Iraq vs Israel
Iraq vs Israel: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: -0.1 per 1,000 people in Iraq and 1.1 per 1,000 people in Israel, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Israel, by 1.2 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Iraq.
- In 2023, Iraq ranked 115 and Israel ranked 78 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Iraq at -0.4 per 1,000 people and Israel at 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Iraq | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | -1.1 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | -0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | -3 | 3 |
| 2015 | -0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2014 | -0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | 13.5 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 22.4 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 8.1 | 1.4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 13.7 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | -29 | 1.4 |
| 2006 | -42.2 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | -1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 3.6 | 10.4 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | 13.2 |
| 1998 | 2.1 | 9.1 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 1996 | 0.7 | 12.2 |
| 1995 | 1.9 | 11.5 |
| 1994 | 2.7 | 11 |
| 1993 | 30.3 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 11.6 |
| 1991 | -5.4 | 32 |
| 1990 | -34.2 | 39.3 |
| 1989 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 1988 | -4.8 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | -6.6 | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 2.4 | -0.9 |
| 1985 | -12.7 | -0.9 |
| 1984 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| 1983 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 1982 | -1.5 | 4.3 |
| 1981 | -1.7 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| 1979 | -1.6 | 4.3 |
| 1978 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 1977 | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | -1.2 | 3.1 |
| 1975 | -0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1974 | -0.4 | 3.7 |
| 1973 | -0.1 | 4.5 |
| 1972 | -0.2 | 8.9 |
| 1971 | -0.6 | 17.7 |
| 1970 | 0.1 | 19.6 |
| 1969 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 1968 | 0.1 | 23 |
| 1967 | 0.3 | 23.4 |
| 1966 | 0.2 | 23.6 |
| 1965 | 0.6 | 23.5 |
| 1964 | 0.4 | 24.2 |
| 1963 | 0.4 | 25.2 |
| 1962 | 0.5 | 25.6 |
| 1961 | 0.4 | 17.6 |
| 1960 | 0.2 | 5.8 |
| 1959 | -0.1 | 7.9 |
| 1958 | -1.2 | 9.5 |
| 1957 | -0.4 | 11.2 |
| 1956 | -0.4 | 12.5 |
| 1955 | -0.4 | 13.4 |
| 1954 | -0.3 | 15.4 |
| 1953 | -0.5 | 14 |
| 1952 | 0.1 | 14.6 |
| 1951 | 0.4 | 16.4 |
| 1950 | 0.5 | 17.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Iraq | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.4-18.5–15.7 | 1.1-9.8–11.6 |
| 2025 | -0-18.6–17.9 | 1.2-13.4–15.5 |
| 2026 | -0.3-19.5–16.2 | 1.4-15.7–17.6 |
| 2027 | -0.6-18.8–16.9 | 1.4-18.3–18.7 |
| 2028 | -0.8-19.4–16.5 | 1.4-19.9–20.1 |
| 2029 | -0.4-20–16.8 | 1.3-20.8–21.2 |
| 2030 | -0.6-19.3–16.3 | 1.6-21.6–22.4 |
| 2031 | -0.6-19.4–16.4 | 1.7-21.9–22.6 |
| 2032 | 0.1-18.7–17.3 | 1.1-22.8–22.5 |
| 2033 | -0.3-20.7–16.9 | 1.1-23.9–23.7 |
| 2034 | -0.3-21.1–17.4 | 1.2-22.5–24 |
| 2035 | -0.5-19–17.1 | 1.4-24.2–24.1 |
| 2036 | 0-18.6–17.6 | 1-25.8–24.8 |
| 2037 | -0.5-18.9–16.5 | 1.6-23.5–23.1 |
| 2038 | -0.3-19.4–18 | 1.6-24.5–24.9 |
| 2039 | 0.3-19–17.7 | 1.7-24.7–25.8 |
| 2040 | 0-19.2–17.7 | 1.4-25.4–25.2 |
| 2041 | -0.2-20.5–17.6 | 1.5-26.1–25.6 |
| 2042 | -0.1-18.4–18 | 1.7-25–25.6 |
| 2043 | -0.4-19.3–18.1 | 1.6-27.1–26.2 |
| 2044 | -0.3-19.3–17.4 | 1.7-25.2–26.7 |
| 2045 | -0.5-19.2–16.9 | 1.2-24.5–27.2 |
| 2046 | -0.5-19.4–16.7 | 1.3-26.2–27.6 |
| 2047 | -0-20.3–16.4 | 1.1-26.1–26.2 |
| 2048 | -0.1-18.4–17.9 | 1.1-26.8–26.7 |
| 2049 | 0.2-19.4–18.8 | 1.4-26.9–25.8 |
| 2050 | -0.4-18.8–17.3 | 1.5-26.6–27.4 |
| 2051 | -0.1-18.6–18.5 | 1.4-26.3–25.8 |
| 2052 | -0.5-18.6–17.2 | 1.5-28.1–26.3 |
| 2053 | -0-18.8–16.9 | 1.7-26.4–26.4 |
| 2054 | -0.2-19.3–17.2 | 2.1-25.1–27.1 |
| 2055 | -0.2-18.7–16.8 | 1.8-26.9–26 |
| 2056 | -0.1-18.3–17.7 | 1.5-26.1–25.1 |
| 2057 | -0.3-20.7–17.3 | 1.6-27.3–25.4 |
| 2058 | -0.4-20.5–17.6 | 1.5-26.6–25.2 |
| 2059 | -0.4-19.6–16.2 | 1.4-26.8–25.7 |
| 2060 | 0.2-17.5–17 | 1.8-24.7–26.4 |
| 2061 | -0.2-19.3–16.7 | 1.4-24.9–26.1 |
| 2062 | -0.4-19–18.1 | 1.3-26–28.5 |
| 2063 | 0-19.5–17.3 | 1.7-27–27.4 |
| 2064 | -0.2-19–16.9 | 1-27.1–26 |
| 2065 | -0.2-19.9–16.7 | 1.4-27.6–26.1 |
| 2066 | 0.1-20–17.8 | 1-29.6–27.6 |
| 2067 | -0.6-20.8–16.3 | 1.2-27.8–27.2 |
| 2068 | -0.6-19.7–17.1 | 1.2-24.8–27.4 |
| 2069 | -0.4-18.9–17.5 | 1.5-26.3–27.4 |
| 2070 | -0.4-18.6–16.6 | 1.4-24.8–27.5 |
| 2071 | -0.4-18.7–17.6 | 1.1-26.3–26.4 |
| 2072 | -0.2-19.7–18.2 | 0.3-28.8–26 |
| 2073 | 0-20.7–16.7 | 0.7-28.3–26 |
| 2074 | -0.5-19.4–17.6 | 0.9-28.3–27.5 |
| 2075 | -0.9-21.1–16.5 | 1.1-27.4–27.2 |
| 2076 | -0.6-20.2–18.1 | 1-26.4–26.6 |
| 2077 | -0.7-20.4–15.8 | 1.6-27.7–27.2 |
| 2078 | -0.2-20.3–16.9 | 1.5-26.1–28.3 |
| 2079 | 0-20.7–17.1 | 1.3-27.1–26.2 |
| 2080 | -0.3-20.6–16.4 | 1.6-29.3–26.5 |
| 2081 | -0.1-19.3–18.1 | 1.2-28.1–26.9 |
| 2082 | -0.1-20.3–16.5 | 1-28.6–26.8 |
| 2083 | -0.2-21.4–17.8 | 1.2-28.6–26.8 |
| 2084 | -0.4-20.5–17.5 | 1.4-27.1–27.5 |
| 2085 | 0.1-20.2–17.3 | 1.2-27.2–27.7 |
| 2086 | 0.1-21–17.5 | 1.1-26.7–27.3 |
| 2087 | -0.4-20.6–16 | 0.9-28.6–25 |
| 2088 | -0.3-21.7–15.9 | 0.8-28.7–26.6 |
| 2089 | -0.1-19–17.2 | 0.5-28.9–26.2 |
| 2090 | -0.5-20.8–17.9 | 1-29.1–27.5 |
| 2091 | -0.2-20.6–16 | 1.1-26.5–26.7 |
| 2092 | 0.1-20.4–18.1 | 1.1-28.2–27.2 |
| 2093 | -0-21.6–17.2 | 1.1-28.1–26.3 |
| 2094 | -0.3-19.5–17.3 | 0.8-28.8–25.7 |
| 2095 | -0.3-21.5–17.9 | 0.7-26.4–25.3 |
| 2096 | -0.1-21.5–17.6 | 0.8-26.1–27.8 |
| 2097 | -0.2-20.6–17.7 | 0.5-26.8–26.4 |
| 2098 | -0.3-22.1–17.2 | 0.5-26.2–24.2 |
| 2099 | -0.2-20.7–17.6 | 0.8-26.3–25.3 |
| 2100 | -0.4-20.7–16.6 | 0.6-27.3–25 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iraq vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025