Iraq vs United States statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 57th vs. 3rd).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

Iraq and United States: Comparison Charts

Iraq and United States economies compared

GDP

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	United States
1960	$1,537,252,193	$542,390,475,099
1961	$1,671,960,965	$562,640,778,342
1962	$1,784,174,541	$604,729,643,906
1963	$1,805,901,510	$638,380,883,119
1964	$2,136,408,198	$685,631,590,687
1965	$2,335,785,506	$743,503,780,837
1966	$2,530,306,096	$814,082,043,611
1967	$2,551,522,656	$860,737,154,024
1968	$2,896,598,841	$941,639,100,804
1969	$3,007,758,797	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$3,281,318,687	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$3,865,346,535	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$4,113,848,002	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$5,134,367,778	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$11,516,762,614	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$13,458,516,763	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$17,754,825,601	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$19,838,130,715	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$23,762,275,652	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$37,816,457,839	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$52,569,000,000	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$37,823,000,000	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$42,382,333,333	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$40,712,903,226	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$46,938,387,097	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$48,425,161,290	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$47,264,516,129	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$56,774,193,548	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$62,684,516,129	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$65,831,935,484	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$180,408,064,516	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$407,796,350	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$553,671,958	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$1,031,944,881	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$3,991,349,283	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$12,894,029,888	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$10,433,698,621	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$20,764,857,056	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$20,617,405,044	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$36,881,601,584	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$48,364,250,944	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$36,176,430,129	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$32,928,454,672	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$21,921,569,479	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$36,633,669,269	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$50,065,104,668	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$65,147,051,918	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$88,837,057,320	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$131,614,434,154	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$111,657,580,326	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$138,516,722,650	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$185,749,664,444	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$218,002,476,129	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$234,637,675,129	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$228,415,656,175	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$166,774,104,959	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$166,743,557,748	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$187,217,660,051	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$227,367,469,034	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$233,636,097,800	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$180,898,797,517	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$209,691,945,713	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$287,372,232,138	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$268,881,051,644	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$279,641,257,615	$29,184,890,000,000

Iraq and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	United States
1960	$218.9	$3,002
1961	$232.4	$3,063
1962	$240.7	$3,242
1963	$235.5	$3,373
1964	$269.4	$3,573
1965	$284.8	$3,827
1966	$298.2	$4,142
1967	$290.6	$4,332
1968	$319	$4,692
1969	$320	$5,025
1970	$337	$5,234
1971	$384	$5,609
1972	$394	$6,094
1973	$476	$6,726
1974	$1,031	$7,226
1975	$1,166	$7,801
1976	$1,489	$8,592
1977	$1,609	$9,453
1978	$1,863	$10,565
1979	$2,871	$11,674
1980	$3,868	$12,613
1981	$2,700	$13,976
1982	$2,942	$14,434
1983	$2,743	$15,544
1984	$3,066	$17,121
1985	$3,088	$18,237
1986	$2,940	$19,071
1987	$3,436	$20,039
1988	$3,707	$21,417
1989	$3,791	$22,857
1990	$10,261	$23,840
1991	$23	$24,293
1992	$30.3	$25,381
1993	$53.7	$26,353
1994	$198.2	$27,662
1995	$619	$28,661
1996	$485	$29,937
1997	$936	$31,430
1998	$901	$32,823
1999	$1,560	$34,484
2000	$1,980	$36,330
2001	$1,436	$37,134
2002	$1,266	$37,998
2003	$818	$39,490
2004	$1,328	$41,725
2005	$1,762	$44,123
2006	$2,277	$46,302
2007	$3,129	$48,050
2008	$4,543	$48,570
2009	$3,715	$47,195
2010	$4,462	$48,651
2011	$5,776	$50,066
2012	$6,478	$51,784
2013	$6,650	$53,410
2014	$6,249	$55,304
2015	$4,440	$57,040
2016	$4,334	$58,207
2017	$4,759	$60,322
2018	$5,647	$63,201
2019	$5,672	$65,605
2020	$4,295	$64,411
2021	$4,868	$71,352
2022	$6,521	$78,035
2023	$5,965	$82,769
2024	$6,074	$85,810

Iraq vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	United States
1950	37.4	68.1
1951	39	68.2
1952	40.5	68.4
1953	42.1	68.7
1954	43.5	69.5
1955	45	69.6
1956	46.4	69.6
1957	47.7	69.4
1958	49	69.7
1959	49.7	69.9
1960	51.5	69.8
1961	52.3	70.3
1962	53.5	70.1
1963	54.4	69.9
1964	55.2	70.2
1965	56.4	70.2
1966	57.3	70.2
1967	58.4	70.5
1968	59	70.2
1969	59.6	70.5
1970	60.5	70.7
1971	61.3	71.1
1972	61.8	71.2
1973	62.3	71.4
1974	61	72
1975	61.4	72.5
1976	63.6	72.8
1977	63.9	73.2
1978	64.2	73.4
1979	64.4	73.8
1980	60.9	73.7
1981	58.7	74.1
1982	59	74.5
1983	59.3	74.6
1984	59.5	74.7
1985	59.8	74.7
1986	60	74.7
1987	60.3	74.9
1988	56.7	74.8
1989	57.5	75.1
1990	57.6	75.4
1991	61.3	75.5
1992	65.3	75.8
1993	65.3	75.6
1994	65	75.7
1995	64.8	75.9
1996	64.6	76.2
1997	64.2	76.5
1998	64.4	76.7
1999	64.5	76.7
2000	64.9	76.8
2001	65.3	76.9
2002	65.7	77
2003	64.8	77.1
2004	64.6	77.5
2005	64.9	77.5
2006	64	77.8
2007	64.4	78
2008	66.5	78.1
2009	67.8	78.5
2010	68.1	78.7
2011	68.4	78.7
2012	68.8	78.8
2013	69	78.8
2014	69.7	78.9
2015	70	78.7
2016	68.7	78.7
2017	69.8	78.6
2018	71.1	78.8
2019	71.2	78.9
2020	69.7	77
2021	70.7	76.4
2022	72	78
2023	72.3	79.3
2024	72.4	79.5
2025	72.5	79.6

Iraq and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	7,022,052	180,671,158
1961	7,194,553	183,691,481
1962	7,413,875	186,537,737
1963	7,667,928	189,241,798
1964	7,929,566	191,888,791
1965	8,202,140	194,302,963
1966	8,485,104	196,560,338
1967	8,778,869	198,712,056
1968	9,085,016	200,706,052
1969	9,403,356	202,676,946
1970	9,735,611	205,052,174
1971	10,077,809	207,660,677
1972	10,430,164	209,896,021
1973	10,795,869	211,908,788
1974	11,167,761	213,853,928
1975	11,543,639	215,973,199
1976	11,927,651	218,035,164
1977	12,331,046	220,239,425
1978	12,753,355	222,584,545
1979	13,170,365	225,055,487
1980	13,591,992	226,542,250
1981	14,006,381	229,465,744
1982	14,406,083	231,664,432
1983	14,840,555	233,792,014
1984	15,310,733	235,824,908
1985	15,683,430	237,923,734
1986	16,074,145	240,132,831
1987	16,521,049	242,288,936
1988	16,908,819	244,499,004
1989	17,364,542	246,819,222
1990	17,581,206	250,131,894
1991	17,767,253	253,492,503
1992	18,300,845	256,894,189
1993	19,201,195	260,255,352
1994	20,139,807	263,435,673
1995	20,825,860	266,557,091
1996	21,501,321	269,667,391
1997	22,176,593	272,911,760
1998	22,884,399	276,115,288
1999	23,636,527	279,294,713
2000	24,424,056	282,162,411
2001	25,197,840	284,968,955
2002	26,006,559	287,625,193
2003	26,802,659	290,107,933
2004	27,577,878	292,805,298
2005	28,407,448	295,516,599
2006	28,616,515	298,379,912
2007	28,391,607	301,231,207
2008	28,971,036	304,093,966
2009	30,058,206	306,771,529
2010	31,045,366	309,327,143
2011	32,161,424	311,583,481
2012	33,654,842	313,877,662
2013	35,281,989	316,059,947
2014	36,550,059	318,386,329
2015	37,560,535	320,738,994
2016	38,469,627	323,071,755
2017	39,337,353	325,122,128
2018	40,265,624	326,838,199
2019	41,192,171	328,329,953
2020	42,116,605	331,526,933
2021	43,071,211	331,893,745
2022	44,070,551	333,271,411
2023	45,074,049	334,914,895
2024	46,042,015	340,110,988

Fertility rates in Iraq and United States

Fertility rate

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	United States
1960	5.3	3.65
1961	5.8	3.62
1962	6.99	3.46
1963	7.01	3.32
1964	7.01	3.19
1965	7.02	2.91
1966	7.02	2.72
1967	7.03	2.56
1968	7.06	2.46
1969	7.08	2.46
1970	7.07	2.48
1971	7.06	2.27
1972	7.02	2.01
1973	6.99	1.88
1974	6.95	1.84
1975	6.91	1.77
1976	6.86	1.74
1977	6.8	1.79
1978	6.73	1.76
1979	6.66	1.81
1980	6.59	1.84
1981	6.53	1.81
1982	6.46	1.83
1983	6.39	1.8
1984	6.32	1.81
1985	6.25	1.84
1986	6.18	1.84
1987	6.11	1.87
1988	6.05	1.93
1989	5.99	2.01
1990	5.93	2.08
1991	5.83	2.06
1992	5.72	2.05
1993	5.61	2.02
1994	5.49	2
1995	5.36	1.98
1996	5.25	1.98
1997	5.19	1.97
1998	5.11	2
1999	5.04	2.01
2000	4.92	2.06
2001	4.8	2.03
2002	4.67	2.02
2003	4.58	2.05
2004	4.53	2.05
2005	4.45	2.06
2006	4.46	2.11
2007	4.4	2.12
2008	4.37	2.07
2009	4.38	2
2010	4.46	1.93
2011	4.59	1.89
2012	4.54	1.88
2013	4.44	1.86
2014	4.31	1.86
2015	4.08	1.84
2016	3.84	1.82
2017	3.64	1.77
2018	3.55	1.73
2019	3.48	1.71
2020	3.42	1.64
2021	3.36	1.66
2022	3.29	1.66
2023	3.25	1.62

Iraq and United States demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	United States
1960	20.4	29.2
1961	20.4	29
1962	20.1	28.7
1963	19.8	28.5
1964	19.5	28.2
1965	19.3	28.1
1966	19	27.9
1967	18.7	27.9
1968	18.5	27.9
1969	18.3	27.9
1970	18.1	27.8
1971	17.9	27.9
1972	17.7	28
1973	17.5	28.3
1974	17.2	28.5
1975	17	28.7
1976	16.7	28.9
1977	16.6	29.2
1978	16.6	29.6
1979	16.5	29.9
1980	16.5	30.1
1981	16.5	30.4
1982	16.5	30.7
1983	16.6	30.9
1984	16.6	31.2
1985	16.7	31.5
1986	16.8	31.8
1987	16.9	32.1
1988	16.9	32.4
1989	17	32.7
1990	17.1	32.9
1991	17.2	33.2
1992	17.3	33.4
1993	17.3	33.6
1994	17.4	33.8
1995	17.5	34.1
1996	17.6	34.4
1997	17.7	34.6
1998	17.8	34.9
1999	17.9	35.1
2000	17.9	35.3
2001	18	35.5
2002	18.1	35.6
2003	18.2	35.8
2004	18.3	36
2005	18.5	36.2
2006	18.6	36.4
2007	18.7	36.5
2008	18.8	36.6
2009	18.9	36.7
2010	19	36.9
2011	19.1	37
2012	19.2	37.1
2013	19.3	37.2
2014	19.4	37.3
2015	19.5	37.5
2016	19.7	37.6
2017	19.9	37.7
2018	20.1	37.9
2019	20.4	38
2020	20.6	38.2
2021	20.9	38.5
2022	21.1	38.7
2023	21.4	39
2024	21.6	39.3

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