Iraq vs Lesotho statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 57th vs. 137th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Iraq and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Lesotho economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	$1,537,252,193	$34,579,986
1961	$1,671,960,965	$35,699,986
1962	$1,784,174,541	$41,859,983
1963	$1,805,901,510	$47,039,981
1964	$2,136,408,198	$51,939,979
1965	$2,335,785,506	$54,879,978
1966	$2,530,306,096	$56,699,977
1967	$2,551,522,656	$59,261,976
1968	$2,896,598,841	$61,445,975
1969	$3,007,758,797	$65,967,974
1970	$3,281,318,687	$68,739,973
1971	$3,865,346,535	$76,480,285
1972	$4,113,848,002	$80,913,200
1973	$5,134,367,778	$121,188,716
1974	$11,516,762,614	$150,851,317
1975	$13,458,516,763	$149,558,896
1976	$17,754,825,601	$147,660,037
1977	$19,838,130,715	$193,315,048
1978	$23,762,275,652	$266,570,067
1979	$37,816,457,839	$290,134,593
1980	$52,569,000,000	$431,542,537
1981	$37,823,000,000	$434,188,034
1982	$42,382,333,333	$348,741,684
1983	$40,712,903,226	$386,699,309
1984	$46,938,387,097	$333,163,670
1985	$48,425,161,290	$268,629,926
1986	$47,264,516,129	$318,858,423
1987	$56,774,193,548	$402,768,324
1988	$62,684,516,129	$470,395,801
1989	$65,831,935,484	$495,409,233
1990	$180,408,064,516	$596,410,264
1991	$407,796,350	$704,325,367
1992	$553,671,958	$831,029,862
1993	$1,031,944,881	$835,582,062
1994	$3,991,349,283	$878,250,945
1995	$12,894,029,888	$1,001,894,000
1996	$10,433,698,621	$946,112,493
1997	$20,764,857,056	$998,004,259
1998	$20,617,405,044	$928,460,893
1999	$36,881,601,584	$912,773,681
2000	$48,364,250,944	$887,291,688
2001	$36,176,430,129	$825,706,961
2002	$32,928,454,672	$775,777,239
2003	$21,921,569,479	$1,157,825,435
2004	$36,633,669,269	$1,511,236,656
2005	$50,065,104,668	$1,682,343,527
2006	$65,147,051,918	$1,800,092,564
2007	$88,837,057,320	$1,682,131,785
2008	$131,614,434,154	$1,766,902,709
2009	$111,657,580,326	$1,740,894,965
2010	$138,516,722,650	$2,234,754,242
2011	$185,749,664,444	$2,579,409,620
2012	$218,002,476,129	$2,477,702,216
2013	$234,637,675,129	$2,367,112,932
2014	$228,415,656,175	$2,441,063,054
2015	$166,774,104,959	$2,359,686,725
2016	$166,743,557,748	$2,114,426,452
2017	$187,217,660,051	$2,306,741,672
2018	$227,367,469,034	$2,556,247,292
2019	$233,636,097,800	$2,390,702,296
2020	$180,898,797,517	$2,053,699,870
2021	$209,691,945,713	$2,412,130,022
2022	$287,372,232,138	$2,354,980,884
2023	$268,881,051,644	$2,117,962,430
2024	$279,641,257,615	$2,271,541,846

Iraq and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	$218.9	$47
1961	$232.4	$47
1962	$240.7	$53.5
1963	$235.5	$58.4
1964	$269.4	$62.6
1965	$284.8	$64.3
1966	$298.2	$64.3
1967	$290.6	$64.8
1968	$319	$64.8
1969	$320	$67.1
1970	$337	$67.4
1971	$384	$72.4
1972	$394	$74
1973	$476	$107
1974	$1,031	$128.7
1975	$1,166	$123.2
1976	$1,489	$117.8
1977	$1,609	$149.9
1978	$1,863	$200.8
1979	$2,871	$212.4
1980	$3,868	$307
1981	$2,700	$299.8
1982	$2,942	$233.9
1983	$2,743	$252
1984	$3,066	$211
1985	$3,088	$165.4
1986	$2,940	$191.4
1987	$3,436	$236.5
1988	$3,707	$270.4
1989	$3,791	$279
1990	$10,261	$330
1991	$23	$382
1992	$30.3	$444
1993	$53.7	$439
1994	$198.2	$456
1995	$619	$513
1996	$485	$480
1997	$936	$502
1998	$901	$465
1999	$1,560	$456
2000	$1,980	$443
2001	$1,436	$413
2002	$1,266	$389
2003	$818	$583
2004	$1,328	$767
2005	$1,762	$861
2006	$2,277	$925
2007	$3,129	$861
2008	$4,543	$898
2009	$3,715	$879
2010	$4,462	$1,119
2011	$5,776	$1,281
2012	$6,478	$1,218
2013	$6,650	$1,151
2014	$6,249	$1,174
2015	$4,440	$1,121
2016	$4,334	$992
2017	$4,759	$1,069
2018	$5,647	$1,171
2019	$5,672	$1,082
2020	$4,295	$919
2021	$4,868	$1,067
2022	$6,521	$1,030
2023	$5,965	$916
2024	$6,074	$972

Iraq vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Lesotho
1950	37.4	44.6
1951	39	45.2
1952	40.5	45.9
1953	42.1	46.6
1954	43.5	47.3
1955	45	48
1956	46.4	48.6
1957	47.7	49.2
1958	49	49.6
1959	49.7	49.9
1960	51.5	50.2
1961	52.3	50.3
1962	53.5	50.3
1963	54.4	50.3
1964	55.2	50.3
1965	56.4	50.3
1966	57.3	50.4
1967	58.4	50.5
1968	59	50.8
1969	59.6	51.1
1970	60.5	51.5
1971	61.3	51.8
1972	61.8	52.3
1973	62.3	52.6
1974	61	52.9
1975	61.4	53.5
1976	63.6	53.9
1977	63.9	54.5
1978	64.2	55.2
1979	64.4	55.8
1980	60.9	56.5
1981	58.7	57.3
1982	59	58
1983	59.3	58.5
1984	59.5	59
1985	59.8	59.2
1986	60	59.3
1987	60.3	59.6
1988	56.7	59.6
1989	57.5	59.5
1990	57.6	59.3
1991	61.3	59.1
1992	65.3	58.6
1993	65.3	58.1
1994	65	57.3
1995	64.8	56.4
1996	64.6	55.1
1997	64.2	53.7
1998	64.4	52
1999	64.5	50.4
2000	64.9	48.8
2001	65.3	47.2
2002	65.7	46
2003	64.8	44.9
2004	64.6	44
2005	64.9	43.6
2006	64	43.2
2007	64.4	43.7
2008	66.5	44.3
2009	67.8	45.1
2010	68.1	46
2011	68.4	46.9
2012	68.8	48.2
2013	69	49.5
2014	69.7	50.8
2015	70	51.8
2016	68.7	52.9
2017	69.8	53.9
2018	71.1	54.6
2019	71.2	55.2
2020	69.7	55.1
2021	70.7	54.2
2022	72	56.8
2023	72.3	57.4
2024	72.4	57.8
2025	72.5	58.2

Iraq and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	7,022,052	736,500
1961	7,194,553	758,824
1962	7,413,875	781,814
1963	7,667,928	805,373
1964	7,929,566	829,437
1965	8,202,140	854,090
1966	8,485,104	881,870
1967	8,778,869	913,982
1968	9,085,016	948,105
1969	9,403,356	983,202
1970	9,735,611	1,019,273
1971	10,077,809	1,056,246
1972	10,430,164	1,094,063
1973	10,795,869	1,132,697
1974	11,167,761	1,172,420
1975	11,543,639	1,213,643
1976	11,927,651	1,253,214
1977	12,331,046	1,289,967
1978	12,753,355	1,327,240
1979	13,170,365	1,366,169
1980	13,591,992	1,406,521
1981	14,006,381	1,448,069
1982	14,406,083	1,490,732
1983	14,840,555	1,534,413
1984	15,310,733	1,578,986
1985	15,683,430	1,624,379
1986	16,074,145	1,666,138
1987	16,521,049	1,703,390
1988	16,908,819	1,739,841
1989	17,364,542	1,775,436
1990	17,581,206	1,809,696
1991	17,767,253	1,842,379
1992	18,300,845	1,873,274
1993	19,201,195	1,901,793
1994	20,139,807	1,927,707
1995	20,825,860	1,951,437
1996	21,501,321	1,972,418
1997	22,176,593	1,988,130
1998	22,884,399	1,998,049
1999	23,636,527	2,003,234
2000	24,424,056	2,003,913
2001	25,197,840	2,000,853
2002	26,006,559	1,994,679
2003	26,802,659	1,985,059
2004	27,577,878	1,971,129
2005	28,407,448	1,953,076
2006	28,616,515	1,945,063
2007	28,391,607	1,953,268
2008	28,971,036	1,966,541
2009	30,058,206	1,980,883
2010	31,045,366	1,996,251
2011	32,161,424	2,014,009
2012	33,654,842	2,034,354
2013	35,281,989	2,056,504
2014	36,550,059	2,080,089
2015	37,560,535	2,104,611
2016	38,469,627	2,130,422
2017	39,337,353	2,157,110
2018	40,265,624	2,183,603
2019	41,192,171	2,209,405
2020	42,116,605	2,235,727
2021	43,071,211	2,261,542
2022	44,070,551	2,286,110
2023	45,074,049	2,311,472
2024	46,042,015	2,337,423

Fertility rates in Iraq and Lesotho

Fertility rate

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	5.3	5.78
1961	5.8	5.79
1962	6.99	5.79
1963	7.01	5.78
1964	7.01	5.77
1965	7.02	5.77
1966	7.02	5.76
1967	7.03	5.75
1968	7.06	5.73
1969	7.08	5.7
1970	7.07	5.7
1971	7.06	5.7
1972	7.02	5.69
1973	6.99	5.69
1974	6.95	5.75
1975	6.91	5.83
1976	6.86	5.87
1977	6.8	5.85
1978	6.73	5.82
1979	6.66	5.79
1980	6.59	5.75
1981	6.53	5.69
1982	6.46	5.63
1983	6.39	5.56
1984	6.32	5.48
1985	6.25	5.4
1986	6.18	5.32
1987	6.11	5.22
1988	6.05	5.1
1989	5.99	4.96
1990	5.93	4.81
1991	5.83	4.68
1992	5.72	4.54
1993	5.61	4.37
1994	5.49	4.21
1995	5.36	4.13
1996	5.25	4.06
1997	5.19	3.98
1998	5.11	3.82
1999	5.04	3.67
2000	4.92	3.61
2001	4.8	3.63
2002	4.67	3.68
2003	4.58	3.62
2004	4.53	3.51
2005	4.45	3.43
2006	4.46	3.41
2007	4.4	3.44
2008	4.37	3.39
2009	4.38	3.31
2010	4.46	3.25
2011	4.59	3.34
2012	4.54	3.3
2013	4.44	3.28
2014	4.31	3.24
2015	4.08	3.22
2016	3.84	3.18
2017	3.64	3.11
2018	3.55	3.02
2019	3.48	2.92
2020	3.42	2.85
2021	3.36	2.77
2022	3.29	2.72
2023	3.25	2.69

Iraq and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Lesotho

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Lesotho
1960	20.4	17.5
1961	20.4	17.4
1962	20.1	17.4
1963	19.8	17.4
1964	19.5	17.5
1965	19.3	17.5
1966	19	17.5
1967	18.7	17.6
1968	18.5	17.8
1969	18.3	18
1970	18.1	18.2
1971	17.9	18.3
1972	17.7	18.5
1973	17.5	18.6
1974	17.2	18.8
1975	17	18.9
1976	16.7	19
1977	16.6	19
1978	16.6	18.9
1979	16.5	18.8
1980	16.5	18.8
1981	16.5	18.7
1982	16.5	18.6
1983	16.6	18.6
1984	16.6	18.5
1985	16.7	18.4
1986	16.8	18.6
1987	16.9	18.7
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	17	18.5
1990	17.1	18.4
1991	17.2	18.4
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.3	18.4
1994	17.4	18.5
1995	17.5	18.6
1996	17.6	18.6
1997	17.7	18.8
1998	17.8	18.9
1999	17.9	19.1
2000	17.9	19.2
2001	18	19.4
2002	18.1	19.5
2003	18.2	19.7
2004	18.3	19.8
2005	18.5	19.9
2006	18.6	20
2007	18.7	20.2
2008	18.8	20.4
2009	18.9	20.6
2010	19	20.7
2011	19.1	20.9
2012	19.2	21
2013	19.3	21.1
2014	19.4	21.2
2015	19.5	21.3
2016	19.7	21.4
2017	19.9	21.6
2018	20.1	21.7
2019	20.4	21.8
2020	20.6	22
2021	20.9	22.1
2022	21.1	22.3
2023	21.4	22.5
2024	21.6	22.7

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