Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: -0.1 per 1,000 people in Iraq and -0.1 per 1,000 people in Yemen, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Iraq, by 0 per 1,000 people.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Yemen.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Iraq at -0.4 per 1,000 people and Yemen at -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Iraq | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | -0.3 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | -2.2 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | -2.7 |
| 2019 | -1.1 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | -0.8 |
| 2017 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| 2016 | -3 | -0.2 |
| 2015 | -0.6 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 13.5 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | 22.4 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | 8.1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0.8 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 13.7 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | -29 | 0.9 |
| 2006 | -42.2 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 2.5 | -2.8 |
| 2003 | -1 | -3 |
| 2002 | 5.1 | -2.9 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | -2.7 |
| 2000 | 3.6 | -2.4 |
| 1999 | 2.9 | -2.2 |
| 1998 | 2.1 | -2.1 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | -2.1 |
| 1996 | 0.7 | -2 |
| 1995 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
| 1994 | 2.7 | -0.8 |
| 1993 | 30.3 | -0.9 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | -1 |
| 1991 | -5.4 | -1 |
| 1990 | -34.2 | -1.1 |
| 1989 | 1.1 | -1.3 |
| 1988 | -4.8 | -1.4 |
| 1987 | -6.6 | -0.7 |
| 1986 | 2.4 | -0.9 |
| 1985 | -12.7 | -1.3 |
| 1984 | 1.4 | -1.7 |
| 1983 | 1.6 | -2.1 |
| 1982 | -1.5 | -2.3 |
| 1981 | -1.7 | -2.6 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | -2.8 |
| 1979 | -1.6 | -2.9 |
| 1978 | 0.6 | -3 |
| 1977 | 0.7 | -2.9 |
| 1976 | -1.2 | -2.8 |
| 1975 | -0.5 | -2.9 |
| 1974 | -0.4 | -2.9 |
| 1973 | -0.1 | -2.9 |
| 1972 | -0.2 | -2.9 |
| 1971 | -0.6 | -2.9 |
| 1970 | 0.1 | -3 |
| 1969 | 0 | -0.6 |
| 1968 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| 1967 | 0.3 | -0.6 |
| 1966 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| 1965 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| 1964 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1963 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1962 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
| 1961 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1960 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| 1959 | -0.1 | -0.6 |
| 1958 | -1.2 | -0.6 |
| 1957 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1956 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1955 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1954 | -0.3 | -0.6 |
| 1953 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
| 1952 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| 1951 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
| 1950 | 0.5 | -0.6 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Iraq | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.4-18.5–15.7 | -0.3-1.8–1 |
| 2025 | -0-18.6–17.9 | -0.4-2.3–1.5 |
| 2026 | -0.3-19.5–16.2 | -0.5-2.7–1.6 |
| 2027 | -0.6-18.8–16.9 | -0.6-3–1.8 |
| 2028 | -0.8-19.4–16.5 | -0.6-3.1–1.9 |
| 2029 | -0.4-20–16.8 | -0.6-3.3–2.2 |
| 2030 | -0.6-19.3–16.3 | -0.7-3.5–2.3 |
| 2031 | -0.6-19.4–16.4 | -0.7-3.7–2.2 |
| 2032 | 0.1-18.7–17.3 | -0.8-3.7–2.2 |
| 2033 | -0.3-20.7–16.9 | -0.8-3.8–2.4 |
| 2034 | -0.3-21.1–17.4 | -0.8-3.9–2.6 |
| 2035 | -0.5-19–17.1 | -0.8-3.8–2.6 |
| 2036 | 0-18.6–17.6 | -0.8-3.8–2.7 |
| 2037 | -0.5-18.9–16.5 | -0.8-4.1–2.6 |
| 2038 | -0.3-19.4–18 | -0.8-4.1–2.6 |
| 2039 | 0.3-19–17.7 | -0.8-4–2.5 |
| 2040 | 0-19.2–17.7 | -0.9-4.2–2.5 |
| 2041 | -0.2-20.5–17.6 | -0.8-4.2–2.6 |
| 2042 | -0.1-18.4–18 | -0.8-4.2–2.6 |
| 2043 | -0.4-19.3–18.1 | -0.8-4.3–2.8 |
| 2044 | -0.3-19.3–17.4 | -0.8-4.3–2.8 |
| 2045 | -0.5-19.2–16.9 | -0.8-4.4–2.7 |
| 2046 | -0.5-19.4–16.7 | -0.8-4.2–3 |
| 2047 | -0-20.3–16.4 | -0.8-4.4–2.9 |
| 2048 | -0.1-18.4–17.9 | -0.8-4.4–2.9 |
| 2049 | 0.2-19.4–18.8 | -0.8-4.2–2.9 |
| 2050 | -0.4-18.8–17.3 | -0.8-4.4–2.9 |
| 2051 | -0.1-18.6–18.5 | -0.8-4.5–3 |
| 2052 | -0.5-18.6–17.2 | -0.8-4.4–2.9 |
| 2053 | -0-18.8–16.9 | -0.9-4.6–3 |
| 2054 | -0.2-19.3–17.2 | -0.8-4.2–3 |
| 2055 | -0.2-18.7–16.8 | -0.8-4.3–2.8 |
| 2056 | -0.1-18.3–17.7 | -0.8-4.3–2.9 |
| 2057 | -0.3-20.7–17.3 | -0.8-4.4–2.9 |
| 2058 | -0.4-20.5–17.6 | -0.7-4.3–3 |
| 2059 | -0.4-19.6–16.2 | -0.7-4.2–3.2 |
| 2060 | 0.2-17.5–17 | -0.7-4.5–2.9 |
| 2061 | -0.2-19.3–16.7 | -0.8-4.5–3.3 |
| 2062 | -0.4-19–18.1 | -0.7-4.6–3.1 |
| 2063 | 0-19.5–17.3 | -0.8-4.3–3.1 |
| 2064 | -0.2-19–16.9 | -0.8-4.8–3 |
| 2065 | -0.2-19.9–16.7 | -0.8-4.6–3.1 |
| 2066 | 0.1-20–17.8 | -0.8-4.7–3.2 |
| 2067 | -0.6-20.8–16.3 | -0.8-4.6–3.2 |
| 2068 | -0.6-19.7–17.1 | -0.8-4.6–3.3 |
| 2069 | -0.4-18.9–17.5 | -0.8-4.7–3.3 |
| 2070 | -0.4-18.6–16.6 | -0.8-4.5–3.1 |
| 2071 | -0.4-18.7–17.6 | -0.7-4.6–3.2 |
| 2072 | -0.2-19.7–18.2 | -0.8-4.7–3.2 |
| 2073 | 0-20.7–16.7 | -0.8-4.7–3.2 |
| 2074 | -0.5-19.4–17.6 | -0.8-4.9–3.3 |
| 2075 | -0.9-21.1–16.5 | -0.8-4.8–3.1 |
| 2076 | -0.6-20.2–18.1 | -0.8-4.8–3.3 |
| 2077 | -0.7-20.4–15.8 | -0.8-5–3.4 |
| 2078 | -0.2-20.3–16.9 | -0.7-4.9–3.4 |
| 2079 | 0-20.7–17.1 | -0.7-4.7–3.2 |
| 2080 | -0.3-20.6–16.4 | -0.8-5.1–3.2 |
| 2081 | -0.1-19.3–18.1 | -0.7-5.2–3.4 |
| 2082 | -0.1-20.3–16.5 | -0.8-5.1–3.1 |
| 2083 | -0.2-21.4–17.8 | -0.7-5–3.4 |
| 2084 | -0.4-20.5–17.5 | -0.7-4.8–3.2 |
| 2085 | 0.1-20.2–17.3 | -0.7-4.7–3.5 |
| 2086 | 0.1-21–17.5 | -0.7-5–3.3 |
| 2087 | -0.4-20.6–16 | -0.7-5.1–3.5 |
| 2088 | -0.3-21.7–15.9 | -0.7-4.8–3.4 |
| 2089 | -0.1-19–17.2 | -0.7-5–3.3 |
| 2090 | -0.5-20.8–17.9 | -0.7-5.1–3.1 |
| 2091 | -0.2-20.6–16 | -0.7-5–3.4 |
| 2092 | 0.1-20.4–18.1 | -0.7-4.9–3.4 |
| 2093 | -0-21.6–17.2 | -0.7-4.9–3.4 |
| 2094 | -0.3-19.5–17.3 | -0.7-5.1–3.3 |
| 2095 | -0.3-21.5–17.9 | -0.7-5.2–3.4 |
| 2096 | -0.1-21.5–17.6 | -0.7-5–3.3 |
| 2097 | -0.2-20.6–17.7 | -0.7-5.2–3.1 |
| 2098 | -0.3-22.1–17.2 | -0.6-5.3–3.2 |
| 2099 | -0.2-20.7–17.6 | -0.7-5.1–3.2 |
| 2100 | -0.4-20.7–16.6 | -0.7-5.1–3.2 |
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 Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986