Iraq vs Türkiye
Iraq vs Türkiye: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Iraq and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 1.2 per 100 live births, or 2.27 times that in Türkiye.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Türkiye.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Iraq | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 3.7 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 4.2 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 4.5 | 4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.8 | 5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 5 | 5.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 7 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 6.1 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 6.5 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 7 | 12.2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 7.5 | 13.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 7.8 | 14 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 8.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 8.5 | 15.2 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 8.9 | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 9.3 | 16.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 9.8 | 17 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 10.2 | 17.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 10.7 | 18 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 11.2 | 18.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 11.8 | 19.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 12.3 | 19.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 13 | 20.2 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 13.6 | 20.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 14.3 | 21.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 15.1 | 22.3 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 16 | 23.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 16.9 | 23.9 | 17 |
| 1961 | 17.9 | 24.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 19 | 25.5 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 20.2 | 26.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 21.5 | 26.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 22.8 | 27.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 24.3 | 27.8 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 25.9 | 28.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 29.4 | 29 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 31.4 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 33.4 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 35.6 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 37.8 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 40.1 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 42.6 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 45.1 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 47.8 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 50.7 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 53.7 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 56.9 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025