Iraq vs Sudan statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 50.4M in Sudan (ranked 30/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 721,239 sq mi for Sudan (ranked 57th vs. 15th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Sudan ranks 93/197 ($49.9B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Sudan ranks 178/197 ($989).

Iraq and Sudan: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Sudan economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Sudan
1960	$1,537,252,193	$1,126,364,162
1961	$1,671,960,965	$1,222,860,429
1962	$1,784,174,541	$1,328,259,625
1963	$1,805,901,510	$1,351,234,926
1964	$2,136,408,198	$1,388,282,600
1965	$2,335,785,506	$1,446,869,619
1966	$2,530,306,096	$1,484,491,676
1967	$2,551,522,656	$1,607,409,539
1968	$2,896,598,841	$1,677,771,401
1969	$3,007,758,797	$1,847,501,441
1970	$3,281,318,687	$2,100,229,759
1971	$3,865,346,535	$2,288,340,041
1972	$4,113,848,002	$2,483,055,722
1973	$5,134,367,778	$3,077,254,460
1974	$11,516,762,614	$3,958,931,660
1975	$13,458,516,763	$4,823,090,192
1976	$17,754,825,601	$6,013,210,816
1977	$19,838,130,715	$7,499,005,639
1978	$23,762,275,652	$8,128,719,315
1979	$37,816,457,839	$8,418,407,787
1980	$52,569,000,000	$8,951,800,000
1981	$37,823,000,000	$10,753,888,154
1982	$42,382,333,333	$8,732,542,274
1983	$40,712,903,226	$8,230,153,846
1984	$46,938,387,097	$10,447,615,385
1985	$48,425,161,290	$8,075,259,600
1986	$47,264,516,129	$10,092,200,000
1987	$56,774,193,548	$12,093,333,333
1988	$62,684,516,129	$14,372,555,556
1989	$65,831,935,484	$21,408,111,111
1990	$180,408,064,516	$33,641,222,222
1991	$407,796,350	$44,171,194,366
1992	$553,671,958	$7,031,933,492
1993	$1,031,944,881	$8,881,005,436
1994	$3,991,349,283	$12,793,794,737
1995	$12,894,029,888	$13,830,363,900
1996	$10,433,698,621	$9,018,300,725
1997	$20,764,857,056	$11,681,175,864
1998	$20,617,405,044	$11,250,221,537
1999	$36,881,601,584	$10,682,028,340
2000	$48,364,250,944	$12,257,299,147
2001	$36,176,430,129	$15,716,361,792
2002	$32,928,454,672	$18,137,128,388
2003	$21,921,569,479	$21,355,298,460
2004	$36,633,669,269	$26,646,007,251
2005	$50,065,104,668	$35,182,711,988
2006	$65,147,051,918	$45,263,831,634
2007	$88,837,057,320	$59,440,139,775
2008	$131,614,434,154	$64,833,083,257
2009	$111,657,580,326	$51,621,044,077
2010	$138,516,722,650	$58,962,978,034
2011	$185,749,664,444	$55,018,567,211
2012	$218,002,476,129	$37,632,919,967
2013	$234,637,675,129	$43,024,018,082
2014	$228,415,656,175	$49,516,748,618
2015	$166,774,104,959	$51,726,758,677
2016	$166,743,557,748	$42,630,376,000
2017	$187,217,660,051	$41,283,617,976
2018	$227,367,469,034	$32,333,780,383
2019	$233,636,097,800	$32,338,079,165
2020	$180,898,797,517	$27,034,593,750
2021	$209,691,945,713	$34,229,513,775
2022	$287,372,232,138	$51,666,875,363
2023	$268,881,051,644	$39,898,289,821
2024	$279,641,257,615	$49,909,807,030

Iraq and Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Sudan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Sudan
1960	$218.9	$134.7
1961	$232.4	$141.6
1962	$240.7	$148.9
1963	$235.5	$146.6
1964	$269.4	$145.7
1965	$284.8	$146.8
1966	$298.2	$145.6
1967	$290.6	$152.4
1968	$319	$153.7
1969	$320	$163.5
1970	$337	$179.6
1971	$384	$189
1972	$394	$198.2
1973	$476	$235.8
1974	$1,031	$291.5
1975	$1,166	$343
1976	$1,489	$413
1977	$1,609	$497
1978	$1,863	$518
1979	$2,871	$515
1980	$3,868	$525
1981	$2,700	$605
1982	$2,942	$472
1983	$2,743	$431
1984	$3,066	$534
1985	$3,088	$406
1986	$2,940	$497
1987	$3,436	$584
1988	$3,707	$680
1989	$3,791	$992
1990	$10,261	$1,528
1991	$23	$1,966
1992	$30.3	$307
1993	$53.7	$379
1994	$198.2	$532
1995	$619	$561
1996	$485	$357
1997	$936	$453
1998	$901	$425
1999	$1,560	$394
2000	$1,980	$441
2001	$1,436	$551
2002	$1,266	$621
2003	$818	$714
2004	$1,328	$872
2005	$1,762	$1,125
2006	$2,277	$1,415
2007	$3,129	$1,814
2008	$4,543	$1,928
2009	$3,715	$1,493
2010	$4,462	$1,665
2011	$5,776	$1,522
2012	$6,478	$1,019
2013	$6,650	$1,139
2014	$6,249	$1,275
2015	$4,440	$1,292
2016	$4,334	$1,033
2017	$4,759	$967
2018	$5,647	$731
2019	$5,672	$710
2020	$4,295	$578
2021	$4,868	$712
2022	$6,521	$1,046
2023	$5,965	$797
2024	$6,074	$989

Iraq vs. Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Sudan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Sudan
1950	37.4	45.8
1951	39	46.2
1952	40.5	46.5
1953	42.1	46.9
1954	43.5	47.3
1955	45	47.7
1956	46.4	48.1
1957	47.7	48.5
1958	49	48.9
1959	49.7	49.2
1960	51.5	49.6
1961	52.3	50
1962	53.5	50.4
1963	54.4	50.8
1964	55.2	50.9
1965	56.4	51
1966	57.3	51.3
1967	58.4	51.5
1968	59	51.8
1969	59.6	52
1970	60.5	52.3
1971	61.3	52.5
1972	61.8	52.8
1973	62.3	53
1974	61	53.2
1975	61.4	53.3
1976	63.6	53.3
1977	63.9	53.5
1978	64.2	53.3
1979	64.4	53.4
1980	60.9	54.1
1981	58.7	54.4
1982	59	54.4
1983	59.3	49.6
1984	59.5	49.8
1985	59.8	50
1986	60	54.6
1987	60.3	54.7
1988	56.7	55
1989	57.5	54.9
1990	57.6	55.5
1991	61.3	55.6
1992	65.3	56
1993	65.3	56.1
1994	65	57
1995	64.8	57.4
1996	64.6	57.6
1997	64.2	58.1
1998	64.4	58.3
1999	64.5	58.6
2000	64.9	58.9
2001	65.3	59.3
2002	65.7	59.3
2003	64.8	58.3
2004	64.6	56.8
2005	64.9	57.2
2006	64	60.4
2007	64.4	61.4
2008	66.5	61.3
2009	67.8	62.7
2010	68.1	63
2011	68.4	63.2
2012	68.8	63.4
2013	69	63.4
2014	69.7	64
2015	70	64.4
2016	68.7	64.7
2017	69.8	65.1
2018	71.1	65.5
2019	71.2	65.8
2020	69.7	65.1
2021	70.7	64.5
2022	72	65.7
2023	72.3	66.3
2024	72.4	66.5
2025	72.5	66.7

Iraq and Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Sudan

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Sudan
1960	7,022,052	8,364,489
1961	7,194,553	8,634,941
1962	7,413,875	8,919,028
1963	7,667,928	9,218,077
1964	7,929,566	9,531,109
1965	8,202,140	9,858,030
1966	8,485,104	10,197,578
1967	8,778,869	10,550,597
1968	9,085,016	10,917,999
1969	9,403,356	11,298,936
1970	9,735,611	11,695,771
1971	10,077,809	12,105,539
1972	10,430,164	12,527,856
1973	10,795,869	13,049,315
1974	11,167,761	13,580,723
1975	11,543,639	14,064,798
1976	11,927,651	14,569,716
1977	12,331,046	15,086,614
1978	12,753,355	15,695,003
1979	13,170,365	16,355,352
1980	13,591,992	17,058,905
1981	14,006,381	17,780,572
1982	14,406,083	18,486,645
1983	14,840,555	19,109,770
1984	15,310,733	19,546,528
1985	15,683,430	19,905,872
1986	16,074,145	20,288,238
1987	16,521,049	20,704,904
1988	16,908,819	21,138,431
1989	17,364,542	21,578,022
1990	17,581,206	22,021,481
1991	17,767,253	22,470,676
1992	18,300,845	22,927,355
1993	19,201,195	23,445,592
1994	20,139,807	24,043,948
1995	20,825,860	24,672,143
1996	21,501,321	25,231,528
1997	22,176,593	25,799,821
1998	22,884,399	26,458,999
1999	23,636,527	27,130,613
2000	24,424,056	27,816,745
2001	25,197,840	28,516,770
2002	26,006,559	29,228,727
2003	26,802,659	29,896,035
2004	27,577,878	30,556,637
2005	28,407,448	31,262,444
2006	28,616,515	31,992,435
2007	28,391,607	32,764,135
2008	28,971,036	33,623,980
2009	30,058,206	34,569,113
2010	31,045,366	35,414,399
2011	32,161,424	36,140,806
2012	33,654,842	36,923,178
2013	35,281,989	37,785,849
2014	36,550,059	38,823,318
2015	37,560,535	40,024,431
2016	38,469,627	41,259,892
2017	39,337,353	42,714,306
2018	40,265,624	44,230,596
2019	41,192,171	45,548,175
2020	42,116,605	46,789,231
2021	43,071,211	48,066,924
2022	44,070,551	49,383,346
2023	45,074,049	50,042,791
2024	46,042,015	50,448,963

Fertility rates in Iraq and Sudan

Fertility rate

Iraq

Sudan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Sudan
1960	5.3	6.66
1961	5.8	6.66
1962	6.99	6.7
1963	7.01	6.76
1964	7.01	6.8
1965	7.02	6.84
1966	7.02	6.88
1967	7.03	6.91
1968	7.06	6.95
1969	7.08	6.97
1970	7.07	6.99
1971	7.06	7.02
1972	7.02	6.98
1973	6.99	6.94
1974	6.95	6.91
1975	6.91	6.87
1976	6.86	6.82
1977	6.8	6.78
1978	6.73	6.72
1979	6.66	6.65
1980	6.59	6.59
1981	6.53	6.53
1982	6.46	6.47
1983	6.39	6.41
1984	6.32	6.34
1985	6.25	6.28
1986	6.18	6.23
1987	6.11	6.18
1988	6.05	6.13
1989	5.99	6.11
1990	5.93	6.07
1991	5.83	6.05
1992	5.72	6.02
1993	5.61	5.97
1994	5.49	5.91
1995	5.36	5.86
1996	5.25	5.79
1997	5.19	5.72
1998	5.11	5.65
1999	5.04	5.62
2000	4.92	5.6
2001	4.8	5.56
2002	4.67	5.53
2003	4.58	5.49
2004	4.53	5.46
2005	4.45	5.4
2006	4.46	5.33
2007	4.4	5.27
2008	4.37	5.21
2009	4.38	5.17
2010	4.46	5.14
2011	4.59	5.09
2012	4.54	5.03
2013	4.44	4.97
2014	4.31	4.91
2015	4.08	4.9
2016	3.84	4.83
2017	3.64	4.76
2018	3.55	4.68
2019	3.48	4.62
2020	3.42	4.54
2021	3.36	4.46
2022	3.29	4.38
2023	3.25	4.32

Iraq and Sudan demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Sudan

Table

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

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