Iraq vs North Korea statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 57th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Iraq and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Iraq and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	North Korea
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	-
1989	$65,831,935,484	-
1990	$180,408,064,516	-
1991	$407,796,350	-
1992	$553,671,958	-
1993	$1,031,944,881	-
1994	$3,991,349,283	-
1995	$12,894,029,888	-
1996	$10,433,698,621	-
1997	$20,764,857,056	-
1998	$20,617,405,044	-
1999	$36,881,601,584	-
2000	$48,364,250,944	-
2001	$36,176,430,129	-
2002	$32,928,454,672	-
2003	$21,921,569,479	-
2004	$36,633,669,269	-
2005	$50,065,104,668	-
2006	$65,147,051,918	-
2007	$88,837,057,320	-
2008	$131,614,434,154	-
2009	$111,657,580,326	$23,356,470,000
2010	$138,516,722,650	$25,995,513,000
2011	$185,749,664,444	$29,005,020,000
2012	$218,002,476,129	$29,890,710,000
2013	$234,637,675,129	$30,588,922,000
2014	$228,415,656,175	$30,554,460,000
2015	$166,774,104,959	$30,723,030,000
2016	$166,743,557,748	$28,882,640,000
2017	$187,217,660,051	$29,105,440,000
2018	$227,367,469,034	$28,536,400,000
2019	$233,636,097,800	$28,222,880,000
2020	$180,898,797,517	$27,728,240,000
2021	$209,691,945,713	$32,301,720,000
2022	$287,372,232,138	$28,971,360,000
2023	$268,881,051,644	$32,155,360,000
2024	$279,641,257,615	$34,943,120,000

Iraq and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	North Korea
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	-
1989	$3,791	-
1990	$10,261	-
1991	$23	-
1992	$30.3	-
1993	$53.7	-
1994	$198.2	-
1995	$619	-
1996	$485	-
1997	$936	-
1998	$901	-
1999	$1,560	-
2000	$1,980	-
2001	$1,436	-
2002	$1,266	-
2003	$818	-
2004	$1,328	-
2005	$1,762	-
2006	$2,277	-
2007	$3,129	-
2008	$4,543	-
2009	$3,715	$939
2010	$4,462	$1,040
2011	$5,776	$1,156
2012	$6,478	$1,186
2013	$6,650	$1,208
2014	$6,249	$1,201
2015	$4,440	$1,201
2016	$4,334	$1,124
2017	$4,759	$1,127
2018	$5,647	$1,100
2019	$5,672	$1,084
2020	$4,295	$1,061
2021	$4,868	$1,231
2022	$6,521	$1,100
2023	$5,965	$1,217
2024	$6,074	$1,319

Iraq vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	North Korea
1950	37.4	14.2
1951	39	17.7
1952	40.5	32.8
1953	42.1	40.3
1954	43.5	50.6
1955	45	51.8
1956	46.4	52.8
1957	47.7	53.7
1958	49	54.5
1959	49.7	55.2
1960	51.5	55.8
1961	52.3	56.4
1962	53.5	57
1963	54.4	57.6
1964	55.2	58.2
1965	56.4	58.8
1966	57.3	59.4
1967	58.4	60.1
1968	59	60.8
1969	59.6	61.4
1970	60.5	62
1971	61.3	62.7
1972	61.8	63.3
1973	62.3	63.8
1974	61	64.3
1975	61.4	64.8
1976	63.6	65.3
1977	63.9	65.8
1978	64.2	66.3
1979	64.4	66.7
1980	60.9	67.2
1981	58.7	67.7
1982	59	68.1
1983	59.3	68.5
1984	59.5	68.9
1985	59.8	69.2
1986	60	69.5
1987	60.3	69.8
1988	56.7	70.1
1989	57.5	70.3
1990	57.6	70.5
1991	61.3	70.7
1992	65.3	71
1993	65.3	70.8
1994	65	70.5
1995	64.8	60.8
1996	64.6	60.8
1997	64.2	60.9
1998	64.4	60.9
1999	64.5	60.9
2000	64.9	60.9
2001	65.3	60.9
2002	65.7	60.9
2003	64.8	69.4
2004	64.6	69.3
2005	64.9	69.2
2006	64	69.1
2007	64.4	69
2008	66.5	69.3
2009	67.8	69.7
2010	68.1	70.2
2011	68.4	70.8
2012	68.8	71.3
2013	69	71.9
2014	69.7	72.5
2015	70	72.8
2016	68.7	73
2017	69.8	73
2018	71.1	73
2019	71.2	72.9
2020	69.7	72.8
2021	70.7	73.4
2022	72	73.6
2023	72.3	73.6
2024	72.4	73.7
2025	72.5	73.9

Iraq and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	North Korea
1960	7,022,052	11,722,953
1961	7,194,553	11,990,713
1962	7,413,875	12,262,882
1963	7,667,928	12,567,057
1964	7,929,566	12,889,770
1965	8,202,140	13,219,369
1966	8,485,104	13,569,094
1967	8,778,869	13,958,350
1968	9,085,016	14,365,596
1969	9,403,356	14,767,615
1970	9,735,611	15,172,775
1971	10,077,809	15,572,457
1972	10,430,164	15,975,069
1973	10,795,869	16,350,367
1974	11,167,761	16,673,121
1975	11,543,639	16,971,055
1976	11,927,651	17,243,450
1977	12,331,046	17,492,798
1978	12,753,355	17,735,995
1979	13,170,365	17,983,470
1980	13,591,992	18,236,786
1981	14,006,381	18,501,295
1982	14,406,083	18,776,357
1983	14,840,555	19,054,034
1984	15,310,733	19,335,043
1985	15,683,430	19,620,388
1986	16,074,145	19,910,855
1987	16,521,049	20,205,483
1988	16,908,819	20,503,161
1989	17,364,542	20,804,367
1990	17,581,206	21,112,137
1991	17,767,253	21,428,638
1992	18,300,845	21,750,911
1993	19,201,195	22,073,352
1994	20,139,807	22,393,975
1995	20,825,860	22,669,304
1996	21,501,321	22,895,746
1997	22,176,593	23,110,830
1998	22,884,399	23,311,564
1999	23,636,527	23,497,599
2000	24,424,056	23,665,910
2001	25,197,840	23,815,358
2002	26,006,559	23,943,973
2003	26,802,659	24,090,380
2004	27,577,878	24,254,943
2005	28,407,448	24,396,433
2006	28,616,515	24,524,507
2007	28,391,607	24,646,383
2008	28,971,036	24,764,618
2009	30,058,206	24,878,332
2010	31,045,366	24,987,258
2011	32,161,424	25,097,874
2012	33,654,842	25,211,728
2013	35,281,989	25,329,451
2014	36,550,059	25,451,262
2015	37,560,535	25,575,350
2016	38,469,627	25,698,326
2017	39,337,353	25,817,709
2018	40,265,624	25,931,147
2019	41,192,171	26,037,632
2020	42,116,605	26,136,312
2021	43,071,211	26,232,534
2022	44,070,551	26,328,845
2023	45,074,049	26,418,204
2024	46,042,015	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Iraq and North Korea

Fertility rate

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	North Korea
1960	5.3	3.57
1961	5.8	3.26
1962	6.99	3.41
1963	7.01	3.63
1964	7.01	3.55
1965	7.02	3.56
1966	7.02	3.71
1967	7.03	4.05
1968	7.06	3.87
1969	7.08	3.86
1970	7.07	3.85
1971	7.06	3.74
1972	7.02	3.89
1973	6.99	3.35
1974	6.95	3.14
1975	6.91	3.05
1976	6.86	2.84
1977	6.8	2.77
1978	6.73	2.79
1979	6.66	2.85
1980	6.59	2.84
1981	6.53	2.92
1982	6.46	2.85
1983	6.39	2.78
1984	6.32	2.71
1985	6.25	2.65
1986	6.18	2.59
1987	6.11	2.53
1988	6.05	2.47
1989	5.99	2.41
1990	5.93	2.39
1991	5.83	2.35
1992	5.72	2.29
1993	5.61	2.22
1994	5.49	2.18
1995	5.36	2.15
1996	5.25	2.09
1997	5.19	2.03
1998	5.11	1.99
1999	5.04	1.97
2000	4.92	1.94
2001	4.8	1.94
2002	4.67	1.92
2003	4.58	1.91
2004	4.53	1.9
2005	4.45	1.87
2006	4.46	1.94
2007	4.4	1.94
2008	4.37	1.97
2009	4.38	1.91
2010	4.46	1.89
2011	4.59	1.88
2012	4.54	1.88
2013	4.44	1.88
2014	4.31	1.87
2015	4.08	1.86
2016	3.84	1.86
2017	3.64	1.85
2018	3.55	1.83
2019	3.48	1.83
2020	3.42	1.82
2021	3.36	1.81
2022	3.29	1.8
2023	3.25	1.78

Iraq and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	North Korea
1960	20.4	19.9
1961	20.4	20.2
1962	20.1	20.6
1963	19.8	20.8
1964	19.5	21
1965	19.3	21.2
1966	19	21.3
1967	18.7	21.4
1968	18.5	21.4
1969	18.3	21.4
1970	18.1	21.4
1971	17.9	21.2
1972	17.7	20.9
1973	17.5	20.7
1974	17.2	20.7
1975	17	20.9
1976	16.7	21.1
1977	16.6	21.4
1978	16.6	21.8
1979	16.5	22.2
1980	16.5	22.5
1981	16.5	22.8
1982	16.5	23.1
1983	16.6	23.5
1984	16.6	23.9
1985	16.7	24.2
1986	16.8	24.5
1987	16.9	24.8
1988	16.9	25.1
1989	17	25.6
1990	17.1	26
1991	17.2	26.4
1992	17.3	26.8
1993	17.3	27.2
1994	17.4	27.6
1995	17.5	28
1996	17.6	28.3
1997	17.7	28.8
1998	17.8	29.2
1999	17.9	29.6
2000	17.9	30.1
2001	18	30.5
2002	18.1	31
2003	18.2	31.4
2004	18.3	31.8
2005	18.5	32.1
2006	18.6	32.5
2007	18.7	32.9
2008	18.8	33.3
2009	18.9	33.7
2010	19	34
2011	19.1	34.3
2012	19.2	34.5
2013	19.3	34.7
2014	19.4	35
2015	19.5	35.2
2016	19.7	35.4
2017	19.9	35.7
2018	20.1	35.9
2019	20.4	36.2
2020	20.6	36.4
2021	20.9	36.6
2022	21.1	36.8
2023	21.4	37.1
2024	21.6	37.3

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