Iraq vs Syria
Iraq vs Syria: Internet users
Internet users: 81.5% in Iraq in 2024 and 33.8% in Syria in 2018, by ITU estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Iraq, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Syria.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Syria.
- The world as a whole: 49.4% in 2018.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Iraq | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 81.5 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 81.8 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.7 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 65 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 44.3 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 33.9 | 33.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 26 | 32.7 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 | 31.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 30 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 11.7 | 28.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 9.2 | 26.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 24.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 22.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 20.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 17.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 14 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | 11.5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 4.3 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 3.4 | – |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 2.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | – | 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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010