Iraq vs Saudi Arabia
Iraq vs Saudi Arabia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 81.5% in Iraq and 100% in Saudi Arabia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 18.5 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Iraq.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2001.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Iraq | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 81.5 | 100 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 81.8 | 100 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.7 | 100 | 67 |
| 2021 | 65 | 100 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | 97.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 44.3 | 95.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 33.9 | 93.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 26 | 94.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 | 74.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 69.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 11.7 | 64.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 9.2 | 60.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 54 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 47.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 41 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 38 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 36 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | 30 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 19.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 10.2 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 8 | – |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 6.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 4.7 | – |
| 2000 | – | 2.2 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.5 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iraq vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023