Iraq vs Syria statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 57th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Iraq and Syria: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Syria economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Syria
1960	$1,537,252,193	$857,704,413
1961	$1,671,960,965	$945,244,972
1962	$1,784,174,541	$1,110,565,881
1963	$1,805,901,510	$1,200,447,408
1964	$2,136,408,198	$1,339,494,267
1965	$2,335,785,506	$1,472,036,540
1966	$2,530,306,096	$1,342,287,553
1967	$2,551,522,656	$1,580,229,799
1968	$2,896,598,841	$1,753,746,430
1969	$3,007,758,797	$2,245,011,515
1970	$3,281,318,687	$2,140,384,010
1971	$3,865,346,535	$2,589,851,325
1972	$4,113,848,002	$3,059,681,698
1973	$5,134,367,778	$3,239,487,516
1974	$11,516,762,614	$5,159,557,148
1975	$13,458,516,763	$6,826,980,444
1976	$17,754,825,601	$7,633,528,867
1977	$19,838,130,715	$7,696,011,396
1978	$23,762,275,652	$9,275,200,458
1979	$37,816,457,839	$9,929,681,529
1980	$52,569,000,000	$13,062,420,382
1981	$37,823,000,000	$15,518,201,335
1982	$42,382,333,333	$16,298,929,011
1983	$40,712,903,226	$17,589,277,143
1984	$46,938,387,097	$17,503,078,174
1985	$48,425,161,290	$16,403,539,893
1986	$47,264,516,129	$13,293,205,278
1987	$56,774,193,548	$11,356,215,543
1988	$62,684,516,129	$10,577,041,645
1989	$65,831,935,484	$9,853,395,762
1990	$180,408,064,516	$12,308,624,418
1991	$407,796,350	$12,981,833,333
1992	$553,671,958	$13,253,565,861
1993	$1,031,944,881	$13,695,962,055
1994	$3,991,349,283	$10,122,020,000
1995	$12,894,029,888	$11,396,706,587
1996	$10,433,698,621	$13,789,560,878
1997	$20,764,857,056	$14,505,233,463
1998	$20,617,405,044	$15,200,846,154
1999	$36,881,601,584	$15,873,875,969
2000	$48,364,250,944	$18,937,052,543
2001	$36,176,430,129	$20,237,024,725
2002	$32,928,454,672	$20,669,357,462
2003	$21,921,569,479	$21,828,144,686
2004	$36,633,669,269	$25,086,950,495
2005	$50,065,104,668	$28,858,965,517
2006	$65,147,051,918	$33,751,788,856
2007	$88,837,057,320	$40,465,318,382
2008	$131,614,434,154	$52,557,913,569
2009	$111,657,580,326	$54,111,735,629
2010	$138,516,722,650	$61,390,830,875
2011	$185,749,664,444	$67,539,428,159
2012	$218,002,476,129	$43,190,318,033
2013	$234,637,675,129	$21,361,254,635
2014	$228,415,656,175	$21,502,061,466
2015	$166,774,104,959	$16,466,863,117
2016	$166,743,557,748	$12,597,854,877
2017	$187,217,660,051	$16,369,843,352
2018	$227,367,469,034	$21,497,782,868
2019	$233,636,097,800	$22,583,045,060
2020	$180,898,797,517	$12,047,752,036
2021	$209,691,945,713	$14,353,205,678
2022	$287,372,232,138	$23,622,827,080
2023	$268,881,051,644	$19,993,439,950
2024	$279,641,257,615	-

Iraq and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Syria
1960	$218.9	$183.5
1961	$232.4	$196.3
1962	$240.7	$223.9
1963	$235.5	$234.9
1964	$269.4	$254.2
1965	$284.8	$270.8
1966	$298.2	$239.3
1967	$290.6	$272.9
1968	$319	$293.3
1969	$320	$364
1970	$337	$335
1971	$384	$393
1972	$394	$448
1973	$476	$459
1974	$1,031	$707
1975	$1,166	$904
1976	$1,489	$976
1977	$1,609	$951
1978	$1,863	$1,108
1979	$2,871	$1,146
1980	$3,868	$1,458
1981	$2,700	$1,676
1982	$2,942	$1,703
1983	$2,743	$1,776
1984	$3,066	$1,706
1985	$3,088	$1,544
1986	$2,940	$1,208
1987	$3,436	$997
1988	$3,707	$898
1989	$3,791	$809
1990	$10,261	$978
1991	$23	$1,000
1992	$30.3	$990
1993	$53.7	$993
1994	$198.2	$712
1995	$619	$780
1996	$485	$918
1997	$936	$941
1998	$901	$961
1999	$1,560	$978
2000	$1,980	$1,138
2001	$1,436	$1,187
2002	$1,266	$1,183
2003	$818	$1,220
2004	$1,328	$1,368
2005	$1,762	$1,534
2006	$2,277	$1,719
2007	$3,129	$1,938
2008	$4,543	$2,429
2009	$3,715	$2,462
2010	$4,462	$2,731
2011	$5,776	$2,952
2012	$6,478	$1,898
2013	$6,650	$986
2014	$6,249	$1,061
2015	$4,440	$848
2016	$4,334	$656
2017	$4,759	$852
2018	$5,647	$1,098
2019	$5,672	$1,110
2020	$4,295	$572
2021	$4,868	$664
2022	$6,521	$1,052
2023	$5,965	$847
2024	$6,074	-

Iraq vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Syria
1950	37.4	42.5
1951	39	43.4
1952	40.5	44.3
1953	42.1	45.3
1954	43.5	46.4
1955	45	47.4
1956	46.4	48.5
1957	47.7	49.6
1958	49	50.7
1959	49.7	51.7
1960	51.5	52.7
1961	52.3	53.7
1962	53.5	54.6
1963	54.4	55.4
1964	55.2	56.2
1965	56.4	56.9
1966	57.3	57.6
1967	58.4	58
1968	59	59.1
1969	59.6	59.8
1970	60.5	60.6
1971	61.3	61.3
1972	61.8	62
1973	62.3	60.8
1974	61	63.4
1975	61.4	64.2
1976	63.6	64.8
1977	63.9	65.4
1978	64.2	65.9
1979	64.4	66.2
1980	60.9	66.5
1981	58.7	64.6
1982	59	60.8
1983	59.3	67.4
1984	59.5	67.7
1985	59.8	68
1986	60	68.4
1987	60.3	68.8
1988	56.7	69.2
1989	57.5	69.5
1990	57.6	69.8
1991	61.3	70.1
1992	65.3	70.2
1993	65.3	70.3
1994	65	70.3
1995	64.8	70.2
1996	64.6	70.2
1997	64.2	70.2
1998	64.4	70.2
1999	64.5	70.5
2000	64.9	70.9
2001	65.3	71.3
2002	65.7	71.7
2003	64.8	72.2
2004	64.6	72.5
2005	64.9	72.8
2006	64	73
2007	64.4	73.3
2008	66.5	73.4
2009	67.8	73.5
2010	68.1	73.5
2011	68.4	72.3
2012	68.8	66.2
2013	69	65.1
2014	69.7	65.5
2015	70	63.3
2016	68.7	65.2
2017	69.8	65.7
2018	71.1	67.4
2019	71.2	71
2020	69.7	71.9
2021	70.7	72.4
2022	72	72.8
2023	72.3	72.1
2024	72.4	72.6
2025	72.5	73

Iraq and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Syria
1960	7,022,052	4,673,500
1961	7,194,553	4,815,466
1962	7,413,875	4,959,340
1963	7,667,928	5,110,467
1964	7,929,566	5,269,087
1965	8,202,140	5,435,267
1966	8,485,104	5,609,047
1967	8,778,869	5,790,198
1968	9,085,016	5,978,742
1969	9,403,356	6,175,166
1970	9,735,611	6,380,609
1971	10,077,809	6,598,094
1972	10,430,164	6,826,024
1973	10,795,869	7,060,321
1974	11,167,761	7,302,160
1975	11,543,639	7,554,364
1976	11,927,651	7,817,320
1977	12,331,046	8,090,501
1978	12,753,355	8,372,759
1979	13,170,365	8,661,909
1980	13,591,992	8,957,663
1981	14,006,381	9,260,189
1982	14,406,083	9,572,511
1983	14,840,555	9,904,809
1984	15,310,733	10,258,398
1985	15,683,430	10,625,672
1986	16,074,145	11,002,844
1987	16,521,049	11,388,923
1988	16,908,819	11,782,264
1989	17,364,542	12,179,060
1990	17,581,206	12,579,208
1991	17,767,253	12,980,821
1992	18,300,845	13,385,571
1993	19,201,195	13,795,686
1994	20,139,807	14,208,583
1995	20,825,860	14,616,801
1996	21,501,321	15,018,104
1997	22,176,593	15,417,542
1998	22,884,399	15,820,413
1999	23,636,527	16,228,061
2000	24,424,056	16,637,888
2001	25,197,840	17,051,338
2002	26,006,559	17,468,332
2003	26,802,659	17,889,296
2004	27,577,878	18,336,875
2005	28,407,448	18,814,091
2006	28,616,515	19,637,022
2007	28,391,607	20,884,125
2008	28,971,036	21,636,564
2009	30,058,206	21,976,969
2010	31,045,366	22,482,421
2011	32,161,424	22,878,098
2012	33,654,842	22,759,763
2013	35,281,989	21,666,917
2014	36,550,059	20,273,659
2015	37,560,535	19,424,618
2016	38,469,627	19,193,834
2017	39,337,353	19,224,668
2018	40,265,624	19,577,845
2019	41,192,171	20,353,534
2020	42,116,605	21,049,429
2021	43,071,211	21,628,839
2022	44,070,551	22,462,173
2023	45,074,049	23,594,623
2024	46,042,015	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Iraq and Syria

Fertility rate

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Syria
1960	5.3	7.51
1961	5.8	7.5
1962	6.99	7.51
1963	7.01	7.51
1964	7.01	7.53
1965	7.02	7.53
1966	7.02	7.55
1967	7.03	7.56
1968	7.06	7.57
1969	7.08	7.59
1970	7.07	7.62
1971	7.06	7.6
1972	7.02	7.57
1973	6.99	7.55
1974	6.95	7.52
1975	6.91	7.49
1976	6.86	7.45
1977	6.8	7.42
1978	6.73	7.35
1979	6.66	7.25
1980	6.59	7.12
1981	6.53	6.97
1982	6.46	6.81
1983	6.39	6.69
1984	6.32	6.59
1985	6.25	6.48
1986	6.18	6.37
1987	6.11	6.2
1988	6.05	6
1989	5.99	5.78
1990	5.93	5.56
1991	5.83	5.34
1992	5.72	5.14
1993	5.61	4.99
1994	5.49	4.86
1995	5.36	4.7
1996	5.25	4.54
1997	5.19	4.37
1998	5.11	4.25
1999	5.04	4.14
2000	4.92	4.07
2001	4.8	3.98
2002	4.67	3.87
2003	4.58	3.76
2004	4.53	3.68
2005	4.45	3.61
2006	4.46	3.56
2007	4.4	3.54
2008	4.37	3.48
2009	4.38	3.42
2010	4.46	3.36
2011	4.59	3.29
2012	4.54	3.22
2013	4.44	3.17
2014	4.31	3.12
2015	4.08	3.07
2016	3.84	3.01
2017	3.64	2.97
2018	3.55	2.93
2019	3.48	2.88
2020	3.42	2.84
2021	3.36	2.8
2022	3.29	2.75
2023	3.25	2.71

Iraq and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Syria
1960	20.4	17.6
1961	20.4	17.3
1962	20.1	17.1
1963	19.8	16.9
1964	19.5	16.7
1965	19.3	16.5
1966	19	16.4
1967	18.7	16.2
1968	18.5	16.1
1969	18.3	16
1970	18.1	15.9
1971	17.9	15.8
1972	17.7	15.8
1973	17.5	15.7
1974	17.2	15.7
1975	17	15.7
1976	16.7	15.6
1977	16.6	15.6
1978	16.6	15.6
1979	16.5	15.6
1980	16.5	15.6
1981	16.5	15.6
1982	16.5	15.7
1983	16.6	15.8
1984	16.6	15.8
1985	16.7	15.9
1986	16.8	16
1987	16.9	16.1
1988	16.9	16.2
1989	17	16.4
1990	17.1	16.5
1991	17.2	16.7
1992	17.3	16.9
1993	17.3	17.1
1994	17.4	17.3
1995	17.5	17.5
1996	17.6	17.7
1997	17.7	17.9
1998	17.8	18.1
1999	17.9	18.3
2000	17.9	18.5
2001	18	18.8
2002	18.1	19
2003	18.2	19.2
2004	18.3	19.5
2005	18.5	19.7
2006	18.6	20.3
2007	18.7	21
2008	18.8	21.3
2009	18.9	21.5
2010	19	21.7
2011	19.1	21.9
2012	19.2	21.8
2013	19.3	21.2
2014	19.4	20.1
2015	19.5	19.5
2016	19.7	19.5
2017	19.9	19.6
2018	20.1	20.1
2019	20.4	20.9
2020	20.6	21.6
2021	20.9	22.2
2022	21.1	22.7
2023	21.4	23.3
2024	21.6	23.9

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