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Iraq

Iraq's best placing is 34th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #34Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 47.0 million
Land area: 434,130 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Iraq is.

Population

#34 of 195

47,020,774 people

14th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#52 of 182

254,367,293,538 US$ (current prices)

18th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#57 of 194

434,130 km² of land

16th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#71 of 193

73 airports

17th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#84 of 194

108.31 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#68 of 135

2,272 km of railway

19th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Land area per person

#111 of 194

0.009 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#110 of 182

5,410 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#84 of 133

5.23 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest

#128 of 194

8,250 km² of forest

30th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#133 of 191

1.68 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#103 of 134

48.32 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#152 of 192

1.55 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#172 of 194

1.9 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#175 of 194

0.0002 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#163 of 179

216 mm of precipitation per year

34th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Coastline

#143 of 151

58 km of coastline

33rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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