India vs Iran statistics compared

India has a population of 1.45B (ranked 1/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). India's land area is 1,147,955 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 7th vs. 17th).

By GDP, India ranks 5/197 ($3.91T) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, India ranks 143/197 ($2,697), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

India and Iran: Comparison Charts

India and Iran economies compared

GDP

India

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	India	Iran
1960	$37,029,883,876	$4,199,134,390
1961	$39,232,435,784	$4,426,949,095
1962	$42,161,481,858	$4,693,566,416
1963	$48,421,923,459	$4,928,628,018
1964	$56,480,289,941	$5,379,845,648
1965	$59,556,105,229	$6,197,319,929
1966	$45,581,230,504	$6,789,938,672
1967	$50,134,942,204	$7,555,383,690
1968	$53,085,455,871	$8,623,172,960
1969	$58,447,995,017	$9,743,089,607
1970	$62,422,483,055	$10,976,245,154
1971	$67,351,404,352	$13,731,802,833
1972	$71,464,700,667	$17,153,463,263
1973	$85,517,673,173	$27,081,698,250
1974	$99,526,597,934	$46,209,092,072
1975	$98,473,832,017	$51,776,222,350
1976	$102,716,451,980	$68,055,295,081
1977	$121,486,641,441	$80,600,122,702
1978	$137,302,319,829	$77,994,316,621
1979	$152,995,442,498	$90,391,877,326
1980	$186,328,579,302	$94,362,275,580
1981	$193,491,368,446	$100,499,312,750
1982	$200,715,624,831	$125,948,756,439
1983	$218,262,146,413	$156,365,156,618
1984	$212,157,645,178	$162,276,728,620
1985	$232,511,554,840	$180,183,629,600
1986	$248,985,994,041	$209,094,561,833
1987	$279,033,584,092	$134,009,995,923
1988	$296,589,670,896	$123,057,861,334
1989	$296,042,052,945	$120,496,362,916
1990	$320,979,026,420	$124,813,263,926
1991	$270,105,341,879	$131,637,664,958
1992	$288,208,070,278	$119,768,691,217
1993	$279,295,648,983	$63,743,623,231
1994	$327,274,843,459	$71,841,461,172
1995	$360,281,909,643	$96,419,225,745
1996	$392,896,866,205	$120,403,931,883
1997	$415,867,563,593	$113,919,163,421
1998	$421,351,317,225	$110,276,913,362
1999	$458,821,052,616	$113,848,450,089
2000	$468,395,521,654	$109,591,707,801
2001	$485,440,139,204	$126,878,750,296
2002	$514,939,140,319	$128,626,917,504
2003	$607,700,687,237	$151,911,222,120
2004	$709,152,728,831	$187,754,571,247
2005	$820,383,763,511	$224,970,371,329
2006	$940,259,888,788	$265,602,187,406
2007	$1,216,736,438,835	$349,736,591,836
2008	$1,198,895,139,006	$406,070,949,551
2009	$1,341,888,016,995	$414,059,094,950
2010	$1,675,615,519,485	$487,069,570,461
2011	$1,823,051,829,895	$629,082,257,472
2012	$1,827,637,590,410	$644,019,315,004
2013	$1,856,721,507,622	$500,399,839,840
2014	$2,039,126,479,155	$462,284,793,281
2015	$2,103,588,360,045	$409,191,686,497
2016	$2,294,796,885,663	$459,042,684,193
2017	$2,651,474,262,755	$489,168,731,811
2018	$2,702,929,641,649	$398,880,231,367
2019	$2,835,606,256,558	$333,519,146,339
2020	$2,674,851,578,587	$262,186,179,356
2021	$3,167,270,623,260	$383,436,202,447
2022	$3,346,107,287,731	$394,362,621,793
2023	$3,638,489,096,034	$404,625,655,076
2024	$3,912,686,168,582	$436,906,331,672

India and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

India

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	India	Iran
1960	$84.9	$195.6
1961	$87.9	$200.1
1962	$92.2	$205.8
1963	$103.4	$209.6
1964	$117.9	$221.7
1965	$121.5	$247.5
1966	$91	$262.9
1967	$98	$283.7
1968	$101.6	$314
1969	$109.5	$345
1970	$114.4	$377
1971	$120.7	$457
1972	$125.3	$555
1973	$146.6	$851
1974	$166.7	$1,409
1975	$161.1	$1,532
1976	$164.1	$1,954
1977	$189.6	$2,243
1978	$209.4	$2,101
1979	$228	$2,352
1980	$271.1	$2,368
1981	$275	$2,393
1982	$278.7	$2,845
1983	$296	$3,397
1984	$281	$3,395
1985	$301	$3,634
1986	$315	$4,064
1987	$345	$2,513
1988	$358	$2,234
1989	$350	$2,125
1990	$371	$2,138
1991	$306	$2,194
1992	$319	$1,957
1993	$303	$1,038
1994	$348	$1,168
1995	$375	$1,550
1996	$401	$1,915
1997	$416	$1,790
1998	$414	$1,709
1999	$442	$1,740
2000	$443	$1,650
2001	$450	$1,881
2002	$469	$1,891
2003	$544	$2,209
2004	$624	$2,672
2005	$710	$3,132
2006	$802	$3,619
2007	$1,022	$4,688
2008	$993	$5,377
2009	$1,095	$5,416
2010	$1,348	$6,291
2011	$1,445	$8,026
2012	$1,429	$8,114
2013	$1,433	$6,223
2014	$1,554	$5,672
2015	$1,584	$4,953
2016	$1,708	$5,477
2017	$1,950	$5,753
2018	$1,966	$4,632
2019	$2,041	$3,831
2020	$1,907	$2,989
2021	$2,240	$4,335
2022	$2,347	$4,405
2023	$2,530	$4,466
2024	$2,697	$4,771

India vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

India

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	India	Iran
1950	41.2	38.2
1951	41.6	38.7
1952	42.1	39.2
1953	42.4	39.5
1954	43.2	40
1955	43.7	40.6
1956	44.1	41.1
1957	44.4	41.3
1958	44.8	42.2
1959	45.3	42.8
1960	45.6	43.3
1961	45.8	43.9
1962	46.1	43.8
1963	46.5	45.1
1964	46.7	45.7
1965	45.6	46.4
1966	45.9	47.1
1967	46.2	47.8
1968	47.9	47.9
1969	48.3	49.4
1970	48.6	50.2
1971	48.9	51.1
1972	49.2	51.7
1973	49.6	52.9
1974	50.3	53.9
1975	50.8	54.8
1976	51.3	55.8
1977	51.8	56.7
1978	52.4	56
1979	53	58.5
1980	53.6	58.4
1981	54.2	56.6
1982	54.7	57.6
1983	55.3	58.5
1984	55.8	60.9
1985	56.3	61.5
1986	56.8	62.1
1987	57.3	62.7
1988	57.7	63.3
1989	58.2	65.3
1990	58.6	64.1
1991	59	66.2
1992	59.4	66.7
1993	59.8	67
1994	60.2	67.5
1995	60.6	67.9
1996	61	68.3
1997	61.4	68.6
1998	61.9	69.2
1999	62.3	69.7
2000	62.7	70.2
2001	63.2	70.6
2002	63.6	71.1
2003	64.1	70.5
2004	64.5	72
2005	64.9	72.4
2006	65.4	72.9
2007	65.8	73.3
2008	66.2	73.7
2009	66.7	74
2010	67.2	74.4
2011	67.6	74.7
2012	68.1	75
2013	68.5	75.3
2014	68.9	75.6
2015	69.3	75.9
2016	69.7	76.2
2017	70.1	76.4
2018	70.4	76.6
2019	70.7	76.9
2020	70.2	74.1
2021	67.3	73.8
2022	71.7	76.8
2023	72	77.7
2024	72.2	77.9
2025	72.5	78.1

India and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

India

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	India	Iran
1960	435,990,338	21,470,434
1961	446,564,729	22,125,726
1962	457,283,090	22,807,907
1963	468,138,575	23,519,005
1964	479,229,598	24,262,859
1965	490,140,146	25,036,978
1966	500,740,247	25,829,270
1967	511,606,372	26,628,432
1968	522,716,889	27,437,391
1969	533,880,544	28,273,482
1970	545,864,268	29,145,100
1971	558,096,387	30,029,071
1972	570,482,142	30,921,179
1973	583,465,598	31,839,838
1974	597,041,391	32,796,463
1975	611,309,535	33,802,973
1976	625,861,883	34,837,271
1977	640,801,103	35,933,181
1978	655,728,229	37,126,535
1979	671,155,747	38,424,952
1980	687,354,025	39,842,324
1981	703,696,250	41,989,312
1982	720,313,473	44,272,141
1983	737,372,681	46,029,535
1984	754,875,449	47,793,998
1985	772,647,793	49,582,289
1986	790,689,978	51,446,045
1987	808,931,270	53,323,493
1988	827,342,990	55,072,694
1989	846,039,529	56,704,914
1990	864,972,221	58,380,092
1991	883,927,600	59,986,931
1992	902,957,070	61,184,983
1993	922,118,387	61,403,543
1994	941,163,767	61,520,598
1995	960,301,044	62,205,567
1996	979,678,458	62,881,300
1997	999,133,762	63,639,638
1998	1,018,665,080	64,519,859
1999	1,038,225,823	65,445,391
2000	1,057,922,733	66,418,659
2001	1,077,898,575	67,452,005
2002	1,097,600,380	68,011,317
2003	1,116,803,006	68,769,340
2004	1,135,991,513	70,256,316
2005	1,154,676,322	71,828,455
2006	1,172,878,890	73,392,747
2007	1,190,676,021	74,602,648
2008	1,207,930,964	75,514,204
2009	1,225,524,753	76,457,825
2010	1,243,481,564	77,420,842
2011	1,261,224,954	78,383,598
2012	1,278,674,502	79,370,580
2013	1,295,829,511	80,414,686
2014	1,312,277,191	81,502,045
2015	1,328,024,498	82,619,362
2016	1,343,944,296	83,812,228
2017	1,359,657,400	85,026,754
2018	1,374,659,064	86,117,998
2019	1,389,030,312	87,051,648
2020	1,402,617,695	87,723,443
2021	1,414,203,896	88,455,488
2022	1,425,423,212	89,524,246
2023	1,438,069,596	90,608,707
2024	1,450,935,791	91,567,738

Fertility rates in India and Iran

Fertility rate

India

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	India	Iran
1960	5.92	7.52
1961	5.94	7.46
1962	5.95	7.4
1963	5.97	7.32
1964	5.98	7.24
1965	5.94	7.22
1966	5.88	7.21
1967	5.83	7.19
1968	5.76	7.12
1969	5.68	7.01
1970	5.62	6.8
1971	5.57	6.55
1972	5.48	6.26
1973	5.4	6.06
1974	5.33	5.97
1975	5.2	5.95
1976	5.13	6.07
1977	5.01	6.18
1978	4.89	6.34
1979	4.81	6.55
1980	4.78	6.63
1981	4.7	6.62
1982	4.62	6.59
1983	4.57	6.53
1984	4.52	6.43
1985	4.43	6.24
1986	4.4	6.01
1987	4.31	5.72
1988	4.22	5.43
1989	4.13	5.17
1990	4.05	4.93
1991	3.96	4.57
1992	3.88	4.1
1993	3.8	3.67
1994	3.72	3.24
1995	3.65	2.85
1996	3.58	2.54
1997	3.51	2.32
1998	3.45	2.19
1999	3.38	2.09
2000	3.35	2
2001	3.3	1.92
2002	3.22	1.84
2003	3.12	1.8
2004	3.05	1.78
2005	2.96	1.76
2006	2.87	1.76
2007	2.78	1.75
2008	2.71	1.74
2009	2.67	1.74
2010	2.6	1.75
2011	2.53	1.79
2012	2.47	1.85
2013	2.4	1.91
2014	2.29	1.98
2015	2.29	2.02
2016	2.28	2.05
2017	2.19	2.02
2018	2.18	1.92
2019	2.12	1.77
2020	2.05	1.7
2021	2.01	1.71
2022	1.99	1.7
2023	1.98	1.7

India and Iran demographics compared

Median age

India

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	India	Iran
1960	20.2	19.1
1961	20.1	18.7
1962	19.9	18.4
1963	19.8	18.1
1964	19.6	17.9
1965	19.5	17.8
1966	19.4	17.7
1967	19.3	17.7
1968	19.2	17.6
1969	19.2	17.6
1970	19.2	17.6
1971	19.2	17.7
1972	19.2	17.8
1973	19.3	17.9
1974	19.3	18
1975	19.4	18.1
1976	19.5	18.2
1977	19.6	18.3
1978	19.7	18.3
1979	19.8	18.3
1980	19.9	18.2
1981	20	18.4
1982	20	18.6
1983	20.1	18.5
1984	20.2	18.4
1985	20.3	18.3
1986	20.4	18.2
1987	20.4	18.2
1988	20.5	18.2
1989	20.6	18.1
1990	20.7	18.2
1991	20.8	18.3
1992	21	18.4
1993	21.1	18.3
1994	21.2	18.4
1995	21.4	18.7
1996	21.6	19.1
1997	21.7	19.5
1998	21.9	20
1999	22.1	20.7
2000	22.3	21.4
2001	22.5	22
2002	22.7	22.6
2003	22.9	23.1
2004	23.1	23.7
2005	23.3	24.3
2006	23.6	24.8
2007	23.8	25.5
2008	24.1	26.1
2009	24.4	26.6
2010	24.7	27.2
2011	25	27.7
2012	25.3	28.2
2013	25.6	28.7
2014	26	29.2
2015	26.3	29.7
2016	26.6	30.2
2017	27	30.7
2018	27.3	31.2
2019	27.7	31.7
2020	28.1	32.3
2021	28.4	32.8
2022	28.7	33.3
2023	29.1	33.8
2024	29.5	34.3

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