Iraq vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 57th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Iraq and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Iraq and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$3,865,346,535	$939,893,600
1972	$4,113,848,002	$1,415,086,929
1973	$5,134,367,778	$4,231,243,616
1974	$11,516,762,614	$11,651,505,689
1975	$13,458,516,763	$14,720,728,249
1976	$17,754,825,601	$19,213,158,779
1977	$19,838,130,715	$24,871,775,165
1978	$23,762,275,652	$23,775,764,225
1979	$37,816,457,839	$31,225,659,621
1980	$52,569,000,000	$43,599,160,050
1981	$37,823,000,000	$49,333,424,135
1982	$42,382,333,333	$46,622,718,605
1983	$40,712,903,226	$42,803,323,345
1984	$46,938,387,097	$41,807,954,236
1985	$48,425,161,290	$40,603,650,232
1986	$47,264,516,129	$33,943,612,095
1987	$56,774,193,548	$36,384,908,744
1988	$62,684,516,129	$36,275,674,203
1989	$65,831,935,484	$41,464,995,914
1990	$180,408,064,516	$50,701,443,748
1991	$407,796,350	$51,552,165,622
1992	$553,671,958	$54,239,171,888
1993	$1,031,944,881	$55,625,170,253
1994	$3,991,349,283	$59,305,093,980
1995	$12,894,029,888	$65,743,666,576
1996	$10,433,698,621	$73,571,233,996
1997	$20,764,857,056	$78,839,008,445
1998	$20,617,405,044	$75,674,336,283
1999	$36,881,601,584	$84,445,473,111
2000	$48,364,250,944	$104,337,372,362
2001	$36,176,430,129	$103,311,640,572
2002	$32,928,454,672	$109,816,201,498
2003	$21,921,569,479	$124,346,358,067
2004	$36,633,669,269	$147,824,370,320
2005	$50,065,104,668	$180,617,467,965
2006	$65,147,051,918	$222,116,541,865
2007	$88,837,057,320	$257,916,133,424
2008	$131,614,434,154	$315,474,615,739
2009	$111,657,580,326	$253,547,358,747
2010	$138,516,722,650	$300,189,052,689
2011	$185,749,664,444	$360,832,739,551
2012	$218,002,476,129	$384,610,125,391
2013	$234,637,675,129	$400,218,529,748
2014	$228,415,656,175	$414,105,366,753
2015	$166,774,104,959	$370,275,469,571
2016	$166,743,557,748	$369,255,326,236
2017	$187,217,660,051	$390,516,804,030
2018	$227,367,469,034	$427,049,432,158
2019	$233,636,097,800	$417,989,721,743
2020	$180,898,797,517	$349,473,015,330
2021	$209,691,945,713	$415,178,792,757
2022	$287,372,232,138	$502,731,935,194
2023	$268,881,051,644	$514,130,432,648
2024	$279,641,257,615	$537,078,829,135

Iraq and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	UAE
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	$2,394
1971	$384	$2,805
1972	$394	$3,675
1973	$476	$9,696
1974	$1,031	$23,823
1975	$1,166	$27,117
1976	$1,489	$31,197
1977	$1,609	$35,020
1978	$1,863	$29,379
1979	$2,871	$34,238
1980	$3,868	$42,925
1981	$2,700	$44,854
1982	$2,942	$39,972
1983	$2,743	$34,650
1984	$3,066	$32,012
1985	$3,088	$29,468
1986	$2,940	$23,132
1987	$3,436	$23,113
1988	$3,707	$21,570
1989	$3,791	$23,167
1990	$10,261	$26,710
1991	$23	$25,691
1992	$30.3	$25,648
1993	$53.7	$25,033
1994	$198.2	$25,473
1995	$619	$27,003
1996	$485	$28,323
1997	$936	$27,983
1998	$901	$24,889
1999	$1,560	$25,856
2000	$1,980	$29,866
2001	$1,436	$27,745
2002	$1,266	$27,754
2003	$818	$29,660
2004	$1,328	$33,377
2005	$1,762	$38,719
2006	$2,277	$44,343
2007	$3,129	$45,855
2008	$4,543	$50,054
2009	$3,715	$37,803
2010	$4,462	$43,697
2011	$5,776	$50,789
2012	$6,478	$52,034
2013	$6,650	$52,024
2014	$6,249	$51,381
2015	$4,440	$43,535
2016	$4,334	$41,326
2017	$4,759	$42,341
2018	$5,647	$45,690
2019	$5,672	$44,251
2020	$4,295	$37,174
2021	$4,868	$43,360
2022	$6,521	$49,899
2023	$5,965	$49,041
2024	$6,074	$49,378

Iraq vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	UAE
1950	37.4	42.1
1951	39	42.9
1952	40.5	43.6
1953	42.1	44.4
1954	43.5	45.2
1955	45	46
1956	46.4	46.9
1957	47.7	47.8
1958	49	48.8
1959	49.7	49.7
1960	51.5	50.7
1961	52.3	51.6
1962	53.5	52.5
1963	54.4	53.5
1964	55.2	54.5
1965	56.4	55.5
1966	57.3	56.6
1967	58.4	57.6
1968	59	58.7
1969	59.6	59.8
1970	60.5	60.8
1971	61.3	61.8
1972	61.8	62.7
1973	62.3	63.5
1974	61	64.4
1975	61.4	65.1
1976	63.6	65.8
1977	63.9	66.5
1978	64.2	67.1
1979	64.4	67.6
1980	60.9	68.2
1981	58.7	68.6
1982	59	69.1
1983	59.3	69.4
1984	59.5	69.8
1985	59.8	70.1
1986	60	70.4
1987	60.3	70.6
1988	56.7	70.8
1989	57.5	71
1990	57.6	71.1
1991	61.3	71.1
1992	65.3	71.2
1993	65.3	71.2
1994	65	71.2
1995	64.8	71.4
1996	64.6	71.8
1997	64.2	72.6
1998	64.4	73.7
1999	64.5	75
2000	64.9	76.3
2001	65.3	77.6
2002	65.7	78.7
2003	64.8	79.6
2004	64.6	80.3
2005	64.9	80.8
2006	64	81.2
2007	64.4	81.4
2008	66.5	81.6
2009	67.8	81.7
2010	68.1	81.9
2011	68.4	81.9
2012	68.8	81.9
2013	69	82
2014	69.7	82
2015	70	82.1
2016	68.7	82.2
2017	69.8	82.4
2018	71.1	82.4
2019	71.2	82.6
2020	69.7	81.9
2021	70.7	79.1
2022	72	80.5
2023	72.3	82.9
2024	72.4	83.1
2025	72.5	83.2

Iraq and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	UAE
1960	7,022,052	131,334
1961	7,194,553	137,989
1962	7,413,875	144,946
1963	7,667,928	152,211
1964	7,929,566	159,692
1965	8,202,140	167,103
1966	8,485,104	173,976
1967	8,778,869	179,700
1968	9,085,016	199,416
1969	9,403,356	239,660
1970	9,735,611	286,536
1971	10,077,809	335,027
1972	10,430,164	385,014
1973	10,795,869	436,399
1974	11,167,761	489,087
1975	11,543,639	542,856
1976	11,927,651	615,866
1977	12,331,046	710,209
1978	12,753,355	809,274
1979	13,170,365	912,010
1980	13,591,992	1,015,700
1981	14,006,381	1,099,855
1982	14,406,083	1,166,370
1983	14,840,555	1,235,305
1984	15,310,733	1,305,996
1985	15,683,430	1,377,911
1986	16,074,145	1,467,383
1987	16,521,049	1,574,244
1988	16,908,819	1,681,788
1989	17,364,542	1,789,851
1990	17,581,206	1,898,220
1991	17,767,253	2,006,626
1992	18,300,845	2,114,730
1993	19,201,195	2,222,093
1994	20,139,807	2,328,188
1995	20,825,860	2,434,662
1996	21,501,321	2,597,564
1997	22,176,593	2,817,410
1998	22,884,399	3,040,421
1999	23,636,527	3,266,009
2000	24,424,056	3,493,575
2001	25,197,840	3,723,590
2002	26,006,559	3,956,826
2003	26,802,659	4,192,457
2004	27,577,878	4,428,967
2005	28,407,448	4,664,790
2006	28,616,515	5,009,100
2007	28,391,607	5,624,635
2008	28,971,036	6,302,664
2009	30,058,206	6,707,058
2010	31,045,366	6,869,838
2011	32,161,424	7,104,538
2012	33,654,842	7,391,448
2013	35,281,989	7,693,031
2014	36,550,059	8,059,440
2015	37,560,535	8,505,237
2016	38,469,627	8,935,095
2017	39,337,353	9,223,225
2018	40,265,624	9,346,701
2019	41,192,171	9,445,785
2020	42,116,605	9,401,038
2021	43,071,211	9,575,152
2022	44,070,551	10,074,977
2023	45,074,049	10,483,751
2024	46,042,015	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Iraq and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	UAE
1960	5.3	6.5
1961	5.8	6.49
1962	6.99	6.49
1963	7.01	6.5
1964	7.01	6.49
1965	7.02	6.5
1966	7.02	6.5
1967	7.03	6.51
1968	7.06	6.53
1969	7.08	6.52
1970	7.07	6.52
1971	7.06	6.52
1972	7.02	6.5
1973	6.99	6.46
1974	6.95	6.41
1975	6.91	6.35
1976	6.86	6.29
1977	6.8	6.22
1978	6.73	6.15
1979	6.66	6.06
1980	6.59	5.95
1981	6.53	5.81
1982	6.46	5.66
1983	6.39	5.48
1984	6.32	5.3
1985	6.25	5.13
1986	6.18	5
1987	6.11	4.88
1988	6.05	4.77
1989	5.99	4.65
1990	5.93	4.51
1991	5.83	4.25
1992	5.72	4.09
1993	5.61	3.82
1994	5.49	3.76
1995	5.36	3.28
1996	5.25	3.06
1997	5.19	2.83
1998	5.11	2.77
1999	5.04	2.79
2000	4.92	2.73
2001	4.8	2.62
2002	4.67	2.54
2003	4.58	2.49
2004	4.53	2.38
2005	4.45	2.23
2006	4.46	1.96
2007	4.4	1.79
2008	4.37	1.52
2009	4.38	1.58
2010	4.46	1.57
2011	4.59	1.54
2012	4.54	1.53
2013	4.44	1.53
2014	4.31	1.48
2015	4.08	1.42
2016	3.84	1.37
2017	3.64	1.35
2018	3.55	1.29
2019	3.48	1.25
2020	3.42	1.29
2021	3.36	1.16
2022	3.29	1.15
2023	3.25	1.2

Iraq and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	UAE
1960	20.4	19.6
1961	20.4	20.1
1962	20.1	20.6
1963	19.8	21
1964	19.5	21.5
1965	19.3	22
1966	19	22.6
1967	18.7	23.3
1968	18.5	23.5
1969	18.3	23.1
1970	18.1	23
1971	17.9	23.2
1972	17.7	23.6
1973	17.5	24.1
1974	17.2	24.7
1975	17	25.4
1976	16.7	25.6
1977	16.6	25.4
1978	16.6	25.5
1979	16.5	25.8
1980	16.5	26.2
1981	16.5	26.4
1982	16.5	26.4
1983	16.6	26.4
1984	16.6	26.4
1985	16.7	26.6
1986	16.8	26.5
1987	16.9	26.1
1988	16.9	25.9
1989	17	25.8
1990	17.1	25.8
1991	17.2	26
1992	17.3	26.4
1993	17.3	26.8
1994	17.4	27.4
1995	17.5	28
1996	17.6	28.1
1997	17.7	27.9
1998	17.8	27.9
1999	17.9	28
2000	17.9	28.2
2001	18	28.6
2002	18.1	29.1
2003	18.2	29.6
2004	18.3	30.3
2005	18.5	30.9
2006	18.6	31.4
2007	18.7	31.6
2008	18.8	31.6
2009	18.9	31.6
2010	19	31.7
2011	19.1	31.7
2012	19.2	31.7
2013	19.3	31.7
2014	19.4	31.8
2015	19.5	31.8
2016	19.7	31.8
2017	19.9	31.8
2018	20.1	31.8
2019	20.4	31.8
2020	20.6	31.8
2021	20.9	31.9
2022	21.1	31.9
2023	21.4	32.2
2024	21.6	32.6

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