Iraq vs Ireland statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 57th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Iraq and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Ireland
1960	$1,537,252,193	$1,998,550,222
1961	$1,671,960,965	$2,151,772,980
1962	$1,784,174,541	$2,329,372,972
1963	$1,805,901,510	$2,505,073,358
1964	$2,136,408,198	$2,851,091,646
1965	$2,335,785,506	$3,035,655,794
1966	$2,530,306,096	$3,198,820,904
1967	$2,551,522,656	$3,445,739,915
1968	$2,896,598,841	$3,378,701,147
1969	$3,007,758,797	$3,902,721,632
1970	$3,281,318,687	$4,395,995,086
1971	$3,865,346,535	$5,098,250,287
1972	$4,113,848,002	$6,318,060,582
1973	$5,134,367,778	$7,481,173,066
1974	$11,516,762,614	$7,896,860,615
1975	$13,458,516,763	$9,483,808,362
1976	$17,754,825,601	$9,453,756,015
1977	$19,838,130,715	$11,248,340,431
1978	$23,762,275,652	$14,647,996,074
1979	$37,816,457,839	$18,319,334,300
1980	$52,569,000,000	$21,747,855,640
1981	$37,823,000,000	$20,670,190,138
1982	$42,382,333,333	$21,474,754,080
1983	$40,712,903,226	$20,766,047,764
1984	$46,938,387,097	$20,106,648,455
1985	$48,425,161,290	$21,270,013,326
1986	$47,264,516,129	$28,714,571,852
1987	$56,774,193,548	$33,920,518,493
1988	$62,684,516,129	$37,772,897,421
1989	$65,831,935,484	$39,238,392,678
1990	$180,408,064,516	$49,305,632,408
1991	$407,796,350	$49,787,502,852
1992	$553,671,958	$55,918,538,121
1993	$1,031,944,881	$52,417,477,614
1994	$3,991,349,283	$57,097,656,066
1995	$12,894,029,888	$69,139,823,232
1996	$10,433,698,621	$75,790,785,030
1997	$20,764,857,056	$82,856,648,758
1998	$20,617,405,044	$90,199,410,116
1999	$36,881,601,584	$98,893,958,263
2000	$48,364,250,944	$100,207,610,430
2001	$36,176,430,129	$109,346,669,230
2002	$32,928,454,672	$128,596,035,288
2003	$21,921,569,479	$164,670,771,260
2004	$36,633,669,269	$194,372,115,041
2005	$50,065,104,668	$211,876,989,656
2006	$65,147,051,918	$232,180,617,162
2007	$88,837,057,320	$270,079,279,420
2008	$131,614,434,154	$275,447,471,451
2009	$111,657,580,326	$236,443,117,248
2010	$138,516,722,650	$221,985,621,538
2011	$185,749,664,444	$241,337,364,610
2012	$218,002,476,129	$227,270,922,957
2013	$234,637,675,129	$243,301,556,085
2014	$228,415,656,175	$266,787,238,499
2015	$166,774,104,959	$302,391,428,540
2016	$166,743,557,748	$305,733,136,181
2017	$187,217,660,051	$348,532,394,024
2018	$227,367,469,034	$395,461,216,460
2019	$233,636,097,800	$407,124,824,065
2020	$180,898,797,517	$436,555,518,400
2021	$209,691,945,713	$531,306,516,908
2022	$287,372,232,138	$548,570,250,342
2023	$268,881,051,644	$551,394,889,340
2024	$279,641,257,615	$577,389,475,010

Iraq and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Ireland
1960	$218.9	$707
1961	$232.4	$762
1962	$240.7	$821
1963	$235.5	$878
1964	$269.4	$995
1965	$284.8	$1,055
1966	$298.2	$1,107
1967	$290.6	$1,187
1968	$319	$1,159
1969	$320	$1,331
1970	$337	$1,487
1971	$384	$1,704
1972	$394	$2,080
1973	$476	$2,424
1974	$1,031	$2,517
1975	$1,166	$2,973
1976	$1,489	$2,920
1977	$1,609	$3,427
1978	$1,863	$4,400
1979	$2,871	$5,430
1980	$3,868	$6,372
1981	$2,700	$5,986
1982	$2,942	$6,161
1983	$2,743	$5,915
1984	$3,066	$5,692
1985	$3,088	$6,012
1986	$2,940	$8,112
1987	$3,436	$9,582
1988	$3,707	$10,716
1989	$3,791	$11,176
1990	$10,261	$14,031
1991	$23	$14,087
1992	$30.3	$15,714
1993	$53.7	$14,657
1994	$198.2	$15,903
1995	$619	$19,158
1996	$485	$20,836
1997	$936	$22,551
1998	$901	$24,295
1999	$1,560	$26,338
2000	$1,980	$26,335
2001	$1,436	$28,282
2002	$1,266	$32,705
2003	$818	$41,204
2004	$1,328	$47,754
2005	$1,762	$50,933
2006	$2,277	$54,329
2007	$3,129	$61,396
2008	$4,543	$61,353
2009	$3,715	$52,133
2010	$4,462	$48,679
2011	$5,776	$52,693
2012	$6,478	$49,412
2013	$6,650	$52,619
2014	$6,249	$57,278
2015	$4,440	$64,312
2016	$4,334	$64,193
2017	$4,759	$72,198
2018	$5,647	$80,739
2019	$5,672	$81,810
2020	$4,295	$86,623
2021	$4,868	$103,962
2022	$6,521	$105,235
2023	$5,965	$103,888
2024	$6,074	$107,316

Iraq vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Ireland
1950	37.4	65.6
1951	39	64.8
1952	40.5	67.2
1953	42.1	67.9
1954	43.5	68
1955	45	68
1956	46.4	69
1957	47.7	69
1958	49	69.3
1959	49.7	69.4
1960	51.5	70.2
1961	52.3	69.6
1962	53.5	69.9
1963	54.4	70.2
1964	55.2	70.4
1965	56.4	70.6
1966	57.3	70.2
1967	58.4	71.2
1968	59	70.9
1969	59.6	70.8
1970	60.5	70.8
1971	61.3	71.6
1972	61.8	71
1973	62.3	71.2
1974	61	71.1
1975	61.4	71.7
1976	63.6	71.8
1977	63.9	71.9
1978	64.2	71.9
1979	64.4	72.2
1980	60.9	72.5
1981	58.7	72.9
1982	59	73.2
1983	59.3	73.2
1984	59.5	73.6
1985	59.8	73.6
1986	60	73.6
1987	60.3	74.4
1988	56.7	74.4
1989	57.5	74.5
1990	57.6	74.8
1991	61.3	75
1992	65.3	75.4
1993	65.3	75.3
1994	65	75.8
1995	64.8	75.5
1996	64.6	75.8
1997	64.2	76
1998	64.4	76.2
1999	64.5	76.1
2000	64.9	76.5
2001	65.3	77.1
2002	65.7	77.6
2003	64.8	78.1
2004	64.6	78.5
2005	64.9	78.9
2006	64	79.2
2007	64.4	79.6
2008	66.5	79.8
2009	67.8	80.1
2010	68.1	80.6
2011	68.4	80.7
2012	68.8	80.9
2013	69	81.1
2014	69.7	81.4
2015	70	81.5
2016	68.7	81.7
2017	69.8	82.1
2018	71.1	82.1
2019	71.2	82.4
2020	69.7	82.4
2021	70.7	81.9
2022	72	82.1
2023	72.3	82.4
2024	72.4	82.6
2025	72.5	82.7

Iraq and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Ireland
1960	7,022,052	2,828,600
1961	7,194,553	2,824,400
1962	7,413,875	2,836,050
1963	7,667,928	2,852,650
1964	7,929,566	2,866,550
1965	8,202,140	2,877,300
1966	8,485,104	2,888,800
1967	8,778,869	2,902,450
1968	9,085,016	2,915,550
1969	9,403,356	2,932,650
1970	9,735,611	2,957,250
1971	10,077,809	2,992,050
1972	10,430,164	3,036,850
1973	10,795,869	3,085,950
1974	11,167,761	3,137,500
1975	11,543,639	3,189,550
1976	11,927,651	3,238,050
1977	12,331,046	3,282,200
1978	12,753,355	3,329,100
1979	13,170,365	3,373,750
1980	13,591,992	3,412,800
1981	14,006,381	3,453,000
1982	14,406,083	3,485,800
1983	14,840,555	3,510,600
1984	15,310,733	3,532,423
1985	15,683,430	3,538,082
1986	16,074,145	3,539,690
1987	16,521,049	3,540,057
1988	16,908,819	3,524,949
1989	17,364,542	3,511,009
1990	17,581,206	3,513,974
1991	17,767,253	3,534,235
1992	18,300,845	3,558,430
1993	19,201,195	3,576,261
1994	20,139,807	3,590,386
1995	20,825,860	3,608,841
1996	21,501,321	3,637,510
1997	22,176,593	3,674,171
1998	22,884,399	3,712,696
1999	23,636,527	3,754,786
2000	24,424,056	3,805,174
2001	25,197,840	3,866,243
2002	26,006,559	3,931,947
2003	26,802,659	3,996,521
2004	27,577,878	4,070,262
2005	28,407,448	4,159,914
2006	28,616,515	4,273,591
2007	28,391,607	4,398,942
2008	28,971,036	4,489,544
2009	30,058,206	4,535,375
2010	31,045,366	4,560,155
2011	32,161,424	4,580,084
2012	33,654,842	4,599,533
2013	35,281,989	4,623,816
2014	36,550,059	4,657,740
2015	37,560,535	4,701,957
2016	38,469,627	4,762,722
2017	39,337,353	4,827,445
2018	40,265,624	4,898,022
2019	41,192,171	4,976,456
2020	42,116,605	5,039,747
2021	43,071,211	5,110,585
2022	44,070,551	5,212,836
2023	45,074,049	5,307,600
2024	46,042,015	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Iraq and Ireland

Fertility rate

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Ireland
1960	5.3	3.78
1961	5.8	3.78
1962	6.99	3.92
1963	7.01	4.01
1964	7.01	4.07
1965	7.02	4.04
1966	7.02	3.94
1967	7.03	3.84
1968	7.06	3.77
1969	7.08	3.83
1970	7.07	3.85
1971	7.06	3.93
1972	7.02	3.84
1973	6.99	3.71
1974	6.95	3.59
1975	6.91	3.37
1976	6.86	3.29
1977	6.8	3.24
1978	6.73	3.21
1979	6.66	3.21
1980	6.59	3.21
1981	6.53	3.05
1982	6.46	2.94
1983	6.39	2.74
1984	6.32	2.58
1985	6.25	2.48
1986	6.18	2.44
1987	6.11	2.32
1988	6.05	2.17
1989	5.99	2.08
1990	5.93	2.11
1991	5.83	2.08
1992	5.72	1.99
1993	5.61	1.9
1994	5.49	1.85
1995	5.36	1.84
1996	5.25	1.88
1997	5.19	1.93
1998	5.11	1.94
1999	5.04	1.9
2000	4.92	1.89
2001	4.8	1.94
2002	4.67	1.97
2003	4.58	1.96
2004	4.53	1.93
2005	4.45	1.86
2006	4.46	1.91
2007	4.4	2.01
2008	4.37	2.06
2009	4.38	2.06
2010	4.46	2.05
2011	4.59	2.03
2012	4.54	1.98
2013	4.44	1.93
2014	4.31	1.89
2015	4.08	1.85
2016	3.84	1.81
2017	3.64	1.77
2018	3.55	1.75
2019	3.48	1.71
2020	3.42	1.63
2021	3.36	1.78
2022	3.29	1.54
2023	3.25	1.5

Iraq and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Ireland
1960	20.4	30.1
1961	20.4	29.8
1962	20.1	29.5
1963	19.8	29.2
1964	19.5	28.9
1965	19.3	28.6
1966	19	28.2
1967	18.7	28
1968	18.5	27.8
1969	18.3	27.6
1970	18.1	27.4
1971	17.9	27.1
1972	17.7	26.9
1973	17.5	26.7
1974	17.2	26.5
1975	17	26.5
1976	16.7	26.4
1977	16.6	26.5
1978	16.6	26.5
1979	16.5	26.5
1980	16.5	26.5
1981	16.5	26.6
1982	16.5	26.7
1983	16.6	26.9
1984	16.6	27.1
1985	16.7	27.3
1986	16.8	27.6
1987	16.9	27.9
1988	16.9	28.4
1989	17	28.8
1990	17.1	29.2
1991	17.2	29.6
1992	17.3	29.9
1993	17.3	30.2
1994	17.4	30.6
1995	17.5	30.9
1996	17.6	31.3
1997	17.7	31.6
1998	17.8	31.9
1999	17.9	32.2
2000	17.9	32.5
2001	18	32.7
2002	18.1	33
2003	18.2	33.2
2004	18.3	33.4
2005	18.5	33.4
2006	18.6	33.4
2007	18.7	33.4
2008	18.8	33.5
2009	18.9	33.9
2010	19	34.3
2011	19.1	34.8
2012	19.2	35.2
2013	19.3	35.6
2014	19.4	36
2015	19.5	36.4
2016	19.7	36.8
2017	19.9	37.1
2018	20.1	37.4
2019	20.4	37.8
2020	20.6	38.2
2021	20.9	38.6
2022	21.1	38.9
2023	21.4	39.4
2024	21.6	39.7

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