Iraq vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 57th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Iraq and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	$1,537,252,193	$230,496,037
1961	$1,671,960,965	$244,832,039
1962	$1,784,174,541	$261,184,042
1963	$1,805,901,510	$275,968,044
1964	$2,136,408,198	$305,312,049
1965	$2,335,785,506	$344,176,055
1966	$2,530,306,096	$390,992,063
1967	$2,551,522,656	$441,728,183
1968	$2,896,598,841	$485,184,190
1969	$3,007,758,797	$551,263,864
1970	$3,281,318,687	$645,568,215
1971	$3,865,346,535	$717,750,278
1972	$4,113,848,002	$858,761,926
1973	$5,134,367,778	$1,299,079,410
1974	$11,516,762,614	$1,467,417,672
1975	$13,458,516,763	$1,356,603,608
1976	$17,754,825,601	$1,511,843,235
1977	$19,838,130,715	$1,640,746,619
1978	$23,762,275,652	$1,947,878,831
1979	$37,816,457,839	$2,293,760,511
1980	$52,569,000,000	$2,545,808,456
1981	$37,823,000,000	$2,498,190,847
1982	$42,382,333,333	$2,368,719,683
1983	$40,712,903,226	$2,562,351,551
1984	$46,938,387,097	$2,552,662,617
1985	$48,425,161,290	$2,423,339,172
1986	$47,264,516,129	$2,647,995,602
1987	$56,774,193,548	$3,143,851,794
1988	$62,684,516,129	$3,656,177,881
1989	$65,831,935,484	$3,546,472,566
1990	$180,408,064,516	$3,219,729,083
1991	$407,796,350	$3,787,394,958
1992	$553,671,958	$4,377,980,510
1993	$1,031,944,881	$4,974,550,286
1994	$3,991,349,283	$5,502,786,070
1995	$12,894,029,888	$4,636,057,476
1996	$10,433,698,621	$5,155,311,077
1997	$20,764,857,056	$4,936,615,299
1998	$20,617,405,044	$3,789,443,015
1999	$36,881,601,584	$3,477,038,204
2000	$48,364,250,944	$3,521,339,699
2001	$36,176,430,129	$3,081,024,212
2002	$32,928,454,672	$2,999,511,040
2003	$21,921,569,479	$3,536,411,824
2004	$36,633,669,269	$3,927,157,867
2005	$50,065,104,668	$4,865,892,972
2006	$65,147,051,918	$8,354,911,041
2007	$88,837,057,320	$9,545,028,944
2008	$131,614,434,154	$11,670,892,801
2009	$111,657,580,326	$11,619,456,449
2010	$138,516,722,650	$14,250,786,675
2011	$185,749,664,444	$17,985,138,066
2012	$218,002,476,129	$21,295,168,666
2013	$234,637,675,129	$21,261,338,065
2014	$228,415,656,175	$23,210,823,987
2015	$166,774,104,959	$21,723,437,010
2016	$166,743,557,748	$20,758,876,953
2017	$187,217,660,051	$22,742,699,138
2018	$227,367,469,034	$24,109,780,708
2019	$233,636,097,800	$24,750,626,030
2020	$180,898,797,517	$23,848,447,850
2021	$209,691,945,713	$26,109,413,521
2022	$287,372,232,138	$31,653,185,953
2023	$268,881,051,644	$30,816,367,067
2024	$279,641,257,615	$32,538,480,024

Iraq and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	$218.9	$115.5
1961	$232.4	$119.7
1962	$240.7	$124.7
1963	$235.5	$128.9
1964	$269.4	$139.5
1965	$284.8	$153.9
1966	$298.2	$171.1
1967	$290.6	$189
1968	$319	$202.9
1969	$320	$225.3
1970	$337	$257.6
1971	$384	$279.7
1972	$394	$327
1973	$476	$483
1974	$1,031	$533
1975	$1,166	$482
1976	$1,489	$525
1977	$1,609	$558
1978	$1,863	$648
1979	$2,871	$748
1980	$3,868	$813
1981	$2,700	$781
1982	$2,942	$726
1983	$2,743	$769
1984	$3,066	$750
1985	$3,088	$697
1986	$2,940	$745
1987	$3,436	$865
1988	$3,707	$985
1989	$3,791	$934
1990	$10,261	$826
1991	$23	$942
1992	$30.3	$1,051
1993	$53.7	$1,151
1994	$198.2	$1,228
1995	$619	$998
1996	$485	$1,071
1997	$936	$990
1998	$901	$733
1999	$1,560	$650
2000	$1,980	$636
2001	$1,436	$538
2002	$1,266	$506
2003	$818	$577
2004	$1,328	$621
2005	$1,762	$744
2006	$2,277	$1,238
2007	$3,129	$1,371
2008	$4,543	$1,625
2009	$3,715	$1,569
2010	$4,462	$1,867
2011	$5,776	$2,288
2012	$6,478	$2,635
2013	$6,650	$2,561
2014	$6,249	$2,723
2015	$4,440	$2,485
2016	$4,334	$2,316
2017	$4,759	$2,478
2018	$5,647	$2,566
2019	$5,672	$2,576
2020	$4,295	$2,430
2021	$4,868	$2,608
2022	$6,521	$3,102
2023	$5,965	$2,966
2024	$6,074	$3,076

Iraq vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1950	37.4	39.4
1951	39	35.5
1952	40.5	40.7
1953	42.1	41.3
1954	43.5	42
1955	45	42.6
1956	46.4	43.3
1957	47.7	43.9
1958	49	44.6
1959	49.7	45.1
1960	51.5	45.8
1961	52.3	46.4
1962	53.5	46.7
1963	54.4	47.7
1964	55.2	48.3
1965	56.4	48.9
1966	57.3	49.6
1967	58.4	50.2
1968	59	50.9
1969	59.6	51.5
1970	60.5	52.1
1971	61.3	52.6
1972	61.8	53.3
1973	62.3	53.9
1974	61	54.4
1975	61.4	55
1976	63.6	55.5
1977	63.9	56
1978	64.2	56.5
1979	64.4	57
1980	60.9	57.4
1981	58.7	57.8
1982	59	58.1
1983	59.3	58.3
1984	59.5	58.6
1985	59.8	58.8
1986	60	59
1987	60.3	59.2
1988	56.7	59.4
1989	57.5	59.6
1990	57.6	59.8
1991	61.3	59.9
1992	65.3	60.3
1993	65.3	60.5
1994	65	60.7
1995	64.8	60.9
1996	64.6	61.1
1997	64.2	61.3
1998	64.4	60.4
1999	64.5	61.5
2000	64.9	61.6
2001	65.3	61.6
2002	65.7	61.6
2003	64.8	61.7
2004	64.6	61.8
2005	64.9	61.9
2006	64	62
2007	64.4	62.2
2008	66.5	62.5
2009	67.8	62.8
2010	68.1	63.1
2011	68.4	63.4
2012	68.8	63.6
2013	69	63.9
2014	69.7	64.2
2015	70	64.5
2016	68.7	64.7
2017	69.8	64.9
2018	71.1	65.1
2019	71.2	65.3
2020	69.7	65.1
2021	70.7	64.4
2022	72	65.3
2023	72.3	66.1
2024	72.4	66.3
2025	72.5	66.4

Iraq and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	7,022,052	1,995,110
1961	7,194,553	2,046,127
1962	7,413,875	2,093,919
1963	7,667,928	2,141,376
1964	7,929,566	2,188,325
1965	8,202,140	2,235,820
1966	8,485,104	2,285,774
1967	8,778,869	2,337,532
1968	9,085,016	2,390,803
1969	9,403,356	2,446,927
1970	9,735,611	2,505,628
1971	10,077,809	2,566,421
1972	10,430,164	2,628,432
1973	10,795,869	2,690,629
1974	11,167,761	2,752,671
1975	11,543,639	2,814,820
1976	11,927,651	2,877,327
1977	12,331,046	2,940,327
1978	12,753,355	3,003,714
1979	13,170,365	3,067,341
1980	13,591,992	3,131,512
1981	14,006,381	3,197,019
1982	14,406,083	3,264,291
1983	14,840,555	3,333,633
1984	15,310,733	3,405,198
1985	15,683,430	3,478,936
1986	16,074,145	3,554,793
1987	16,521,049	3,632,543
1988	16,908,819	3,711,880
1989	17,364,542	3,796,078
1990	17,581,206	3,896,481
1991	17,767,253	4,021,837
1992	18,300,845	4,166,699
1993	19,201,195	4,320,872
1994	20,139,807	4,480,208
1995	20,825,860	4,644,278
1996	21,501,321	4,813,361
1997	22,176,593	4,987,883
1998	22,884,399	5,166,390
1999	23,636,527	5,349,333
2000	24,424,056	5,537,064
2001	25,197,840	5,728,435
2002	26,006,559	5,924,003
2003	26,802,659	6,123,997
2004	27,577,878	6,328,041
2005	28,407,448	6,535,905
2006	28,616,515	6,747,720
2007	28,391,607	6,963,345
2008	28,971,036	7,183,002
2009	30,058,206	7,406,438
2010	31,045,366	7,633,523
2011	32,161,424	7,859,346
2012	33,654,842	8,081,390
2013	35,281,989	8,302,698
2014	36,550,059	8,523,441
2015	37,560,535	8,743,246
2016	38,469,627	8,961,718
2017	39,337,353	9,178,714
2018	40,265,624	9,394,513
2019	41,192,171	9,609,010
2020	42,116,605	9,815,746
2021	43,071,211	10,012,896
2022	44,070,551	10,203,169
2023	45,074,049	10,389,635
2024	46,042,015	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Iraq and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.3	6.02
1961	5.8	6.07
1962	6.99	6.14
1963	7.01	6.15
1964	7.01	6.19
1965	7.02	6.2
1966	7.02	6.23
1967	7.03	6.24
1968	7.06	6.25
1969	7.08	6.26
1970	7.07	6.25
1971	7.06	6.23
1972	7.02	6.2
1973	6.99	6.16
1974	6.95	6.11
1975	6.91	6.07
1976	6.86	6.02
1977	6.8	5.96
1978	6.73	5.88
1979	6.66	5.79
1980	6.59	5.71
1981	6.53	5.65
1982	6.46	5.59
1983	6.39	5.56
1984	6.32	5.51
1985	6.25	5.47
1986	6.18	5.42
1987	6.11	5.36
1988	6.05	5.3
1989	5.99	5.24
1990	5.93	5.18
1991	5.83	5.11
1992	5.72	5.03
1993	5.61	4.96
1994	5.49	4.87
1995	5.36	4.78
1996	5.25	4.73
1997	5.19	4.68
1998	5.11	4.63
1999	5.04	4.59
2000	4.92	4.53
2001	4.8	4.47
2002	4.67	4.42
2003	4.58	4.36
2004	4.53	4.28
2005	4.45	4.22
2006	4.46	4.15
2007	4.4	4.08
2008	4.37	4.01
2009	4.38	3.94
2010	4.46	3.88
2011	4.59	3.82
2012	4.54	3.75
2013	4.44	3.68
2014	4.31	3.63
2015	4.08	3.56
2016	3.84	3.5
2017	3.64	3.43
2018	3.55	3.38
2019	3.48	3.32
2020	3.42	3.27
2021	3.36	3.22
2022	3.29	3.17
2023	3.25	3.1

Iraq and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	20.4	18.5
1961	20.4	18.4
1962	20.1	18.3
1963	19.8	18.1
1964	19.5	18
1965	19.3	17.9
1966	19	17.8
1967	18.7	17.6
1968	18.5	17.5
1969	18.3	17.4
1970	18.1	17.3
1971	17.9	17.2
1972	17.7	17.1
1973	17.5	17.2
1974	17.2	17.2
1975	17	17.3
1976	16.7	17.4
1977	16.6	17.5
1978	16.6	17.7
1979	16.5	17.8
1980	16.5	18
1981	16.5	18.1
1982	16.5	18.2
1983	16.6	18.3
1984	16.6	18.3
1985	16.7	18.4
1986	16.8	18.5
1987	16.9	18.5
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	17	18.6
1990	17.1	18.7
1991	17.2	18.8
1992	17.3	18.9
1993	17.3	19
1994	17.4	19.1
1995	17.5	19.2
1996	17.6	19.4
1997	17.7	19.5
1998	17.8	19.6
1999	17.9	19.7
2000	17.9	19.8
2001	18	19.9
2002	18.1	19.9
2003	18.2	20
2004	18.3	20.2
2005	18.5	20.3
2006	18.6	20.4
2007	18.7	20.6
2008	18.8	20.7
2009	18.9	20.9
2010	19	21
2011	19.1	21.2
2012	19.2	21.3
2013	19.3	21.5
2014	19.4	21.7
2015	19.5	21.9
2016	19.7	22
2017	19.9	22.2
2018	20.1	22.4
2019	20.4	22.6
2020	20.6	22.8
2021	20.9	23
2022	21.1	23.2
2023	21.4	23.4
2024	21.6	23.6

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