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Iraq vs Poland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 57th vs. 69th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Main facts and rankings

Iraq Poland
Population
47813338
36176920
Population rank 34/197 46/197
GDP
$280B
2024
$915B
2024
GDP rank 51/197 21/197
GDP per capita
$6,074
2024
$25,023
2024
GDP per capita rank 114/197 48/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,464
2024
$50,378
2024
Government debt
$120B
2024
$506B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.2%
2025
60.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,606
2024
$13,833
2024
Government debt per person rank 108/185 41/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,159
2025
$19,229
2025
Land area
167,619 sq mi
2025
118,252 sq mi
2025
Population density
274.7 ppl/mi²
2024
309 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.25
2023
1.16
2023
Median age
21.6 years
2024
42.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
79 years
2025

Iraq and Poland: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Poland economies compared

GDP
Iraq

Poland
Year GDP
Iraq Poland
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 $65,977,748,211
1991 $407,796,350 $85,500,935,935
1992 $553,671,958 $94,337,050,693
1993 $1,031,944,881 $96,043,157,273
1994 $3,991,349,283 $110,803,635,288
1995 $12,894,029,888 $142,838,527,115
1996 $10,433,698,621 $160,813,026,223
1997 $20,764,857,056 $159,893,964,917
1998 $20,617,405,044 $175,282,269,667
1999 $36,881,601,584 $170,704,452,715
2000 $48,364,250,944 $172,953,527,033
2001 $36,176,430,129 $191,823,200,371
2002 $32,928,454,672 $199,694,463,256
2003 $21,921,569,479 $218,561,225,998
2004 $36,633,669,269 $256,268,656,145
2005 $50,065,104,668 $306,999,913,151
2006 $65,147,051,918 $345,897,630,736
2007 $88,837,057,320 $429,715,132,138
2008 $131,614,434,154 $535,612,030,672
2009 $111,657,580,326 $440,891,472,247
2010 $138,516,722,650 $478,111,630,684
2011 $185,749,664,444 $527,848,543,023
2012 $218,002,476,129 $498,148,649,703
2013 $234,637,675,129 $518,179,836,405
2014 $228,415,656,175 $542,134,167,179
2015 $166,774,104,959 $480,054,118,583
2016 $166,743,557,748 $473,259,623,976
2017 $187,217,660,051 $528,356,723,263
2018 $227,367,469,034 $594,616,632,477
2019 $233,636,097,800 $602,683,770,145
2020 $180,898,797,517 $605,914,186,118
2021 $209,691,945,713 $689,170,171,187
2022 $287,372,232,138 $695,607,522,885
2023 $268,881,051,644 $812,451,128,979
2024 $279,641,257,615 $914,696,430,325

Iraq and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita
Iraq

Poland
Year GDP per capita
Iraq Poland
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 $1,731
1991 $23 $2,236
1992 $30.3 $2,459
1993 $53.7 $2,497
1994 $198.2 $2,875
1995 $619 $3,701
1996 $485 $4,164
1997 $936 $4,137
1998 $901 $4,534
1999 $1,560 $4,416
2000 $1,980 $4,521
2001 $1,436 $5,015
2002 $1,266 $5,223
2003 $818 $5,721
2004 $1,328 $6,712
2005 $1,762 $8,044
2006 $2,277 $9,069
2007 $3,129 $11,273
2008 $4,543 $14,049
2009 $3,715 $11,556
2010 $4,462 $12,568
2011 $5,776 $13,868
2012 $6,478 $13,087
2013 $6,650 $13,622
2014 $6,249 $14,262
2015 $4,440 $12,638
2016 $4,334 $12,464
2017 $4,759 $13,913
2018 $5,647 $15,658
2019 $5,672 $15,875
2020 $4,295 $16,151
2021 $4,868 $18,636
2022 $6,521 $18,891
2023 $5,965 $22,145
2024 $6,074 $25,023

Iraq vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iraq

Poland
Year Life expectancy, years
Iraq Poland
1950 37.4 58.3
1951 39 58.9
1952 40.5 59.7
1953 42.1 61.3
1954 43.5 62.3
1955 45 63.1
1956 46.4 63.4
1957 47.7 64.4
1958 49 64.9
1959 49.7 66.4
1960 51.5 67.1
1961 52.3 67.8
1962 53.5 68
1963 54.4 68.3
1964 55.2 68.9
1965 56.4 69.4
1966 57.3 69.7
1967 58.4 69.9
1968 59 69.8
1969 59.6 69.8
1970 60.5 69.6
1971 61.3 69.8
1972 61.8 70.1
1973 62.3 70.7
1974 61 70.7
1975 61.4 70.6
1976 63.6 70.4
1977 63.9 70.3
1978 64.2 70.4
1979 64.4 70.2
1980 60.9 70.5
1981 58.7 70.6
1982 59 70.9
1983 59.3 70.8
1984 59.5 70.6
1985 59.8 70.5
1986 60 70.6
1987 60.3 70.8
1988 56.7 70.8
1989 57.5 70.8
1990 57.6 70.6
1991 61.3 70.7
1992 65.3 70.9
1993 65.3 71.3
1994 65 71.7
1995 64.8 72
1996 64.6 72.3
1997 64.2 72.6
1998 64.4 72.8
1999 64.5 73.2
2000 64.9 73.6
2001 65.3 74.2
2002 65.7 74.5
2003 64.8 74.8
2004 64.6 74.9
2005 64.9 75.1
2006 64 75.3
2007 64.4 75.4
2008 66.5 75.6
2009 67.8 75.9
2010 68.1 76.3
2011 68.4 76.6
2012 68.8 76.8
2013 69 77.1
2014 69.7 77.3
2015 70 77.6
2016 68.7 77.6
2017 69.8 77.7
2018 71.1 77.6
2019 71.2 77.9
2020 69.7 76.6
2021 70.7 75.6
2022 72 77.9
2023 72.3 78.6
2024 72.4 78.8
2025 72.5 79

Iraq and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population
Iraq

Poland
Year Population
Iraq Poland
1960 7,022,052 29,637,450
1961 7,194,553 29,964,000
1962 7,413,875 30,308,500
1963 7,667,928 30,712,000
1964 7,929,566 31,139,450
1965 8,202,140 31,444,950
1966 8,485,104 31,681,000
1967 8,778,869 31,987,155
1968 9,085,016 32,294,655
1969 9,403,356 32,548,300
1970 9,735,611 32,664,300
1971 10,077,809 32,783,500
1972 10,430,164 33,055,650
1973 10,795,869 33,357,200
1974 11,167,761 33,678,899
1975 11,543,639 34,015,199
1976 11,927,651 34,356,300
1977 12,331,046 34,689,050
1978 12,753,355 34,965,600
1979 13,170,365 35,247,217
1980 13,591,992 35,574,150
1981 14,006,381 35,898,587
1982 14,406,083 36,230,481
1983 14,840,555 36,571,808
1984 15,310,733 36,904,134
1985 15,683,430 37,201,885
1986 16,074,145 37,456,119
1987 16,521,049 37,668,045
1988 16,908,819 37,824,487
1989 17,364,542 37,961,529
1990 17,581,206 38,110,782
1991 17,767,253 38,246,193
1992 18,300,845 38,363,667
1993 19,201,195 38,461,408
1994 20,139,807 38,542,652
1995 20,825,860 38,594,998
1996 21,501,321 38,624,370
1997 22,176,593 38,649,660
1998 22,884,399 38,663,481
1999 23,636,527 38,660,271
2000 24,424,056 38,258,629
2001 25,197,840 38,248,076
2002 26,006,559 38,230,364
2003 26,802,659 38,204,570
2004 27,577,878 38,182,222
2005 28,407,448 38,165,445
2006 28,616,515 38,141,267
2007 28,391,607 38,120,560
2008 28,971,036 38,125,759
2009 30,058,206 38,151,603
2010 31,045,366 38,042,794
2011 32,161,424 38,063,255
2012 33,654,842 38,063,164
2013 35,281,989 38,040,196
2014 36,550,059 38,011,735
2015 37,560,535 37,986,412
2016 38,469,627 37,970,087
2017 39,337,353 37,974,826
2018 40,265,624 37,974,750
2019 41,192,171 37,965,475
2020 42,116,605 37,515,748
2021 43,071,211 36,981,559
2022 44,070,551 36,821,749
2023 45,074,049 36,687,353
2024 46,042,015 36,554,707

Fertility rates in Iraq and Poland

Fertility rate
Iraq

Poland
Year Fertility rate
Iraq Poland
1960 5.3 2.98
1961 5.8 2.83
1962 6.99 2.72
1963 7.01 2.7
1964 7.01 2.57
1965 7.02 2.52
1966 7.02 2.34
1967 7.03 2.33
1968 7.06 2.24
1969 7.08 2.2
1970 7.07 2.2
1971 7.06 2.25
1972 7.02 2.24
1973 6.99 2.26
1974 6.95 2.26
1975 6.91 2.27
1976 6.86 2.3
1977 6.8 2.23
1978 6.73 2.21
1979 6.66 2.28
1980 6.59 2.28
1981 6.53 2.24
1982 6.46 2.34
1983 6.39 2.42
1984 6.32 2.37
1985 6.25 2.33
1986 6.18 2.22
1987 6.11 2.15
1988 6.05 2.13
1989 5.99 2.08
1990 5.93 2.06
1991 5.83 2.07
1992 5.72 1.95
1993 5.61 1.87
1994 5.49 1.81
1995 5.36 1.62
1996 5.25 1.59
1997 5.19 1.51
1998 5.11 1.44
1999 5.04 1.37
2000 4.92 1.37
2001 4.8 1.31
2002 4.67 1.25
2003 4.58 1.22
2004 4.53 1.23
2005 4.45 1.24
2006 4.46 1.27
2007 4.4 1.31
2008 4.37 1.39
2009 4.38 1.4
2010 4.46 1.41
2011 4.59 1.33
2012 4.54 1.33
2013 4.44 1.29
2014 4.31 1.32
2015 4.08 1.32
2016 3.84 1.39
2017 3.64 1.48
2018 3.55 1.46
2019 3.48 1.44
2020 3.42 1.39
2021 3.36 1.33
2022 3.29 1.29
2023 3.25 1.16

Iraq and Poland demographics compared

Median age
Iraq

Poland
Year Median age, years
Iraq Poland
1960 20.4 26.6
1961 20.4 26.8
1962 20.1 26.9
1963 19.8 27.1
1964 19.5 27.3
1965 19.3 27.5
1966 19 27.7
1967 18.7 27.8
1968 18.5 28
1969 18.3 28.1
1970 18.1 28.2
1971 17.9 28.4
1972 17.7 28.5
1973 17.5 28.5
1974 17.2 28.6
1975 17 28.6
1976 16.7 28.7
1977 16.6 28.9
1978 16.6 29.1
1979 16.5 29.3
1980 16.5 29.5
1981 16.5 29.8
1982 16.5 30.1
1983 16.6 30.3
1984 16.6 30.6
1985 16.7 30.8
1986 16.8 31.1
1987 16.9 31.4
1988 16.9 31.7
1989 17 32.1
1990 17.1 32.4
1991 17.2 32.6
1992 17.3 32.9
1993 17.3 33.2
1994 17.4 33.5
1995 17.5 33.9
1996 17.6 34.2
1997 17.7 34.4
1998 17.8 34.7
1999 17.9 35
2000 17.9 35.2
2001 18 35.5
2002 18.1 35.8
2003 18.2 36
2004 18.3 36.3
2005 18.5 36.6
2006 18.6 36.9
2007 18.7 37.2
2008 18.8 37.5
2009 18.9 37.8
2010 19 38.1
2011 19.1 38.2
2012 19.2 38.4
2013 19.3 38.7
2014 19.4 39
2015 19.5 39.3
2016 19.7 39.7
2017 19.9 40
2018 20.1 40.4
2019 20.4 40.8
2020 20.6 41.1
2021 20.9 41.5
2022 21.1 41.9
2023 21.4 42.4
2024 21.6 42.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iraq Poland
GNI, Atlas method
$278B
2024
$788B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
42.1%
2025
50.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.55%
1989
4.31%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.07%
2023
3.83%
2023
Armed forces personnel
459,000
2020
189,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.18%
2025
-6.16%
2025
Unemployment rate
16.2%
2021
2.81%
2024
Services, % of GDP
45.8%
2024
59.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
51.6%
2024
26.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
15.6
2002
67.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.2%
2023
22.9%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2023
3.3%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
10
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
749
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$197B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$101B
2024
$223B
2024
Personal remittances received
$879M
2024
$8.69B
2024
International tourist arrivals
892,000
2013
88,515,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
1.88%
2020
2.63%
2020
Banked people share
30.2%
2024
86.1%
2024

Energy

Iraq Poland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,412 kg
2022
2,639 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2022
$17.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
192.9 megatons
2023
286.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.28 tons
2023
7.82 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
98.7%
2022
84.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2021
15.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.37%
2022
3.47%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-274.9%
2022
48.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
1,373 kWh
2022
4,382 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.78%
2021
17.5%
2021
Hydroelectric share
1.98%
2022
2.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iraq Poland
% of world population
0.57%
2024
0.45%
2024
Annual migration change
-17,735
2024
-238,062
2024
Urban population
71.9%
2024
60.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
37.8
2025
74.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
53
2024
Higher education index
50
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.41
2013
0.8
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.3
2019
9.4
2019
Visa free countries
44
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
84.1%
2021
99.8%
2021
English speaking
35%
2023
49.1%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
88.6%
2024

Health

Iraq Poland
Government health expenditure per capita
$254.6
2022
$1,544
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$121.8
2022
$249.9
2023
Life expectancy
72.5 years
2025
79 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
1.27%
2022
0.07%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.01
2022
3.39
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
66
2023
2
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
22.6
2023
4.4
2023
Obesity rate
41.4%
2022
28.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.4%
2024
8.1%
2024
Air quality index
14
2025
51
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
19.2%
2022
23.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.24 liters
2020
11.7 liters
2020

Territory

Iraq Poland
% of world land
0.29%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
3,641 sq mi
2024
3,235 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
36,592 sq mi
2025
56,294 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,185 sq mi
2025
36,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
267,065 mi
2024

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