Ethiopia vs Iran statistics compared

Ethiopia has a population of 132M (ranked 10/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Ethiopia's land area is 435,716 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 25th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Ethiopia and Iran: Comparison Charts

Ethiopia and Iran economies compared

GDP

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Ethiopia	Iran
1960	$1,610,511,694	$4,199,134,390
1961	$1,680,859,514	$4,426,949,095
1962	$1,747,566,307	$4,693,566,416
1963	$1,825,058,828	$4,928,628,018
1964	$1,984,129,186	$5,379,845,648
1965	$2,159,998,591	$6,197,319,929
1966	$2,324,466,416	$6,789,938,672
1967	$2,461,762,003	$7,555,383,690
1968	$2,619,948,865	$8,623,172,960
1969	$2,768,987,372	$9,743,089,607
1970	$3,045,354,455	$10,976,245,154
1971	$3,224,280,835	$13,731,802,833
1972	$3,520,252,938	$17,153,463,263
1973	$4,070,570,550	$27,081,698,250
1974	$4,577,209,966	$46,209,092,072
1975	$4,577,047,854	$51,776,222,350
1976	$4,943,806,093	$68,055,295,081
1977	$5,651,840,585	$80,600,122,702
1978	$6,014,961,435	$77,994,316,621
1979	$6,586,048,398	$90,391,877,326
1980	$7,012,585,454	$94,362,275,580
1981	$7,507,663,567	$100,499,312,750
1982	$7,899,988,841	$125,948,756,439
1983	$8,781,664,427	$156,365,156,618
1984	$8,298,309,581	$162,276,728,620
1985	$9,717,392,687	$180,183,629,600
1986	$10,094,328,898	$209,094,561,833
1987	$10,790,001,558	$134,009,995,923
1988	$11,181,119,718	$123,057,861,334
1989	$11,762,932,007	$120,496,362,916
1990	$12,478,943,895	$124,813,263,926
1991	$13,799,799,324	$131,637,664,958
1992	$10,754,799,037	$119,768,691,217
1993	$9,051,043,870	$63,743,623,231
1994	$7,100,806,754	$71,841,461,172
1995	$7,855,205,207	$96,419,225,745
1996	$8,761,215,548	$120,403,931,883
1997	$8,803,539,988	$113,919,163,421
1998	$8,013,274,132	$110,276,913,362
1999	$7,892,973,532	$113,848,450,089
2000	$8,242,349,618	$109,591,707,801
2001	$8,231,326,016	$126,878,750,296
2002	$7,850,809,498	$128,626,917,504
2003	$8,623,691,300	$151,911,222,120
2004	$10,131,187,261	$187,754,571,247
2005	$12,401,139,454	$224,970,371,329
2006	$15,280,861,835	$265,602,187,406
2007	$19,707,616,773	$349,736,591,836
2008	$27,066,912,635	$406,070,949,551
2009	$32,437,389,116	$414,059,094,950
2010	$29,933,790,334	$487,069,570,461
2011	$31,952,763,089	$629,082,257,472
2012	$43,310,721,414	$644,019,315,004
2013	$47,648,276,605	$500,399,839,840
2014	$55,612,228,234	$462,284,793,281
2015	$64,589,328,551	$409,191,686,497
2016	$74,296,766,562	$459,042,684,193
2017	$81,770,885,148	$489,168,731,811
2018	$84,269,180,857	$398,880,231,367
2019	$95,912,620,248	$333,519,146,339
2020	$107,657,732,424	$262,186,179,356
2021	$111,261,888,669	$383,436,202,447
2022	$126,772,707,851	$394,362,621,793
2023	-	$404,625,655,076
2024	-	$436,906,331,672

Ethiopia and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ethiopia	Iran
1960	$75.3	$195.6
1961	$76.7	$200.1
1962	$77.8	$205.8
1963	$79.2	$209.6
1964	$83.8	$221.7
1965	$88.9	$247.5
1966	$93.2	$262.9
1967	$96.1	$283.7
1968	$99.5	$314
1969	$102.3	$345
1970	$109.4	$377
1971	$112.7	$457
1972	$119.8	$555
1973	$134.9	$851
1974	$147.9	$1,409
1975	$144.3	$1,532
1976	$152	$1,954
1977	$170.4	$2,243
1978	$178.3	$2,101
1979	$192.4	$2,352
1980	$203.7	$2,368
1981	$212.7	$2,393
1982	$215.3	$2,845
1983	$232.7	$3,397
1984	$214.2	$3,395
1985	$243.9	$3,634
1986	$246	$4,064
1987	$254.1	$2,513
1988	$253.2	$2,234
1989	$256.4	$2,125
1990	$262.1	$2,138
1991	$277.6	$2,194
1992	$207.4	$1,957
1993	$168.5	$1,038
1994	$127.7	$1,168
1995	$136.5	$1,550
1996	$147.3	$1,915
1997	$143.4	$1,790
1998	$126.5	$1,709
1999	$120.7	$1,740
2000	$122.3	$1,650
2001	$118.5	$1,881
2002	$109.6	$1,891
2003	$116.8	$2,209
2004	$133.2	$2,672
2005	$158.2	$3,132
2006	$189.3	$3,619
2007	$237.1	$4,688
2008	$316	$5,377
2009	$369	$5,416
2010	$331	$6,291
2011	$343	$8,026
2012	$452	$8,114
2013	$484	$6,223
2014	$550	$5,672
2015	$622	$4,953
2016	$696	$5,477
2017	$746	$5,753
2018	$748	$4,632
2019	$829	$3,831
2020	$905	$2,989
2021	$911	$4,335
2022	$1,011	$4,405
2023	-	$4,466
2024	-	$4,771

Ethiopia vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ethiopia	Iran
1950	35.5	38.2
1951	35.9	38.7
1952	36.2	39.2
1953	36.6	39.5
1954	37	40
1955	37.3	40.6
1956	37.8	41.1
1957	32.2	41.3
1958	32.6	42.2
1959	39.2	42.8
1960	39.6	43.3
1961	40.2	43.9
1962	40.5	43.8
1963	41	45.1
1964	41.3	45.7
1965	41.4	46.4
1966	39.3	47.1
1967	41.9	47.8
1968	42.1	47.9
1969	42.1	49.4
1970	42.1	50.2
1971	42.2	51.1
1972	41	51.7
1973	41.1	52.9
1974	39.1	53.9
1975	38.9	54.8
1976	41.3	55.8
1977	41.4	56.7
1978	41.5	56
1979	42.4	58.5
1980	42.8	58.4
1981	43.1	56.6
1982	43.4	57.6
1983	36.3	58.5
1984	36.7	60.9
1985	37.7	61.5
1986	38.4	62.1
1987	45.9	62.7
1988	45.7	63.3
1989	45.6	65.3
1990	45.1	64.1
1991	46.7	66.2
1992	47.3	66.7
1993	47.7	67
1994	47.9	67.5
1995	48.2	67.9
1996	48.7	68.3
1997	49.2	68.6
1998	49.8	69.2
1999	49.5	69.7
2000	50.9	70.2
2001	51.4	70.6
2002	52.1	71.1
2003	52.9	70.5
2004	53.7	72
2005	54.4	72.4
2006	55.4	72.9
2007	56.6	73.3
2008	57.7	73.7
2009	58.7	74
2010	59.7	74.4
2011	60.6	74.7
2012	61.4	75
2013	62.2	75.3
2014	62.9	75.6
2015	63.6	75.9
2016	64.2	76.2
2017	64.8	76.4
2018	65.3	76.6
2019	65.7	76.9
2020	66	74.1
2021	65.3	73.8
2022	66.9	76.8
2023	67.3	77.7
2024	67.6	77.9
2025	67.9	78.1

Ethiopia and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Ethiopia	Iran
1960	21,376,693	21,470,434
1961	21,906,102	22,125,726
1962	22,465,126	22,807,907
1963	23,051,637	23,519,005
1964	23,666,548	24,262,859
1965	24,310,612	25,036,978
1966	24,952,689	25,829,270
1967	25,620,276	26,628,432
1968	26,337,930	27,437,391
1969	27,072,571	28,273,482
1970	27,829,128	29,145,100
1971	28,600,106	30,029,071
1972	29,374,608	30,921,179
1973	30,166,785	31,839,838
1974	30,957,273	32,796,463
1975	31,723,252	33,802,973
1976	32,534,418	34,837,271
1977	33,167,272	35,933,181
1978	33,734,592	37,126,535
1979	34,238,652	38,424,952
1980	34,428,514	39,842,324
1981	35,304,012	41,989,312
1982	36,701,290	44,272,141
1983	37,740,817	46,029,535
1984	38,735,722	47,793,998
1985	39,842,136	49,582,289
1986	41,037,656	51,446,045
1987	42,460,039	53,323,493
1988	44,150,825	55,072,694
1989	45,879,690	56,704,914
1990	47,609,755	58,380,092
1991	49,717,198	59,986,931
1992	51,853,747	61,184,983
1993	53,708,891	61,403,543
1994	55,611,508	61,520,598
1995	57,537,335	62,205,567
1996	59,467,635	62,881,300
1997	61,404,539	63,639,638
1998	63,363,524	64,519,859
1999	65,374,561	65,445,391
2000	67,411,494	66,418,659
2001	69,487,762	67,452,005
2002	71,635,517	68,011,317
2003	73,832,663	68,769,340
2004	76,077,206	70,256,316
2005	78,367,470	71,828,455
2006	80,703,490	73,392,747
2007	83,103,217	74,602,648
2008	85,543,668	75,514,204
2009	88,007,636	76,457,825
2010	90,538,514	77,420,842
2011	93,149,970	78,383,598
2012	95,798,767	79,370,580
2013	98,438,751	80,414,686
2014	101,115,610	81,502,045
2015	103,867,135	82,619,362
2016	106,718,162	83,812,228
2017	109,666,481	85,026,754
2018	112,664,152	86,117,998
2019	115,737,383	87,051,648
2020	118,917,671	87,723,443
2021	122,138,588	88,455,488
2022	125,384,287	89,524,246
2023	128,691,692	90,608,707
2024	132,059,767	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Ethiopia and Iran

Fertility rate

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Iran
1960	6.51	7.52
1961	6.53	7.46
1962	6.56	7.4
1963	6.59	7.32
1964	6.61	7.24
1965	6.63	7.22
1966	6.66	7.21
1967	6.68	7.19
1968	6.7	7.12
1969	6.72	7.01
1970	6.78	6.8
1971	6.84	6.55
1972	6.9	6.26
1973	6.96	6.06
1974	7.02	5.97
1975	7.08	5.95
1976	7.13	6.07
1977	7.19	6.18
1978	7.23	6.34
1979	7.25	6.55
1980	7.29	6.63
1981	7.31	6.62
1982	7.34	6.59
1983	7.35	6.53
1984	7.36	6.43
1985	7.34	6.24
1986	7.32	6.01
1987	7.29	5.72
1988	7.26	5.43
1989	7.23	5.17
1990	7.2	4.93
1991	7.16	4.57
1992	7.13	4.1
1993	7.09	3.67
1994	7.05	3.24
1995	7	2.85
1996	6.93	2.54
1997	6.87	2.32
1998	6.79	2.19
1999	6.72	2.09
2000	6.65	2
2001	6.58	1.92
2002	6.5	1.84
2003	6.4	1.8
2004	6.3	1.78
2005	6.19	1.76
2006	6.05	1.76
2007	5.89	1.75
2008	5.7	1.74
2009	5.49	1.74
2010	5.28	1.75
2011	5.08	1.79
2012	4.89	1.85
2013	4.71	1.91
2014	4.61	1.98
2015	4.53	2.02
2016	4.47	2.05
2017	4.4	2.02
2018	4.37	1.92
2019	4.35	1.77
2020	4.27	1.7
2021	4.18	1.71
2022	4.08	1.7
2023	3.99	1.7

Ethiopia and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Ethiopia

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ethiopia	Iran
1960	18.6	19.1
1961	18.6	18.7
1962	18.6	18.4
1963	18.6	18.1
1964	18.6	17.9
1965	18.6	17.8
1966	18.5	17.7
1967	18.5	17.7
1968	18.4	17.6
1969	18.3	17.6
1970	18.1	17.6
1971	17.9	17.7
1972	17.7	17.8
1973	17.6	17.9
1974	17.5	18
1975	17.3	18.1
1976	17.2	18.2
1977	17.1	18.3
1978	17	18.3
1979	16.9	18.3
1980	16.8	18.2
1981	16.8	18.4
1982	16.7	18.6
1983	16.7	18.5
1984	16.8	18.4
1985	16.9	18.3
1986	16.9	18.2
1987	16.9	18.2
1988	16.9	18.2
1989	16.9	18.1
1990	16.9	18.2
1991	16.9	18.3
1992	16.9	18.4
1993	16.8	18.3
1994	16.7	18.4
1995	16.6	18.7
1996	16.5	19.1
1997	16.4	19.5
1998	16.3	20
1999	16.2	20.7
2000	16.2	21.4
2001	16.1	22
2002	16.1	22.6
2003	16.1	23.1
2004	16.2	23.7
2005	16.2	24.3
2006	16.3	24.8
2007	16.4	25.5
2008	16.5	26.1
2009	16.7	26.6
2010	16.9	27.2
2011	17.1	27.7
2012	17.4	28.2
2013	17.6	28.7
2014	17.9	29.2
2015	18.1	29.7
2016	18.3	30.2
2017	18.6	30.7
2018	18.8	31.2
2019	19	31.7
2020	19.2	32.3
2021	19.4	32.8
2022	19.6	33.3
2023	19.7	33.8
2024	19.9	34.3

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