Iraq vs South Africa statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 57th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Iraq and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Iraq and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	South Africa
1960	$1,537,252,193	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,671,960,965	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,784,174,541	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,805,901,510	$10,854,195,658
1964	$2,136,408,198	$11,955,995,218
1965	$2,335,785,506	$13,068,994,772
1966	$2,530,306,096	$14,211,394,315
1967	$2,551,522,656	$15,821,393,671
1968	$2,896,598,841	$17,124,793,150
1969	$3,007,758,797	$19,256,992,297
1970	$3,281,318,687	$21,218,391,513
1971	$3,865,346,535	$23,411,076,638
1972	$4,113,848,002	$24,515,919,217
1973	$5,134,367,778	$33,262,772,008
1974	$11,516,762,614	$41,389,186,095
1975	$13,458,516,763	$42,906,905,672
1976	$17,754,825,601	$41,150,460,288
1977	$19,838,130,715	$45,328,411,332
1978	$23,762,275,652	$51,607,412,902
1979	$37,816,457,839	$63,038,658,089
1980	$52,569,000,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$37,823,000,000	$93,141,472,164
1982	$42,382,333,333	$85,904,057,409
1983	$40,712,903,226	$96,204,110,942
1984	$46,938,387,097	$84,870,163,366
1985	$48,425,161,290	$64,459,376,087
1986	$47,264,516,129	$73,354,771,399
1987	$56,774,193,548	$96,535,763,418
1988	$62,684,516,129	$103,976,831,871
1989	$65,831,935,484	$108,055,624,082
1990	$180,408,064,516	$126,048,140,142
1991	$407,796,350	$135,203,698,238
1992	$553,671,958	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,031,944,881	$147,194,747,566
1994	$3,991,349,283	$153,512,712,382
1995	$12,894,029,888	$171,735,933,897
1996	$10,433,698,621	$163,234,925,381
1997	$20,764,857,056	$168,978,057,328
1998	$20,617,405,044	$152,982,984,557
1999	$36,881,601,584	$151,516,957,079
2000	$48,364,250,944	$151,752,757,215
2001	$36,176,430,129	$135,429,905,923
2002	$32,928,454,672	$129,087,556,612
2003	$21,921,569,479	$197,018,965,309
2004	$36,633,669,269	$255,806,908,595
2005	$50,065,104,668	$288,867,217,197
2006	$65,147,051,918	$303,858,675,364
2007	$88,837,057,320	$333,077,117,254
2008	$131,614,434,154	$316,131,258,616
2009	$111,657,580,326	$329,754,060,647
2010	$138,516,722,650	$417,363,822,802
2011	$185,749,664,444	$458,199,494,831
2012	$218,002,476,129	$434,400,545,086
2013	$234,637,675,129	$400,886,013,596
2014	$228,415,656,175	$381,198,869,776
2015	$166,774,104,959	$346,709,790,459
2016	$166,743,557,748	$323,585,509,674
2017	$187,217,660,051	$381,448,814,653
2018	$227,367,469,034	$405,260,723,893
2019	$233,636,097,800	$389,330,032,224
2020	$180,898,797,517	$337,974,655,408
2021	$209,691,945,713	$420,886,877,629
2022	$287,372,232,138	$406,920,004,594
2023	$268,881,051,644	$380,699,271,816
2024	$279,641,257,615	$400,260,724,226

Iraq and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	South Africa
1960	$218.9	$532
1961	$232.4	$546
1962	$240.7	$563
1963	$235.5	$605
1964	$269.4	$646
1965	$284.8	$685
1966	$298.2	$722
1967	$290.6	$779
1968	$319	$817
1969	$320	$891
1970	$337	$952
1971	$384	$1,020
1972	$394	$1,038
1973	$476	$1,369
1974	$1,031	$1,656
1975	$1,166	$1,670
1976	$1,489	$1,559
1977	$1,609	$1,671
1978	$1,863	$1,852
1979	$2,871	$2,202
1980	$3,868	$3,029
1981	$2,700	$3,050
1982	$2,942	$2,717
1983	$2,743	$2,938
1984	$3,066	$2,504
1985	$3,088	$1,839
1986	$2,940	$2,027
1987	$3,436	$2,586
1988	$3,707	$2,702
1989	$3,791	$2,727
1990	$10,261	$3,093
1991	$23	$3,243
1992	$30.3	$3,462
1993	$53.7	$3,400
1994	$198.2	$3,489
1995	$619	$3,856
1996	$485	$3,618
1997	$936	$3,700
1998	$901	$3,310
1999	$1,560	$3,242
2000	$1,980	$3,218
2001	$1,436	$2,847
2002	$1,266	$2,688
2003	$818	$4,062
2004	$1,328	$5,221
2005	$1,762	$5,837
2006	$2,277	$6,077
2007	$3,129	$6,592
2008	$4,543	$6,185
2009	$3,715	$6,375
2010	$4,462	$7,973
2011	$5,776	$8,646
2012	$6,478	$8,077
2013	$6,650	$7,332
2014	$6,249	$6,857
2015	$4,440	$6,112
2016	$4,334	$5,651
2017	$4,759	$6,618
2018	$5,647	$6,914
2019	$5,672	$6,534
2020	$4,295	$5,581
2021	$4,868	$6,843
2022	$6,521	$6,523
2023	$5,965	$6,023
2024	$6,074	$6,253

Iraq vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	South Africa
1950	37.4	43.1
1951	39	44.1
1952	40.5	45
1953	42.1	46.1
1954	43.5	47.1
1955	45	48.2
1956	46.4	49.2
1957	47.7	50.2
1958	49	51.1
1959	49.7	51.9
1960	51.5	52.6
1961	52.3	53.1
1962	53.5	53.6
1963	54.4	53.9
1964	55.2	54.2
1965	56.4	54.4
1966	57.3	54.7
1967	58.4	55
1968	59	55.2
1969	59.6	55.4
1970	60.5	55.7
1971	61.3	56
1972	61.8	56.4
1973	62.3	56.7
1974	61	57.1
1975	61.4	57.6
1976	63.6	58
1977	63.9	58.5
1978	64.2	59
1979	64.4	59.5
1980	60.9	60
1981	58.7	60.4
1982	59	60.9
1983	59.3	61.4
1984	59.5	61.8
1985	59.8	62.2
1986	60	62.4
1987	60.3	62.7
1988	56.7	62.9
1989	57.5	63
1990	57.6	62.9
1991	61.3	63
1992	65.3	62.8
1993	65.3	62.6
1994	65	62.1
1995	64.8	61.6
1996	64.6	61.1
1997	64.2	60.5
1998	64.4	59.9
1999	64.5	59.2
2000	64.9	58.4
2001	65.3	57.2
2002	65.7	55.6
2003	64.8	54.2
2004	64.6	54
2005	64.9	53.9
2006	64	54.2
2007	64.4	54.9
2008	66.5	56
2009	67.8	57.4
2010	68.1	58.9
2011	68.4	60.6
2012	68.8	61.7
2013	69	62.4
2014	69.7	63.2
2015	70	64.1
2016	68.7	64.7
2017	69.8	65.4
2018	71.1	65.7
2019	71.2	66.1
2020	69.7	65.2
2021	70.7	62
2022	72	65.5
2023	72.3	66.1
2024	72.4	66.3
2025	72.5	66.5

Iraq and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	South Africa
1960	7,022,052	16,440,172
1961	7,194,553	16,908,035
1962	7,413,875	17,418,522
1963	7,667,928	17,954,564
1964	7,929,566	18,511,361
1965	8,202,140	19,089,380
1966	8,485,104	19,690,087
1967	8,778,869	20,314,066
1968	9,085,016	20,957,287
1969	9,403,356	21,614,676
1970	9,735,611	22,279,984
1971	10,077,809	22,942,143
1972	10,430,164	23,609,456
1973	10,795,869	24,294,263
1974	11,167,761	24,989,108
1975	11,543,639	25,690,940
1976	11,927,651	26,395,450
1977	12,331,046	27,118,952
1978	12,753,355	27,869,507
1979	13,170,365	28,634,162
1980	13,591,992	29,518,857
1981	14,006,381	30,541,044
1982	14,406,083	31,615,339
1983	14,840,555	32,739,304
1984	15,310,733	33,892,788
1985	15,683,430	35,042,093
1986	16,074,145	36,180,515
1987	16,521,049	37,326,190
1988	16,908,819	38,480,649
1989	17,364,542	39,628,575
1990	17,581,206	40,746,268
1991	17,767,253	41,687,898
1992	18,300,845	42,443,509
1993	19,201,195	43,297,156
1994	20,139,807	44,004,139
1995	20,825,860	44,541,554
1996	21,501,321	45,123,018
1997	22,176,593	45,666,838
1998	22,884,399	46,223,880
1999	23,636,527	46,730,335
2000	24,424,056	47,159,719
2001	25,197,840	47,566,800
2002	26,006,559	48,019,415
2003	26,802,659	48,500,348
2004	27,577,878	48,991,421
2005	28,407,448	49,490,033
2006	28,616,515	49,998,277
2007	28,391,607	50,528,584
2008	28,971,036	51,114,599
2009	30,058,206	51,728,516
2010	31,045,366	52,344,051
2011	32,161,424	52,995,205
2012	33,654,842	53,782,567
2013	35,281,989	54,678,791
2014	36,550,059	55,594,838
2015	37,560,535	56,723,537
2016	38,469,627	57,259,551
2017	39,337,353	57,635,162
2018	40,265,624	58,613,001
2019	41,192,171	59,587,885
2020	42,116,605	60,562,381
2021	43,071,211	61,502,603
2022	44,070,551	62,378,410
2023	45,074,049	63,212,384
2024	46,042,015	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Iraq and South Africa

Fertility rate

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	South Africa
1960	5.3	6.11
1961	5.8	6.08
1962	6.99	6.05
1963	7.01	6.01
1964	7.01	5.96
1965	7.02	5.89
1966	7.02	5.91
1967	7.03	5.85
1968	7.06	5.78
1969	7.08	5.72
1970	7.07	5.63
1971	7.06	5.57
1972	7.02	5.49
1973	6.99	5.41
1974	6.95	5.3
1975	6.91	5.19
1976	6.86	5.07
1977	6.8	4.94
1978	6.73	4.85
1979	6.66	4.82
1980	6.59	4.78
1981	6.53	4.71
1982	6.46	4.7
1983	6.39	4.63
1984	6.32	4.57
1985	6.25	4.5
1986	6.18	4.41
1987	6.11	4.35
1988	6.05	4.18
1989	5.99	3.98
1990	5.93	3.72
1991	5.83	3.62
1992	5.72	3.48
1993	5.61	3.37
1994	5.49	3.26
1995	5.36	3.17
1996	5.25	2.99
1997	5.19	2.73
1998	5.11	2.63
1999	5.04	2.56
2000	4.92	2.41
2001	4.8	2.37
2002	4.67	2.32
2003	4.58	2.36
2004	4.53	2.44
2005	4.45	2.51
2006	4.46	2.55
2007	4.4	2.55
2008	4.37	2.68
2009	4.38	2.5
2010	4.46	2.44
2011	4.59	2.44
2012	4.54	2.45
2013	4.44	2.43
2014	4.31	2.42
2015	4.08	2.36
2016	3.84	2.26
2017	3.64	2.28
2018	3.55	2.27
2019	3.48	2.26
2020	3.42	2.26
2021	3.36	2.25
2022	3.29	2.23
2023	3.25	2.22

Iraq and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	South Africa
1960	20.4	19
1961	20.4	19
1962	20.1	18.9
1963	19.8	18.9
1964	19.5	18.9
1965	19.3	18.8
1966	19	18.8
1967	18.7	18.8
1968	18.5	18.8
1969	18.3	18.8
1970	18.1	18.8
1971	17.9	18.8
1972	17.7	18.8
1973	17.5	18.8
1974	17.2	18.9
1975	17	18.9
1976	16.7	19
1977	16.6	19.1
1978	16.6	19.2
1979	16.5	19.3
1980	16.5	19.4
1981	16.5	19.6
1982	16.5	19.8
1983	16.6	20
1984	16.6	20.2
1985	16.7	20.4
1986	16.8	20.5
1987	16.9	20.7
1988	16.9	20.9
1989	17	21.1
1990	17.1	21.3
1991	17.2	21.5
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.3	21.9
1994	17.4	22
1995	17.5	21.5
1996	17.6	21.2
1997	17.7	21.2
1998	17.8	21.4
1999	17.9	21.6
2000	17.9	21.9
2001	18	22.2
2002	18.1	22.4
2003	18.2	22.8
2004	18.3	23.1
2005	18.5	23.3
2006	18.6	23.5
2007	18.7	23.8
2008	18.8	24
2009	18.9	24.3
2010	19	24.6
2011	19.1	25
2012	19.2	25.3
2013	19.3	25.7
2014	19.4	26
2015	19.5	26.4
2016	19.7	26.7
2017	19.9	27
2018	20.1	27.5
2019	20.4	27.9
2020	20.6	28.3
2021	20.9	28.6
2022	21.1	28.9
2023	21.4	29.2
2024	21.6	29.5

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