Iran vs Japan statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 17th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Iran and Japan: Comparison Charts

Iran and Japan economies compared

GDP

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Japan
1960	$4,199,134,390	$47,419,238,274
1961	$4,426,949,095	$57,266,758,180
1962	$4,693,566,416	$64,987,857,542
1963	$4,928,628,018	$74,379,284,603
1964	$5,379,845,648	$87,490,590,818
1965	$6,197,319,929	$97,338,107,606
1966	$6,789,938,672	$113,046,784,179
1967	$7,555,383,690	$132,475,614,227
1968	$8,623,172,960	$156,897,496,759
1969	$9,743,089,607	$184,298,841,305
1970	$10,976,245,154	$217,223,652,719
1971	$13,731,802,833	$245,364,056,622
1972	$17,153,463,263	$324,933,841,269
1973	$27,081,698,250	$441,460,582,536
1974	$46,209,092,072	$490,035,789,970
1975	$51,776,222,350	$532,861,438,885
1976	$68,055,295,081	$598,883,902,156
1977	$80,600,122,702	$737,069,290,928
1978	$77,994,316,621	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$90,391,877,326	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$94,362,275,580	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$100,499,312,750	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$125,948,756,439	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$156,365,156,618	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$162,276,728,620	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$180,183,629,600	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$209,094,561,833	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$134,009,995,923	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$123,057,861,334	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$120,496,362,916	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$124,813,263,926	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$131,637,664,958	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$119,768,691,217	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$63,743,623,231	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$71,841,461,172	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$96,419,225,745	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$120,403,931,883	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$113,919,163,421	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$110,276,913,362	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$113,848,450,089	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$109,591,707,801	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$126,878,750,296	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$128,626,917,504	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$151,911,222,120	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$187,754,571,247	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$224,970,371,329	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$265,602,187,406	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$349,736,591,836	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$406,070,949,551	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$414,059,094,950	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$487,069,570,461	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$629,082,257,472	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$644,019,315,004	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$500,399,839,840	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$462,284,793,281	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$409,191,686,497	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$459,042,684,193	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$489,168,731,811	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$398,880,231,367	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$333,519,146,339	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$262,186,179,356	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$383,436,202,447	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$394,362,621,793	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$404,625,655,076	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$436,906,331,672	$4,026,210,821,147

Iran and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Japan
1960	$195.6	$509
1961	$200.1	$609
1962	$205.8	$685
1963	$209.6	$776
1964	$221.7	$903
1965	$247.5	$994
1966	$262.9	$1,144
1967	$283.7	$1,326
1968	$314	$1,553
1969	$345	$1,803
1970	$377	$2,101
1971	$457	$2,321
1972	$555	$3,031
1973	$851	$4,061
1974	$1,409	$4,448
1975	$1,532	$4,776
1976	$1,954	$5,310
1977	$2,243	$6,473
1978	$2,101	$9,012
1979	$2,352	$9,301
1980	$2,368	$9,669
1981	$2,393	$10,583
1982	$2,845	$9,780
1983	$3,397	$10,652
1984	$3,395	$11,207
1985	$3,634	$11,809
1986	$4,064	$17,452
1987	$2,513	$21,142
1988	$2,234	$25,500
1989	$2,125	$25,266
1990	$2,138	$25,801
1991	$2,194	$29,428
1992	$1,957	$31,993
1993	$1,038	$36,345
1994	$1,168	$39,934
1995	$1,550	$44,198
1996	$1,915	$39,150
1997	$1,790	$35,638
1998	$1,709	$32,424
1999	$1,740	$36,610
2000	$1,650	$39,169
2001	$1,881	$34,406
2002	$1,891	$32,821
2003	$2,209	$35,387
2004	$2,672	$38,299
2005	$3,132	$37,813
2006	$3,619	$35,992
2007	$4,688	$35,779
2008	$5,377	$39,876
2009	$5,416	$41,309
2010	$6,291	$44,968
2011	$8,026	$48,760
2012	$8,114	$49,145
2013	$6,223	$40,899
2014	$5,672	$38,475
2015	$4,953	$34,961
2016	$5,477	$39,375
2017	$5,753	$38,834
2018	$4,632	$39,751
2019	$3,831	$40,416
2020	$2,989	$40,029
2021	$4,335	$40,095
2022	$4,405	$34,066
2023	$4,466	$33,836
2024	$4,771	$32,476

Iran vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Japan
1950	38.2	59.3
1951	38.7	61
1952	39.2	63
1953	39.5	63.3
1954	40	64.5
1955	40.6	65.7
1956	41.1	65.6
1957	41.3	65.4
1958	42.2	67
1959	42.8	67.5
1960	43.3	67.7
1961	43.9	68.4
1962	43.8	68.7
1963	45.1	69.7
1964	45.7	70.2
1965	46.4	70.3
1966	47.1	71.1
1967	47.8	71.4
1968	47.9	71.7
1969	49.4	71.9
1970	50.2	72
1971	51.1	72.8
1972	51.7	73.3
1973	52.9	73.4
1974	53.9	73.8
1975	54.8	74.4
1976	55.8	74.8
1977	56.7	75.3
1978	56	75.7
1979	58.5	76.2
1980	58.4	76.1
1981	56.6	76.6
1982	57.6	77.1
1983	58.5	77.1
1984	60.9	77.5
1985	61.5	77.8
1986	62.1	78.2
1987	62.7	78.6
1988	63.3	78.5
1989	65.3	79
1990	64.1	79
1991	66.2	79.3
1992	66.7	79.3
1993	67	79.4
1994	67.5	79.8
1995	67.9	79.7
1996	68.3	80.4
1997	68.6	80.6
1998	69.2	80.6
1999	69.7	80.6
2000	70.2	81.2
2001	70.6	81.5
2002	71.1	81.8
2003	70.5	81.9
2004	72	82.1
2005	72.4	82
2006	72.9	82.4
2007	73.3	82.5
2008	73.7	82.6
2009	74	83
2010	74.4	82.9
2011	74.7	82.7
2012	75	83.2
2013	75.3	83.4
2014	75.6	83.6
2015	75.9	83.9
2016	76.2	84.1
2017	76.4	84.2
2018	76.6	84.3
2019	76.9	84.4
2020	74.1	84.7
2021	73.8	84.6
2022	76.8	84.1
2023	77.7	84.7
2024	77.9	84.9
2025	78.1	85

Iran and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Japan
1960	21,470,434	93,216,000
1961	22,125,726	94,055,000
1962	22,807,907	94,933,000
1963	23,519,005	95,900,000
1964	24,262,859	96,903,000
1965	25,036,978	97,952,000
1966	25,829,270	98,851,000
1967	26,628,432	99,879,000
1968	27,437,391	101,011,000
1969	28,273,482	102,219,000
1970	29,145,100	103,403,000
1971	30,029,071	105,697,000
1972	30,921,179	107,188,000
1973	31,839,838	108,707,000
1974	32,796,463	110,162,000
1975	33,802,973	111,573,000
1976	34,837,271	112,775,000
1977	35,933,181	113,872,000
1978	37,126,535	114,913,000
1979	38,424,952	115,890,000
1980	39,842,324	116,807,000
1981	41,989,312	117,661,000
1982	44,272,141	118,480,000
1983	46,029,535	119,307,000
1984	47,793,998	120,083,000
1985	49,582,289	120,837,000
1986	51,446,045	121,482,000
1987	53,323,493	122,069,000
1988	55,072,694	122,578,000
1989	56,704,914	123,069,000
1990	58,380,092	123,478,000
1991	59,986,931	123,964,000
1992	61,184,983	124,425,000
1993	61,403,543	124,829,000
1994	61,520,598	125,178,000
1995	62,205,567	125,472,000
1996	62,881,300	125,757,000
1997	63,639,638	126,057,000
1998	64,519,859	126,400,000
1999	65,445,391	126,631,000
2000	66,418,659	126,843,000
2001	67,452,005	127,149,000
2002	68,011,317	127,445,000
2003	68,769,340	127,718,000
2004	70,256,316	127,761,000
2005	71,828,455	127,773,000
2006	73,392,747	127,854,000
2007	74,602,648	128,001,000
2008	75,514,204	128,063,000
2009	76,457,825	128,047,000
2010	77,420,842	128,070,000
2011	78,383,598	127,833,000
2012	79,370,580	127,629,000
2013	80,414,686	127,445,000
2014	81,502,045	127,276,000
2015	82,619,362	127,141,000
2016	83,812,228	127,076,000
2017	85,026,754	126,972,000
2018	86,117,998	126,811,000
2019	87,051,648	126,633,000
2020	87,723,443	126,261,000
2021	88,455,488	125,681,593
2022	89,524,246	125,124,989
2023	90,608,707	124,516,650
2024	91,567,738	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Iran and Japan

Fertility rate

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Japan
1960	7.52	2
1961	7.46	1.96
1962	7.4	1.98
1963	7.32	2
1964	7.24	2.05
1965	7.22	2.14
1966	7.21	1.58
1967	7.19	2.23
1968	7.12	2.13
1969	7.01	2.13
1970	6.8	2.13
1971	6.55	2.16
1972	6.26	2.14
1973	6.06	2.14
1974	5.97	2.05
1975	5.95	1.91
1976	6.07	1.85
1977	6.18	1.8
1978	6.34	1.79
1979	6.55	1.77
1980	6.63	1.75
1981	6.62	1.74
1982	6.59	1.77
1983	6.53	1.8
1984	6.43	1.81
1985	6.24	1.76
1986	6.01	1.72
1987	5.72	1.69
1988	5.43	1.66
1989	5.17	1.57
1990	4.93	1.54
1991	4.57	1.53
1992	4.1	1.5
1993	3.67	1.46
1994	3.24	1.5
1995	2.85	1.42
1996	2.54	1.43
1997	2.32	1.39
1998	2.19	1.38
1999	2.09	1.34
2000	2	1.36
2001	1.92	1.33
2002	1.84	1.32
2003	1.8	1.29
2004	1.78	1.29
2005	1.76	1.26
2006	1.76	1.32
2007	1.75	1.34
2008	1.74	1.37
2009	1.74	1.37
2010	1.75	1.39
2011	1.79	1.39
2012	1.85	1.41
2013	1.91	1.43
2014	1.98	1.42
2015	2.02	1.45
2016	2.05	1.44
2017	2.02	1.43
2018	1.92	1.42
2019	1.77	1.36
2020	1.7	1.33
2021	1.71	1.3
2022	1.7	1.26
2023	1.7	1.2

Iran and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Japan
1960	19.1	25.8
1961	18.7	26.2
1962	18.4	26.5
1963	18.1	26.9
1964	17.9	27.2
1965	17.8	27.6
1966	17.7	28
1967	17.7	28.4
1968	17.6	28.6
1969	17.6	28.9
1970	17.6	29.2
1971	17.7	29.6
1972	17.8	29.9
1973	17.9	30.2
1974	18	30.4
1975	18.1	30.6
1976	18.2	30.9
1977	18.3	31.5
1978	18.3	32
1979	18.3	32.4
1980	18.2	32.8
1981	18.4	33.1
1982	18.6	33.7
1983	18.5	34.3
1984	18.4	34.9
1985	18.3	35.4
1986	18.2	35.9
1987	18.2	36.3
1988	18.2	36.8
1989	18.1	37.2
1990	18.2	37.7
1991	18.3	38.2
1992	18.4	38.7
1993	18.3	39.2
1994	18.4	39.6
1995	18.7	40
1996	19.1	40.3
1997	19.5	40.7
1998	20	41
1999	20.7	41.4
2000	21.4	41.8
2001	22	42.1
2002	22.6	42.5
2003	23.1	42.8
2004	23.7	43.2
2005	24.3	43.6
2006	24.8	43.9
2007	25.5	44.2
2008	26.1	44.6
2009	26.6	44.9
2010	27.2	45.2
2011	27.7	45.5
2012	28.2	45.8
2013	28.7	46.2
2014	29.2	46.6
2015	29.7	47
2016	30.2	47.3
2017	30.7	47.6
2018	31.2	48
2019	31.7	48.3
2020	32.3	48.7
2021	32.8	49.1
2022	33.3	49.5
2023	33.8	50
2024	34.3	50.4

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