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Iraq

At a glance

  • Iraq has a population of about 47M; its total GDP of $254.4B ranks #52 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 437,553 km² is about 2.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Renewable energy consumption stands out most against the median: 1.1% — rank #157 of 169 countries with data.

Iraq: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 47M (2025) #34 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.1×
Population growth 2.1% (2025) #43 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.9×
Urban population share 69.9% (2025) #66 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.1×
Population aged 65+ 3.4% (2025) #134 / 169 median 7.4% · 47%
Fertility rate 3.2 (2024) #45 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.5×
Birth rate 25.6‰ (2024) #46 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.6×
Death rate 4.2‰ (2024) #163 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 58%
Net migration -1.1K (2025) #73 / 169 N/A
Surface area 437,553 km² #60 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 2.3×
Population density derived 107/km² (2025) #59 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.5×
Economy
GDP (total) $254.4B (2025) #52 / 168 median $80.7B · 3.2×
GDP per capita $5,410 (2025) #94 / 168 median $6,834 · 79%
GNI per capita $5,690 (2025) #92 / 168 median $6,350 · 90%
GDP growth (annual) -2.2% (2025) #162 / 168 N/A
Inflation rate 0.3% (2025) #146 / 162 median 3.3% · 9%
Unemployment rate 15.5% (2025) #14 / 168 median 5.1% · 3.0×
Gini index 29.8 (2023) #125 / 153 median 35.3 · 84%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.5% (2023) #110 / 153 median 2.5% · 20%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 39.8% (2024) #70 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.1×
Imports share of GDP 37.4% (2024) #90 / 163 median 40.2% · 93%
Agriculture share of GDP 3.4% (2025) #112 / 168 median 7.2% · 48%
Manufacturing share of GDP 4.0% (2025) #151 / 165 median 11.2% · 36%
International tourist arrivals 892K (2013) #94 / 162 median 1.1M · 79%
Tourism receipts $955M (2020) #76 / 165 median $705M · 1.4×
Health & education
Life expectancy 72.4 years (2024) #96 / 169 median 73.8 years · 98%
Infant mortality 20.1‰ (2024) #64 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.5×
Under-five mortality 21.8‰ (2024) #65 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.4×
DPT immunization 90.0% (2024) #85 / 166 median 90.5% · 99%
Hospital beds 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) #121 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 52%
Health spending share of GDP 5.5% (2023) #99 / 165 median 6.5% · 85%
Secondary school enrollment 50.6% (2007) #134 / 167 median 90.5% · 56%
Education spending share of GDP 3.6% (1989) #104 / 165 median 4.1% · 86%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.695 (2023) #105 / 165 median 0.754 · 92%
Internet users 81.5% (2024) #85 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 100.1 per 100 (2024) #113 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 86%
Fixed broadband 17.6 per 100 (2024) #70 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.5×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #32 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 5.2 t (2024) #45 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.0×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 239 Mt (2024) #26 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 11×
Renewable electricity share 3.8% (2021) #150 / 169 median 34.1% · 11%
Renewable energy consumption 1.1% (2021) #157 / 169 median 26.9% · 4%
Forest area 1.9% (2023) #151 / 169 median 32.4% · 6%
Agricultural land 21.8% (2023) #124 / 169 median 41.7% · 52%
Arable land 11.4% (2023) #80 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.0×
PM2.5 exposure 49.5 µg/m³ (2023) #12 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.5×
Military spending 2.4% (2024) #46 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.3×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Iraq's true-shape outline

Iraq's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 437,553 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).