Iraq vs Spain
Spain has 5% more people than Iraq: 49,355,143 vs 47,020,774, a gap of 2.3 million. Iraq is growing faster (+2.10% vs +1.03% a year), adding about 989,089 people a year against +508,918. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Iraq would overtake Spain in about 5 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2030) — a projection, not a forecast. Spain is the older society: 21.6% aged 65+ against 3.4% in Iraq, while Iraq has more children (36.0% under 15 vs 12.6%). People in Spain live 11.5 years longer on average (83.9 vs 72.4). GDP per capita is 7.1× higher in Spain ($38,627 vs $5,410).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Iraq) and 2025 (Spain); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Iraq vs Spain — side by side
 Iraq |  Spain | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 47,020,7742025 | 49,355,1432025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.10%2025 | +1.03%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 25.62024 | 6.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 4.22024 | 8.92024 |
| Children per woman | 3.222024 | 1.102024 |
| Life expectancy | 72.4 yrs2024 | 83.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 36.0%2025 | 12.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.4%2025 | 21.6%2025 |
| Density | 103.8 /km²2023 | 96.8 /km²2023 |
| Area | 435,050 km²2023 | 505,976 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 69.9%2025 | 80.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -1,0642025 | +96,6302025 |
| GDP per capita | $5,4102025 | $38,6272025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #34 | #32 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.57% | 0.60% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Iraq: 6.7× from 1960 to 2025; Spain: 1.6× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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