Iraq vs South Sudan statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 57th vs. 41st).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Iraq and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

Iraq and South Sudan economies compared

GDP

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	South Sudan
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	-
1991	$407,796,350	-
1992	$553,671,958	-
1993	$1,031,944,881	-
1994	$3,991,349,283	-
1995	$12,894,029,888	-
1996	$10,433,698,621	-
1997	$20,764,857,056	-
1998	$20,617,405,044	-
1999	$36,881,601,584	-
2000	$48,364,250,944	-
2001	$36,176,430,129	-
2002	$32,928,454,672	-
2003	$21,921,569,479	-
2004	$36,633,669,269	-
2005	$50,065,104,668	-
2006	$65,147,051,918	-
2007	$88,837,057,320	-
2008	$131,614,434,154	$14,586,253,383
2009	$111,657,580,326	$12,231,264,525
2010	$138,516,722,650	$14,602,072,411
2011	$185,749,664,444	$14,907,308,933
2012	$218,002,476,129	$11,931,472,169
2013	$234,637,675,129	$18,426,469,017
2014	$228,415,656,175	$13,962,212,847
2015	$166,774,104,959	$11,997,800,760
2016	$166,743,557,748	-
2017	$187,217,660,051	-
2018	$227,367,469,034	-
2019	$233,636,097,800	-
2020	$180,898,797,517	-
2021	$209,691,945,713	-
2022	$287,372,232,138	-
2023	$268,881,051,644	-
2024	$279,641,257,615	-

Iraq and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	South Sudan
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	-
1991	$23	-
1992	$30.3	-
1993	$53.7	-
1994	$198.2	-
1995	$619	-
1996	$485	-
1997	$936	-
1998	$901	-
1999	$1,560	-
2000	$1,980	-
2001	$1,436	-
2002	$1,266	-
2003	$818	-
2004	$1,328	-
2005	$1,762	-
2006	$2,277	-
2007	$3,129	-
2008	$4,543	$1,654
2009	$3,715	$1,323
2010	$4,462	$1,498
2011	$5,776	$1,449
2012	$6,478	$1,109
2013	$6,650	$1,650
2014	$6,249	$1,243
2015	$4,440	$1,080
2016	$4,334	-
2017	$4,759	-
2018	$5,647	-
2019	$5,672	-
2020	$4,295	-
2021	$4,868	-
2022	$6,521	-
2023	$5,965	-
2024	$6,074	-

Iraq vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	South Sudan
1950	37.4	30.2
1951	39	30.6
1952	40.5	31
1953	42.1	31.4
1954	43.5	31.7
1955	45	32
1956	46.4	31.6
1957	47.7	30.9
1958	49	27.6
1959	49.7	27.8
1960	51.5	28.1
1961	52.3	28.3
1962	53.5	28.5
1963	54.4	28.2
1964	55.2	32.5
1965	56.4	28.8
1966	57.3	25.6
1967	58.4	25.9
1968	59	26.1
1969	59.6	25.4
1970	60.5	25.6
1971	61.3	31
1972	61.8	31.3
1973	62.3	36.3
1974	61	36.6
1975	61.4	36.9
1976	63.6	37.1
1977	63.9	37.4
1978	64.2	37.6
1979	64.4	37.8
1980	60.9	38
1981	58.7	38.3
1982	59	38.7
1983	59.3	34.7
1984	59.5	31.8
1985	59.8	32.4
1986	60	32.8
1987	60.3	20.7
1988	56.7	11
1989	57.5	28.2
1990	57.6	28.6
1991	61.3	29.2
1992	65.3	21.9
1993	65.3	22.3
1994	65	44.9
1995	64.8	31.5
1996	64.6	32.1
1997	64.2	33.1
1998	64.4	19
1999	64.5	44.5
2000	64.9	47.6
2001	65.3	48.6
2002	65.7	49.4
2003	64.8	52.3
2004	64.6	53.1
2005	64.9	54
2006	64	54.7
2007	64.4	55.4
2008	66.5	56.3
2009	67.8	56.8
2010	68.1	57.5
2011	68.4	57.7
2012	68.8	58.2
2013	69	58.3
2014	69.7	45.6
2015	70	39.8
2016	68.7	36.7
2017	69.8	35.4
2018	71.1	51.9
2019	71.2	58.1
2020	69.7	57.6
2021	70.7	57
2022	72	57.2
2023	72.3	57.6
2024	72.4	57.7
2025	72.5	57.9

Iraq and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	South Sudan
1960	7,022,052	2,931,559
1961	7,194,553	2,976,724
1962	7,413,875	3,024,308
1963	7,667,928	3,072,669
1964	7,929,566	3,129,918
1965	8,202,140	3,189,835
1966	8,485,104	3,236,423
1967	8,778,869	3,277,648
1968	9,085,016	3,321,528
1969	9,403,356	3,365,533
1970	9,735,611	3,409,614
1971	10,077,809	3,468,646
1972	10,430,164	3,542,497
1973	10,795,869	3,627,383
1974	11,167,761	3,723,259
1975	11,543,639	3,821,494
1976	11,927,651	3,921,910
1977	12,331,046	4,024,032
1978	12,753,355	4,127,657
1979	13,170,365	4,232,605
1980	13,591,992	4,339,030
1981	14,006,381	4,447,272
1982	14,406,083	4,557,686
1983	14,840,555	4,661,574
1984	15,310,733	4,750,627
1985	15,683,430	4,834,296
1986	16,074,145	4,921,240
1987	16,521,049	4,962,395
1988	16,908,819	4,848,029
1989	17,364,542	4,713,229
1990	17,581,206	4,737,633
1991	17,767,253	4,836,677
1992	18,300,845	4,909,749
1993	19,201,195	4,956,002
1994	20,139,807	5,071,184
1995	20,825,860	5,225,836
1996	21,501,321	5,356,925
1997	22,176,593	5,509,136
1998	22,884,399	5,620,068
1999	23,636,527	5,771,628
2000	24,424,056	6,032,267
2001	25,197,840	6,308,391
2002	26,006,559	6,596,806
2003	26,802,659	6,903,127
2004	27,577,878	7,233,041
2005	28,407,448	7,590,143
2006	28,616,515	7,976,526
2007	28,391,607	8,388,788
2008	28,971,036	8,817,647
2009	30,058,206	9,243,556
2010	31,045,366	9,745,953
2011	32,161,424	10,288,109
2012	33,654,842	10,756,240
2013	35,281,989	11,166,275
2014	36,550,059	11,235,073
2015	37,560,535	11,107,561
2016	38,469,627	10,830,102
2017	39,337,353	10,259,154
2018	40,265,624	10,122,977
2019	41,192,171	10,423,384
2020	42,116,605	10,698,467
2021	43,071,211	10,865,780
2022	44,070,551	11,021,177
2023	45,074,049	11,483,374
2024	46,042,015	11,943,408

Fertility rates in Iraq and South Sudan

Fertility rate

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	South Sudan
1960	5.3	7.16
1961	5.8	7.18
1962	6.99	7.2
1963	7.01	7.2
1964	7.01	7.22
1965	7.02	7.22
1966	7.02	7.25
1967	7.03	7.26
1968	7.06	7.26
1969	7.08	7.28
1970	7.07	7.29
1971	7.06	7.3
1972	7.02	7.31
1973	6.99	7.31
1974	6.95	7.31
1975	6.91	7.33
1976	6.86	7.33
1977	6.8	7.33
1978	6.73	7.33
1979	6.66	7.32
1980	6.59	7.33
1981	6.53	7.33
1982	6.46	7.34
1983	6.39	7.34
1984	6.32	7.35
1985	6.25	7.36
1986	6.18	7.38
1987	6.11	7.39
1988	6.05	7.38
1989	5.99	7.37
1990	5.93	7.38
1991	5.83	7.38
1992	5.72	7.37
1993	5.61	7.36
1994	5.49	7.35
1995	5.36	7.34
1996	5.25	7.32
1997	5.19	7.2
1998	5.11	7.08
1999	5.04	6.94
2000	4.92	6.8
2001	4.8	6.65
2002	4.67	6.52
2003	4.58	6.35
2004	4.53	6.19
2005	4.45	6.02
2006	4.46	5.85
2007	4.4	5.7
2008	4.37	5.57
2009	4.38	5.45
2010	4.46	5.32
2011	4.59	5.19
2012	4.54	5.06
2013	4.44	4.94
2014	4.31	4.82
2015	4.08	4.7
2016	3.84	4.58
2017	3.64	4.48
2018	3.55	4.37
2019	3.48	4.26
2020	3.42	4.16
2021	3.36	4.05
2022	3.29	3.96
2023	3.25	3.86

Iraq and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

South Sudan

Table

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

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