Iraq vs Mauritania statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 5.17M in Mauritania (ranked 125/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 397,955 sq mi for Mauritania (ranked 57th vs. 28th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Mauritania ranks 152/197 ($10.8B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Mauritania ranks 157/197 ($2,083).

Iraq and Mauritania: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Mauritania economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Mauritania
1960	$1,537,252,193	-
1961	$1,671,960,965	$159,213,430
1962	$1,784,174,541	$164,271,558
1963	$1,805,901,510	$168,186,297
1964	$2,136,408,198	$224,495,744
1965	$2,335,785,506	$255,340,475
1966	$2,530,306,096	$266,533,605
1967	$2,551,522,656	$282,615,310
1968	$2,896,598,841	$311,395,937
1969	$3,007,758,797	$295,062,308
1970	$3,281,318,687	$309,405,316
1971	$3,865,346,535	$335,568,907
1972	$4,113,848,002	$391,669,449
1973	$5,134,367,778	$493,237,876
1974	$11,516,762,614	$613,010,553
1975	$13,458,516,763	$703,377,837
1976	$17,754,825,601	$775,045,517
1977	$19,838,130,715	$799,030,017
1978	$23,762,275,652	$804,629,877
1979	$37,816,457,839	$951,900,945
1980	$52,569,000,000	$1,047,925,106
1981	$37,823,000,000	$1,105,494,682
1982	$42,382,333,333	$1,108,776,653
1983	$40,712,903,226	$1,165,171,263
1984	$46,938,387,097	$1,074,373,230
1985	$48,425,161,290	$1,009,723,326
1986	$47,264,516,129	$1,186,628,778
1987	$56,774,193,548	$1,344,664,725
1988	$62,684,516,129	$1,414,951,290
1989	$65,831,935,484	$1,450,647,019
1990	$180,408,064,516	$1,506,914,408
1991	$407,796,350	$2,133,692,697
1992	$553,671,958	$2,164,298,425
1993	$1,031,944,881	$1,847,353,211
1994	$3,991,349,283	$1,944,876,755
1995	$12,894,029,888	$2,091,726,101
1996	$10,433,698,621	$2,132,087,009
1997	$20,764,857,056	$2,071,996,564
1998	$20,617,405,044	$2,032,347,665
1999	$36,881,601,584	$1,985,922,776
2000	$48,364,250,944	$1,779,520,886
2001	$36,176,430,129	$1,746,063,558
2002	$32,928,454,672	$1,777,057,481
2003	$21,921,569,479	$2,051,147,607
2004	$36,633,669,269	$2,362,501,023
2005	$50,065,104,668	$2,936,019,526
2006	$65,147,051,918	$3,919,577,286
2007	$88,837,057,320	$4,346,212,355
2008	$131,614,434,154	$5,206,437,194
2009	$111,657,580,326	$4,714,595,548
2010	$138,516,722,650	$5,628,878,798
2011	$185,749,664,444	$6,764,627,746
2012	$218,002,476,129	$6,728,208,836
2013	$234,637,675,129	$7,223,071,097
2014	$228,415,656,175	$6,592,537,782
2015	$166,774,104,959	$6,166,863,897
2016	$166,743,557,748	$6,398,747,592
2017	$187,217,660,051	$6,800,135,898
2018	$227,367,469,034	$7,473,550,557
2019	$233,636,097,800	$7,894,764,886
2020	$180,898,797,517	$8,260,752,385
2021	$209,691,945,713	$9,222,536,364
2022	$287,372,232,138	$9,557,966,698
2023	$268,881,051,644	$10,651,709,314
2024	$279,641,257,615	$10,766,731,874

Iraq and Mauritania economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Mauritania
1960	$218.9	-
1961	$232.4	$188.2
1962	$240.7	$189
1963	$235.5	$188.2
1964	$269.4	$244.3
1965	$284.8	$270
1966	$298.2	$273.6
1967	$290.6	$281.5
1968	$319	$301
1969	$320	$276.6
1970	$337	$281.3
1971	$384	$296
1972	$394	$335
1973	$476	$410
1974	$1,031	$494
1975	$1,166	$551
1976	$1,489	$589
1977	$1,609	$590
1978	$1,863	$578
1979	$2,871	$664
1980	$3,868	$711
1981	$2,700	$729
1982	$2,942	$710
1983	$2,743	$725
1984	$3,066	$650
1985	$3,088	$593
1986	$2,940	$677
1987	$3,436	$746
1988	$3,707	$762
1989	$3,791	$762
1990	$10,261	$772
1991	$23	$1,062
1992	$30.3	$1,036
1993	$53.7	$850
1994	$198.2	$865
1995	$619	$905
1996	$485	$904
1997	$936	$859
1998	$901	$821
1999	$1,560	$781
2000	$1,980	$681
2001	$1,436	$652
2002	$1,266	$649
2003	$818	$732
2004	$1,328	$824
2005	$1,762	$999
2006	$2,277	$1,301
2007	$3,129	$1,405
2008	$4,543	$1,636
2009	$3,715	$1,435
2010	$4,462	$1,660
2011	$5,776	$1,931
2012	$6,478	$1,859
2013	$6,650	$1,934
2014	$6,249	$1,713
2015	$4,440	$1,555
2016	$4,334	$1,566
2017	$4,759	$1,615
2018	$5,647	$1,723
2019	$5,672	$1,767
2020	$4,295	$1,796
2021	$4,868	$1,948
2022	$6,521	$1,960
2023	$5,965	$2,121
2024	$6,074	$2,083

Iraq vs. Mauritania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Mauritania
1950	37.4	38.4
1951	39	38.8
1952	40.5	39.2
1953	42.1	39.6
1954	43.5	40.1
1955	45	40.6
1956	46.4	41.1
1957	47.7	41.7
1958	49	42.3
1959	49.7	42.9
1960	51.5	43.6
1961	52.3	44.3
1962	53.5	45
1963	54.4	45.8
1964	55.2	46.6
1965	56.4	47.4
1966	57.3	48.1
1967	58.4	48.9
1968	59	49.5
1969	59.6	50.1
1970	60.5	50.5
1971	61.3	50.8
1972	61.8	51
1973	62.3	51.2
1974	61	51.4
1975	61.4	51.6
1976	63.6	51.8
1977	63.9	52
1978	64.2	52.3
1979	64.4	52.8
1980	60.9	53.2
1981	58.7	53.7
1982	59	54.2
1983	59.3	54.6
1984	59.5	55.2
1985	59.8	55.8
1986	60	56.3
1987	60.3	57
1988	56.7	57.5
1989	57.5	57.7
1990	57.6	58.1
1991	61.3	58.3
1992	65.3	58.6
1993	65.3	58.7
1994	65	58.8
1995	64.8	58.9
1996	64.6	58.9
1997	64.2	59.4
1998	64.4	59.9
1999	64.5	60.4
2000	64.9	61
2001	65.3	61.7
2002	65.7	62.2
2003	64.8	62.8
2004	64.6	63.4
2005	64.9	63.9
2006	64	64.5
2007	64.4	64.9
2008	66.5	65.2
2009	67.8	65.5
2010	68.1	65.7
2011	68.4	65.8
2012	68.8	65.8
2013	69	65.9
2014	69.7	66.2
2015	70	66.5
2016	68.7	66.8
2017	69.8	67.1
2018	71.1	67.4
2019	71.2	67.6
2020	69.7	66.8
2021	70.7	66.8
2022	72	68.3
2023	72.3	68.5
2024	72.4	68.7
2025	72.5	68.9

Iraq and Mauritania population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Mauritania
1960	7,022,052	824,298
1961	7,194,553	846,167
1962	7,413,875	869,184
1963	7,667,928	893,423
1964	7,929,566	918,955
1965	8,202,140	945,838
1966	8,485,104	974,157
1967	8,778,869	1,003,843
1968	9,085,016	1,034,739
1969	9,403,356	1,066,754
1970	9,735,611	1,099,806
1971	10,077,809	1,133,702
1972	10,430,164	1,168,355
1973	10,795,869	1,203,838
1974	11,167,761	1,240,188
1975	11,543,639	1,277,330
1976	11,927,651	1,315,336
1977	12,331,046	1,353,768
1978	12,753,355	1,392,713
1979	13,170,365	1,432,758
1980	13,591,992	1,474,043
1981	14,006,381	1,516,877
1982	14,406,083	1,561,176
1983	14,840,555	1,606,746
1984	15,310,733	1,653,693
1985	15,683,430	1,702,107
1986	16,074,145	1,751,835
1987	16,521,049	1,803,014
1988	16,908,819	1,855,859
1989	17,364,542	1,903,048
1990	17,581,206	1,951,878
1991	17,767,253	2,009,738
1992	18,300,845	2,088,135
1993	19,201,195	2,174,328
1994	20,139,807	2,249,454
1995	20,825,860	2,312,017
1996	21,501,321	2,358,188
1997	22,176,593	2,411,306
1998	22,884,399	2,474,651
1999	23,636,527	2,541,698
2000	24,424,056	2,613,441
2001	25,197,840	2,678,760
2002	26,006,559	2,738,655
2003	26,802,659	2,802,046
2004	27,577,878	2,868,664
2005	28,407,448	2,939,059
2006	28,616,515	3,013,660
2007	28,391,607	3,093,059
2008	28,971,036	3,183,269
2009	30,058,206	3,284,448
2010	31,045,366	3,390,965
2011	32,161,424	3,502,811
2012	33,654,842	3,619,034
2013	35,281,989	3,734,318
2014	36,550,059	3,848,514
2015	37,560,535	3,965,959
2016	38,469,627	4,086,657
2017	39,337,353	4,210,600
2018	40,265,624	4,337,685
2019	41,192,171	4,467,708
2020	42,116,605	4,600,131
2021	43,071,211	4,734,874
2022	44,070,551	4,875,637
2023	45,074,049	5,022,441
2024	46,042,015	5,169,395

Fertility rates in Iraq and Mauritania

Fertility rate

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Mauritania
1960	5.3	6.15
1961	5.8	6.2
1962	6.99	6.24
1963	7.01	6.31
1964	7.01	6.37
1965	7.02	6.44
1966	7.02	6.52
1967	7.03	6.57
1968	7.06	6.6
1969	7.08	6.64
1970	7.07	6.68
1971	7.06	6.7
1972	7.02	6.71
1973	6.99	6.72
1974	6.95	6.73
1975	6.91	6.71
1976	6.86	6.73
1977	6.8	6.74
1978	6.73	6.73
1979	6.66	6.7
1980	6.59	6.67
1981	6.53	6.64
1982	6.46	6.59
1983	6.39	6.54
1984	6.32	6.48
1985	6.25	6.42
1986	6.18	6.34
1987	6.11	6.27
1988	6.05	6.21
1989	5.99	6.2
1990	5.93	6.18
1991	5.83	6.16
1992	5.72	6.13
1993	5.61	6.09
1994	5.49	6.06
1995	5.36	5.96
1996	5.25	5.86
1997	5.19	5.74
1998	5.11	5.62
1999	5.04	5.52
2000	4.92	5.46
2001	4.8	5.41
2002	4.67	5.37
2003	4.58	5.36
2004	4.53	5.37
2005	4.45	5.38
2006	4.46	5.4
2007	4.4	5.43
2008	4.37	5.44
2009	4.38	5.41
2010	4.46	5.38
2011	4.59	5.38
2012	4.54	5.35
2013	4.44	5.32
2014	4.31	5.26
2015	4.08	5.21
2016	3.84	5.16
2017	3.64	5.11
2018	3.55	5.04
2019	3.48	4.98
2020	3.42	4.91
2021	3.36	4.85
2022	3.29	4.77
2023	3.25	4.7

Iraq and Mauritania demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Mauritania

Table

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

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