China vs Iraq statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 2nd vs. 57th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

China and Iraq: Comparison Charts

China and Iraq economies compared

GDP

China

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Iraq
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,537,252,193
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,671,960,965
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,784,174,541
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,805,901,510
1964	$59,821,862,703	$2,136,408,198
1965	$70,565,994,356	$2,335,785,506
1966	$76,854,053,259	$2,530,306,096
1967	$73,011,350,596	$2,551,522,656
1968	$70,980,323,819	$2,896,598,841
1969	$79,847,786,729	$3,007,758,797
1970	$92,752,930,873	$3,281,318,687
1971	$99,959,013,880	$3,865,346,535
1972	$113,871,930,714	$4,113,848,002
1973	$138,764,340,892	$5,134,367,778
1974	$144,418,433,058	$11,516,762,614
1975	$163,687,619,736	$13,458,516,763
1976	$154,196,810,059	$17,754,825,601
1977	$175,226,595,860	$19,838,130,715
1978	$149,788,617,886	$23,762,275,652
1979	$178,573,913,043	$37,816,457,839
1980	$191,487,500,000	$52,569,000,000
1981	$196,218,253,968	$37,823,000,000
1982	$205,480,916,031	$42,382,333,333
1983	$231,130,268,199	$40,712,903,226
1984	$260,442,857,143	$46,938,387,097
1985	$310,064,625,850	$48,425,161,290
1986	$301,310,144,928	$47,264,516,129
1987	$273,455,156,951	$56,774,193,548
1988	$312,888,888,889	$62,684,516,129
1989	$348,380,566,802	$65,831,935,484
1990	$361,560,229,446	$180,408,064,516
1991	$384,510,452,962	$407,796,350
1992	$428,502,354,788	$553,671,958
1993	$446,557,291,212	$1,031,944,881
1994	$566,929,539,493	$3,991,349,283
1995	$738,190,896,228	$12,894,029,888
1996	$868,523,936,530	$10,433,698,621
1997	$967,753,570,435	$20,764,857,056
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$20,617,405,044
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$36,881,601,584
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$48,364,250,944
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$36,176,430,129
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$32,928,454,672
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$21,921,569,479
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$36,633,669,269
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$50,065,104,668
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$65,147,051,918
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$88,837,057,320
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$131,614,434,154
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$111,657,580,326
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$138,516,722,650
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$185,749,664,444
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$218,002,476,129
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$234,637,675,129
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$228,415,656,175
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$166,774,104,959
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$166,743,557,748
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$187,217,660,051
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$227,367,469,034
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$233,636,097,800
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$180,898,797,517
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$209,691,945,713
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$287,372,232,138
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$268,881,051,644
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$279,641,257,615

China and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Iraq
1960	$89.7	$218.9
1961	$76	$232.4
1962	$71.1	$240.7
1963	$74.5	$235.5
1964	$85.7	$269.4
1965	$98.7	$284.8
1966	$104.5	$298.2
1967	$96.8	$290.6
1968	$91.6	$319
1969	$100.3	$320
1970	$113.3	$337
1971	$118.8	$384
1972	$132.1	$394
1973	$157.3	$476
1974	$160.4	$1,031
1975	$178.6	$1,166
1976	$165.7	$1,489
1977	$185.7	$1,609
1978	$156.7	$1,863
1979	$184.3	$2,871
1980	$195.1	$3,868
1981	$197.4	$2,700
1982	$203.7	$2,942
1983	$225.9	$2,743
1984	$251.2	$3,066
1985	$295	$3,088
1986	$282.4	$2,940
1987	$252.3	$3,436
1988	$284	$3,707
1989	$311	$3,791
1990	$319	$10,261
1991	$334	$23
1992	$368	$30.3
1993	$379	$53.7
1994	$476	$198.2
1995	$613	$619
1996	$713	$485
1997	$787	$936
1998	$835	$901
1999	$881	$1,560
2000	$969	$1,980
2001	$1,065	$1,436
2002	$1,164	$1,266
2003	$1,307	$818
2004	$1,531	$1,328
2005	$1,778	$1,762
2006	$2,129	$2,277
2007	$2,735	$3,129
2008	$3,523	$4,543
2009	$3,898	$3,715
2010	$4,629	$4,462
2011	$5,704	$5,776
2012	$6,405	$6,478
2013	$7,147	$6,650
2014	$7,781	$6,249
2015	$8,175	$4,440
2016	$8,255	$4,334
2017	$8,980	$4,759
2018	$10,086	$5,647
2019	$10,343	$5,672
2020	$10,627	$4,295
2021	$12,887	$4,868
2022	$12,971	$6,521
2023	$12,951	$5,965
2024	$13,303	$6,074

China vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Iraq
1950	43.8	37.4
1951	44.6	39
1952	45.3	40.5
1953	45.9	42.1
1954	46.8	43.5
1955	47.2	45
1956	47.8	46.4
1957	48.4	47.7
1958	48.8	49
1959	40.2	49.7
1960	33.4	51.5
1961	40.2	52.3
1962	51	53.5
1963	51.7	54.4
1964	52.3	55.2
1965	53	56.4
1966	53.7	57.3
1967	54.4	58.4
1968	55.2	59
1969	56	59.6
1970	56.8	60.5
1971	57.7	61.3
1972	58.6	61.8
1973	59.5	62.3
1974	60.2	61
1975	61	61.4
1976	61.2	63.6
1977	62.5	63.9
1978	63.1	64.2
1979	63.7	64.4
1980	64.2	60.9
1981	64.8	58.7
1982	65.2	59
1983	65.7	59.3
1984	66.1	59.5
1985	66.5	59.8
1986	66.9	60
1987	67.3	60.3
1988	67.6	56.7
1989	67.9	57.5
1990	68.2	57.6
1991	68.6	61.3
1992	69.1	65.3
1993	69.5	65.3
1994	69.8	65
1995	70.4	64.8
1996	70.8	64.6
1997	71.2	64.2
1998	71.6	64.4
1999	72	64.5
2000	72.3	64.9
2001	72.7	65.3
2002	73	65.7
2003	73.4	64.8
2004	73.7	64.6
2005	74.1	64.9
2006	74.4	64
2007	74.8	64.4
2008	74.8	66.5
2009	75.3	67.8
2010	75.7	68.1
2011	75.9	68.4
2012	76.2	68.8
2013	76.5	69
2014	76.7	69.7
2015	77	70
2016	77.2	68.7
2017	77.2	69.8
2018	77.7	71.1
2019	77.9	71.2
2020	78	69.7
2021	78.1	70.7
2022	78.2	72
2023	78	72.3
2024	78	72.4
2025	78.4	72.5

China and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	China	Iraq
1960	667,070,000	7,022,052
1961	660,330,000	7,194,553
1962	665,770,000	7,413,875
1963	682,335,000	7,667,928
1964	698,355,000	7,929,566
1965	715,185,000	8,202,140
1966	735,400,000	8,485,104
1967	754,550,000	8,778,869
1968	774,510,000	9,085,016
1969	796,025,000	9,403,356
1970	818,315,000	9,735,611
1971	841,105,000	10,077,809
1972	862,030,000	10,430,164
1973	881,940,000	10,795,869
1974	900,350,000	11,167,761
1975	916,395,000	11,543,639
1976	930,685,000	11,927,651
1977	943,455,000	12,331,046
1978	956,165,000	12,753,355
1979	969,005,000	13,170,365
1980	981,235,000	13,591,992
1981	993,885,000	14,006,381
1982	1,008,630,000	14,406,083
1983	1,023,310,000	14,840,555
1984	1,036,825,000	15,310,733
1985	1,051,040,000	15,683,430
1986	1,066,790,000	16,074,145
1987	1,084,035,000	16,521,049
1988	1,101,630,000	16,908,819
1989	1,118,650,000	17,364,542
1990	1,135,185,000	17,581,206
1991	1,150,780,000	17,767,253
1992	1,164,970,000	18,300,845
1993	1,178,440,000	19,201,195
1994	1,191,835,000	20,139,807
1995	1,204,855,000	20,825,860
1996	1,217,550,000	21,501,321
1997	1,230,075,000	22,176,593
1998	1,241,935,000	22,884,399
1999	1,252,735,000	23,636,527
2000	1,262,645,000	24,424,056
2001	1,271,850,000	25,197,840
2002	1,280,400,000	26,006,559
2003	1,288,400,000	26,802,659
2004	1,296,075,000	27,577,878
2005	1,303,720,000	28,407,448
2006	1,311,020,000	28,616,515
2007	1,317,885,000	28,391,607
2008	1,324,655,000	28,971,036
2009	1,331,260,000	30,058,206
2010	1,337,705,000	31,045,366
2011	1,345,035,000	32,161,424
2012	1,354,190,000	33,654,842
2013	1,363,240,000	35,281,989
2014	1,371,860,000	36,550,059
2015	1,379,860,000	37,560,535
2016	1,387,790,000	38,469,627
2017	1,396,215,000	39,337,353
2018	1,402,760,000	40,265,624
2019	1,407,745,000	41,192,171
2020	1,411,100,000	42,116,605
2021	1,412,360,000	43,071,211
2022	1,412,175,000	44,070,551
2023	1,410,710,000	45,074,049
2024	1,408,975,000	46,042,015

Fertility rates in China and Iraq

Fertility rate

China

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Iraq
1960	4.45	5.3
1961	3.86	5.8
1962	6.09	6.99
1963	7.51	7.01
1964	6.67	7.01
1965	6.61	7.02
1966	6.31	7.02
1967	5.81	7.03
1968	6.51	7.06
1969	6.18	7.08
1970	6.09	7.07
1971	5.52	7.06
1972	5.11	7.02
1973	4.73	6.99
1974	4.17	6.95
1975	3.57	6.91
1976	3.24	6.86
1977	2.84	6.8
1978	2.72	6.73
1979	2.75	6.66
1980	2.74	6.59
1981	2.79	6.53
1982	2.97	6.46
1983	2.56	6.39
1984	2.61	6.32
1985	2.63	6.25
1986	2.72	6.18
1987	2.76	6.11
1988	2.54	6.05
1989	2.52	5.99
1990	2.51	5.93
1991	1.93	5.83
1992	1.78	5.72
1993	1.69	5.61
1994	1.63	5.49
1995	1.59	5.36
1996	1.55	5.25
1997	1.53	5.19
1998	1.52	5.11
1999	1.53	5.04
2000	1.63	4.92
2001	1.56	4.8
2002	1.57	4.67
2003	1.57	4.58
2004	1.61	4.53
2005	1.62	4.45
2006	1.64	4.46
2007	1.67	4.4
2008	1.7	4.37
2009	1.71	4.38
2010	1.69	4.46
2011	1.67	4.59
2012	1.8	4.54
2013	1.71	4.44
2014	1.77	4.31
2015	1.67	4.08
2016	1.77	3.84
2017	1.8	3.64
2018	1.54	3.55
2019	1.5	3.48
2020	1.24	3.42
2021	1.12	3.36
2022	1.03	3.29
2023	1	3.25

China and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

China

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Iraq
1960	20.9	20.4
1961	21.1	20.4
1962	21	20.1
1963	20.4	19.8
1964	19.9	19.5
1965	19.6	19.3
1966	19.3	19
1967	19.2	18.7
1968	19.2	18.5
1969	19.1	18.3
1970	19.1	18.1
1971	19.2	17.9
1972	19.3	17.7
1973	19.5	17.5
1974	19.7	17.2
1975	20.1	17
1976	20.4	16.7
1977	20.8	16.6
1978	21.2	16.6
1979	21.4	16.5
1980	21.6	16.5
1981	21.8	16.5
1982	22.1	16.5
1983	22.6	16.6
1984	23	16.6
1985	23.2	16.7
1986	23.4	16.8
1987	23.6	16.9
1988	23.9	16.9
1989	24.4	17
1990	24.7	17.1
1991	25.1	17.2
1992	25.6	17.3
1993	26.1	17.3
1994	26.6	17.4
1995	27.2	17.5
1996	27.8	17.6
1997	28.3	17.7
1998	28.8	17.8
1999	29.4	17.9
2000	30	17.9
2001	30.5	18
2002	31.1	18.1
2003	31.6	18.2
2004	32.1	18.3
2005	32.6	18.5
2006	33.1	18.6
2007	33.7	18.7
2008	34.2	18.8
2009	34.7	18.9
2010	35.1	19
2011	35.5	19.1
2012	35.7	19.2
2013	36	19.3
2014	36.3	19.4
2015	36.7	19.5
2016	37.1	19.7
2017	37.4	19.9
2018	37.7	20.1
2019	38.1	20.4
2020	38.5	20.6
2021	39	20.9
2022	39.6	21.1
2023	40.1	21.4
2024	40.6	21.6

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