The United States’ coastline is 344 times as long as Iraq’s

Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition) · United States: 19,924 km (2026 edition)

The United States’ highest peak towers 2,579 m above Iraq’s

Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition) · United States: 6,190 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of the United States, versus 22% of Iraq

Iraq: 21.6% (2024) · United States: 46.1% (2024)

The United States has 7.3 times as many people as Iraq

Iraq: 47 million (2025) · United States: 342 million (2025)

Iraq is 2.9 times as densely populated as the United States

Iraq: 108 per km² (2025) · United States: 37 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the United States is 18 years older than in Iraq

Iraq: 20.3 years (2023) · United States: 38 years (2023)

Women in Iraq have 1.6 more children on average than in the United States

Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024) · United States: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in the United States are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Iraq

Iraq: 3.4% (2025) · United States: 18.4% (2025)

Iraq hosts 5.1 times as many refugees per resident as the United States

Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025) · United States: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025)

The United States has produced 8.7 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Iraq 0.2

Iraq: 0.2 (2026) · United States: 8.7 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, the United States 1

Iraq: 3 (2026) · United States: 1 (2026)

The United States’ economy is 121 times the size of Iraq’s

Iraq: $254 billion (2025) · United States: $30.8 trillion (2025)

The United States produces 6.3 times as much per person as Iraq

Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025) · United States: Int$90,027 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the United States than in Iraq (Gini 12 points higher)

Iraq: 29.8 (2023) · United States: 41.8 (2024)

1.1% of people in the United States live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Iraq: 0.5% (2023) · United States: 1.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 4.2% in the United States

Iraq: 15.5% (2025) · United States: 4.2% (2025)

The United States spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Iraq 2.4%

Iraq: 2.4% (2025) · United States: 3.1% (2025)

The United States’ central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Iraq: 1.3% (2019) · United States: 10.8% (2024)

The United States’ price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Iraq’s

Iraq: 38% (2025) · United States: 100% (2025)

The United States spends 40 times as much on health per person as Iraq

Iraq: $333 (2023) · United States: $13,473 (2023)

A baby in Iraq is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United States

Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024) · United States: 5.5 per 1,000 (2024)

The United States has 3.6 times as many doctors per person as Iraq

Iraq: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · United States: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The United States has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Iraq

Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) · United States: 2.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in the United States is 2.6 times that in Iraq

Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · United States: 13.3 per 100k (2023)

42% of adults in the United States are obese, versus 37% in Iraq

Iraq: 36.8% (2024) · United States: 41.8% (2024)

20% of adults in Iraq smoke, versus 16% in the United States

Iraq: 20.1% (2024) · United States: 15.8% (2024)

People in the United States rate their lives 1.60 points higher than in Iraq

Iraq: 5.21 (2025) · United States: 6.82 (2025)

Adults in the United States drink 16 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023) · United States: 9.6 litres (2023)

The United States has 5.8 times as much meat per person as Iraq

Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023) · United States: 122.1 kg (2023)

The United States has 1,577 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023) · United States: 3,947 kcal (2023)

Workers in the United States put in 206 more hours a year than in Iraq

Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023) · United States: 1,789 hours (2023)

Adults in the United States went to school 7.1 years longer than in Iraq

Iraq: 6.8 years (2023) · United States: 13.9 years (2023)

Iraq: no data · United States: 0.21 (2024)

The United States has 21 more World Heritage sites than Iraq (27 against 6)

Iraq: 6 (2026) · United States: 27 (2026)

The United States has won 3,137 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Iraq: 1 (2026 edition) · United States: 3,137 (2026 edition)

95% of people in the United States are online, versus 81% in Iraq

Iraq: 81% (2024) · United States: 95% (2024)

Home internet in the United States is 6.5 times as fast as in Iraq

Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026) · United States: 401 Mbps (2026)

Iraq and the United States are practically level

Iraq: 100% (2024) · United States: 100% (2024)

80% of people in the United States live in cities, versus 70% in Iraq

Iraq: 70% (2025) · United States: 80% (2025)

The United States has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Iraq: 100 (2024) · United States: 113 (2024)

The United States’ railway network is 63 times as long as Iraq’s

Iraq: 2,370 km (2014) · United States: 148,553 km (2021)

Airlines from the United States fly 34 times as many passengers per resident as those from Iraq

Iraq: 0.08 (2023) · United States: 2.75 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of the United States, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · United States: 33.8% (2024)

The average person in the United States emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Iraq

Iraq: 5.1 t (2024) · United States: 14.2 t (2024)

26% of the United States’ electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · United States: 25.6% (2025)

The air in Iraq carries 6.5 times as much fine dust as in the United States

Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024) · United States: 7.5 µg/m³ (2024)

Iraq: no data · United States: 5.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Iraq are 20% deadlier than in the United States

Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023) · United States: 26.3 per 100k (2023)

Iraq is on average 13.6 °C warmer than the United States

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

The United States gets 4 times as much rain as Iraq

Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United States: 849 mm (2016–2025 avg)