Iran vs Kuwait statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 17th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

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Iran and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Kuwait
1960	$4,199,134,390	-
1961	$4,426,949,095	-
1962	$4,693,566,416	$1,828,107,503
1963	$4,928,628,018	$1,900,895,857
1964	$5,379,845,648	$2,071,668,533
1965	$6,197,319,929	$2,097,199,161
1966	$6,789,938,672	$2,391,199,044
1967	$7,555,383,690	$2,441,599,023
1968	$8,623,172,960	$2,662,798,935
1969	$9,743,089,607	$2,769,198,892
1970	$10,976,245,154	$2,873,638,851
1971	$13,731,802,833	$3,880,392,195
1972	$17,153,463,263	$4,450,537,925
1973	$27,081,698,250	$5,408,804,607
1974	$46,209,092,072	$13,006,948,296
1975	$51,776,222,350	$12,022,811,621
1976	$68,055,295,081	$13,132,252,802
1977	$80,600,122,702	$14,137,406,741
1978	$77,994,316,621	$15,503,557,496
1979	$90,391,877,326	$24,749,063,922
1980	$94,362,275,580	$28,638,868,356
1981	$100,499,312,750	$25,058,020,338
1982	$125,948,756,439	$21,577,153,356
1983	$156,365,156,618	$20,871,081,080
1984	$162,276,728,620	$21,700,082,753
1985	$180,183,629,600	$21,445,970,614
1986	$209,094,561,833	$17,903,989,745
1987	$134,009,995,923	$22,368,704,134
1988	$123,057,861,334	$20,690,322,153
1989	$120,496,362,916	$24,313,855,653
1990	$124,813,263,926	$18,427,777,778
1991	$131,637,664,958	$11,009,993,703
1992	$119,768,691,217	$19,858,555,215
1993	$63,743,623,231	$23,941,391,391
1994	$71,841,461,172	$24,848,483,838
1995	$96,419,225,745	$27,186,980,647
1996	$120,403,931,883	$31,492,373,309
1997	$113,919,163,421	$30,350,190,704
1998	$110,276,913,362	$25,943,705,784
1999	$113,848,450,089	$30,122,365,849
2000	$109,591,707,801	$37,718,743,480
2001	$126,878,750,296	$34,889,559,870
2002	$128,626,917,504	$38,135,788,414
2003	$151,911,222,120	$47,874,582,232
2004	$187,754,571,247	$59,439,090,601
2005	$224,970,371,329	$80,798,630,137
2006	$265,602,187,406	$101,557,330,723
2007	$349,736,591,836	$114,634,043,362
2008	$406,070,949,551	$147,379,737,230
2009	$414,059,094,950	$105,968,691,905
2010	$487,069,570,461	$115,416,245,238
2011	$629,082,257,472	$154,039,231,299
2012	$644,019,315,004	$174,047,662,555
2013	$500,399,839,840	$174,168,116,687
2014	$462,284,793,281	$162,650,450,785
2015	$409,191,686,497	$114,585,555,831
2016	$459,042,684,193	$109,406,674,088
2017	$489,168,731,811	$120,687,539,676
2018	$398,880,231,367	$138,646,316,322
2019	$333,519,146,339	$140,856,394,870
2020	$262,186,179,356	$111,045,470,461
2021	$383,436,202,447	$148,350,671,614
2022	$394,362,621,793	$183,502,046,669
2023	$404,625,655,076	$165,384,407,267
2024	$436,906,331,672	$160,227,273,001

Iran and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Kuwait
1960	$195.6	-
1961	$200.1	-
1962	$205.8	$4,748
1963	$209.6	$4,445
1964	$221.7	$4,379
1965	$247.5	$4,024
1966	$262.9	$4,176
1967	$283.7	$3,887
1968	$314	$3,872
1969	$345	$3,695
1970	$377	$3,552
1971	$457	$4,486
1972	$555	$4,836
1973	$851	$5,532
1974	$1,409	$12,527
1975	$1,532	$10,882
1976	$1,954	$11,141
1977	$2,243	$11,238
1978	$2,101	$11,567
1979	$2,352	$17,386
1980	$2,368	$19,032
1981	$2,393	$15,825
1982	$2,845	$12,979
1983	$3,397	$11,965
1984	$3,395	$11,919
1985	$3,634	$11,322
1986	$4,064	$9,077
1987	$2,513	$10,896
1988	$2,234	$9,692
1989	$2,125	$10,965
1990	$2,138	$10,938
1991	$2,194	$8,147
1992	$1,957	$12,146
1993	$1,038	$14,318
1994	$1,168	$14,930
1995	$1,550	$16,168
1996	$1,915	$18,201
1997	$1,790	$16,977
1998	$1,709	$14,067
1999	$1,740	$15,854
2000	$1,650	$19,296
2001	$1,881	$17,374
2002	$1,891	$18,513
2003	$2,209	$22,691
2004	$2,672	$27,552
2005	$3,132	$36,123
2006	$3,619	$42,947
2007	$4,688	$45,709
2008	$5,377	$55,585
2009	$5,416	$37,907
2010	$6,291	$39,212
2011	$8,026	$49,170
2012	$8,114	$52,155
2013	$6,223	$49,651
2014	$5,672	$44,369
2015	$4,953	$29,882
2016	$5,477	$27,324
2017	$5,753	$29,048
2018	$4,632	$32,068
2019	$3,831	$31,708
2020	$2,989	$25,236
2021	$4,335	$34,019
2022	$4,405	$39,982
2023	$4,466	$34,076
2024	$4,771	$32,214

Iran vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Kuwait
1950	38.2	49.7
1951	38.7	50.6
1952	39.2	51.4
1953	39.5	52.3
1954	40	53.1
1955	40.6	54
1956	41.1	54.9
1957	41.3	55.9
1958	42.2	56.9
1959	42.8	57.9
1960	43.3	58.9
1961	43.9	60
1962	43.8	61
1963	45.1	62
1964	45.7	63
1965	46.4	63.9
1966	47.1	64.9
1967	47.8	65.8
1968	47.9	66.6
1969	49.4	67.3
1970	50.2	68
1971	51.1	68.5
1972	51.7	68.9
1973	52.9	69.2
1974	53.9	69.4
1975	54.8	69.7
1976	55.8	69.9
1977	56.7	70.2
1978	56	70.5
1979	58.5	70.8
1980	58.4	71.1
1981	56.6	71.5
1982	57.6	71.9
1983	58.5	72.4
1984	60.9	72.9
1985	61.5	73.3
1986	62.1	73.8
1987	62.7	74.2
1988	63.3	74.6
1989	65.3	75
1990	64.1	72.9
1991	66.2	73.3
1992	66.7	75.7
1993	67	75.8
1994	67.5	75.7
1995	67.9	75.7
1996	68.3	75.6
1997	68.6	75.6
1998	69.2	75.6
1999	69.7	75.7
2000	70.2	75.9
2001	70.6	76
2002	71.1	76.2
2003	70.5	76.3
2004	72	76.4
2005	72.4	76.5
2006	72.9	76.6
2007	73.3	76.7
2008	73.7	76.9
2009	74	77.2
2010	74.4	77.5
2011	74.7	77.9
2012	75	78.2
2013	75.3	78.6
2014	75.6	78.9
2015	75.9	79.2
2016	76.2	79.5
2017	76.4	79.7
2018	76.6	79.9
2019	76.9	80
2020	74.1	78.2
2021	73.8	77.6
2022	76.8	78.8
2023	77.7	80.4
2024	77.9	80.6
2025	78.1	80.8

Iran and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Kuwait
1960	21,470,434	311,060
1961	22,125,726	345,945
1962	22,807,907	384,995
1963	23,519,005	427,694
1964	24,262,859	473,115
1965	25,036,978	521,174
1966	25,829,270	572,590
1967	26,628,432	628,089
1968	27,437,391	687,716
1969	28,273,482	749,452
1970	29,145,100	809,114
1971	30,029,071	865,076
1972	30,921,179	920,352
1973	31,839,838	977,654
1974	32,796,463	1,038,346
1975	33,802,973	1,104,863
1976	34,837,271	1,178,711
1977	35,933,181	1,258,023
1978	37,126,535	1,340,319
1979	38,424,952	1,423,514
1980	39,842,324	1,504,782
1981	41,989,312	1,583,426
1982	44,272,141	1,662,480
1983	46,029,535	1,744,295
1984	47,793,998	1,820,688
1985	49,582,289	1,894,242
1986	51,446,045	1,972,520
1987	53,323,493	2,052,994
1988	55,072,694	2,134,707
1989	56,704,914	2,217,468
1990	58,380,092	1,684,819
1991	59,986,931	1,351,399
1992	61,184,983	1,634,961
1993	61,403,543	1,672,151
1994	61,520,598	1,664,361
1995	62,205,567	1,681,513
1996	62,881,300	1,730,246
1997	63,639,638	1,787,683
1998	64,519,859	1,844,302
1999	65,445,391	1,900,030
2000	66,418,659	1,954,709
2001	67,452,005	2,008,121
2002	68,011,317	2,059,974
2003	68,769,340	2,109,881
2004	70,256,316	2,157,320
2005	71,828,455	2,236,788
2006	73,392,747	2,364,733
2007	74,602,648	2,507,887
2008	75,514,204	2,651,421
2009	76,457,825	2,795,484
2010	77,420,842	2,943,372
2011	78,383,598	3,132,814
2012	79,370,580	3,337,109
2013	80,414,686	3,507,844
2014	81,502,045	3,665,876
2015	82,619,362	3,834,574
2016	83,812,228	4,004,096
2017	85,026,754	4,154,812
2018	86,117,998	4,323,515
2019	87,051,648	4,442,316
2020	87,723,443	4,400,267
2021	88,455,488	4,360,865
2022	89,524,246	4,589,643
2023	90,608,707	4,853,420
2024	91,567,738	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Iran and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Kuwait
1960	7.52	7.22
1961	7.46	7.25
1962	7.4	7.25
1963	7.32	7.28
1964	7.24	7.29
1965	7.22	7.31
1966	7.21	7.34
1967	7.19	7.33
1968	7.12	7.28
1969	7.01	7.18
1970	6.8	7.03
1971	6.55	6.84
1972	6.26	6.64
1973	6.06	6.43
1974	5.97	6.23
1975	5.95	6.06
1976	6.07	5.9
1977	6.18	5.71
1978	6.34	5.52
1979	6.55	5.33
1980	6.63	5.18
1981	6.62	5.02
1982	6.59	4.85
1983	6.53	4.66
1984	6.43	4.45
1985	6.24	4.22
1986	6.01	4
1987	5.72	3.83
1988	5.43	3.7
1989	5.17	3.59
1990	4.93	3.49
1991	4.57	3.4
1992	4.1	3.35
1993	3.67	3.31
1994	3.24	3.27
1995	2.85	3.25
1996	2.54	3.22
1997	2.32	3.14
1998	2.19	3.04
1999	2.09	2.95
2000	2	2.89
2001	1.92	2.84
2002	1.84	2.8
2003	1.8	2.77
2004	1.78	2.76
2005	1.76	2.73
2006	1.76	2.59
2007	1.75	2.41
2008	1.74	2.27
2009	1.74	2.15
2010	1.75	2.04
2011	1.79	1.96
2012	1.85	1.99
2013	1.91	1.97
2014	1.98	2.06
2015	2.02	2.03
2016	2.05	2.06
2017	2.02	2.16
2018	1.92	2.12
2019	1.77	2.08
2020	1.7	2.03
2021	1.71	2.15
2022	1.7	1.55
2023	1.7	1.52

Iran and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Kuwait
1960	19.1	22
1961	18.7	21.8
1962	18.4	21.5
1963	18.1	21
1964	17.9	20.7
1965	17.8	20.4
1966	17.7	20
1967	17.7	19.6
1968	17.6	19.2
1969	17.6	18.8
1970	17.6	18.5
1971	17.7	18.3
1972	17.8	18.3
1973	17.9	18.3
1974	18	18.4
1975	18.1	18.4
1976	18.2	18.7
1977	18.3	19.2
1978	18.3	19.6
1979	18.3	20.1
1980	18.2	20.5
1981	18.4	20.9
1982	18.6	21.3
1983	18.5	21.7
1984	18.4	22.1
1985	18.3	22.4
1986	18.2	22.7
1987	18.2	22.8
1988	18.2	23
1989	18.1	23.2
1990	18.2	23.4
1991	18.3	23.6
1992	18.4	23.8
1993	18.3	24.2
1994	18.4	25.1
1995	18.7	25.5
1996	19.1	25.5
1997	19.5	25.5
1998	20	25.5
1999	20.7	25.6
2000	21.4	25.9
2001	22	26.3
2002	22.6	26.8
2003	23.1	27.3
2004	23.7	27.9
2005	24.3	28.3
2006	24.8	28.5
2007	25.5	28.6
2008	26.1	28.8
2009	26.6	29.2
2010	27.2	29.6
2011	27.7	30.5
2012	28.2	31.5
2013	28.7	32.3
2014	29.2	33
2015	29.7	33.8
2016	30.2	34.7
2017	30.7	35.6
2018	31.2	36.4
2019	31.7	37.1
2020	32.3	37.7
2021	32.8	35.8
2022	33.3	34.4
2023	33.8	35.5
2024	34.3	35.8

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