Iran vs Iraq statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 17th vs. 57th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Iran and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Iran and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Iraq
1960	$4,199,134,390	$1,537,252,193
1961	$4,426,949,095	$1,671,960,965
1962	$4,693,566,416	$1,784,174,541
1963	$4,928,628,018	$1,805,901,510
1964	$5,379,845,648	$2,136,408,198
1965	$6,197,319,929	$2,335,785,506
1966	$6,789,938,672	$2,530,306,096
1967	$7,555,383,690	$2,551,522,656
1968	$8,623,172,960	$2,896,598,841
1969	$9,743,089,607	$3,007,758,797
1970	$10,976,245,154	$3,281,318,687
1971	$13,731,802,833	$3,865,346,535
1972	$17,153,463,263	$4,113,848,002
1973	$27,081,698,250	$5,134,367,778
1974	$46,209,092,072	$11,516,762,614
1975	$51,776,222,350	$13,458,516,763
1976	$68,055,295,081	$17,754,825,601
1977	$80,600,122,702	$19,838,130,715
1978	$77,994,316,621	$23,762,275,652
1979	$90,391,877,326	$37,816,457,839
1980	$94,362,275,580	$52,569,000,000
1981	$100,499,312,750	$37,823,000,000
1982	$125,948,756,439	$42,382,333,333
1983	$156,365,156,618	$40,712,903,226
1984	$162,276,728,620	$46,938,387,097
1985	$180,183,629,600	$48,425,161,290
1986	$209,094,561,833	$47,264,516,129
1987	$134,009,995,923	$56,774,193,548
1988	$123,057,861,334	$62,684,516,129
1989	$120,496,362,916	$65,831,935,484
1990	$124,813,263,926	$180,408,064,516
1991	$131,637,664,958	$407,796,350
1992	$119,768,691,217	$553,671,958
1993	$63,743,623,231	$1,031,944,881
1994	$71,841,461,172	$3,991,349,283
1995	$96,419,225,745	$12,894,029,888
1996	$120,403,931,883	$10,433,698,621
1997	$113,919,163,421	$20,764,857,056
1998	$110,276,913,362	$20,617,405,044
1999	$113,848,450,089	$36,881,601,584
2000	$109,591,707,801	$48,364,250,944
2001	$126,878,750,296	$36,176,430,129
2002	$128,626,917,504	$32,928,454,672
2003	$151,911,222,120	$21,921,569,479
2004	$187,754,571,247	$36,633,669,269
2005	$224,970,371,329	$50,065,104,668
2006	$265,602,187,406	$65,147,051,918
2007	$349,736,591,836	$88,837,057,320
2008	$406,070,949,551	$131,614,434,154
2009	$414,059,094,950	$111,657,580,326
2010	$487,069,570,461	$138,516,722,650
2011	$629,082,257,472	$185,749,664,444
2012	$644,019,315,004	$218,002,476,129
2013	$500,399,839,840	$234,637,675,129
2014	$462,284,793,281	$228,415,656,175
2015	$409,191,686,497	$166,774,104,959
2016	$459,042,684,193	$166,743,557,748
2017	$489,168,731,811	$187,217,660,051
2018	$398,880,231,367	$227,367,469,034
2019	$333,519,146,339	$233,636,097,800
2020	$262,186,179,356	$180,898,797,517
2021	$383,436,202,447	$209,691,945,713
2022	$394,362,621,793	$287,372,232,138
2023	$404,625,655,076	$268,881,051,644
2024	$436,906,331,672	$279,641,257,615

Iran and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Iraq
1960	$195.6	$218.9
1961	$200.1	$232.4
1962	$205.8	$240.7
1963	$209.6	$235.5
1964	$221.7	$269.4
1965	$247.5	$284.8
1966	$262.9	$298.2
1967	$283.7	$290.6
1968	$314	$319
1969	$345	$320
1970	$377	$337
1971	$457	$384
1972	$555	$394
1973	$851	$476
1974	$1,409	$1,031
1975	$1,532	$1,166
1976	$1,954	$1,489
1977	$2,243	$1,609
1978	$2,101	$1,863
1979	$2,352	$2,871
1980	$2,368	$3,868
1981	$2,393	$2,700
1982	$2,845	$2,942
1983	$3,397	$2,743
1984	$3,395	$3,066
1985	$3,634	$3,088
1986	$4,064	$2,940
1987	$2,513	$3,436
1988	$2,234	$3,707
1989	$2,125	$3,791
1990	$2,138	$10,261
1991	$2,194	$23
1992	$1,957	$30.3
1993	$1,038	$53.7
1994	$1,168	$198.2
1995	$1,550	$619
1996	$1,915	$485
1997	$1,790	$936
1998	$1,709	$901
1999	$1,740	$1,560
2000	$1,650	$1,980
2001	$1,881	$1,436
2002	$1,891	$1,266
2003	$2,209	$818
2004	$2,672	$1,328
2005	$3,132	$1,762
2006	$3,619	$2,277
2007	$4,688	$3,129
2008	$5,377	$4,543
2009	$5,416	$3,715
2010	$6,291	$4,462
2011	$8,026	$5,776
2012	$8,114	$6,478
2013	$6,223	$6,650
2014	$5,672	$6,249
2015	$4,953	$4,440
2016	$5,477	$4,334
2017	$5,753	$4,759
2018	$4,632	$5,647
2019	$3,831	$5,672
2020	$2,989	$4,295
2021	$4,335	$4,868
2022	$4,405	$6,521
2023	$4,466	$5,965
2024	$4,771	$6,074

Iran vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Iraq
1950	38.2	37.4
1951	38.7	39
1952	39.2	40.5
1953	39.5	42.1
1954	40	43.5
1955	40.6	45
1956	41.1	46.4
1957	41.3	47.7
1958	42.2	49
1959	42.8	49.7
1960	43.3	51.5
1961	43.9	52.3
1962	43.8	53.5
1963	45.1	54.4
1964	45.7	55.2
1965	46.4	56.4
1966	47.1	57.3
1967	47.8	58.4
1968	47.9	59
1969	49.4	59.6
1970	50.2	60.5
1971	51.1	61.3
1972	51.7	61.8
1973	52.9	62.3
1974	53.9	61
1975	54.8	61.4
1976	55.8	63.6
1977	56.7	63.9
1978	56	64.2
1979	58.5	64.4
1980	58.4	60.9
1981	56.6	58.7
1982	57.6	59
1983	58.5	59.3
1984	60.9	59.5
1985	61.5	59.8
1986	62.1	60
1987	62.7	60.3
1988	63.3	56.7
1989	65.3	57.5
1990	64.1	57.6
1991	66.2	61.3
1992	66.7	65.3
1993	67	65.3
1994	67.5	65
1995	67.9	64.8
1996	68.3	64.6
1997	68.6	64.2
1998	69.2	64.4
1999	69.7	64.5
2000	70.2	64.9
2001	70.6	65.3
2002	71.1	65.7
2003	70.5	64.8
2004	72	64.6
2005	72.4	64.9
2006	72.9	64
2007	73.3	64.4
2008	73.7	66.5
2009	74	67.8
2010	74.4	68.1
2011	74.7	68.4
2012	75	68.8
2013	75.3	69
2014	75.6	69.7
2015	75.9	70
2016	76.2	68.7
2017	76.4	69.8
2018	76.6	71.1
2019	76.9	71.2
2020	74.1	69.7
2021	73.8	70.7
2022	76.8	72
2023	77.7	72.3
2024	77.9	72.4
2025	78.1	72.5

Iran and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Iraq
1960	21,470,434	7,022,052
1961	22,125,726	7,194,553
1962	22,807,907	7,413,875
1963	23,519,005	7,667,928
1964	24,262,859	7,929,566
1965	25,036,978	8,202,140
1966	25,829,270	8,485,104
1967	26,628,432	8,778,869
1968	27,437,391	9,085,016
1969	28,273,482	9,403,356
1970	29,145,100	9,735,611
1971	30,029,071	10,077,809
1972	30,921,179	10,430,164
1973	31,839,838	10,795,869
1974	32,796,463	11,167,761
1975	33,802,973	11,543,639
1976	34,837,271	11,927,651
1977	35,933,181	12,331,046
1978	37,126,535	12,753,355
1979	38,424,952	13,170,365
1980	39,842,324	13,591,992
1981	41,989,312	14,006,381
1982	44,272,141	14,406,083
1983	46,029,535	14,840,555
1984	47,793,998	15,310,733
1985	49,582,289	15,683,430
1986	51,446,045	16,074,145
1987	53,323,493	16,521,049
1988	55,072,694	16,908,819
1989	56,704,914	17,364,542
1990	58,380,092	17,581,206
1991	59,986,931	17,767,253
1992	61,184,983	18,300,845
1993	61,403,543	19,201,195
1994	61,520,598	20,139,807
1995	62,205,567	20,825,860
1996	62,881,300	21,501,321
1997	63,639,638	22,176,593
1998	64,519,859	22,884,399
1999	65,445,391	23,636,527
2000	66,418,659	24,424,056
2001	67,452,005	25,197,840
2002	68,011,317	26,006,559
2003	68,769,340	26,802,659
2004	70,256,316	27,577,878
2005	71,828,455	28,407,448
2006	73,392,747	28,616,515
2007	74,602,648	28,391,607
2008	75,514,204	28,971,036
2009	76,457,825	30,058,206
2010	77,420,842	31,045,366
2011	78,383,598	32,161,424
2012	79,370,580	33,654,842
2013	80,414,686	35,281,989
2014	81,502,045	36,550,059
2015	82,619,362	37,560,535
2016	83,812,228	38,469,627
2017	85,026,754	39,337,353
2018	86,117,998	40,265,624
2019	87,051,648	41,192,171
2020	87,723,443	42,116,605
2021	88,455,488	43,071,211
2022	89,524,246	44,070,551
2023	90,608,707	45,074,049
2024	91,567,738	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Iran and Iraq

Fertility rate

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Iraq
1960	7.52	5.3
1961	7.46	5.8
1962	7.4	6.99
1963	7.32	7.01
1964	7.24	7.01
1965	7.22	7.02
1966	7.21	7.02
1967	7.19	7.03
1968	7.12	7.06
1969	7.01	7.08
1970	6.8	7.07
1971	6.55	7.06
1972	6.26	7.02
1973	6.06	6.99
1974	5.97	6.95
1975	5.95	6.91
1976	6.07	6.86
1977	6.18	6.8
1978	6.34	6.73
1979	6.55	6.66
1980	6.63	6.59
1981	6.62	6.53
1982	6.59	6.46
1983	6.53	6.39
1984	6.43	6.32
1985	6.24	6.25
1986	6.01	6.18
1987	5.72	6.11
1988	5.43	6.05
1989	5.17	5.99
1990	4.93	5.93
1991	4.57	5.83
1992	4.1	5.72
1993	3.67	5.61
1994	3.24	5.49
1995	2.85	5.36
1996	2.54	5.25
1997	2.32	5.19
1998	2.19	5.11
1999	2.09	5.04
2000	2	4.92
2001	1.92	4.8
2002	1.84	4.67
2003	1.8	4.58
2004	1.78	4.53
2005	1.76	4.45
2006	1.76	4.46
2007	1.75	4.4
2008	1.74	4.37
2009	1.74	4.38
2010	1.75	4.46
2011	1.79	4.59
2012	1.85	4.54
2013	1.91	4.44
2014	1.98	4.31
2015	2.02	4.08
2016	2.05	3.84
2017	2.02	3.64
2018	1.92	3.55
2019	1.77	3.48
2020	1.7	3.42
2021	1.71	3.36
2022	1.7	3.29
2023	1.7	3.25

Iran and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Iraq
1960	19.1	20.4
1961	18.7	20.4
1962	18.4	20.1
1963	18.1	19.8
1964	17.9	19.5
1965	17.8	19.3
1966	17.7	19
1967	17.7	18.7
1968	17.6	18.5
1969	17.6	18.3
1970	17.6	18.1
1971	17.7	17.9
1972	17.8	17.7
1973	17.9	17.5
1974	18	17.2
1975	18.1	17
1976	18.2	16.7
1977	18.3	16.6
1978	18.3	16.6
1979	18.3	16.5
1980	18.2	16.5
1981	18.4	16.5
1982	18.6	16.5
1983	18.5	16.6
1984	18.4	16.6
1985	18.3	16.7
1986	18.2	16.8
1987	18.2	16.9
1988	18.2	16.9
1989	18.1	17
1990	18.2	17.1
1991	18.3	17.2
1992	18.4	17.3
1993	18.3	17.3
1994	18.4	17.4
1995	18.7	17.5
1996	19.1	17.6
1997	19.5	17.7
1998	20	17.8
1999	20.7	17.9
2000	21.4	17.9
2001	22	18
2002	22.6	18.1
2003	23.1	18.2
2004	23.7	18.3
2005	24.3	18.5
2006	24.8	18.6
2007	25.5	18.7
2008	26.1	18.8
2009	26.6	18.9
2010	27.2	19
2011	27.7	19.1
2012	28.2	19.2
2013	28.7	19.3
2014	29.2	19.4
2015	29.7	19.5
2016	30.2	19.7
2017	30.7	19.9
2018	31.2	20.1
2019	31.7	20.4
2020	32.3	20.6
2021	32.8	20.9
2022	33.3	21.1
2023	33.8	21.4
2024	34.3	21.6

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