Belgium vs Iraq statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 136th vs. 57th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Belgium and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Iraq
1960	$11,810,619,368	$1,537,252,193
1961	$12,561,701,694	$1,671,960,965
1962	$13,436,827,167	$1,784,174,541
1963	$14,445,805,381	$1,805,901,510
1964	$16,168,044,450	$2,136,408,198
1965	$17,597,783,297	$2,335,785,506
1966	$18,894,891,312	$2,530,306,096
1967	$20,252,508,995	$2,551,522,656
1968	$21,654,856,965	$2,896,598,841
1969	$24,019,653,475	$3,007,758,797
1970	$26,706,196,047	$3,281,318,687
1971	$29,821,661,870	$3,865,346,535
1972	$37,209,418,019	$4,113,848,002
1973	$47,743,801,490	$5,134,367,778
1974	$56,033,077,879	$11,516,762,614
1975	$65,678,189,097	$13,458,516,763
1976	$71,113,882,968	$17,754,825,601
1977	$82,839,905,459	$19,838,130,715
1978	$101,246,526,194	$23,762,275,652
1979	$116,315,456,797	$37,816,457,839
1980	$126,829,314,388	$52,569,000,000
1981	$104,730,018,470	$37,823,000,000
1982	$92,095,926,188	$42,382,333,333
1983	$87,184,239,053	$40,712,903,226
1984	$83,349,530,159	$46,938,387,097
1985	$86,268,264,148	$48,425,161,290
1986	$120,018,787,249	$47,264,516,129
1987	$149,394,404,106	$56,774,193,548
1988	$162,299,103,675	$62,684,516,129
1989	$164,221,056,511	$65,831,935,484
1990	$205,331,747,948	$180,408,064,516
1991	$210,510,999,409	$407,796,350
1992	$234,781,652,447	$553,671,958
1993	$224,721,795,709	$1,031,944,881
1994	$244,884,129,491	$3,991,349,283
1995	$288,025,588,396	$12,894,029,888
1996	$279,201,433,225	$10,433,698,621
1997	$252,708,051,421	$20,764,857,056
1998	$258,528,339,631	$20,617,405,044
1999	$258,245,733,221	$36,881,601,584
2000	$236,792,460,312	$48,364,250,944
2001	$236,746,141,604	$36,176,430,129
2002	$258,383,599,375	$32,928,454,672
2003	$318,082,528,507	$21,921,569,479
2004	$369,214,712,443	$36,633,669,269
2005	$385,714,762,230	$50,065,104,668
2006	$408,259,840,869	$65,147,051,918
2007	$470,922,156,309	$88,837,057,320
2008	$517,328,087,920	$131,614,434,154
2009	$485,014,525,992	$111,657,580,326
2010	$481,556,503,720	$138,516,722,650
2011	$527,196,649,049	$185,749,664,444
2012	$498,414,364,945	$218,002,476,129
2013	$524,097,026,599	$234,637,675,129
2014	$537,987,419,164	$228,415,656,175
2015	$461,044,767,545	$166,774,104,959
2016	$474,271,566,740	$166,743,557,748
2017	$500,908,767,352	$187,217,660,051
2018	$542,638,913,428	$227,367,469,034
2019	$536,726,344,405	$233,636,097,800
2020	$529,694,473,502	$180,898,797,517
2021	$598,522,422,242	$209,691,945,713
2022	$593,614,574,326	$287,372,232,138
2023	$644,655,275,112	$268,881,051,644
2024	$664,564,181,487	$279,641,257,615

Belgium and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Iraq
1960	$1,290	$218.9
1961	$1,368	$232.4
1962	$1,457	$240.7
1963	$1,555	$235.5
1964	$1,724	$269.4
1965	$1,860	$284.8
1966	$1,983	$298.2
1967	$2,114	$290.6
1968	$2,251	$319
1969	$2,490	$320
1970	$2,766	$337
1971	$3,083	$384
1972	$3,832	$394
1973	$4,901	$476
1974	$5,734	$1,031
1975	$6,701	$1,166
1976	$7,243	$1,489
1977	$8,427	$1,609
1978	$10,290	$1,863
1979	$11,811	$2,871
1980	$12,864	$3,868
1981	$10,623	$2,700
1982	$9,344	$2,942
1983	$8,846	$2,743
1984	$8,457	$3,066
1985	$8,751	$3,088
1986	$12,170	$2,940
1987	$15,136	$3,436
1988	$16,391	$3,707
1989	$16,525	$3,791
1990	$20,600	$10,261
1991	$21,042	$23
1992	$23,373	$30.3
1993	$22,284	$53.7
1994	$24,209	$198.2
1995	$28,414	$619
1996	$27,490	$485
1997	$24,821	$936
1998	$25,338	$901
1999	$25,253	$1,560
2000	$23,099	$1,980
2001	$23,015	$1,436
2002	$25,006	$1,266
2003	$30,655	$818
2004	$35,429	$1,328
2005	$36,810	$1,762
2006	$38,705	$2,277
2007	$44,319	$3,129
2008	$48,303	$4,543
2009	$44,923	$3,715
2010	$44,197	$4,462
2011	$47,761	$5,776
2012	$44,874	$6,478
2013	$46,965	$6,650
2014	$47,996	$6,249
2015	$40,894	$4,440
2016	$41,855	$4,334
2017	$44,035	$4,759
2018	$47,487	$5,647
2019	$46,717	$5,672
2020	$45,906	$4,295
2021	$51,658	$4,868
2022	$50,822	$6,521
2023	$54,690	$5,965
2024	$55,955	$6,074

Belgium vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Iraq
1950	66.3	37.4
1951	66.7	39
1952	68	40.5
1953	68.4	42.1
1954	68.6	43.5
1955	68.5	45
1956	68.8	46.4
1957	69.2	47.7
1958	69.9	49
1959	70.3	49.7
1960	69.6	51.5
1961	70.5	52.3
1962	70.2	53.5
1963	70	54.4
1964	70.7	55.2
1965	70.6	56.4
1966	70.6	57.3
1967	70.9	58.4
1968	70.6	59
1969	70.7	59.6
1970	70.9	60.5
1971	71.1	61.3
1972	71.4	61.8
1973	71.6	62.3
1974	72	61
1975	72	61.4
1976	72.1	63.6
1977	72.8	63.9
1978	72.7	64.2
1979	73.2	64.4
1980	73.2	60.9
1981	73.7	58.7
1982	73.9	59
1983	73.9	59.3
1984	74.4	59.5
1985	74.5	59.8
1986	74.7	60
1987	75.3	60.3
1988	75.6	56.7
1989	75.6	57.5
1990	76.1	57.6
1991	76.2	61.3
1992	76.4	65.3
1993	76.4	65.3
1994	76.7	65
1995	76.8	64.8
1996	77.2	64.6
1997	77.4	64.2
1998	77.5	64.4
1999	77.6	64.5
2000	77.8	64.9
2001	78.1	65.3
2002	78.2	65.7
2003	78.3	64.8
2004	79	64.6
2005	79.1	64.9
2006	79.4	64
2007	79.5	64.4
2008	79.6	66.5
2009	79.8	67.8
2010	80	68.1
2011	80.4	68.4
2012	80.3	68.8
2013	80.5	69
2014	81.1	69.7
2015	80.9	70
2016	81.3	68.7
2017	81.4	69.8
2018	81.5	71.1
2019	81.8	71.2
2020	80.8	69.7
2021	81.7	70.7
2022	81.2	72
2023	82.1	72.3
2024	82.3	72.4
2025	82.4	72.5

Belgium and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Iraq
1960	9,153,489	7,022,052
1961	9,183,948	7,194,553
1962	9,220,578	7,413,875
1963	9,289,770	7,667,928
1964	9,378,113	7,929,566
1965	9,463,667	8,202,140
1966	9,527,807	8,485,104
1967	9,580,991	8,778,869
1968	9,618,756	9,085,016
1969	9,646,032	9,403,356
1970	9,655,549	9,735,611
1971	9,673,162	10,077,809
1972	9,711,115	10,430,164
1973	9,741,720	10,795,869
1974	9,772,419	11,167,761
1975	9,800,700	11,543,639
1976	9,818,227	11,927,651
1977	9,830,358	12,331,046
1978	9,839,534	12,753,355
1979	9,848,382	13,170,365
1980	9,859,242	13,591,992
1981	9,858,982	14,006,381
1982	9,856,303	14,406,083
1983	9,855,520	14,840,555
1984	9,855,372	15,310,733
1985	9,858,308	15,683,430
1986	9,861,823	16,074,145
1987	9,870,234	16,521,049
1988	9,901,664	16,908,819
1989	9,937,697	17,364,542
1990	9,967,379	17,581,206
1991	10,004,486	17,767,253
1992	10,045,158	18,300,845
1993	10,084,475	19,201,195
1994	10,115,603	20,139,807
1995	10,136,811	20,825,860
1996	10,156,637	21,501,321
1997	10,181,245	22,176,593
1998	10,203,008	22,884,399
1999	10,226,419	23,636,527
2000	10,251,250	24,424,056
2001	10,286,570	25,197,840
2002	10,332,785	26,006,559
2003	10,376,133	26,802,659
2004	10,421,137	27,577,878
2005	10,478,617	28,407,448
2006	10,547,958	28,616,515
2007	10,625,700	28,391,607
2008	10,709,973	28,971,036
2009	10,796,493	30,058,206
2010	10,895,586	31,045,366
2011	11,038,264	32,161,424
2012	11,106,932	33,654,842
2013	11,159,407	35,281,989
2014	11,209,057	36,550,059
2015	11,274,196	37,560,535
2016	11,331,422	38,469,627
2017	11,375,158	39,337,353
2018	11,427,054	40,265,624
2019	11,488,980	41,192,171
2020	11,538,604	42,116,605
2021	11,586,195	43,071,211
2022	11,680,210	44,070,551
2023	11,787,423	45,074,049
2024	11,876,844	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Belgium and Iraq

Fertility rate

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Iraq
1960	2.54	5.3
1961	2.63	5.8
1962	2.59	6.99
1963	2.68	7.01
1964	2.71	7.01
1965	2.61	7.02
1966	2.52	7.02
1967	2.41	7.03
1968	2.31	7.06
1969	2.27	7.08
1970	2.25	7.07
1971	2.21	7.06
1972	2.09	7.02
1973	1.95	6.99
1974	1.83	6.95
1975	1.74	6.91
1976	1.73	6.86
1977	1.71	6.8
1978	1.69	6.73
1979	1.69	6.66
1980	1.68	6.59
1981	1.66	6.53
1982	1.61	6.46
1983	1.57	6.39
1984	1.54	6.32
1985	1.51	6.25
1986	1.54	6.18
1987	1.54	6.11
1988	1.57	6.05
1989	1.58	5.99
1990	1.62	5.93
1991	1.66	5.83
1992	1.65	5.72
1993	1.61	5.61
1994	1.56	5.49
1995	1.56	5.36
1996	1.59	5.25
1997	1.6	5.19
1998	1.6	5.11
1999	1.62	5.04
2000	1.67	4.92
2001	1.67	4.8
2002	1.65	4.67
2003	1.67	4.58
2004	1.72	4.53
2005	1.76	4.45
2006	1.8	4.46
2007	1.82	4.4
2008	1.85	4.37
2009	1.84	4.38
2010	1.86	4.46
2011	1.81	4.59
2012	1.8	4.54
2013	1.76	4.44
2014	1.74	4.31
2015	1.7	4.08
2016	1.68	3.84
2017	1.65	3.64
2018	1.62	3.55
2019	1.6	3.48
2020	1.55	3.42
2021	1.6	3.36
2022	1.53	3.29
2023	1.47	3.25

Belgium and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Iraq
1960	34.9	20.4
1961	34.9	20.4
1962	34.9	20.1
1963	34.9	19.8
1964	34.8	19.5
1965	34.8	19.3
1966	34.7	19
1967	34.7	18.7
1968	34.7	18.5
1969	34.6	18.3
1970	34.5	18.1
1971	34.4	17.9
1972	34.3	17.7
1973	34.3	17.5
1974	34.3	17.2
1975	34.2	17
1976	34.1	16.7
1977	34.1	16.6
1978	34.1	16.6
1979	34.1	16.5
1980	34.2	16.5
1981	34.3	16.5
1982	34.5	16.5
1983	34.8	16.6
1984	35	16.6
1985	35.2	16.7
1986	35.4	16.8
1987	35.6	16.9
1988	35.9	16.9
1989	36.1	17
1990	36.3	17.1
1991	36.5	17.2
1992	36.7	17.3
1993	37	17.3
1994	37.2	17.4
1995	37.5	17.5
1996	37.8	17.6
1997	38.1	17.7
1998	38.3	17.8
1999	38.6	17.9
2000	38.9	17.9
2001	39.2	18
2002	39.4	18.1
2003	39.7	18.2
2004	40	18.3
2005	40.2	18.5
2006	40.4	18.6
2007	40.6	18.7
2008	40.7	18.8
2009	40.8	18.9
2010	40.8	19
2011	40.9	19.1
2012	41.1	19.2
2013	41.2	19.3
2014	41.3	19.4
2015	41.4	19.5
2016	41.4	19.7
2017	41.6	19.9
2018	41.7	20.1
2019	41.8	20.4
2020	41.9	20.6
2021	42	20.9
2022	42.2	21.1
2023	42.4	21.4
2024	42.7	21.6

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