Iraq vs Lebanon statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 5.81M in Lebanon (ranked 115/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 3,950 sq mi for Lebanon (ranked 57th vs. 160th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Lebanon ranks 128/197 ($20.1B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Lebanon ranks 135/197 ($3,478).

Iraq and Lebanon: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Lebanon economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Lebanon
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	$3,281,318,687	-
1971	$3,865,346,535	-
1972	$4,113,848,002	-
1973	$5,134,367,778	-
1974	$11,516,762,614	-
1975	$13,458,516,763	-
1976	$17,754,825,601	-
1977	$19,838,130,715	-
1978	$23,762,275,652	-
1979	$37,816,457,839	-
1980	$52,569,000,000	-
1981	$37,823,000,000	-
1982	$42,382,333,333	-
1983	$40,712,903,226	-
1984	$46,938,387,097	-
1985	$48,425,161,290	-
1986	$47,264,516,129	-
1987	$56,774,193,548	-
1988	$62,684,516,129	$3,313,540,068
1989	$65,831,935,484	$2,717,998,688
1990	$180,408,064,516	$2,838,485,354
1991	$407,796,350	$4,690,415,093
1992	$553,671,958	$5,843,579,161
1993	$1,031,944,881	$7,941,744,492
1994	$3,991,349,283	$9,599,127,050
1995	$12,894,029,888	$11,718,795,529
1996	$10,433,698,621	$13,690,217,334
1997	$20,764,857,056	$15,751,867,489
1998	$20,617,405,044	$17,247,179,006
1999	$36,881,601,584	$17,391,056,369
2000	$48,364,250,944	$17,260,364,842
2001	$36,176,430,129	$17,649,751,244
2002	$32,928,454,672	$19,152,238,806
2003	$21,921,569,479	$20,082,918,740
2004	$36,633,669,269	$21,159,827,992
2005	$50,065,104,668	$21,497,336,499
2006	$65,147,051,918	$22,022,709,851
2007	$88,837,057,320	$24,827,355,015
2008	$131,614,434,154	$29,118,916,105
2009	$111,657,580,326	$35,399,582,929
2010	$138,516,722,650	$38,443,907,042
2011	$185,749,664,444	$39,927,125,962
2012	$218,002,476,129	$44,016,799,516
2013	$234,637,675,129	$46,880,103,081
2014	$228,415,656,175	$48,095,213,747
2015	$166,774,104,959	$49,929,337,837
2016	$166,743,557,748	$51,147,308,774
2017	$187,217,660,051	$53,027,680,686
2018	$227,367,469,034	$54,901,519,156
2019	$233,636,097,800	$51,605,959,131
2020	$180,898,797,517	$31,712,128,254
2021	$209,691,945,713	$23,131,941,557
2022	$287,372,232,138	$20,992,421,949
2023	$268,881,051,644	$20,078,620,357
2024	$279,641,257,615	-

Iraq and Lebanon economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Lebanon
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	$337	-
1971	$384	-
1972	$394	-
1973	$476	-
1974	$1,031	-
1975	$1,166	-
1976	$1,489	-
1977	$1,609	-
1978	$1,863	-
1979	$2,871	-
1980	$3,868	-
1981	$2,700	-
1982	$2,942	-
1983	$2,743	-
1984	$3,066	-
1985	$3,088	-
1986	$2,940	-
1987	$3,436	-
1988	$3,707	$959
1989	$3,791	$771
1990	$10,261	$790
1991	$23	$1,278
1992	$30.3	$1,559
1993	$53.7	$2,079
1994	$198.2	$2,468
1995	$619	$2,959
1996	$485	$3,393
1997	$936	$3,834
1998	$901	$4,125
1999	$1,560	$4,087
2000	$1,980	$3,987
2001	$1,436	$4,010
2002	$1,266	$4,291
2003	$818	$4,438
2004	$1,328	$4,601
2005	$1,762	$4,602
2006	$2,277	$4,635
2007	$3,129	$5,125
2008	$4,543	$5,912
2009	$3,715	$7,091
2010	$4,462	$7,626
2011	$5,776	$7,835
2012	$6,478	$8,407
2013	$6,650	$8,162
2014	$6,249	$7,578
2015	$4,440	$7,714
2016	$4,334	$8,089
2017	$4,759	$8,608
2018	$5,647	$9,175
2019	$5,672	$8,906
2020	$4,295	$5,561
2021	$4,868	$4,045
2022	$6,521	$3,654
2023	$5,965	$3,478
2024	$6,074	-

Iraq vs. Lebanon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Lebanon
1950	37.4	59.9
1951	39	60.3
1952	40.5	60.8
1953	42.1	61.2
1954	43.5	61.6
1955	45	61.5
1956	46.4	62.2
1957	47.7	62.8
1958	49	61.2
1959	49.7	63.6
1960	51.5	63.9
1961	52.3	64.3
1962	53.5	64.6
1963	54.4	64.9
1964	55.2	65.1
1965	56.4	65.3
1966	57.3	65.5
1967	58.4	65.7
1968	59	65.8
1969	59.6	65.9
1970	60.5	66
1971	61.3	66.1
1972	61.8	66.2
1973	62.3	66.3
1974	61	66.4
1975	61.4	57.7
1976	63.6	36.4
1977	63.9	60.3
1978	64.2	60
1979	64.4	59.6
1980	60.9	59.9
1981	58.7	60.3
1982	59	47.2
1983	59.3	60.8
1984	59.5	61.2
1985	59.8	61.6
1986	60	62
1987	60.3	62.5
1988	56.7	62.9
1989	57.5	65.1
1990	57.6	65.5
1991	61.3	70.9
1992	65.3	71.2
1993	65.3	71.6
1994	65	72
1995	64.8	72.4
1996	64.6	72.6
1997	64.2	72.9
1998	64.4	73.2
1999	64.5	73.5
2000	64.9	73.9
2001	65.3	74.4
2002	65.7	74.8
2003	64.8	75.3
2004	64.6	75.7
2005	64.9	76.1
2006	64	75.7
2007	64.4	76.7
2008	66.5	77
2009	67.8	77.3
2010	68.1	77.5
2011	68.4	77.8
2012	68.8	77.9
2013	69	78
2014	69.7	78.1
2015	70	78.3
2016	68.7	78.3
2017	69.8	78.2
2018	71.1	78.3
2019	71.2	78.2
2020	69.7	76.3
2021	70.7	73.6
2022	72	78
2023	72.3	77.8
2024	72.4	77.9
2025	72.5	78.1

Iraq and Lebanon population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Lebanon
1960	7,022,052	1,794,406
1961	7,194,553	1,850,084
1962	7,413,875	1,909,578
1963	7,667,928	1,970,316
1964	7,929,566	2,030,543
1965	8,202,140	2,088,831
1966	8,485,104	2,148,260
1967	8,778,869	2,206,731
1968	9,085,016	2,266,368
1969	9,403,356	2,328,159
1970	9,735,611	2,386,114
1971	10,077,809	2,446,314
1972	10,430,164	2,509,729
1973	10,795,869	2,572,935
1974	11,167,761	2,635,185
1975	11,543,639	2,693,191
1976	11,927,651	2,726,469
1977	12,331,046	2,762,155
1978	12,753,355	2,822,682
1979	13,170,365	2,882,635
1980	13,591,992	2,944,763
1981	14,006,381	3,008,981
1982	14,406,083	3,054,931
1983	14,840,555	3,094,996
1984	15,310,733	3,152,744
1985	15,683,430	3,217,376
1986	16,074,145	3,300,365
1987	16,521,049	3,385,555
1988	16,908,819	3,454,649
1989	17,364,542	3,525,285
1990	17,581,206	3,595,175
1991	17,767,253	3,668,912
1992	18,300,845	3,747,371
1993	19,201,195	3,820,647
1994	20,139,807	3,889,799
1995	20,825,860	3,960,735
1996	21,501,321	4,034,781
1997	22,176,593	4,108,405
1998	22,884,399	4,181,281
1999	23,636,527	4,255,277
2000	24,424,056	4,329,340
2001	25,197,840	4,401,918
2002	26,006,559	4,463,504
2003	26,802,659	4,525,508
2004	27,577,878	4,599,279
2005	28,407,448	4,671,102
2006	28,616,515	4,751,136
2007	28,391,607	4,844,118
2008	28,971,036	4,925,354
2009	30,058,206	4,992,287
2010	31,045,366	5,041,288
2011	32,161,424	5,096,020
2012	33,654,842	5,235,742
2013	35,281,989	5,743,436
2014	36,550,059	6,346,990
2015	37,560,535	6,472,469
2016	38,469,627	6,323,060
2017	39,337,353	6,160,128
2018	40,265,624	5,984,119
2019	41,192,171	5,794,594
2020	42,116,605	5,702,398
2021	43,071,211	5,718,122
2022	44,070,551	5,744,489
2023	45,074,049	5,773,493
2024	46,042,015	5,805,962

Fertility rates in Iraq and Lebanon

Fertility rate

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Lebanon
1960	5.3	5.88
1961	5.8	5.89
1962	6.99	5.9
1963	7.01	5.91
1964	7.01	5.85
1965	7.02	5.77
1966	7.02	5.68
1967	7.03	5.57
1968	7.06	5.45
1969	7.08	5.32
1970	7.07	5.19
1971	7.06	5.05
1972	7.02	4.91
1973	6.99	4.79
1974	6.95	4.65
1975	6.91	4.52
1976	6.86	4.39
1977	6.8	4.28
1978	6.73	4.18
1979	6.66	4.08
1980	6.59	4.01
1981	6.53	3.95
1982	6.46	3.86
1983	6.39	3.73
1984	6.32	3.66
1985	6.25	3.53
1986	6.18	3.47
1987	6.11	3.42
1988	6.05	3.39
1989	5.99	3.36
1990	5.93	3.27
1991	5.83	3.16
1992	5.72	3.05
1993	5.61	2.94
1994	5.49	2.82
1995	5.36	2.73
1996	5.25	2.7
1997	5.19	2.67
1998	5.11	2.65
1999	5.04	2.63
2000	4.92	2.6
2001	4.8	2.58
2002	4.67	2.52
2003	4.58	2.46
2004	4.53	2.38
2005	4.45	2.29
2006	4.46	2.24
2007	4.4	2.2
2008	4.37	2.17
2009	4.38	2.19
2010	4.46	2.26
2011	4.59	2.32
2012	4.54	2.35
2013	4.44	2.36
2014	4.31	2.38
2015	4.08	2.38
2016	3.84	2.39
2017	3.64	2.37
2018	3.55	2.35
2019	3.48	2.33
2020	3.42	2.31
2021	3.36	2.28
2022	3.29	2.26
2023	3.25	2.24

Iraq and Lebanon demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Lebanon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Lebanon
1960	20.4	19.9
1961	20.4	19.5
1962	20.1	19.1
1963	19.8	18.7
1964	19.5	18.4
1965	19.3	18.2
1966	19	18.1
1967	18.7	18
1968	18.5	18
1969	18.3	18.1
1970	18.1	18.2
1971	17.9	18.3
1972	17.7	18.5
1973	17.5	18.7
1974	17.2	18.9
1975	17	19
1976	16.7	19.1
1977	16.6	19.2
1978	16.6	19.4
1979	16.5	19.6
1980	16.5	19.8
1981	16.5	19.9
1982	16.5	20.1
1983	16.6	20.3
1984	16.6	20.5
1985	16.7	20.7
1986	16.8	20.8
1987	16.9	21
1988	16.9	21.2
1989	17	21.4
1990	17.1	21.6
1991	17.2	21.8
1992	17.3	22
1993	17.3	22.3
1994	17.4	22.5
1995	17.5	22.8
1996	17.6	23.1
1997	17.7	23.4
1998	17.8	23.7
1999	17.9	24
2000	17.9	24.3
2001	18	24.6
2002	18.1	24.9
2003	18.2	25.2
2004	18.3	25.6
2005	18.5	26
2006	18.6	26.3
2007	18.7	26.7
2008	18.8	27.1
2009	18.9	27.5
2010	19	27.9
2011	19.1	28.2
2012	19.2	28.6
2013	19.3	28.9
2014	19.4	29.2
2015	19.5	29.4
2016	19.7	29.5
2017	19.9	29.4
2018	20.1	29.3
2019	20.4	29
2020	20.6	28.9
2021	20.9	29
2022	21.1	29.2
2023	21.4	29.4
2024	21.6	29.6

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