637

Iraq vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1950	37.4	68.6
1951	39	68.2
1952	40.5	69.5
1953	42.1	69.8
1954	43.5	70.2
1955	45	70.1
1956	46.4	70.4
1957	47.7	70.5
1958	49	70.7
1959	49.7	70.8
1960	51.5	71
1961	52.3	70.8
1962	53.5	70.9
1963	54.4	70.8
1964	55.2	71.5
1965	56.4	71.5
1966	57.3	71.4
1967	58.4	72.1
1968	59	71.7
1969	59.6	71.7
1970	60.5	71.9
1971	61.3	72.2
1972	61.8	72
1973	62.3	72.2
1974	61	72.4
1975	61.4	72.7
1976	63.6	72.6
1977	63.9	73.1
1978	64.2	73
1979	64.4	73.2
1980	60.9	73.6
1981	58.7	73.9
1982	59	74
1983	59.3	74.3
1984	59.5	74.7
1985	59.8	74.5
1986	60	74.8
1987	60.3	75.1
1988	56.7	75.3
1989	57.5	75.4
1990	57.6	75.7
1991	61.3	75.9
1992	65.3	76.3
1993	65.3	76.2
1994	65	76.7
1995	64.8	76.6
1996	64.6	76.9
1997	64.2	77.1
1998	64.4	77.3
1999	64.5	77.4
2000	64.9	77.8
2001	65.3	78.1
2002	65.7	78.2
2003	64.8	78.3
2004	64.6	78.9
2005	64.9	79.1
2006	64	79.3
2007	64.4	79.5
2008	66.5	79.7
2009	67.8	80.2
2010	68.1	80.4
2011	68.4	80.8
2012	68.8	80.9
2013	69	80.9
2014	69.7	81.2
2015	70	80.9
2016	68.7	81.1
2017	69.8	81.2
2018	71.1	81.1
2019	71.2	81.4
2020	69.7	80.4
2021	70.7	80.7
2022	72	81.1
2023	72.3	81.3
2024	72.4	81.4
2025	72.5	81.6

Iraq and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	7,022,052	52,400,000
1961	7,194,553	52,800,000
1962	7,413,875	53,250,000
1963	7,667,928	53,650,000
1964	7,929,566	54,000,000
1965	8,202,140	54,348,050
1966	8,485,104	54,648,500
1967	8,778,869	54,943,600
1968	9,085,016	55,211,700
1969	9,403,356	55,441,750
1970	9,735,611	55,663,250
1971	10,077,809	55,896,223
1972	10,430,164	56,086,065
1973	10,795,869	56,194,527
1974	11,167,761	56,229,974
1975	11,543,639	56,225,800
1976	11,927,651	56,211,968
1977	12,331,046	56,193,492
1978	12,753,355	56,196,504
1979	13,170,365	56,246,951
1980	13,591,992	56,314,216
1981	14,006,381	56,333,829
1982	14,406,083	56,313,641
1983	14,840,555	56,332,848
1984	15,310,733	56,422,072
1985	15,683,430	56,550,268
1986	16,074,145	56,681,396
1987	16,521,049	56,802,050
1988	16,908,819	56,928,327
1989	17,364,542	57,076,711
1990	17,581,206	57,247,586
1991	17,767,253	57,424,897
1992	18,300,845	57,580,402
1993	19,201,195	57,718,614
1994	20,139,807	57,865,745
1995	20,825,860	58,019,030
1996	21,501,321	58,166,950
1997	22,176,593	58,316,954
1998	22,884,399	58,487,141
1999	23,636,527	58,682,466
2000	24,424,056	58,892,514
2001	25,197,840	59,119,673
2002	26,006,559	59,370,479
2003	26,802,659	59,647,577
2004	27,577,878	59,987,905
2005	28,407,448	60,401,206
2006	28,616,515	60,846,820
2007	28,391,607	61,322,463
2008	28,971,036	61,806,995
2009	30,058,206	62,276,270
2010	31,045,366	62,766,365
2011	32,161,424	63,258,810
2012	33,654,842	63,711,000
2013	35,281,989	64,139,000
2014	36,550,059	64,620,000
2015	37,560,535	65,088,000
2016	38,469,627	65,607,000
2017	39,337,353	65,966,000
2018	40,265,624	66,289,000
2019	41,192,171	66,631,000
2020	42,116,605	66,744,000
2021	43,071,211	66,984,000
2022	44,070,551	67,604,000
2023	45,074,049	68,492,000
2024	46,042,015	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Iraq and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	5.3	2.69
1961	5.8	2.78
1962	6.99	2.86
1963	7.01	2.88
1964	7.01	2.93
1965	7.02	2.86
1966	7.02	2.78
1967	7.03	2.68
1968	7.06	2.6
1969	7.08	2.51
1970	7.07	2.44
1971	7.06	2.41
1972	7.02	2.2
1973	6.99	2.04
1974	6.95	1.92
1975	6.91	1.81
1976	6.86	1.74
1977	6.8	1.69
1978	6.73	1.75
1979	6.66	1.86
1980	6.59	1.9
1981	6.53	1.82
1982	6.46	1.78
1983	6.39	1.77
1984	6.32	1.77
1985	6.25	1.79
1986	6.18	1.78
1987	6.11	1.81
1988	6.05	1.82
1989	5.99	1.79
1990	5.93	1.83
1991	5.83	1.82
1992	5.72	1.79
1993	5.61	1.76
1994	5.49	1.74
1995	5.36	1.71
1996	5.25	1.73
1997	5.19	1.72
1998	5.11	1.71
1999	5.04	1.68
2000	4.92	1.64
2001	4.8	1.63
2002	4.67	1.63
2003	4.58	1.7
2004	4.53	1.75
2005	4.45	1.76
2006	4.46	1.82
2007	4.4	1.86
2008	4.37	1.91
2009	4.38	1.89
2010	4.46	1.92
2011	4.59	1.91
2012	4.54	1.92
2013	4.44	1.83
2014	4.31	1.81
2015	4.08	1.8
2016	3.84	1.79
2017	3.64	1.74
2018	3.55	1.68
2019	3.48	1.63
2020	3.42	1.57
2021	3.36	1.58
2022	3.29	1.56
2023	3.25	1.56

Iraq and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	United Kingdom
1960	20.4	35.5
1961	20.4	35.4
1962	20.1	35.3
1963	19.8	35.3
1964	19.5	35.2
1965	19.3	35.1
1966	19	34.9
1967	18.7	34.8
1968	18.5	34.6
1969	18.3	34.4
1970	18.1	34.2
1971	17.9	34.1
1972	17.7	34
1973	17.5	34
1974	17.2	34
1975	17	34
1976	16.7	34
1977	16.6	34.1
1978	16.6	34.2
1979	16.5	34.3
1980	16.5	34.4
1981	16.5	34.5
1982	16.5	34.8
1983	16.6	35
1984	16.6	35.2
1985	16.7	35.3
1986	16.8	35.4
1987	16.9	35.4
1988	16.9	35.7
1989	17	35.9
1990	17.1	36
1991	17.2	36.1
1992	17.3	36.2
1993	17.3	36.3
1994	17.4	36.5
1995	17.5	36.6
1996	17.6	36.8
1997	17.7	37
1998	17.8	37.2
1999	17.9	37.4
2000	17.9	37.7
2001	18	37.9
2002	18.1	38.1
2003	18.2	38.2
2004	18.3	38.4
2005	18.5	38.5
2006	18.6	38.6
2007	18.7	38.8
2008	18.8	38.9
2009	18.9	39
2010	19	39.2
2011	19.1	39.3
2012	19.2	39.5
2013	19.3	39.6
2014	19.4	39.7
2015	19.5	39.8
2016	19.7	39.8
2017	19.9	39.9
2018	20.1	40
2019	20.4	40.1
2020	20.6	40.2
2021	20.9	40.3
2022	21.1	40.5
2023	21.4	40.8
2024	21.6	41

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