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Iraq vs Tunisia
How Iraq and Tunisia compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Tunisia was higher: 76.5 years against 72.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Tunisia was higher: $4,082 against $4,005
- Population · In 2023, Iraq was higher: 45.1 million people against 12.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Tunisia was higher: 2.5% of GDP against 2.45% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Iraq was higher: 5.18 tonnes against 2.62 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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