Iraq vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Iraq has a population of 46M (ranked 34/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Iraq's land area is 167,619 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 57th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Iraq and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Iraq and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	$1,537,252,193	$1,052,990,485
1961	$1,671,960,965	$1,096,646,688
1962	$1,784,174,541	$1,117,601,690
1963	$1,805,901,510	$1,159,511,793
1964	$2,136,408,198	$1,217,138,098
1965	$2,335,785,506	$1,311,435,906
1966	$2,530,306,096	$1,281,749,603
1967	$2,551,522,656	$1,397,002,112
1968	$2,896,598,841	$1,479,600,019
1969	$3,007,758,797	$1,747,998,941
1970	$3,281,318,687	$1,884,206,452
1971	$3,865,346,535	$2,178,716,475
1972	$4,113,848,002	$2,677,729,616
1973	$5,134,367,778	$3,309,353,866
1974	$11,516,762,614	$3,982,161,721
1975	$13,458,516,763	$4,371,301,052
1976	$17,754,825,601	$4,318,372,348
1977	$19,838,130,715	$4,364,382,451
1978	$23,762,275,652	$4,351,600,850
1979	$37,816,457,839	$5,177,459,817
1980	$52,569,000,000	$6,678,868,738
1981	$37,823,000,000	$8,011,374,445
1982	$42,382,333,333	$8,539,701,388
1983	$40,712,903,226	$7,764,067,625
1984	$46,938,387,097	$6,352,126,411
1985	$48,425,161,290	$5,637,259,754
1986	$47,264,516,129	$6,217,524,201
1987	$56,774,193,548	$6,741,215,643
1988	$62,684,516,129	$7,814,784,729
1989	$65,831,935,484	$8,286,323,367
1990	$180,408,064,516	$8,783,817,407
1991	$407,796,350	$8,641,482,396
1992	$553,671,958	$6,751,472,744
1993	$1,031,944,881	$6,563,813,829
1994	$3,991,349,283	$6,890,675,555
1995	$12,894,029,888	$7,111,271,273
1996	$10,433,698,621	$8,553,147,289
1997	$20,764,857,056	$8,529,572,287
1998	$20,617,405,044	$6,401,968,715
1999	$36,881,601,584	$6,858,013,652
2000	$48,364,250,944	$6,689,958,139
2001	$36,176,430,129	$6,777,385,246
2002	$32,928,454,672	$6,342,116,911
2003	$21,921,569,479	$5,727,592,261
2004	$36,633,669,269	$5,805,598,867
2005	$50,065,104,668	$5,755,215,663
2006	$65,147,051,918	$5,443,896,938
2007	$88,837,057,320	$5,291,950,526
2008	$131,614,434,154	$4,415,703,156
2009	$111,657,580,326	$9,665,815,601
2010	$138,516,722,650	$12,041,602,762
2011	$185,749,664,444	$14,101,801,031
2012	$218,002,476,129	$17,114,762,914
2013	$234,637,675,129	$19,091,004,042
2014	$228,415,656,175	$19,495,547,523
2015	$166,774,104,959	$19,963,058,858
2016	$166,743,557,748	$20,548,759,858
2017	$187,217,660,051	$51,074,726,484
2018	$227,367,469,034	$34,156,057,417
2019	$233,636,097,800	$25,715,657,177
2020	$180,898,797,517	$26,868,564,055
2021	$209,691,945,713	$27,240,507,842
2022	$287,372,232,138	$32,789,657,378
2023	$268,881,051,644	$35,231,369,343
2024	$279,641,257,615	$44,187,704,410

Iraq and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	$218.9	$276.4
1961	$232.4	$279
1962	$240.7	$275.5
1963	$235.5	$277
1964	$269.4	$281.7
1965	$284.8	$294.1
1966	$298.2	$278.6
1967	$290.6	$294.2
1968	$319	$302
1969	$320	$346
1970	$337	$361
1971	$384	$405
1972	$394	$483
1973	$476	$579
1974	$1,031	$674
1975	$1,166	$717
1976	$1,489	$687
1977	$1,609	$677
1978	$1,863	$665
1979	$2,871	$779
1980	$3,868	$949
1981	$2,700	$1,068
1982	$2,942	$1,095
1983	$2,743	$959
1984	$3,066	$757
1985	$3,088	$649
1986	$2,940	$692
1987	$3,436	$726
1988	$3,707	$815
1989	$3,791	$840
1990	$10,261	$866
1991	$23	$831
1992	$30.3	$631
1993	$53.7	$604
1994	$198.2	$634
1995	$619	$648
1996	$485	$767
1997	$936	$750
1998	$901	$552
1999	$1,560	$582
2000	$1,980	$563
2001	$1,436	$566
2002	$1,266	$525
2003	$818	$468
2004	$1,328	$469
2005	$1,762	$461
2006	$2,277	$431
2007	$3,129	$413
2008	$4,543	$341
2009	$3,715	$735
2010	$4,462	$902
2011	$5,776	$1,037
2012	$6,478	$1,239
2013	$6,650	$1,362
2014	$6,249	$1,372
2015	$4,440	$1,386
2016	$4,334	$1,407
2017	$4,759	$3,448
2018	$5,647	$2,272
2019	$5,672	$1,684
2020	$4,295	$1,730
2021	$4,868	$1,724
2022	$6,521	$2,041
2023	$5,965	$2,156
2024	$6,074	$2,656

Iraq vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1950	37.4	49.4
1951	39	49.8
1952	40.5	50.2
1953	42.1	50.6
1954	43.5	51
1955	45	51.4
1956	46.4	51.8
1957	47.7	52.2
1958	49	52.6
1959	49.7	53
1960	51.5	53.5
1961	52.3	54
1962	53.5	54.5
1963	54.4	54.9
1964	55.2	55.4
1965	56.4	55.9
1966	57.3	56.4
1967	58.4	56.8
1968	59	57.1
1969	59.6	57.5
1970	60.5	57.8
1971	61.3	58
1972	61.8	58.2
1973	62.3	58.1
1974	61	58.2
1975	61.4	58.2
1976	63.6	57.6
1977	63.9	57
1978	64.2	54.7
1979	64.4	54.9
1980	60.9	59.1
1981	58.7	59.4
1982	59	59.9
1983	59.3	60
1984	59.5	60.6
1985	59.8	60.9
1986	60	61
1987	60.3	60.7
1988	56.7	60.2
1989	57.5	59.4
1990	57.6	58.3
1991	61.3	57
1992	65.3	55.6
1993	65.3	54
1994	65	52.5
1995	64.8	51.1
1996	64.6	49
1997	64.2	48.5
1998	64.4	47.6
1999	64.5	46.4
2000	64.9	46
2001	65.3	44.5
2002	65.7	45.9
2003	64.8	45.4
2004	64.6	46
2005	64.9	46.6
2006	64	47.1
2007	64.4	47.6
2008	66.5	48.5
2009	67.8	49.7
2010	68.1	51.9
2011	68.4	53.9
2012	68.8	55.4
2013	69	56.8
2014	69.7	58.1
2015	70	59
2016	68.7	59.8
2017	69.8	60.3
2018	71.1	60.9
2019	71.2	61.1
2020	69.7	61.5
2021	70.7	60.1
2022	72	62.4
2023	72.3	62.8
2024	72.4	63.1
2025	72.5	63.3

Iraq and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	7,022,052	3,809,389
1961	7,194,553	3,930,401
1962	7,413,875	4,055,959
1963	7,667,928	4,185,877
1964	7,929,566	4,320,006
1965	8,202,140	4,458,462
1966	8,485,104	4,601,217
1967	8,778,869	4,748,307
1968	9,085,016	4,900,440
1969	9,403,356	5,058,181
1970	9,735,611	5,215,918
1971	10,077,809	5,374,712
1972	10,430,164	5,542,445
1973	10,795,869	5,720,404
1974	11,167,761	5,908,328
1975	11,543,639	6,098,658
1976	11,927,651	6,287,105
1977	12,331,046	6,449,512
1978	12,753,355	6,543,575
1979	13,170,365	6,647,556
1980	13,591,992	7,041,303
1981	14,006,381	7,498,635
1982	14,406,083	7,796,496
1983	14,840,555	8,098,404
1984	15,310,733	8,391,488
1985	15,683,430	8,686,813
1986	16,074,145	8,982,578
1987	16,521,049	9,284,644
1988	16,908,819	9,583,094
1989	17,364,542	9,864,798
1990	17,581,206	10,137,281
1991	17,767,253	10,404,816
1992	18,300,845	10,702,700
1993	19,201,195	10,860,288
1994	20,139,807	10,873,148
1995	20,825,860	10,974,599
1996	21,501,321	11,158,360
1997	22,176,593	11,369,827
1998	22,884,399	11,594,297
1999	23,636,527	11,783,458
2000	24,424,056	11,892,055
2001	25,197,840	11,971,901
2002	26,006,559	12,087,653
2003	26,802,659	12,232,323
2004	27,577,878	12,365,896
2005	28,407,448	12,483,432
2006	28,616,515	12,636,445
2007	28,391,607	12,804,058
2008	28,971,036	12,959,149
2009	30,058,206	13,142,790
2010	31,045,366	13,356,548
2011	32,161,424	13,595,424
2012	33,654,842	13,817,887
2013	35,281,989	14,013,808
2014	36,550,059	14,207,359
2015	37,560,535	14,399,013
2016	38,469,627	14,600,294
2017	39,337,353	14,812,482
2018	40,265,624	15,034,452
2019	41,192,171	15,271,368
2020	42,116,605	15,526,888
2021	43,071,211	15,797,210
2022	44,070,551	16,069,056
2023	45,074,049	16,340,822
2024	46,042,015	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Iraq and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	5.3	7.2
1961	5.8	7.21
1962	6.99	7.23
1963	7.01	7.23
1964	7.01	7.23
1965	7.02	7.23
1966	7.02	7.2
1967	7.03	7.16
1968	7.06	7.11
1969	7.08	7.04
1970	7.07	6.98
1971	7.06	6.94
1972	7.02	6.94
1973	6.99	6.94
1974	6.95	6.88
1975	6.91	6.83
1976	6.86	6.77
1977	6.8	6.71
1978	6.73	6.66
1979	6.66	6.59
1980	6.59	6.52
1981	6.53	6.45
1982	6.46	6.33
1983	6.39	6.2
1984	6.32	6.04
1985	6.25	5.87
1986	6.18	5.69
1987	6.11	5.5
1988	6.05	5.28
1989	5.99	5.07
1990	5.93	4.88
1991	5.83	4.72
1992	5.72	4.57
1993	5.61	4.39
1994	5.49	4.28
1995	5.36	4.15
1996	5.25	4.11
1997	5.19	4.08
1998	5.11	4.07
1999	5.04	4.06
2000	4.92	4.01
2001	4.8	3.98
2002	4.67	3.93
2003	4.58	3.86
2004	4.53	3.78
2005	4.45	3.69
2006	4.46	3.64
2007	4.4	3.68
2008	4.37	3.78
2009	4.38	3.95
2010	4.46	4.04
2011	4.59	4.13
2012	4.54	4.13
2013	4.44	4.11
2014	4.31	4.01
2015	4.08	3.91
2016	3.84	3.83
2017	3.64	3.77
2018	3.55	3.74
2019	3.48	3.75
2020	3.42	3.75
2021	3.36	3.77
2022	3.29	3.77
2023	3.25	3.72

Iraq and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iraq	Zimbabwe
1960	20.4	16.4
1961	20.4	16.2
1962	20.1	16
1963	19.8	15.8
1964	19.5	15.7
1965	19.3	15.7
1966	19	15.7
1967	18.7	15.7
1968	18.5	15.7
1969	18.3	15.7
1970	18.1	15.7
1971	17.9	15.8
1972	17.7	15.8
1973	17.5	15.8
1974	17.2	15.9
1975	17	15.9
1976	16.7	15.8
1977	16.6	15.8
1978	16.6	15.7
1979	16.5	15.6
1980	16.5	15.6
1981	16.5	15.7
1982	16.5	15.8
1983	16.6	15.8
1984	16.6	15.8
1985	16.7	15.9
1986	16.8	15.9
1987	16.9	15.9
1988	16.9	15.9
1989	17	16.1
1990	17.1	16.3
1991	17.2	16.5
1992	17.3	16.4
1993	17.3	16.3
1994	17.4	16.4
1995	17.5	16.6
1996	17.6	16.9
1997	17.7	17.2
1998	17.8	17.5
1999	17.9	17.7
2000	17.9	17.8
2001	18	18
2002	18.1	18.1
2003	18.2	18.2
2004	18.3	18.3
2005	18.5	18.3
2006	18.6	18.5
2007	18.7	18.5
2008	18.8	18.5
2009	18.9	18.4
2010	19	18.3
2011	19.1	18.2
2012	19.2	18.1
2013	19.3	18
2014	19.4	18
2015	19.5	18
2016	19.7	18
2017	19.9	18.1
2018	20.1	18.2
2019	20.4	18.3
2020	20.6	18.5
2021	20.9	18.6
2022	21.1	18.7
2023	21.4	18.9
2024	21.6	19

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