Iraq vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 57th vs. 12th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Iraq and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	$1,537,252,193	$1,748,124,064
1961	$1,671,960,965	$1,920,811,284
1962	$1,784,174,541	$2,130,606,532
1963	$1,805,901,510	$2,207,393,172
1964	$2,136,408,198	$2,371,808,713
1965	$2,335,785,506	$2,647,955,558
1966	$2,530,306,096	$2,920,555,557
1967	$2,551,522,656	$3,257,022,223
1968	$2,896,598,841	$4,187,777,711
1969	$3,007,758,797	$4,485,777,644
1970	$3,281,318,687	$5,377,333,333
1971	$3,865,346,535	$7,184,806,909
1972	$4,113,848,002	$9,664,267,087
1973	$5,134,367,778	$14,947,435,499
1974	$11,516,762,614	$45,412,957,746
1975	$13,458,516,763	$46,773,208,643
1976	$17,754,825,601	$64,005,665,722
1977	$19,838,130,715	$74,188,986,586
1978	$23,762,275,652	$80,266,516,687
1979	$37,816,457,839	$111,858,444,786
1980	$52,569,000,000	$164,539,660,725
1981	$37,823,000,000	$184,291,360,139
1982	$42,382,333,333	$153,240,313,858
1983	$40,712,903,226	$129,171,635,311
1984	$46,938,387,097	$119,624,858,116
1985	$48,425,161,290	$103,897,846,494
1986	$47,264,516,129	$86,961,922,765
1987	$56,774,193,548	$85,695,861,148
1988	$62,684,516,129	$88,256,074,766
1989	$65,831,935,484	$95,344,459,279
1990	$180,408,064,516	$117,630,173,565
1991	$407,796,350	$132,223,230,975
1992	$553,671,958	$137,087,850,467
1993	$1,031,944,881	$132,967,957,276
1994	$3,991,349,283	$135,174,899,866
1995	$12,894,029,888	$143,343,124,166
1996	$10,433,698,621	$158,662,483,311
1997	$20,764,857,056	$165,963,684,913
1998	$20,617,405,044	$146,775,466,667
1999	$36,881,601,584	$161,717,066,667
2000	$48,364,250,944	$189,514,933,333
2001	$36,176,430,129	$184,137,600,000
2002	$32,928,454,672	$189,605,866,667
2003	$21,921,569,479	$215,807,733,333
2004	$36,633,669,269	$258,742,133,333
2005	$50,065,104,668	$328,459,608,764
2006	$65,147,051,918	$376,900,133,511
2007	$88,837,057,320	$415,964,509,673
2008	$131,614,434,154	$519,796,800,000
2009	$111,657,580,326	$429,097,866,667
2010	$138,516,722,650	$528,207,466,667
2011	$185,749,664,444	$680,660,800,000
2012	$218,002,476,129	$751,921,333,333
2013	$234,637,675,129	$769,755,733,333
2014	$228,415,656,175	$787,153,066,667
2015	$166,774,104,959	$693,414,400,000
2016	$166,743,557,748	$689,279,466,667
2017	$187,217,660,051	$741,266,133,333
2018	$227,367,469,034	$886,564,800,000
2019	$233,636,097,800	$888,890,133,333
2020	$180,898,797,517	$767,951,200,000
2021	$209,691,945,713	$982,661,066,667
2022	$287,372,232,138	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	$268,881,051,644	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	$279,641,257,615	$1,237,529,866,667

Iraq and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	$218.9	$718
1961	$232.4	$760
1962	$240.7	$813
1963	$235.5	$812
1964	$269.4	$840
1965	$284.8	$904
1966	$298.2	$961
1967	$290.6	$1,032
1968	$319	$1,276
1969	$320	$1,313
1970	$337	$1,509
1971	$384	$1,929
1972	$394	$2,474
1973	$476	$3,640
1974	$1,031	$10,503
1975	$1,166	$10,266
1976	$1,489	$13,313
1977	$1,609	$14,595
1978	$1,863	$14,914
1979	$2,871	$19,612
1980	$3,868	$27,206
1981	$2,700	$28,703
1982	$2,942	$22,454
1983	$2,743	$17,810
1984	$3,066	$15,541
1985	$3,088	$12,745
1986	$2,940	$10,078
1987	$3,436	$9,386
1988	$3,707	$9,165
1989	$3,791	$9,414
1990	$10,261	$11,055
1991	$23	$11,847
1992	$30.3	$11,730
1993	$53.7	$10,885
1994	$198.2	$10,602
1995	$619	$10,786
1996	$485	$11,472
1997	$936	$11,545
1998	$901	$9,836
1999	$1,560	$10,452
2000	$1,980	$11,715
2001	$1,436	$10,805
2002	$1,266	$10,586
2003	$818	$11,487
2004	$1,328	$13,154
2005	$1,762	$15,976
2006	$2,277	$17,564
2007	$3,129	$18,596
2008	$4,543	$22,320
2009	$3,715	$17,718
2010	$4,462	$22,028
2011	$5,776	$27,127
2012	$6,478	$28,733
2013	$6,650	$27,865
2014	$6,249	$27,805
2015	$4,440	$23,256
2016	$4,334	$22,268
2017	$4,759	$23,929
2018	$5,647	$29,360
2019	$5,672	$29,567
2020	$4,295	$24,339
2021	$4,868	$31,921
2022	$6,521	$38,510
2023	$5,965	$36,157
2024	$6,074	$35,057

Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1950	37.4	40
1951	39	40.6
1952	40.5	41.1
1953	42.1	41.6
1954	43.5	42.1
1955	45	42.6
1956	46.4	43.1
1957	47.7	43.7
1958	49	44.2
1959	49.7	44.8
1960	51.5	45.3
1961	52.3	45.9
1962	53.5	46.5
1963	54.4	47.1
1964	55.2	47.7
1965	56.4	48.4
1966	57.3	49.2
1967	58.4	50
1968	59	50.9
1969	59.6	51.8
1970	60.5	52.7
1971	61.3	53.7
1972	61.8	54.7
1973	62.3	55.8
1974	61	56.8
1975	61.4	57.8
1976	63.6	58.8
1977	63.9	59.7
1978	64.2	60.7
1979	64.4	61.5
1980	60.9	62.4
1981	58.7	63.3
1982	59	64
1983	59.3	64.7
1984	59.5	65.4
1985	59.8	66
1986	60	66.6
1987	60.3	67.2
1988	56.7	67.8
1989	57.5	68.4
1990	57.6	68.9
1991	61.3	69.3
1992	65.3	69.8
1993	65.3	70.2
1994	65	70.6
1995	64.8	70.9
1996	64.6	71.3
1997	64.2	71.6
1998	64.4	72
1999	64.5	72.3
2000	64.9	72.6
2001	65.3	73
2002	65.7	73.3
2003	64.8	73.7
2004	64.6	74
2005	64.9	74.4
2006	64	74.8
2007	64.4	75.1
2008	66.5	75.3
2009	67.8	75.4
2010	68.1	75.6
2011	68.4	75.8
2012	68.8	76.1
2013	69	76.5
2014	69.7	77.1
2015	70	77.8
2016	68.7	78.4
2017	69.8	78.7
2018	71.1	78.7
2019	71.2	78.3
2020	69.7	77.6
2021	70.7	77.1
2022	72	77.3
2023	72.3	78.7
2024	72.4	79
2025	72.5	79.2

Iraq and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	7,022,052	2,435,403
1961	7,194,553	2,526,347
1962	7,413,875	2,620,910
1963	7,667,928	2,719,341
1964	7,929,566	2,821,968
1965	8,202,140	2,928,771
1966	8,485,104	3,039,887
1967	8,778,869	3,157,242
1968	9,085,016	3,282,711
1969	9,403,356	3,417,114
1970	9,735,611	3,562,470
1971	10,077,809	3,724,031
1972	10,430,164	3,905,722
1973	10,795,869	4,106,344
1974	11,167,761	4,323,632
1975	11,543,639	4,556,287
1976	11,927,651	4,807,933
1977	12,331,046	5,083,048
1978	12,753,355	5,381,902
1979	13,170,365	5,703,698
1980	13,591,992	6,047,997
1981	14,006,381	6,420,551
1982	14,406,083	6,824,486
1983	14,840,555	7,252,941
1984	15,310,733	7,697,307
1985	15,683,430	8,151,779
1986	16,074,145	8,628,639
1987	16,521,049	9,130,194
1988	16,908,819	9,629,165
1989	17,364,542	10,128,394
1990	17,581,206	10,640,691
1991	17,767,253	11,160,744
1992	18,300,845	11,686,676
1993	19,201,195	12,215,862
1994	20,139,807	12,750,040
1995	20,825,860	13,289,245
1996	21,501,321	13,831,009
1997	22,176,593	14,374,943
1998	22,884,399	14,922,185
1999	23,636,527	15,472,075
2000	24,424,056	16,177,722
2001	25,197,840	17,041,397
2002	26,006,559	17,910,910
2003	26,802,659	18,786,767
2004	27,577,878	19,669,480
2005	28,407,448	20,559,890
2006	28,616,515	21,459,144
2007	28,391,607	22,368,313
2008	28,971,036	23,287,877
2009	30,058,206	24,217,654
2010	31,045,366	23,978,487
2011	32,161,424	25,091,867
2012	33,654,842	26,168,861
2013	35,281,989	27,624,004
2014	36,550,059	28,309,273
2015	37,560,535	29,816,382
2016	38,469,627	30,954,198
2017	39,337,353	30,977,355
2018	40,265,624	30,196,281
2019	41,192,171	30,063,799
2020	42,116,605	31,552,510
2021	43,071,211	30,784,383
2022	44,070,551	32,175,224
2023	45,074,049	33,702,731
2024	46,042,015	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Iraq and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	5.3	7.63
1961	5.8	7.63
1962	6.99	7.64
1963	7.01	7.65
1964	7.01	7.67
1965	7.02	7.66
1966	7.02	7.66
1967	7.03	7.66
1968	7.06	7.63
1969	7.08	7.6
1970	7.07	7.58
1971	7.06	7.56
1972	7.02	7.54
1973	6.99	7.48
1974	6.95	7.43
1975	6.91	7.37
1976	6.86	7.33
1977	6.8	7.3
1978	6.73	7.26
1979	6.66	7.23
1980	6.59	7.15
1981	6.53	7.07
1982	6.46	6.98
1983	6.39	6.88
1984	6.32	6.78
1985	6.25	6.65
1986	6.18	6.52
1987	6.11	6.34
1988	6.05	6.15
1989	5.99	5.98
1990	5.93	5.8
1991	5.83	5.64
1992	5.72	5.49
1993	5.61	5.33
1994	5.49	5.16
1995	5.36	4.99
1996	5.25	4.81
1997	5.19	4.66
1998	5.11	4.52
1999	5.04	4.35
2000	4.92	4.21
2001	4.8	3.96
2002	4.67	3.71
2003	4.58	3.47
2004	4.53	3.26
2005	4.45	3.16
2006	4.46	3.18
2007	4.4	3.19
2008	4.37	3.07
2009	4.38	2.95
2010	4.46	2.81
2011	4.59	2.8
2012	4.54	2.78
2013	4.44	2.67
2014	4.31	2.68
2015	4.08	2.63
2016	3.84	2.65
2017	3.64	2.67
2018	3.55	2.67
2019	3.48	2.49
2020	3.42	2.27
2021	3.36	2.17
2022	3.29	2.14
2023	3.25	2.28

Iraq and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Saudi Arabia
1960	20.4	18.6
1961	20.4	18.5
1962	20.1	18.4
1963	19.8	18.2
1964	19.5	18
1965	19.3	17.9
1966	19	17.7
1967	18.7	17.6
1968	18.5	17.5
1969	18.3	17.4
1970	18.1	17.4
1971	17.9	17.4
1972	17.7	17.4
1973	17.5	17.5
1974	17.2	17.6
1975	17	17.7
1976	16.7	17.8
1977	16.6	17.9
1978	16.6	18
1979	16.5	18.1
1980	16.5	18.2
1981	16.5	18.3
1982	16.5	18.4
1983	16.6	18.5
1984	16.6	18.6
1985	16.7	18.7
1986	16.8	18.7
1987	16.9	18.8
1988	16.9	18.9
1989	17	19
1990	17.1	19
1991	17.2	19.2
1992	17.3	19.3
1993	17.3	19.4
1994	17.4	19.6
1995	17.5	19.7
1996	17.6	19.9
1997	17.7	20.2
1998	17.8	20.4
1999	17.9	20.7
2000	17.9	20.8
2001	18	20.7
2002	18.1	20.8
2003	18.2	21.1
2004	18.3	21.4
2005	18.5	21.9
2006	18.6	22.3
2007	18.7	22.8
2008	18.8	23.4
2009	18.9	23.9
2010	19	24.5
2011	19.1	25.2
2012	19.2	25.9
2013	19.3	26.6
2014	19.4	27.2
2015	19.5	27.9
2016	19.7	28.6
2017	19.9	29
2018	20.1	29.3
2019	20.4	29.3
2020	20.6	29.4
2021	20.9	29.5
2022	21.1	29.7
2023	21.4	30.2
2024	21.6	30.5

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