Iraq vs Libya statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 57th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Iraq and Libya: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Libya economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Libya
1960	$1,537,252,193	$401,644,249
1961	$1,671,960,965	$443,905,612
1962	$1,784,174,541	$619,725,785
1963	$1,805,901,510	$892,327,911
1964	$2,136,408,198	$1,341,395,421
1965	$2,335,785,506	$1,804,979,680
1966	$2,530,306,096	$2,312,438,536
1967	$2,551,522,656	$2,726,986,913
1968	$2,896,598,841	$3,850,623,095
1969	$3,007,758,797	$4,380,987,481
1970	$3,281,318,687	$4,601,649,451
1971	$3,865,346,535	$5,260,185,125
1972	$4,113,848,002	$6,299,395,544
1973	$5,134,367,778	$8,625,889,430
1974	$11,516,762,614	$15,112,543,717
1975	$13,458,516,763	$14,710,912,458
1976	$17,754,825,601	$19,096,943,017
1977	$19,838,130,715	$22,428,297,108
1978	$23,762,275,652	$22,136,422,643
1979	$37,816,457,839	$30,536,429,497
1980	$52,569,000,000	$40,953,924,949
1981	$37,823,000,000	$36,374,353,880
1982	$42,382,333,333	$33,760,146,991
1983	$40,712,903,226	$33,200,520,140
1984	$46,938,387,097	$29,476,109,153
1985	$48,425,161,290	$31,530,566,324
1986	$47,264,516,129	$24,180,400,959
1987	$56,774,193,548	$26,697,659,335
1988	$62,684,516,129	$24,308,959,591
1989	$65,831,935,484	$25,156,707,899
1990	$180,408,064,516	$28,904,183,602
1991	$407,796,350	$31,991,821,265
1992	$553,671,958	$33,887,047,909
1993	$1,031,944,881	$30,660,051,911
1994	$3,991,349,283	$28,610,549,763
1995	$12,894,029,888	$25,541,379,187
1996	$10,433,698,621	$27,884,615,385
1997	$20,764,857,056	$30,700,897,875
1998	$20,617,405,044	$27,251,301,398
1999	$36,881,601,584	$35,975,860,857
2000	$48,364,250,944	$38,270,954,138
2001	$36,176,430,129	$34,112,093,927
2002	$32,928,454,672	$20,481,889,764
2003	$21,921,569,479	$26,265,625,000
2004	$36,633,669,269	$33,122,307,692
2005	$50,065,104,668	$47,334,691,241
2006	$65,147,051,918	$60,094,231,607
2007	$88,837,057,320	$68,032,978,391
2008	$131,614,434,154	$86,710,767,415
2009	$111,657,580,326	$60,808,562,033
2010	$138,516,722,650	$75,380,825,062
2011	$185,749,664,444	$48,169,263,294
2012	$218,002,476,129	$92,540,938,129
2013	$234,637,675,129	$75,351,107,029
2014	$228,415,656,175	$57,372,355,592
2015	$166,774,104,959	$48,717,501,321
2016	$166,743,557,748	$49,912,073,701
2017	$187,217,660,051	$67,157,452,182
2018	$227,367,469,034	$76,686,029,772
2019	$233,636,097,800	$69,254,496,472
2020	$180,898,797,517	$46,854,285,441
2021	$209,691,945,713	$35,217,995,647
2022	$287,372,232,138	$43,246,297,922
2023	$268,881,051,644	$45,096,462,972
2024	$279,641,257,615	$46,636,278,902

Iraq and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Libya
1960	$218.9	$269
1961	$232.4	$285.3
1962	$240.7	$382
1963	$235.5	$528
1964	$269.4	$765
1965	$284.8	$1,001
1966	$298.2	$1,251
1967	$290.6	$1,437
1968	$319	$1,972
1969	$320	$2,175
1970	$337	$2,210
1971	$384	$2,443
1972	$394	$2,830
1973	$476	$3,727
1974	$1,031	$6,214
1975	$1,166	$5,721
1976	$1,489	$7,018
1977	$1,609	$7,783
1978	$1,863	$7,252
1979	$2,871	$9,443
1980	$3,868	$11,960
1981	$2,700	$10,044
1982	$2,942	$9,064
1983	$2,743	$8,927
1984	$3,066	$7,811
1985	$3,088	$8,087
1986	$2,940	$6,019
1987	$3,436	$6,465
1988	$3,707	$5,736
1989	$3,791	$5,793
1990	$10,261	$6,502
1991	$23	$7,040
1992	$30.3	$7,303
1993	$53.7	$6,478
1994	$198.2	$5,933
1995	$619	$5,205
1996	$485	$5,591
1997	$936	$6,062
1998	$901	$5,301
1999	$1,560	$6,895
2000	$1,980	$7,214
2001	$1,436	$6,313
2002	$1,266	$3,718
2003	$818	$4,674
2004	$1,328	$5,774
2005	$1,762	$8,079
2006	$2,277	$10,049
2007	$3,129	$11,145
2008	$4,543	$13,906
2009	$3,715	$9,551
2010	$4,462	$11,601
2011	$5,776	$7,594
2012	$6,478	$14,976
2013	$6,650	$11,952
2014	$6,249	$8,926
2015	$4,440	$7,458
2016	$4,334	$7,526
2017	$4,759	$9,966
2018	$5,647	$11,197
2019	$5,672	$9,963
2020	$4,295	$6,650
2021	$4,868	$4,936
2022	$6,521	$5,987
2023	$5,965	$6,173
2024	$6,074	$6,318

Iraq vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Libya
1950	37.4	33.1
1951	39	33.5
1952	40.5	33.8
1953	42.1	34.2
1954	43.5	34.7
1955	45	35.2
1956	46.4	36
1957	47.7	36.9
1958	49	38
1959	49.7	39.3
1960	51.5	40.8
1961	52.3	42.4
1962	53.5	44.1
1963	54.4	45.6
1964	55.2	47.7
1965	56.4	49.3
1966	57.3	50.9
1967	58.4	52.5
1968	59	53.8
1969	59.6	55.2
1970	60.5	56.4
1971	61.3	57.6
1972	61.8	58.7
1973	62.3	59.7
1974	61	60.7
1975	61.4	61.6
1976	63.6	62.4
1977	63.9	63.1
1978	64.2	63.8
1979	64.4	64.3
1980	60.9	64.8
1981	58.7	65.3
1982	59	65.8
1983	59.3	66.3
1984	59.5	66.7
1985	59.8	67.3
1986	60	67.8
1987	60.3	68.3
1988	56.7	68.6
1989	57.5	69
1990	57.6	69.3
1991	61.3	69.6
1992	65.3	70
1993	65.3	70.2
1994	65	70.5
1995	64.8	70.6
1996	64.6	70.7
1997	64.2	70.7
1998	64.4	70.7
1999	64.5	70.6
2000	64.9	70.5
2001	65.3	70.7
2002	65.7	70.8
2003	64.8	71
2004	64.6	71.2
2005	64.9	71.4
2006	64	71.6
2007	64.4	71.8
2008	66.5	71.9
2009	67.8	72.1
2010	68.1	72.2
2011	68.4	69.9
2012	68.8	72.2
2013	69	72.3
2014	69.7	71.3
2015	70	71.6
2016	68.7	71.8
2017	69.8	72.7
2018	71.1	73.2
2019	71.2	72.9
2020	69.7	72.4
2021	70.7	72.1
2022	72	74.5
2023	72.3	69.3
2024	72.4	71.1
2025	72.5	73.2

Iraq and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Libya
1960	7,022,052	1,492,890
1961	7,194,553	1,555,699
1962	7,413,875	1,621,960
1963	7,667,928	1,690,457
1964	7,929,566	1,753,691
1965	8,202,140	1,804,015
1966	8,485,104	1,849,063
1967	8,778,869	1,898,199
1968	9,085,016	1,952,781
1969	9,403,356	2,014,293
1970	9,735,611	2,082,589
1971	10,077,809	2,153,534
1972	10,430,164	2,226,091
1973	10,795,869	2,314,193
1974	11,167,761	2,432,211
1975	11,543,639	2,571,556
1976	11,927,651	2,721,237
1977	12,331,046	2,881,533
1978	12,753,355	3,052,526
1979	13,170,365	3,233,846
1980	13,591,992	3,424,378
1981	14,006,381	3,621,486
1982	14,406,083	3,724,765
1983	14,840,555	3,718,961
1984	15,310,733	3,773,633
1985	15,683,430	3,898,745
1986	16,074,145	4,017,403
1987	16,521,049	4,129,739
1988	16,908,819	4,237,755
1989	17,364,542	4,342,920
1990	17,581,206	4,445,239
1991	17,767,253	4,544,400
1992	18,300,845	4,640,352
1993	19,201,195	4,733,045
1994	20,139,807	4,822,037
1995	20,825,860	4,906,843
1996	21,501,321	4,987,393
1997	22,176,593	5,064,639
1998	22,884,399	5,140,704
1999	23,636,527	5,218,038
2000	24,424,056	5,305,021
2001	25,197,840	5,403,639
2002	26,006,559	5,508,410
2003	26,802,659	5,619,398
2004	27,577,878	5,736,693
2005	28,407,448	5,858,798
2006	28,616,515	5,980,211
2007	28,391,607	6,104,380
2008	28,971,036	6,235,430
2009	30,058,206	6,366,686
2010	31,045,366	6,497,839
2011	32,161,424	6,343,203
2012	33,654,842	6,179,328
2013	35,281,989	6,304,628
2014	36,550,059	6,427,252
2015	37,560,535	6,531,819
2016	38,469,627	6,632,126
2017	39,337,353	6,738,770
2018	40,265,624	6,849,055
2019	41,192,171	6,951,033
2020	42,116,605	7,045,399
2021	43,071,211	7,135,175
2022	44,070,551	7,223,805
2023	45,074,049	7,305,659
2024	46,042,015	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Iraq and Libya

Fertility rate

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Libya
1960	5.3	7.51
1961	5.8	7.56
1962	6.99	7.61
1963	7.01	7.69
1964	7.01	7.75
1965	7.02	7.82
1966	7.02	7.89
1967	7.03	7.93
1968	7.06	7.97
1969	7.08	8.01
1970	7.07	8.05
1971	7.06	8.1
1972	7.02	8.07
1973	6.99	8.05
1974	6.95	8.02
1975	6.91	7.98
1976	6.86	7.93
1977	6.8	7.87
1978	6.73	7.79
1979	6.66	7.68
1980	6.59	7.54
1981	6.53	7.37
1982	6.46	7.16
1983	6.39	6.91
1984	6.32	6.62
1985	6.25	6.33
1986	6.18	6.02
1987	6.11	5.72
1988	6.05	5.41
1989	5.99	5.09
1990	5.93	4.78
1991	5.83	4.46
1992	5.72	4.16
1993	5.61	3.88
1994	5.49	3.65
1995	5.36	3.44
1996	5.25	3.26
1997	5.19	3.13
1998	5.11	3.04
1999	5.04	2.97
2000	4.92	2.91
2001	4.8	2.87
2002	4.67	2.83
2003	4.58	2.8
2004	4.53	2.77
2005	4.45	2.77
2006	4.46	2.7
2007	4.4	2.65
2008	4.37	2.6
2009	4.38	2.56
2010	4.46	2.6
2011	4.59	2.65
2012	4.54	2.68
2013	4.44	2.72
2014	4.31	2.75
2015	4.08	2.71
2016	3.84	2.67
2017	3.64	2.63
2018	3.55	2.58
2019	3.48	2.54
2020	3.42	2.51
2021	3.36	2.46
2022	3.29	2.4
2023	3.25	2.36

Iraq and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Libya
1960	20.4	18.5
1961	20.4	18.2
1962	20.1	17.9
1963	19.8	17.5
1964	19.5	17.2
1965	19.3	16.7
1966	19	15.9
1967	18.7	15.3
1968	18.5	14.9
1969	18.3	14.7
1970	18.1	14.7
1971	17.9	14.7
1972	17.7	14.7
1973	17.5	14.9
1974	17.2	15.3
1975	17	15.5
1976	16.7	15.6
1977	16.6	15.8
1978	16.6	15.9
1979	16.5	15.9
1980	16.5	16
1981	16.5	16.1
1982	16.5	16.3
1983	16.6	16.5
1984	16.6	16.8
1985	16.7	17.1
1986	16.8	17.3
1987	16.9	17.6
1988	16.9	17.9
1989	17	18.2
1990	17.1	18.6
1991	17.2	18.9
1992	17.3	19.3
1993	17.3	19.7
1994	17.4	20.1
1995	17.5	20.6
1996	17.6	21.1
1997	17.7	21.5
1998	17.8	22
1999	17.9	22.4
2000	17.9	22.7
2001	18	22.9
2002	18.1	23.1
2003	18.2	23.2
2004	18.3	23.4
2005	18.5	23.6
2006	18.6	23.8
2007	18.7	24.2
2008	18.8	24.6
2009	18.9	25
2010	19	25.3
2011	19.1	25.5
2012	19.2	25.7
2013	19.3	25.9
2014	19.4	26.2
2015	19.5	26.4
2016	19.7	26.6
2017	19.9	26.8
2018	20.1	27
2019	20.4	27.2
2020	20.6	27.5
2021	20.9	27.7
2022	21.1	28
2023	21.4	28.2
2024	21.6	28.5

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