Benin vs Iraq statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 99th vs. 57th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Benin and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Benin and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Iraq
1960	$226,195,578	$1,537,252,193
1961	$235,668,221	$1,671,960,965
1962	$236,434,954	$1,784,174,541
1963	$253,927,697	$1,805,901,510
1964	$269,819,006	$2,136,408,198
1965	$289,908,680	$2,335,785,506
1966	$302,925,235	$2,530,306,096
1967	$306,221,953	$2,551,522,656
1968	$326,323,105	$2,896,598,841
1969	$330,748,245	$3,007,758,797
1970	$333,627,713	$3,281,318,687
1971	$335,073,028	$3,865,346,535
1972	$410,331,857	$4,113,848,002
1973	$504,376,074	$5,134,367,778
1974	$554,654,861	$11,516,762,614
1975	$676,870,140	$13,458,516,763
1976	$698,408,262	$17,754,825,601
1977	$750,049,779	$19,838,130,715
1978	$928,843,469	$23,762,275,652
1979	$1,186,231,020	$37,816,457,839
1980	$1,405,251,847	$52,569,000,000
1981	$1,291,120,188	$37,823,000,000
1982	$1,267,778,670	$42,382,333,333
1983	$1,095,348,199	$40,712,903,226
1984	$1,051,134,009	$46,938,387,097
1985	$1,045,712,789	$48,425,161,290
1986	$1,336,102,025	$47,264,516,129
1987	$1,562,412,228	$56,774,193,548
1988	$1,620,246,084	$62,684,516,129
1989	$1,502,294,416	$65,831,935,484
1990	$1,959,965,330	$180,408,064,516
1991	$1,986,437,797	$407,796,350
1992	$1,695,315,306	$553,671,958
1993	$2,274,558,083	$1,031,944,881
1994	$1,598,075,944	$3,991,349,283
1995	$2,169,627,138	$12,894,029,888
1996	$2,361,116,449	$10,433,698,621
1997	$2,268,301,646	$20,764,857,056
1998	$2,455,092,686	$20,617,405,044
1999	$3,677,393,999	$36,881,601,584
2000	$3,519,991,440	$48,364,250,944
2001	$3,666,222,635	$36,176,430,129
2002	$4,194,342,686	$32,928,454,672
2003	$5,349,258,094	$21,921,569,479
2004	$6,190,270,380	$36,633,669,269
2005	$6,567,654,954	$50,065,104,668
2006	$7,034,111,315	$65,147,051,918
2007	$8,169,048,383	$88,837,057,320
2008	$9,787,734,526	$131,614,434,154
2009	$9,738,626,517	$111,657,580,326
2010	$9,535,345,016	$138,516,722,650
2011	$10,693,321,364	$185,749,664,444
2012	$11,141,358,116	$218,002,476,129
2013	$12,517,845,124	$234,637,675,129
2014	$13,284,527,847	$228,415,656,175
2015	$11,388,160,997	$166,774,104,959
2016	$11,821,065,853	$166,743,557,748
2017	$12,701,655,837	$187,217,660,051
2018	$14,262,408,090	$227,367,469,034
2019	$14,391,686,313	$233,636,097,800
2020	$15,686,741,894	$180,898,797,517
2021	$17,687,623,535	$209,691,945,713
2022	$17,425,405,084	$287,372,232,138
2023	$19,673,290,996	$268,881,051,644
2024	$21,482,643,720	$279,641,257,615

Benin and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Iraq
1960	$89.9	$218.9
1961	$92.1	$232.4
1962	$90.8	$240.7
1963	$95.7	$235.5
1964	$99.8	$269.4
1965	$105.1	$284.8
1966	$107.6	$298.2
1967	$106.6	$290.6
1968	$111.2	$319
1969	$110.3	$320
1970	$108.8	$337
1971	$106.9	$384
1972	$127.9	$394
1973	$153.6	$476
1974	$164.9	$1,031
1975	$196.5	$1,166
1976	$197.7	$1,489
1977	$207	$1,609
1978	$249.8	$1,863
1979	$311	$2,871
1980	$358	$3,868
1981	$320	$2,700
1982	$305	$2,942
1983	$256	$2,743
1984	$238.6	$3,066
1985	$230.4	$3,088
1986	$285.8	$2,940
1987	$324	$3,436
1988	$326	$3,707
1989	$293.3	$3,791
1990	$371	$10,261
1991	$365	$23
1992	$302	$30.3
1993	$387	$53.7
1994	$262.1	$198.2
1995	$348	$619
1996	$369	$485
1997	$345	$936
1998	$362	$901
1999	$525	$1,560
2000	$487	$1,980
2001	$492	$1,436
2002	$546	$1,266
2003	$676	$818
2004	$759	$1,328
2005	$779	$1,762
2006	$809	$2,277
2007	$912	$3,129
2008	$1,061	$4,543
2009	$1,024	$3,715
2010	$973	$4,462
2011	$1,059	$5,776
2012	$1,072	$6,478
2013	$1,169	$6,650
2014	$1,204	$6,249
2015	$1,002	$4,440
2016	$1,011	$4,334
2017	$1,055	$4,759
2018	$1,152	$5,647
2019	$1,131	$5,672
2020	$1,200	$4,295
2021	$1,319	$4,868
2022	$1,266	$6,521
2023	$1,394	$5,965
2024	$1,485	$6,074

Benin vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Iraq
1950	35.4	37.4
1951	35.7	39
1952	36	40.5
1953	36.3	42.1
1954	36.7	43.5
1955	37	45
1956	37.3	46.4
1957	37.6	47.7
1958	38	49
1959	38.4	49.7
1960	38.8	51.5
1961	39.2	52.3
1962	39.6	53.5
1963	40.1	54.4
1964	40.5	55.2
1965	41	56.4
1966	41.3	57.3
1967	41.8	58.4
1968	42.2	59
1969	42.6	59.6
1970	43	60.5
1971	43.4	61.3
1972	43.9	61.8
1973	44.4	62.3
1974	44.9	61
1975	45.4	61.4
1976	46	63.6
1977	46.5	63.9
1978	46.9	64.2
1979	47.4	64.4
1980	47.7	60.9
1981	48.1	58.7
1982	48.5	59
1983	48.8	59.3
1984	49.4	59.5
1985	50	59.8
1986	50.6	60
1987	51.3	60.3
1988	52	56.7
1989	52.5	57.5
1990	53	57.6
1991	53.4	61.3
1992	54.1	65.3
1993	54.6	65.3
1994	55	65
1995	55.4	64.8
1996	55.6	64.6
1997	56	64.2
1998	56.2	64.4
1999	56.3	64.5
2000	56.6	64.9
2001	56.7	65.3
2002	56.9	65.7
2003	57.1	64.8
2004	57.3	64.6
2005	57.7	64.9
2006	58	64
2007	58.2	64.4
2008	58.1	66.5
2009	58.3	67.8
2010	58.4	68.1
2011	58.5	68.4
2012	58.6	68.8
2013	58.9	69
2014	59	69.7
2015	59.1	70
2016	59.3	68.7
2017	59.5	69.8
2018	59.7	71.1
2019	59.9	71.2
2020	60.2	69.7
2021	59.6	70.7
2022	60.5	72
2023	60.8	72.3
2024	61	72.4
2025	61.1	72.5

Benin and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Iraq
1960	2,517,286	7,022,052
1961	2,559,223	7,194,553
1962	2,604,659	7,413,875
1963	2,652,908	7,667,928
1964	2,704,003	7,929,566
1965	2,757,936	8,202,140
1966	2,814,317	8,485,104
1967	2,872,997	8,778,869
1968	2,934,257	9,085,016
1969	2,998,222	9,403,356
1970	3,065,057	9,735,611
1971	3,134,767	10,077,809
1972	3,207,543	10,430,164
1973	3,283,496	10,795,869
1974	3,362,633	11,167,761
1975	3,445,407	11,543,639
1976	3,532,196	11,927,651
1977	3,623,202	12,331,046
1978	3,718,305	12,753,355
1979	3,818,528	13,170,365
1980	3,925,251	13,591,992
1981	4,038,307	14,006,381
1982	4,156,596	14,406,083
1983	4,278,978	14,840,555
1984	4,405,895	15,310,733
1985	4,538,012	15,683,430
1986	4,675,420	16,074,145
1987	4,818,486	16,521,049
1988	4,967,341	16,908,819
1989	5,121,657	17,364,542
1990	5,281,479	17,581,206
1991	5,446,932	17,767,253
1992	5,617,844	18,300,845
1993	5,872,706	19,201,195
1994	6,096,506	20,139,807
1995	6,226,773	20,825,860
1996	6,391,858	21,501,321
1997	6,583,365	22,176,593
1998	6,789,489	22,884,399
1999	7,002,818	23,636,527
2000	7,221,619	24,424,056
2001	7,445,596	25,197,840
2002	7,675,426	26,006,559
2003	7,913,070	26,802,659
2004	8,159,094	27,577,878
2005	8,426,144	28,407,448
2006	8,693,242	28,616,515
2007	8,953,969	28,391,607
2008	9,228,466	28,971,036
2009	9,509,423	30,058,206
2010	9,797,484	31,045,366
2011	10,093,623	32,161,424
2012	10,397,657	33,654,842
2013	10,708,834	35,281,989
2014	11,030,004	36,550,059
2015	11,360,681	37,560,535
2016	11,697,842	38,469,627
2017	12,039,780	39,337,353
2018	12,383,347	40,265,624
2019	12,726,755	41,192,171
2020	13,070,169	42,116,605
2021	13,413,417	43,071,211
2022	13,759,501	44,070,551
2023	14,111,034	45,074,049
2024	14,462,724	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Benin and Iraq

Fertility rate

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Iraq
1960	6.28	5.3
1961	6.4	5.8
1962	6.46	6.99
1963	6.51	7.01
1964	6.57	7.01
1965	6.61	7.02
1966	6.63	7.02
1967	6.64	7.03
1968	6.67	7.06
1969	6.71	7.08
1970	6.74	7.07
1971	6.77	7.06
1972	6.8	7.02
1973	6.81	6.99
1974	6.82	6.95
1975	6.83	6.91
1976	6.83	6.86
1977	6.83	6.8
1978	6.82	6.73
1979	6.91	6.66
1980	6.99	6.59
1981	7.06	6.53
1982	7.06	6.46
1983	7.05	6.39
1984	7.03	6.32
1985	7	6.25
1986	6.96	6.18
1987	6.92	6.11
1988	6.87	6.05
1989	6.82	5.99
1990	6.74	5.93
1991	6.67	5.83
1992	6.59	5.72
1993	6.51	5.61
1994	6.42	5.49
1995	6.33	5.36
1996	6.28	5.25
1997	6.23	5.19
1998	6.14	5.11
1999	6.03	5.04
2000	5.94	4.92
2001	5.85	4.8
2002	5.79	4.67
2003	5.76	4.58
2004	5.72	4.53
2005	5.69	4.45
2006	5.67	4.46
2007	5.63	4.4
2008	5.55	4.37
2009	5.49	4.38
2010	5.45	4.46
2011	5.44	4.59
2012	5.43	4.54
2013	5.41	4.44
2014	5.37	4.31
2015	5.32	4.08
2016	5.25	3.84
2017	5.16	3.64
2018	5.03	3.55
2019	4.9	3.48
2020	4.8	3.42
2021	4.71	3.36
2022	4.63	3.29
2023	4.56	3.25

Benin and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Iraq
1960	20.8	20.4
1961	20.6	20.4
1962	20.3	20.1
1963	20.1	19.8
1964	19.9	19.5
1965	19.7	19.3
1966	19.5	19
1967	19.3	18.7
1968	19	18.5
1969	18.8	18.3
1970	18.6	18.1
1971	18.4	17.9
1972	18.3	17.7
1973	18.1	17.5
1974	17.9	17.2
1975	17.8	17
1976	17.7	16.7
1977	17.6	16.6
1978	17.5	16.6
1979	17.4	16.5
1980	17.3	16.5
1981	17.3	16.5
1982	17.2	16.5
1983	17.1	16.6
1984	17.1	16.6
1985	17	16.7
1986	17	16.8
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.9
1989	16.9	17
1990	16.9	17.1
1991	16.9	17.2
1992	16.9	17.3
1993	17.1	17.3
1994	17.2	17.4
1995	17	17.5
1996	16.9	17.6
1997	17	17.7
1998	17	17.8
1999	17.1	17.9
2000	17.1	17.9
2001	17.2	18
2002	17.3	18.1
2003	17.4	18.2
2004	17.4	18.3
2005	17.5	18.5
2006	17.6	18.6
2007	17.6	18.7
2008	17.7	18.8
2009	17.8	18.9
2010	17.8	19
2011	17.9	19.1
2012	18	19.2
2013	18	19.3
2014	18.1	19.4
2015	18.1	19.5
2016	18.2	19.7
2017	18.3	19.9
2018	18.3	20.1
2019	18.4	20.4
2020	18.5	20.6
2021	18.6	20.9
2022	18.7	21.1
2023	18.8	21.4
2024	19	21.6

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