Saudi Arabia vs. Iraq
Demographics
| Saudi Arabia | Iraq | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,345,986 note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.) | 32,585,692 (July 2014 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 27.6% (male 3,869,961/female 3,681,616) 15-24 years: 19.3% (male 2,832,538/female 2,458,339) 25-54 years: 45.4% (male 7,086,004/female 5,323,373) 55-64 years: 4.5% (male 674,571/female 555,136) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 444,302/female 420,146) (2014 est.) | 0-14 years: 36.7% (male 6,093,069/female 5,878,590) 15-24 years: 19.6% (male 3,237,212/female 3,142,202) 25-54 years: 36.3% (male 6,032,379/female 5,785,967) 55-64 years: 4.2% (male 652,973/female 713,662) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 487,841/female 561,797) (2014 est.) |
| Median age | total: 26.4 years male: 27.3 years female: 25.3 years (2014 est.) | total: 21.5 years male: 21.4 years female: 21.6 years (2014 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.49% (2014 est.) | 2.23% (2014 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.78 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 26.85 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.32 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 4.57 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.33 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.08 male(s)/female total population: 1.21 male(s)/female (2014 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 14.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) | total: 37.53 deaths/1,000 live births male: 41.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 33.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.82 years male: 72.79 years female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) | total population: 71.42 years male: 69.93 years female: 72.99 years (2014 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2014 est.) | 3.41 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.01% (2001 est.) | less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Saudi(s) adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian | noun: Iraqi(s) adjective: Iraqi |
| Ethnic groups | Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% | Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5% |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.) note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013) (2012 est.) | Muslim (official) 99% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian 0.8%, Hindu <.1, Buddhist <.1, Jewish <.1, folk religion <.1, unafilliated .1, other <.1 note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of the Saddam HUSSEIN regime in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | NA |
| Languages | Arabic (official) | Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect) and Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic) are official in areas where they constitute a majority of the population), Armenian |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.2% male: 90.8% female: 82.2% (2011 est.) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 78.5% male: 86% female: 71.2% (2011 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2012) | total: 10 years male: 11 years female: 9 years (2004) |
| Education expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2008) | NA |
| Urbanization | urban population: 82.3% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 2.38% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) | urban population: 66.5% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 3.05% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97% of population rural: 97% of population total: 97% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 3% of population total: 3% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 93.9% of population rural: 68.5% of population total: 85.4% of population unimproved: urban: 6.1% of population rural: 31.5% of population total: 14.6% of population (2012 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 86.2% of population rural: 81.8% of population total: 84.7% of population unimproved: urban: 13.8% of population rural: 18.2% of population total: 15.3% of population (2012 est.) |
| Major cities - population | RIYADH (capital) 5.451 million; Jeddah 3.578 million; Mecca 1.591 million; Medina 1.142 million; Ad Dammam 941,000 (2011) | BAGHDAD (capital) 6.036 million; Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000 (2011) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) | 63 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 5.3% (2005) | 7.1% (2006) |
| Health expenditures | 3.7% of GDP (2011) | 8.3% of GDP (2011) |
| Physicians density | 0.94 physicians/1,000 population (2008) | 0.61 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2009) | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 33% (2008) | 27% (2008) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 23.8% (2007) | 51.2% (2011) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 46.1 % youth dependency ratio: 41.8 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.3 % potential support ratio: 23.5 (2014 est.) | total dependency ratio: 74.9 % youth dependency ratio: 69.3 % elderly dependency ratio: 5.5 % potential support ratio: 18.1 (2014 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
