Germany’s coastline is 41 times as long as Iraq’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition)

Iraq’s highest peak towers 648 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 22% of Iraq

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Iraq: 21.6% (2024)

Germany has 78% more people than Iraq

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Iraq: 47 million (2025)

Germany is 2.2 times as densely populated as Iraq

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Iraq: 108 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 25 years older than in Iraq

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Iraq: 20.3 years (2023)

Women in Iraq have 1.9 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Iraq

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Iraq: 3.4% (2025)

Germany hosts 4.6 times as many refugees per resident as Iraq

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Iraq 0.2

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Iraq: 0.2 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · Iraq: 3 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 20 times the size of Iraq’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Iraq: $254 billion (2025)

Germany produces 5.3 times as much per person as Iraq

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Iraq (Gini 3.9 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Iraq: 29.8 (2023)

Germany and Iraq are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Iraq: 0.5% (2023)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Iraq: 15.5% (2025)

Iraq and Germany are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Iraq: 2.4% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Iraq: 1.3% (2019)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Iraq’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Iraq: 38% (2025)

Germany spends 21 times as much on health per person as Iraq

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Iraq: $333 (2023)

A baby in Iraq is 6.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 4.4 times as many doctors per person as Iraq

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Iraq: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 7.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Iraq

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018)

The suicide rate in Germany is 2 times that in Iraq

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Iraq: 36.8% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 20% in Iraq

Germany: 22% (2024) · Iraq: 20.1% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 1.67 points higher than in Iraq

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Iraq: 5.21 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 18 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023)

Germany has 3.4 times as much meat per person as Iraq

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023)

Germany has 1,164 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023)

Workers in Iraq put in 248 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 7.5 years longer than in Iraq

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Iraq: 6.8 years (2023)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Iraq: no data

Germany has 49 more World Heritage sites than Iraq (55 against 6)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Iraq: 6 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Iraq: 1 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 81% in Iraq

Germany: 94% (2024) · Iraq: 81% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 3 times as fast as in Iraq

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Iraq are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · Iraq: 100% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 70% in Iraq

Germany: 82% (2025) · Iraq: 70% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Germany: 129 (2024) · Iraq: 100 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 14 times as long as Iraq’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Iraq: 2,370 km (2014)

Airlines from Germany fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Iraq

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Iraq: 0.08 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Iraq

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Iraq: 5.1 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The air in Iraq carries 5.4 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: no data

Roads in Iraq are 5.8 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023)

Iraq is on average 13.6 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Iraq: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 4.1 times as much rain as Iraq

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg)