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Bhutan vs Iraq statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 132nd vs. 57th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Main facts and rankings

Bhutan Iraq
Population
801123
47813338
Population rank 163/197 34/197
GDP
$3.02B
2023
$280B
2024
GDP rank 169/197 51/197
GDP per capita
$3,839
2023
$6,074
2024
GDP per capita rank 132/197 114/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,254
2023
$14,464
2024
Government debt
$3.49B
2023
$120B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
102.9%
2025
50.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,432
2023
$2,606
2024
Government debt per person rank 87/185 108/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,460
2025
$6,159
2025
Land area
14,726 sq mi
2025
167,619 sq mi
2025
Population density
53.8 ppl/mi²
2024
274.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
3.25
2023
Median age
30.9 years
2024
21.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
72.5 years
2025

Bhutan and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Iraq economies compared

GDP
Bhutan

Iraq
Year GDP
Bhutan Iraq
1960 - $1,537,252,193
1961 - $1,671,960,965
1962 - $1,784,174,541
1963 - $1,805,901,510
1964 - $2,136,408,198
1965 - $2,335,785,506
1966 - $2,530,306,096
1967 - $2,551,522,656
1968 - $2,896,598,841
1969 - $3,007,758,797
1970 $61,812,113 $3,281,318,687
1971 $66,289,450 $3,865,346,535
1972 $70,139,867 $4,113,848,002
1973 $78,900,289 $5,134,367,778
1974 $92,901,784 $11,516,762,614
1975 $86,820,762 $13,458,516,763
1976 $88,461,263 $17,754,825,601
1977 $97,884,434 $19,838,130,715
1978 $94,086,228 $23,762,275,652
1979 $105,377,995 $37,816,457,839
1980 $128,669,201 $52,569,000,000
1981 $139,174,178 $37,823,000,000
1982 $141,439,317 $42,382,333,333
1983 $156,704,290 $40,712,903,226
1984 $160,423,494 $46,938,387,097
1985 $163,288,815 $48,425,161,290
1986 $191,218,115 $47,264,516,129
1987 $242,742,766 $56,774,193,548
1988 $272,298,067 $62,684,516,129
1989 $264,798,626 $65,831,935,484
1990 $287,765,007 $180,408,064,516
1991 $240,294,286 $407,796,350
1992 $240,233,531 $553,671,958
1993 $225,973,693 $1,031,944,881
1994 $258,954,708 $3,991,349,283
1995 $290,490,984 $12,894,029,888
1996 $303,408,346 $10,433,698,621
1997 $352,229,077 $20,764,857,056
1998 $363,458,381 $20,617,405,044
1999 $399,311,200 $36,881,601,584
2000 $460,733,418 $48,364,250,944
2001 $496,110,226 $36,176,430,129
2002 $559,345,264 $32,928,454,672
2003 $651,935,430 $21,921,569,479
2004 $735,348,490 $36,633,669,269
2005 $860,391,000 $50,065,104,668
2006 $942,879,879 $65,147,051,918
2007 $1,255,767,964 $88,837,057,320
2008 $1,317,517,835 $131,614,434,154
2009 $1,331,343,798 $111,657,580,326
2010 $1,708,880,730 $138,516,722,650
2011 $1,977,728,659 $185,749,664,444
2012 $1,973,387,228 $218,002,476,129
2013 $1,943,696,952 $234,637,675,129
2014 $2,089,079,571 $228,415,656,175
2015 $2,187,815,803 $166,774,104,959
2016 $2,357,504,761 $166,743,557,748
2017 $2,591,358,009 $187,217,660,051
2018 $2,583,335,722 $227,367,469,034
2019 $2,735,683,570 $233,636,097,800
2020 $2,457,604,334 $180,898,797,517
2021 $2,768,802,960 $209,691,945,713
2022 $2,898,227,744 $287,372,232,138
2023 $3,019,253,885 $268,881,051,644
2024 - $279,641,257,615

Bhutan and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita
Bhutan

Iraq
Year GDP per capita
Bhutan Iraq
1960 - $218.9
1961 - $232.4
1962 - $240.7
1963 - $235.5
1964 - $269.4
1965 - $284.8
1966 - $298.2
1967 - $290.6
1968 - $319
1969 - $320
1970 $200.3 $337
1971 $207.7 $384
1972 $212.4 $394
1973 $230.9 $476
1974 $262.8 $1,031
1975 $237.4 $1,166
1976 $233.7 $1,489
1977 $249.9 $1,609
1978 $232.2 $1,863
1979 $251.4 $2,871
1980 $296.9 $3,868
1981 $311 $2,700
1982 $306 $2,942
1983 $328 $2,743
1984 $326 $3,066
1985 $321 $3,088
1986 $365 $2,940
1987 $449 $3,436
1988 $489 $3,707
1989 $462 $3,791
1990 $488 $10,261
1991 $401 $23
1992 $416 $30.3
1993 $407 $53.7
1994 $467 $198.2
1995 $530 $619
1996 $553 $485
1997 $630 $936
1998 $638 $901
1999 $685 $1,560
2000 $772 $1,980
2001 $812 $1,436
2002 $896 $1,266
2003 $1,022 $818
2004 $1,130 $1,328
2005 $1,300 $1,762
2006 $1,406 $2,277
2007 $1,850 $3,129
2008 $1,920 $4,543
2009 $1,918 $3,715
2010 $2,436 $4,462
2011 $2,788 $5,776
2012 $2,751 $6,478
2013 $2,680 $6,650
2014 $2,849 $6,249
2015 $2,954 $4,440
2016 $3,152 $4,334
2017 $3,435 $4,759
2018 $3,400 $5,647
2019 $3,577 $5,672
2020 $3,192 $4,295
2021 $3,571 $4,868
2022 $3,711 $6,521
2023 $3,839 $5,965
2024 - $6,074

Bhutan vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bhutan

Iraq
Year Life expectancy, years
Bhutan Iraq
1950 35.3 37.4
1951 35.3 39
1952 35.4 40.5
1953 35.4 42.1
1954 35.4 43.5
1955 35.5 45
1956 35.6 46.4
1957 35.7 47.7
1958 35.9 49
1959 36.1 49.7
1960 36.4 51.5
1961 36.7 52.3
1962 37 53.5
1963 37.4 54.4
1964 37.8 55.2
1965 38.3 56.4
1966 38.8 57.3
1967 39.4 58.4
1968 40 59
1969 40.6 59.6
1970 41.2 60.5
1971 41.8 61.3
1972 42.5 61.8
1973 43.1 62.3
1974 43.8 61
1975 44.5 61.4
1976 45.2 63.6
1977 46 63.9
1978 46.7 64.2
1979 47.4 64.4
1980 48.2 60.9
1981 49 58.7
1982 49.8 59
1983 50.6 59.3
1984 51.3 59.5
1985 52 59.8
1986 52.8 60
1987 53.6 60.3
1988 54.4 56.7
1989 55.1 57.5
1990 55.8 57.6
1991 56.5 61.3
1992 57.2 65.3
1993 57.9 65.3
1994 58.4 65
1995 59.3 64.8
1996 60 64.6
1997 60.6 64.2
1998 61.3 64.4
1999 62 64.5
2000 61.8 64.9
2001 63.3 65.3
2002 64 65.7
2003 64.7 64.8
2004 65.3 64.6
2005 65.9 64.9
2006 66.5 64
2007 67.2 64.4
2008 67.7 66.5
2009 68.2 67.8
2010 68.8 68.1
2011 69.3 68.4
2012 69.8 68.8
2013 70.2 69
2014 70.5 69.7
2015 70.8 70
2016 71.1 68.7
2017 71.4 69.8
2018 71.7 71.1
2019 72 71.2
2020 72.3 69.7
2021 72.4 70.7
2022 72.8 72
2023 73 72.3
2024 73.3 72.4
2025 73.5 72.5

Bhutan and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population
Bhutan

Iraq
Year Population
Bhutan Iraq
1960 224,084 7,022,052
1961 230,602 7,194,553
1962 237,636 7,413,875
1963 245,156 7,667,928
1964 252,987 7,929,566
1965 261,200 8,202,140
1966 269,820 8,485,104
1967 278,852 8,778,869
1968 288,311 9,085,016
1969 298,214 9,403,356
1970 308,528 9,735,611
1971 319,211 10,077,809
1972 330,264 10,430,164
1973 341,705 10,795,869
1974 353,538 11,167,761
1975 365,791 11,543,639
1976 378,490 11,927,651
1977 391,639 12,331,046
1978 405,243 12,753,355
1979 419,200 13,170,365
1980 433,404 13,591,992
1981 447,836 14,006,381
1982 462,485 14,406,083
1983 477,460 14,840,555
1984 492,784 15,310,733
1985 508,392 15,683,430
1986 524,324 16,074,145
1987 540,557 16,521,049
1988 556,986 16,908,819
1989 573,586 17,364,542
1990 589,287 17,581,206
1991 599,784 17,767,253
1992 577,774 18,300,845
1993 554,673 19,201,195
1994 554,497 20,139,807
1995 547,989 20,825,860
1996 548,784 21,501,321
1997 558,697 22,176,593
1998 569,435 22,884,399
1999 582,579 23,636,527
2000 596,863 24,424,056
2001 610,794 25,197,840
2002 624,409 26,006,559
2003 637,663 26,802,659
2004 650,544 27,577,878
2005 661,865 28,407,448
2006 670,799 28,616,515
2007 678,641 28,391,607
2008 686,351 28,971,036
2009 693,988 30,058,206
2010 701,632 31,045,366
2011 709,377 32,161,424
2012 717,279 33,654,842
2013 725,273 35,281,989
2014 733,139 36,550,059
2015 740,618 37,560,535
2016 747,866 38,469,627
2017 754,335 39,337,353
2018 759,759 40,265,624
2019 764,824 41,192,171
2020 770,006 42,116,605
2021 775,442 43,071,211
2022 780,914 44,070,551
2023 786,385 45,074,049
2024 791,524 46,042,015

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Iraq

Fertility rate
Bhutan

Iraq
Year Fertility rate
Bhutan Iraq
1960 6.7 5.3
1961 6.7 5.8
1962 6.69 6.99
1963 6.69 7.01
1964 6.68 7.01
1965 6.68 7.02
1966 6.67 7.02
1967 6.67 7.03
1968 6.66 7.06
1969 6.66 7.08
1970 6.65 7.07
1971 6.64 7.06
1972 6.64 7.02
1973 6.63 6.99
1974 6.62 6.95
1975 6.62 6.91
1976 6.62 6.86
1977 6.61 6.8
1978 6.58 6.73
1979 6.55 6.66
1980 6.51 6.59
1981 6.46 6.53
1982 6.4 6.46
1983 6.34 6.39
1984 6.26 6.32
1985 6.18 6.25
1986 6.1 6.18
1987 6 6.11
1988 5.88 6.05
1989 5.76 5.99
1990 5.6 5.93
1991 5.45 5.83
1992 5.27 5.72
1993 5.07 5.61
1994 4.87 5.49
1995 4.62 5.36
1996 4.37 5.25
1997 4.09 5.19
1998 3.85 5.11
1999 3.61 5.04
2000 3.38 4.92
2001 3.19 4.8
2002 3.01 4.67
2003 2.87 4.58
2004 2.78 4.53
2005 2.73 4.45
2006 2.66 4.46
2007 2.59 4.4
2008 2.48 4.37
2009 2.36 4.38
2010 2.25 4.46
2011 2.15 4.59
2012 2.07 4.54
2013 2 4.44
2014 1.92 4.31
2015 1.84 4.08
2016 1.74 3.84
2017 1.62 3.64
2018 1.52 3.55
2019 1.45 3.48
2020 1.5 3.42
2021 1.49 3.36
2022 1.48 3.29
2023 1.46 3.25

Bhutan and Iraq demographics compared

Median age
Bhutan

Iraq
Year Median age, years
Bhutan Iraq
1960 18.8 20.4
1961 18.9 20.4
1962 18.9 20.1
1963 19 19.8
1964 19.1 19.5
1965 19.1 19.3
1966 19.2 19
1967 19.3 18.7
1968 19.3 18.5
1969 19.3 18.3
1970 19.3 18.1
1971 19.3 17.9
1972 19.3 17.7
1973 19.2 17.5
1974 19.2 17.2
1975 19.1 17
1976 19.1 16.7
1977 19 16.6
1978 19 16.6
1979 18.9 16.5
1980 18.9 16.5
1981 18.8 16.5
1982 18.7 16.5
1983 18.7 16.6
1984 18.6 16.6
1985 18.6 16.7
1986 18.5 16.8
1987 18.5 16.9
1988 18.5 16.9
1989 18.5 17
1990 18.6 17.1
1991 18.6 17.2
1992 18.6 17.3
1993 18.7 17.3
1994 18.8 17.4
1995 18.9 17.5
1996 19.1 17.6
1997 19.3 17.7
1998 19.5 17.8
1999 19.8 17.9
2000 20 17.9
2001 20.4 18
2002 20.8 18.1
2003 21.3 18.2
2004 21.8 18.3
2005 22.2 18.5
2006 22.6 18.6
2007 22.9 18.7
2008 23.3 18.8
2009 23.7 18.9
2010 24 19
2011 24.4 19.1
2012 24.7 19.2
2013 25.1 19.3
2014 25.6 19.4
2015 26 19.5
2016 26.4 19.7
2017 26.9 19.9
2018 27.5 20.1
2019 28 20.4
2020 28.6 20.6
2021 29.2 20.9
2022 29.8 21.1
2023 30.4 21.4
2024 30.9 21.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bhutan Iraq
GNI, Atlas method
$2.94B
2023
$278B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
42.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.85%
2023
3.55%
1989
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.07%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2000
459,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.51%
2025
-4.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2024
16.2%
2021
Services, % of GDP
52.7%
2023
45.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.6%
2023
51.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
57.5
2025
15.6
2002
Income share by richest 10%
22.7%
2022
24.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2022
3.7%
2023
Total reserves including gold
$941M
2024
$101B
2024
Personal remittances received
$110M
2024
$879M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,799
2020
892,000
2013
International tourism as share of exports
10.7%
2020
1.88%
2020
Banked people share
33.7%
2014
30.2%
2024

Energy

Bhutan Iraq
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
360 kg
2007
1,412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.9
2007
$10.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.99 megatons
2023
192.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.53 tons
2023
4.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
98.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.5%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.37%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-274.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,373 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2021
3.78%
2021
Hydroelectric share
100%
2021
1.98%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bhutan Iraq
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.57%
2024
Annual migration change
-277
2024
-17,735
2024
Urban population
45%
2024
71.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.48 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
37.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
26
2024
Higher education index n/a
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.46
2020
9.41
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16.2
2019
27.3
2019
Visa free countries
67
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
64.9%
2022
84.1%
2021
English speaking
75%
2025
35%
2023
People using the Internet
88.4%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Bhutan Iraq
Government health expenditure per capita
$154.5
2022
$254.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$53.4
2022
$121.8
2022
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
72.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15%
2022
1.27%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2022
1.01
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
47
2023
66
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
23.1
2023
22.6
2023
Obesity rate
12.7%
2022
41.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12%
2024
13.4%
2024
Air quality index
6
2025
14
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
18.7%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.18 liters
2020
0.24 liters
2020

Territory

Bhutan Iraq
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.29%
2025
Land area per capita
18,605 sq mi
2024
3,641 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,035 sq mi
2025
36,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,545 sq mi
2025
3,185 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,584 mi
2017
n/a

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