Iraq vs Somalia statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 57th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Iraq and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Somalia
1960	$1,537,252,193	$180,459,937
1961	$1,671,960,965	$191,659,914
1962	$1,784,174,541	$203,531,928
1963	$1,805,901,510	$216,145,936
1964	$2,136,408,198	$229,529,913
1965	$2,335,785,506	$243,725,898
1966	$2,530,306,096	$257,375,897
1967	$2,551,522,656	$271,781,887
1968	$2,896,598,841	$286,719,885
1969	$3,007,758,797	$306,357,285
1970	$3,281,318,687	$347,985,394
1971	$3,865,346,535	$347,039,446
1972	$4,113,848,002	$447,883,941
1973	$5,134,367,778	$483,699,611
1974	$11,516,762,614	$572,504,036
1975	$13,458,516,763	$757,015,879
1976	$17,754,825,601	$871,344,245
1977	$19,838,130,715	$498,550,725
1978	$23,762,275,652	$564,571,823
1979	$37,816,457,839	$589,566,929
1980	$52,569,000,000	$602,515,548
1981	$37,823,000,000	$699,302,473
1982	$42,382,333,333	$774,578,932
1983	$40,712,903,226	$735,408,642
1984	$46,938,387,097	$787,434,542
1985	$48,425,161,290	$875,702,247
1986	$47,264,516,129	$916,590,786
1987	$56,774,193,548	$1,018,972,664
1988	$62,684,516,129	$1,051,596,967
1989	$65,831,935,484	$1,181,360,844
1990	$180,408,064,516	$1,031,282,081
1991	$407,796,350	$717,974,930
1992	$553,671,958	$709,297,579
1993	$1,031,944,881	$1,260,132,956
1994	$3,991,349,283	$1,481,205,098
1995	$12,894,029,888	$1,534,756,135
1996	$10,433,698,621	$1,792,234,297
1997	$20,764,857,056	$2,191,749,014
1998	$20,617,405,044	$2,962,047,564
1999	$36,881,601,584	$3,045,751,528
2000	$48,364,250,944	$3,412,797,450
2001	$36,176,430,129	$2,252,847,465
2002	$32,928,454,672	$2,192,684,135
2003	$21,921,569,479	$2,836,724,352
2004	$36,633,669,269	$3,859,592,813
2005	$50,065,104,668	$4,683,246,454
2006	$65,147,051,918	$5,026,743,282
2007	$88,837,057,320	$5,430,713,729
2008	$131,614,434,154	$5,913,620,293
2009	$111,657,580,326	$2,948,594,552
2010	$138,516,722,650	$2,687,807,004
2011	$185,749,664,444	$2,906,000,097
2012	$218,002,476,129	$4,364,670,160
2013	$234,637,675,129	$5,062,881,600
2014	$228,415,656,175	$5,728,399,720
2015	$166,774,104,959	$6,152,149,100
2016	$166,743,557,748	$6,613,743,070
2017	$187,217,660,051	$7,621,501,710
2018	$227,367,469,034	$7,873,440,830
2019	$233,636,097,800	$8,655,023,960
2020	$180,898,797,517	$8,628,393,720
2021	$209,691,945,713	$9,483,997,390
2022	$287,372,232,138	$10,202,767,270
2023	$268,881,051,644	$10,968,517,090
2024	$279,641,257,615	$12,108,515,110

Iraq and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Somalia
1960	$218.9	$62.7
1961	$232.4	$64.9
1962	$240.7	$67.2
1963	$235.5	$69.5
1964	$269.4	$71.9
1965	$284.8	$74.4
1966	$298.2	$76.5
1967	$290.6	$78.7
1968	$319	$80.8
1969	$320	$84.1
1970	$337	$93.1
1971	$384	$90.4
1972	$394	$113.7
1973	$476	$119.6
1974	$1,031	$137.9
1975	$1,166	$177.8
1976	$1,489	$199.6
1977	$1,609	$111.2
1978	$1,863	$117.3
1979	$2,871	$108.2
1980	$3,868	$101.5
1981	$2,700	$116.9
1982	$2,942	$129
1983	$2,743	$118.6
1984	$3,066	$122.5
1985	$3,088	$130.8
1986	$2,940	$131.4
1987	$3,436	$141
1988	$3,707	$145.3
1989	$3,791	$166
1990	$10,261	$145.6
1991	$23	$105.4
1992	$30.3	$109.2
1993	$53.7	$188.6
1994	$198.2	$210.8
1995	$619	$210.7
1996	$485	$237.2
1997	$936	$280.1
1998	$901	$363
1999	$1,560	$359
2000	$1,980	$386
2001	$1,436	$244.9
2002	$1,266	$229.6
2003	$818	$286.3
2004	$1,328	$375
2005	$1,762	$440
2006	$2,277	$458
2007	$3,129	$480
2008	$4,543	$507
2009	$3,715	$246.5
2010	$4,462	$219.2
2011	$5,776	$235.3
2012	$6,478	$350
2013	$6,650	$393
2014	$6,249	$429
2015	$4,440	$446
2016	$4,334	$461
2017	$4,759	$511
2018	$5,647	$510
2019	$5,672	$540
2020	$4,295	$518
2021	$4,868	$549
2022	$6,521	$573
2023	$5,965	$597
2024	$6,074	$637

Iraq vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Somalia
1950	37.4	41.5
1951	39	41.7
1952	40.5	41.9
1953	42.1	42.1
1954	43.5	42.3
1955	45	42.5
1956	46.4	42.7
1957	47.7	42.9
1958	49	43.1
1959	49.7	43.3
1960	51.5	43.5
1961	52.3	43.7
1962	53.5	44
1963	54.4	44.2
1964	55.2	44.4
1965	56.4	44.6
1966	57.3	44.8
1967	58.4	45.1
1968	59	45.3
1969	59.6	45.5
1970	60.5	45.6
1971	61.3	45.8
1972	61.8	46
1973	62.3	46.2
1974	61	44.3
1975	61.4	44.5
1976	63.6	44.7
1977	63.9	47
1978	64.2	47
1979	64.4	47.4
1980	60.9	47.6
1981	58.7	47.8
1982	59	48
1983	59.3	48.2
1984	59.5	48.4
1985	59.8	48.3
1986	60	48.4
1987	60.3	49
1988	56.7	43.9
1989	57.5	46.6
1990	57.6	46.9
1991	61.3	25.4
1992	65.3	25
1993	65.3	50.6
1994	65	50.3
1995	64.8	50.6
1996	64.6	50.5
1997	64.2	50.3
1998	64.4	50.8
1999	64.5	50.6
2000	64.9	50.7
2001	65.3	50.8
2002	65.7	50.8
2003	64.8	50.7
2004	64.6	50.7
2005	64.9	50.9
2006	64	50.9
2007	64.4	50.9
2008	66.5	51.5
2009	67.8	52.1
2010	68.1	48.9
2011	68.4	32.5
2012	68.8	49.1
2013	69	54
2014	69.7	54.4
2015	70	55.1
2016	68.7	55.3
2017	69.8	52.2
2018	71.1	54.8
2019	71.2	57.2
2020	69.7	57.1
2021	70.7	55.7
2022	72	53.9
2023	72.3	58.8
2024	72.4	59
2025	72.5	59.1

Iraq and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Somalia
1960	7,022,052	2,876,331
1961	7,194,553	2,952,054
1962	7,413,875	3,030,091
1963	7,667,928	3,110,361
1964	7,929,566	3,192,796
1965	8,202,140	3,277,874
1966	8,485,104	3,365,106
1967	8,778,869	3,454,537
1968	9,085,016	3,546,590
1969	9,403,356	3,641,015
1970	9,735,611	3,738,448
1971	10,077,809	3,837,691
1972	10,430,164	3,939,436
1973	10,795,869	4,045,592
1974	11,167,761	4,151,842
1975	11,543,639	4,257,535
1976	11,927,651	4,365,812
1977	12,331,046	4,484,050
1978	12,753,355	4,814,892
1979	13,170,365	5,449,117
1980	13,591,992	5,936,154
1981	14,006,381	5,982,849
1982	14,406,083	6,003,840
1983	14,840,555	6,198,430
1984	15,310,733	6,428,389
1985	15,683,430	6,693,289
1986	16,074,145	6,974,788
1987	16,521,049	7,228,302
1988	16,908,819	7,235,360
1989	17,364,542	7,114,817
1990	17,581,206	7,082,811
1991	17,767,253	6,813,760
1992	18,300,845	6,495,107
1993	19,201,195	6,681,399
1994	20,139,807	7,026,797
1995	20,825,860	7,285,007
1996	21,501,321	7,554,474
1997	22,176,593	7,824,525
1998	22,884,399	8,155,417
1999	23,636,527	8,492,059
2000	24,424,056	8,838,713
2001	25,197,840	9,198,493
2002	26,006,559	9,550,063
2003	26,802,659	9,909,157
2004	27,577,878	10,280,998
2005	28,407,448	10,644,228
2006	28,616,515	10,975,502
2007	28,391,607	11,322,582
2008	28,971,036	11,663,084
2009	30,058,206	11,961,201
2010	31,045,366	12,261,756
2011	32,161,424	12,348,830
2012	33,654,842	12,461,160
2013	35,281,989	12,869,594
2014	36,550,059	13,339,491
2015	37,560,535	13,806,963
2016	38,469,627	14,348,740
2017	39,337,353	14,916,629
2018	40,265,624	15,452,487
2019	41,192,171	16,030,971
2020	42,116,605	16,651,191
2021	43,071,211	17,271,431
2022	44,070,551	17,801,897
2023	45,074,049	18,358,615
2024	46,042,015	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Iraq and Somalia

Fertility rate

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Somalia
1960	5.3	7.25
1961	5.8	7.25
1962	6.99	7.26
1963	7.01	7.26
1964	7.01	7.26
1965	7.02	7.26
1966	7.02	7.26
1967	7.03	7.25
1968	7.06	7.23
1969	7.08	7.21
1970	7.07	7.18
1971	7.06	7.15
1972	7.02	7.12
1973	6.99	7.09
1974	6.95	7.06
1975	6.91	7.03
1976	6.86	7.02
1977	6.8	7
1978	6.73	7.13
1979	6.66	7.16
1980	6.59	7.18
1981	6.53	7.23
1982	6.46	7.25
1983	6.39	7.28
1984	6.32	7.3
1985	6.25	7.33
1986	6.18	7.35
1987	6.11	7.37
1988	6.05	7.4
1989	5.99	7.42
1990	5.93	7.44
1991	5.83	7.47
1992	5.72	7.5
1993	5.61	7.53
1994	5.49	7.54
1995	5.36	7.58
1996	5.25	7.62
1997	5.19	7.66
1998	5.11	7.66
1999	5.04	7.66
2000	4.92	7.65
2001	4.8	7.64
2002	4.67	7.63
2003	4.58	7.6
2004	4.53	7.57
2005	4.45	7.53
2006	4.46	7.49
2007	4.4	7.46
2008	4.37	7.42
2009	4.38	7.38
2010	4.46	7.32
2011	4.59	7.27
2012	4.54	7.21
2013	4.44	7.14
2014	4.31	7.06
2015	4.08	6.98
2016	3.84	6.88
2017	3.64	6.77
2018	3.55	6.66
2019	3.48	6.56
2020	3.42	6.45
2021	3.36	6.35
2022	3.29	6.26
2023	3.25	6.13

Iraq and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Somalia
1960	20.4	18.1
1961	20.4	17.9
1962	20.1	17.8
1963	19.8	17.7
1964	19.5	17.6
1965	19.3	17.5
1966	19	17.5
1967	18.7	17.5
1968	18.5	17.5
1969	18.3	17.5
1970	18.1	17.5
1971	17.9	17.6
1972	17.7	17.6
1973	17.5	17.6
1974	17.2	17.7
1975	17	17.7
1976	16.7	17.7
1977	16.6	17.7
1978	16.6	17.7
1979	16.5	17.6
1980	16.5	17.6
1981	16.5	17.5
1982	16.5	17.4
1983	16.6	17.4
1984	16.6	17.3
1985	16.7	17.2
1986	16.8	17.1
1987	16.9	17
1988	16.9	16.8
1989	17	16.7
1990	17.1	16.5
1991	17.2	16.5
1992	17.3	16.7
1993	17.3	16.8
1994	17.4	16.7
1995	17.5	16.6
1996	17.6	16.5
1997	17.7	16.4
1998	17.8	16.4
1999	17.9	16.3
2000	17.9	16.3
2001	18	16.2
2002	18.1	16.2
2003	18.2	16.1
2004	18.3	16
2005	18.5	15.9
2006	18.6	15.7
2007	18.7	15.6
2008	18.8	15.6
2009	18.9	15.6
2010	19	15.7
2011	19.1	15.8
2012	19.2	16
2013	19.3	16
2014	19.4	16
2015	19.5	16.1
2016	19.7	16.1
2017	19.9	16.2
2018	20.1	16.2
2019	20.4	16.3
2020	20.6	16.3
2021	20.9	16.4
2022	21.1	16.5
2023	21.4	16.5
2024	21.6	16.6

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