Iraq vs Kuwait statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 57th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Iraq and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	$1,537,252,193	-
1961	$1,671,960,965	-
1962	$1,784,174,541	$1,828,107,503
1963	$1,805,901,510	$1,900,895,857
1964	$2,136,408,198	$2,071,668,533
1965	$2,335,785,506	$2,097,199,161
1966	$2,530,306,096	$2,391,199,044
1967	$2,551,522,656	$2,441,599,023
1968	$2,896,598,841	$2,662,798,935
1969	$3,007,758,797	$2,769,198,892
1970	$3,281,318,687	$2,873,638,851
1971	$3,865,346,535	$3,880,392,195
1972	$4,113,848,002	$4,450,537,925
1973	$5,134,367,778	$5,408,804,607
1974	$11,516,762,614	$13,006,948,296
1975	$13,458,516,763	$12,022,811,621
1976	$17,754,825,601	$13,132,252,802
1977	$19,838,130,715	$14,137,406,741
1978	$23,762,275,652	$15,503,557,496
1979	$37,816,457,839	$24,749,063,922
1980	$52,569,000,000	$28,638,868,356
1981	$37,823,000,000	$25,058,020,338
1982	$42,382,333,333	$21,577,153,356
1983	$40,712,903,226	$20,871,081,080
1984	$46,938,387,097	$21,700,082,753
1985	$48,425,161,290	$21,445,970,614
1986	$47,264,516,129	$17,903,989,745
1987	$56,774,193,548	$22,368,704,134
1988	$62,684,516,129	$20,690,322,153
1989	$65,831,935,484	$24,313,855,653
1990	$180,408,064,516	$18,427,777,778
1991	$407,796,350	$11,009,993,703
1992	$553,671,958	$19,858,555,215
1993	$1,031,944,881	$23,941,391,391
1994	$3,991,349,283	$24,848,483,838
1995	$12,894,029,888	$27,186,980,647
1996	$10,433,698,621	$31,492,373,309
1997	$20,764,857,056	$30,350,190,704
1998	$20,617,405,044	$25,943,705,784
1999	$36,881,601,584	$30,122,365,849
2000	$48,364,250,944	$37,718,743,480
2001	$36,176,430,129	$34,889,559,870
2002	$32,928,454,672	$38,135,788,414
2003	$21,921,569,479	$47,874,582,232
2004	$36,633,669,269	$59,439,090,601
2005	$50,065,104,668	$80,798,630,137
2006	$65,147,051,918	$101,557,330,723
2007	$88,837,057,320	$114,634,043,362
2008	$131,614,434,154	$147,379,737,230
2009	$111,657,580,326	$105,968,691,905
2010	$138,516,722,650	$115,416,245,238
2011	$185,749,664,444	$154,039,231,299
2012	$218,002,476,129	$174,047,662,555
2013	$234,637,675,129	$174,168,116,687
2014	$228,415,656,175	$162,650,450,785
2015	$166,774,104,959	$114,585,555,831
2016	$166,743,557,748	$109,406,674,088
2017	$187,217,660,051	$120,687,539,676
2018	$227,367,469,034	$138,646,316,322
2019	$233,636,097,800	$140,856,394,870
2020	$180,898,797,517	$111,045,470,461
2021	$209,691,945,713	$148,350,671,614
2022	$287,372,232,138	$183,502,046,669
2023	$268,881,051,644	$165,384,407,267
2024	$279,641,257,615	$160,227,273,001

Iraq and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	$218.9	-
1961	$232.4	-
1962	$240.7	$4,748
1963	$235.5	$4,445
1964	$269.4	$4,379
1965	$284.8	$4,024
1966	$298.2	$4,176
1967	$290.6	$3,887
1968	$319	$3,872
1969	$320	$3,695
1970	$337	$3,552
1971	$384	$4,486
1972	$394	$4,836
1973	$476	$5,532
1974	$1,031	$12,527
1975	$1,166	$10,882
1976	$1,489	$11,141
1977	$1,609	$11,238
1978	$1,863	$11,567
1979	$2,871	$17,386
1980	$3,868	$19,032
1981	$2,700	$15,825
1982	$2,942	$12,979
1983	$2,743	$11,965
1984	$3,066	$11,919
1985	$3,088	$11,322
1986	$2,940	$9,077
1987	$3,436	$10,896
1988	$3,707	$9,692
1989	$3,791	$10,965
1990	$10,261	$10,938
1991	$23	$8,147
1992	$30.3	$12,146
1993	$53.7	$14,318
1994	$198.2	$14,930
1995	$619	$16,168
1996	$485	$18,201
1997	$936	$16,977
1998	$901	$14,067
1999	$1,560	$15,854
2000	$1,980	$19,296
2001	$1,436	$17,374
2002	$1,266	$18,513
2003	$818	$22,691
2004	$1,328	$27,552
2005	$1,762	$36,123
2006	$2,277	$42,947
2007	$3,129	$45,709
2008	$4,543	$55,585
2009	$3,715	$37,907
2010	$4,462	$39,212
2011	$5,776	$49,170
2012	$6,478	$52,155
2013	$6,650	$49,651
2014	$6,249	$44,369
2015	$4,440	$29,882
2016	$4,334	$27,324
2017	$4,759	$29,048
2018	$5,647	$32,068
2019	$5,672	$31,708
2020	$4,295	$25,236
2021	$4,868	$34,019
2022	$6,521	$39,982
2023	$5,965	$34,076
2024	$6,074	$32,214

Iraq vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Kuwait
1950	37.4	49.7
1951	39	50.6
1952	40.5	51.4
1953	42.1	52.3
1954	43.5	53.1
1955	45	54
1956	46.4	54.9
1957	47.7	55.9
1958	49	56.9
1959	49.7	57.9
1960	51.5	58.9
1961	52.3	60
1962	53.5	61
1963	54.4	62
1964	55.2	63
1965	56.4	63.9
1966	57.3	64.9
1967	58.4	65.8
1968	59	66.6
1969	59.6	67.3
1970	60.5	68
1971	61.3	68.5
1972	61.8	68.9
1973	62.3	69.2
1974	61	69.4
1975	61.4	69.7
1976	63.6	69.9
1977	63.9	70.2
1978	64.2	70.5
1979	64.4	70.8
1980	60.9	71.1
1981	58.7	71.5
1982	59	71.9
1983	59.3	72.4
1984	59.5	72.9
1985	59.8	73.3
1986	60	73.8
1987	60.3	74.2
1988	56.7	74.6
1989	57.5	75
1990	57.6	72.9
1991	61.3	73.3
1992	65.3	75.7
1993	65.3	75.8
1994	65	75.7
1995	64.8	75.7
1996	64.6	75.6
1997	64.2	75.6
1998	64.4	75.6
1999	64.5	75.7
2000	64.9	75.9
2001	65.3	76
2002	65.7	76.2
2003	64.8	76.3
2004	64.6	76.4
2005	64.9	76.5
2006	64	76.6
2007	64.4	76.7
2008	66.5	76.9
2009	67.8	77.2
2010	68.1	77.5
2011	68.4	77.9
2012	68.8	78.2
2013	69	78.6
2014	69.7	78.9
2015	70	79.2
2016	68.7	79.5
2017	69.8	79.7
2018	71.1	79.9
2019	71.2	80
2020	69.7	78.2
2021	70.7	77.6
2022	72	78.8
2023	72.3	80.4
2024	72.4	80.6
2025	72.5	80.8

Iraq and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	7,022,052	311,060
1961	7,194,553	345,945
1962	7,413,875	384,995
1963	7,667,928	427,694
1964	7,929,566	473,115
1965	8,202,140	521,174
1966	8,485,104	572,590
1967	8,778,869	628,089
1968	9,085,016	687,716
1969	9,403,356	749,452
1970	9,735,611	809,114
1971	10,077,809	865,076
1972	10,430,164	920,352
1973	10,795,869	977,654
1974	11,167,761	1,038,346
1975	11,543,639	1,104,863
1976	11,927,651	1,178,711
1977	12,331,046	1,258,023
1978	12,753,355	1,340,319
1979	13,170,365	1,423,514
1980	13,591,992	1,504,782
1981	14,006,381	1,583,426
1982	14,406,083	1,662,480
1983	14,840,555	1,744,295
1984	15,310,733	1,820,688
1985	15,683,430	1,894,242
1986	16,074,145	1,972,520
1987	16,521,049	2,052,994
1988	16,908,819	2,134,707
1989	17,364,542	2,217,468
1990	17,581,206	1,684,819
1991	17,767,253	1,351,399
1992	18,300,845	1,634,961
1993	19,201,195	1,672,151
1994	20,139,807	1,664,361
1995	20,825,860	1,681,513
1996	21,501,321	1,730,246
1997	22,176,593	1,787,683
1998	22,884,399	1,844,302
1999	23,636,527	1,900,030
2000	24,424,056	1,954,709
2001	25,197,840	2,008,121
2002	26,006,559	2,059,974
2003	26,802,659	2,109,881
2004	27,577,878	2,157,320
2005	28,407,448	2,236,788
2006	28,616,515	2,364,733
2007	28,391,607	2,507,887
2008	28,971,036	2,651,421
2009	30,058,206	2,795,484
2010	31,045,366	2,943,372
2011	32,161,424	3,132,814
2012	33,654,842	3,337,109
2013	35,281,989	3,507,844
2014	36,550,059	3,665,876
2015	37,560,535	3,834,574
2016	38,469,627	4,004,096
2017	39,337,353	4,154,812
2018	40,265,624	4,323,515
2019	41,192,171	4,442,316
2020	42,116,605	4,400,267
2021	43,071,211	4,360,865
2022	44,070,551	4,589,643
2023	45,074,049	4,853,420
2024	46,042,015	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Iraq and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	5.3	7.22
1961	5.8	7.25
1962	6.99	7.25
1963	7.01	7.28
1964	7.01	7.29
1965	7.02	7.31
1966	7.02	7.34
1967	7.03	7.33
1968	7.06	7.28
1969	7.08	7.18
1970	7.07	7.03
1971	7.06	6.84
1972	7.02	6.64
1973	6.99	6.43
1974	6.95	6.23
1975	6.91	6.06
1976	6.86	5.9
1977	6.8	5.71
1978	6.73	5.52
1979	6.66	5.33
1980	6.59	5.18
1981	6.53	5.02
1982	6.46	4.85
1983	6.39	4.66
1984	6.32	4.45
1985	6.25	4.22
1986	6.18	4
1987	6.11	3.83
1988	6.05	3.7
1989	5.99	3.59
1990	5.93	3.49
1991	5.83	3.4
1992	5.72	3.35
1993	5.61	3.31
1994	5.49	3.27
1995	5.36	3.25
1996	5.25	3.22
1997	5.19	3.14
1998	5.11	3.04
1999	5.04	2.95
2000	4.92	2.89
2001	4.8	2.84
2002	4.67	2.8
2003	4.58	2.77
2004	4.53	2.76
2005	4.45	2.73
2006	4.46	2.59
2007	4.4	2.41
2008	4.37	2.27
2009	4.38	2.15
2010	4.46	2.04
2011	4.59	1.96
2012	4.54	1.99
2013	4.44	1.97
2014	4.31	2.06
2015	4.08	2.03
2016	3.84	2.06
2017	3.64	2.16
2018	3.55	2.12
2019	3.48	2.08
2020	3.42	2.03
2021	3.36	2.15
2022	3.29	1.55
2023	3.25	1.52

Iraq and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Kuwait
1960	20.4	22
1961	20.4	21.8
1962	20.1	21.5
1963	19.8	21
1964	19.5	20.7
1965	19.3	20.4
1966	19	20
1967	18.7	19.6
1968	18.5	19.2
1969	18.3	18.8
1970	18.1	18.5
1971	17.9	18.3
1972	17.7	18.3
1973	17.5	18.3
1974	17.2	18.4
1975	17	18.4
1976	16.7	18.7
1977	16.6	19.2
1978	16.6	19.6
1979	16.5	20.1
1980	16.5	20.5
1981	16.5	20.9
1982	16.5	21.3
1983	16.6	21.7
1984	16.6	22.1
1985	16.7	22.4
1986	16.8	22.7
1987	16.9	22.8
1988	16.9	23
1989	17	23.2
1990	17.1	23.4
1991	17.2	23.6
1992	17.3	23.8
1993	17.3	24.2
1994	17.4	25.1
1995	17.5	25.5
1996	17.6	25.5
1997	17.7	25.5
1998	17.8	25.5
1999	17.9	25.6
2000	17.9	25.9
2001	18	26.3
2002	18.1	26.8
2003	18.2	27.3
2004	18.3	27.9
2005	18.5	28.3
2006	18.6	28.5
2007	18.7	28.6
2008	18.8	28.8
2009	18.9	29.2
2010	19	29.6
2011	19.1	30.5
2012	19.2	31.5
2013	19.3	32.3
2014	19.4	33
2015	19.5	33.8
2016	19.7	34.7
2017	19.9	35.6
2018	20.1	36.4
2019	20.4	37.1
2020	20.6	37.7
2021	20.9	35.8
2022	21.1	34.4
2023	21.4	35.5
2024	21.6	35.8

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