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Cuba vs Iraq statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 103rd vs. 57th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Main facts and rankings

Cuba Iraq
Population
10937204
47813338
Population rank 89/197 34/197
GDP
$107B
2020
$280B
2024
GDP rank 69/197 51/197
GDP per capita
$9,605
2020
$6,074
2024
GDP per capita rank 87/197 114/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,300
2016
$14,464
2024
Government debt n/a
$120B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
50.2%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$2,606
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 108/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,584
2025
$6,159
2025
Land area
40,077 sq mi
2025
167,619 sq mi
2025
Population density
274 ppl/mi²
2024
274.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.44
2023
3.25
2023
Median age
43.1 years
2024
21.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
72.5 years
2025

Cuba and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Iraq economies compared

GDP
Cuba

Iraq
Year GDP
Cuba 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 $5,693,005,200 $3,281,318,687
1971 $6,914,658,400 $3,865,346,535
1972 $8,135,150,892 $4,113,848,002
1973 $9,987,709,650 $5,134,367,778
1974 $11,405,957,317 $11,516,762,614
1975 $13,027,415,244 $13,458,516,763
1976 $13,789,579,903 $17,754,825,601
1977 $14,206,158,675 $19,838,130,715
1978 $17,844,705,325 $23,762,275,652
1979 $19,584,443,288 $37,816,457,839
1980 $19,912,889,861 $52,569,000,000
1981 $20,150,254,096 $37,823,000,000
1982 $20,953,510,235 $42,382,333,333
1983 $22,204,940,512 $40,712,903,226
1984 $24,039,383,608 $46,938,387,097
1985 $22,920,490,774 $48,425,161,290
1986 $24,226,574,634 $47,264,516,129
1987 $25,213,935,012 $56,774,193,548
1988 $27,458,999,472 $62,684,516,129
1989 $27,023,468,666 $65,831,935,484
1990 $28,645,436,569 $180,408,064,516
1991 $24,316,556,026 $407,796,350
1992 $22,085,858,243 $553,671,958
1993 $22,367,254,865 $1,031,944,881
1994 $28,448,326,757 $3,991,349,283
1995 $30,429,803,651 $12,894,029,888
1996 $25,017,368,700 $10,433,698,621
1997 $25,365,908,100 $20,764,857,056
1998 $25,736,331,200 $20,617,405,044
1999 $28,364,615,200 $36,881,601,584
2000 $30,565,400,000 $48,364,250,944
2001 $31,682,400,000 $36,176,430,129
2002 $33,590,500,000 $32,928,454,672
2003 $35,901,200,000 $21,921,569,479
2004 $38,203,000,000 $36,633,669,269
2005 $42,643,836,100 $50,065,104,668
2006 $48,835,925,926 $65,147,051,918
2007 $54,262,870,370 $88,837,057,320
2008 $56,302,129,630 $131,614,434,154
2009 $57,481,481,481 $111,657,580,326
2010 $59,562,962,963 $138,516,722,650
2011 $68,990,000,000 $185,749,664,444
2012 $73,141,000,000 $218,002,476,129
2013 $77,148,000,000 $234,637,675,129
2014 $80,656,100,000 $228,415,656,175
2015 $87,132,800,000 $166,774,104,959
2016 $91,370,407,864 $166,743,557,748
2017 $96,850,649,692 $187,217,660,051
2018 $100,050,036,096 $227,367,469,034
2019 $103,427,600,000 $233,636,097,800
2020 $107,351,800,000 $180,898,797,517
2021 - $209,691,945,713
2022 - $287,372,232,138
2023 - $268,881,051,644
2024 - $279,641,257,615

Cuba and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita
Cuba

Iraq
Year GDP per capita
Cuba 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 $645 $337
1971 $770 $384
1972 $892 $394
1973 $1,079 $476
1974 $1,217 $1,031
1975 $1,374 $1,166
1976 $1,441 $1,489
1977 $1,472 $1,609
1978 $1,837 $1,863
1979 $2,006 $2,871
1980 $2,031 $3,868
1981 $2,046 $2,700
1982 $2,114 $2,942
1983 $2,222 $2,743
1984 $2,386 $3,066
1985 $2,257 $3,088
1986 $2,365 $2,940
1987 $2,440 $3,436
1988 $2,632 $3,707
1989 $2,566 $3,791
1990 $2,694 $10,261
1991 $2,269 $23
1992 $2,048 $30.3
1993 $2,063 $53.7
1994 $2,613 $198.2
1995 $2,785 $619
1996 $2,282 $485
1997 $2,306 $936
1998 $2,332 $901
1999 $2,562 $1,560
2000 $2,751 $1,980
2001 $2,843 $1,436
2002 $3,005 $1,266
2003 $3,203 $818
2004 $3,399 $1,328
2005 $3,786 $1,762
2006 $4,330 $2,277
2007 $4,807 $3,129
2008 $4,986 $4,543
2009 $5,089 $3,715
2010 $5,272 $4,462
2011 $6,104 $5,776
2012 $6,471 $6,478
2013 $6,828 $6,650
2014 $7,147 $6,249
2015 $7,728 $4,440
2016 $8,111 $4,334
2017 $8,611 $4,759
2018 $8,911 $5,647
2019 $9,232 $5,672
2020 $9,605 $4,295
2021 - $4,868
2022 - $6,521
2023 - $5,965
2024 - $6,074

Cuba vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cuba

Iraq
Year Life expectancy, years
Cuba Iraq
1950 59 37.4
1951 59.4 39
1952 59.8 40.5
1953 60.2 42.1
1954 60.7 43.5
1955 61.2 45
1956 61.5 46.4
1957 61.9 47.7
1958 62.3 49
1959 62.8 49.7
1960 63.3 51.5
1961 63.7 52.3
1962 64.4 53.5
1963 64.3 54.4
1964 65.3 55.2
1965 65.6 56.4
1966 66.1 57.3
1967 66.5 58.4
1968 66.9 59
1969 67.4 59.6
1970 67.9 60.5
1971 68.4 61.3
1972 68.9 61.8
1973 69.3 62.3
1974 69.9 61
1975 70.4 61.4
1976 70.9 63.6
1977 71.4 63.9
1978 71.9 64.2
1979 72.3 64.4
1980 72.6 60.9
1981 73 58.7
1982 73.4 59
1983 73.6 59.3
1984 73.6 59.5
1985 73.5 59.8
1986 73.6 60
1987 73.6 60.3
1988 73.7 56.7
1989 73.7 57.5
1990 73.8 57.6
1991 73.8 61.3
1992 73.8 65.3
1993 73.9 65.3
1994 74.1 65
1995 74.3 64.8
1996 74.7 64.6
1997 75.1 64.2
1998 75.4 64.4
1999 75.7 64.5
2000 75.9 64.9
2001 76.4 65.3
2002 76.8 65.7
2003 77.4 64.8
2004 77.3 64.6
2005 77.5 64.9
2006 77.4 64
2007 77.6 64.4
2008 77.6 66.5
2009 77.6 67.8
2010 77.9 68.1
2011 78.1 68.4
2012 78.2 68.8
2013 78 69
2014 77.8 69.7
2015 77.7 70
2016 77.6 68.7
2017 77.3 69.8
2018 77.4 71.1
2019 77.4 71.2
2020 77.4 69.7
2021 73.2 70.7
2022 77.6 72
2023 78.1 72.3
2024 78.3 72.4
2025 78.4 72.5

Cuba and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population
Cuba

Iraq
Year Population
Cuba Iraq
1960 7,238,081 7,022,052
1961 7,387,117 7,194,553
1962 7,541,098 7,413,875
1963 7,701,660 7,667,928
1964 7,866,020 7,929,566
1965 8,030,797 8,202,140
1966 8,193,450 8,485,104
1967 8,352,625 8,778,869
1968 8,509,522 9,085,016
1969 8,666,640 9,403,356
1970 8,824,382 9,735,611
1971 8,979,085 10,077,809
1972 9,123,891 10,430,164
1973 9,255,328 10,795,869
1974 9,374,183 11,167,761
1975 9,479,726 11,543,639
1976 9,571,242 11,927,651
1977 9,648,440 12,331,046
1978 9,711,980 12,753,355
1979 9,763,355 13,170,365
1980 9,804,796 13,591,992
1981 9,849,320 14,006,381
1982 9,912,681 14,406,083
1983 9,991,026 14,840,555
1984 10,073,299 15,310,733
1985 10,157,228 15,683,430
1986 10,244,247 16,074,145
1987 10,335,342 16,521,049
1988 10,432,585 16,908,819
1989 10,533,243 17,364,542
1990 10,631,799 17,581,206
1991 10,717,640 17,767,253
1992 10,785,801 18,300,845
1993 10,841,031 19,201,195
1994 10,886,021 20,139,807
1995 10,925,362 20,825,860
1996 10,962,010 21,501,321
1997 10,997,934 22,176,593
1998 11,034,712 22,884,399
1999 11,072,230 23,636,527
2000 11,109,109 24,424,056
2001 11,144,132 25,197,840
2002 11,177,418 26,006,559
2003 11,209,383 26,802,659
2004 11,238,756 27,577,878
2005 11,262,554 28,407,448
2006 11,278,550 28,616,515
2007 11,287,272 28,391,607
2008 11,291,762 28,971,036
2009 11,294,719 30,058,206
2010 11,297,409 31,045,366
2011 11,301,571 32,161,424
2012 11,303,175 33,654,842
2013 11,298,167 35,281,989
2014 11,285,775 36,550,059
2015 11,275,065 37,560,535
2016 11,265,612 38,469,627
2017 11,247,829 39,337,353
2018 11,227,118 40,265,624
2019 11,202,846 41,192,171
2020 11,176,354 42,116,605
2021 11,122,168 43,071,211
2022 11,059,820 44,070,551
2023 11,019,931 45,074,049
2024 10,979,783 46,042,015

Fertility rates in Cuba and Iraq

Fertility rate
Cuba

Iraq
Year Fertility rate
Cuba Iraq
1960 4.13 5.3
1961 4.26 5.8
1962 4.42 6.99
1963 4.56 7.01
1964 4.53 7.01
1965 4.5 7.02
1966 4.4 7.02
1967 4.29 7.03
1968 4.19 7.06
1969 4.12 7.08
1970 3.98 7.07
1971 3.8 7.06
1972 3.61 7.02
1973 3.4 6.99
1974 3.16 6.95
1975 2.82 6.91
1976 2.51 6.86
1977 2.21 6.8
1978 1.88 6.73
1979 1.77 6.66
1980 1.64 6.59
1981 1.59 6.53
1982 1.78 6.46
1983 1.8 6.39
1984 1.77 6.32
1985 1.77 6.25
1986 1.78 6.18
1987 1.8 6.11
1988 1.85 6.05
1989 1.83 5.99
1990 1.81 5.93
1991 1.66 5.83
1992 1.56 5.72
1993 1.49 5.61
1994 1.47 5.49
1995 1.48 5.36
1996 1.46 5.25
1997 1.59 5.19
1998 1.62 5.11
1999 1.64 5.04
2000 1.61 4.92
2001 1.6 4.8
2002 1.65 4.67
2003 1.63 4.58
2004 1.55 4.53
2005 1.49 4.45
2006 1.4 4.46
2007 1.44 4.4
2008 1.58 4.37
2009 1.68 4.38
2010 1.67 4.46
2011 1.73 4.59
2012 1.67 4.54
2013 1.68 4.44
2014 1.66 4.31
2015 1.69 4.08
2016 1.6 3.84
2017 1.59 3.64
2018 1.61 3.55
2019 1.54 3.48
2020 1.49 3.42
2021 1.43 3.36
2022 1.41 3.29
2023 1.44 3.25

Cuba and Iraq demographics compared

Median age
Cuba

Iraq
Year Median age, years
Cuba Iraq
1960 22.5 20.4
1961 22.5 20.4
1962 22.4 20.1
1963 22.3 19.8
1964 22.2 19.5
1965 22.1 19.3
1966 22 19
1967 21.9 18.7
1968 21.9 18.5
1969 21.8 18.3
1970 21.8 18.1
1971 21.9 17.9
1972 21.9 17.7
1973 22.1 17.5
1974 22.2 17.2
1975 22.5 17
1976 22.7 16.7
1977 23 16.6
1978 23.4 16.6
1979 23.7 16.5
1980 24.1 16.5
1981 24.5 16.5
1982 24.8 16.5
1983 25.1 16.6
1984 25.5 16.6
1985 25.9 16.7
1986 26.3 16.8
1987 26.7 16.9
1988 27.1 16.9
1989 27.5 17
1990 27.9 17.1
1991 28.3 17.2
1992 28.7 17.3
1993 29.2 17.3
1994 29.7 17.4
1995 30.3 17.5
1996 30.9 17.6
1997 31.4 17.7
1998 32 17.8
1999 32.5 17.9
2000 33.1 17.9
2001 33.6 18
2002 34.2 18.1
2003 34.7 18.2
2004 35.2 18.3
2005 35.7 18.5
2006 36.2 18.6
2007 36.8 18.7
2008 37.3 18.8
2009 37.7 18.9
2010 38.2 19
2011 38.6 19.1
2012 39.1 19.2
2013 39.7 19.3
2014 40.2 19.4
2015 40.6 19.5
2016 40.9 19.7
2017 41.3 19.9
2018 41.6 20.1
2019 41.9 20.4
2020 42.1 20.6
2021 42.3 20.9
2022 42.5 21.1
2023 42.8 21.4
2024 43.1 21.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cuba Iraq
GNI, Atlas method
$101B
2019
$278B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49%
2025
42.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
8.44%
2022
3.55%
1989
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.88%
2018
2.07%
2023
Armed forces personnel
76,000
2020
459,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-4.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.7%
2018
16.2%
2021
Services, % of GDP
70%
2023
45.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
27.5%
2023
51.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
25.4
2025
15.6
2002
Income share by richest 10% n/a
24.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.7%
2023
Total reserves including gold
$144M
1960
$101B
2024
Personal remittances received n/a
$879M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,086,000
2020
892,000
2013
International tourism as share of exports n/a
1.88%
2020
Banked people share n/a
30.2%
2024

Energy

Cuba Iraq
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
816 kg
2022
1,412 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$10.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
22.1 megatons
2023
192.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2 tons
2023
4.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.1%
2022
98.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
20.9%
2021
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.34%
2022
0.37%
2022
Net energy imports use share
62.8%
2022
-274.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,102 kWh
2022
1,373 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
5.19%
2021
3.78%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.77%
2022
1.98%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Cuba Iraq
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.57%
2024
Annual migration change
-22,356
2024
-17,735
2024
Urban population
77.7%
2024
71.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.7 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.21 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.4
2025
37.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
52
2025
50
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.42
2019
9.41
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.9
2019
27.3
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.7%
2021
84.1%
2021
English speaking
6%
2025
35%
2023
People using the Internet
71.3%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Cuba Iraq
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,199
2020
$254.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$107
2020
$121.8
2022
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
72.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.03%
2022
1.27%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
9.43
2021
1.01
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
66
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.3
2023
22.6
2023
Obesity rate
22.6%
2022
41.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.4%
2024
13.4%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
14
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.4%
2022
19.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.38 liters
2020
0.24 liters
2020

Territory

Cuba Iraq
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.29%
2025
Land area per capita
3,650 sq mi
2024
3,641 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
24,714 sq mi
2025
36,592 sq mi
2025
Forest area
12,517 sq mi
2025
3,185 sq mi
2025

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