Iran vs Libya statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 17th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Iran and Libya: Comparison Charts

Iran and Libya economies compared

GDP

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Libya
1960	$4,199,134,390	$401,644,249
1961	$4,426,949,095	$443,905,612
1962	$4,693,566,416	$619,725,785
1963	$4,928,628,018	$892,327,911
1964	$5,379,845,648	$1,341,395,421
1965	$6,197,319,929	$1,804,979,680
1966	$6,789,938,672	$2,312,438,536
1967	$7,555,383,690	$2,726,986,913
1968	$8,623,172,960	$3,850,623,095
1969	$9,743,089,607	$4,380,987,481
1970	$10,976,245,154	$4,601,649,451
1971	$13,731,802,833	$5,260,185,125
1972	$17,153,463,263	$6,299,395,544
1973	$27,081,698,250	$8,625,889,430
1974	$46,209,092,072	$15,112,543,717
1975	$51,776,222,350	$14,710,912,458
1976	$68,055,295,081	$19,096,943,017
1977	$80,600,122,702	$22,428,297,108
1978	$77,994,316,621	$22,136,422,643
1979	$90,391,877,326	$30,536,429,497
1980	$94,362,275,580	$40,953,924,949
1981	$100,499,312,750	$36,374,353,880
1982	$125,948,756,439	$33,760,146,991
1983	$156,365,156,618	$33,200,520,140
1984	$162,276,728,620	$29,476,109,153
1985	$180,183,629,600	$31,530,566,324
1986	$209,094,561,833	$24,180,400,959
1987	$134,009,995,923	$26,697,659,335
1988	$123,057,861,334	$24,308,959,591
1989	$120,496,362,916	$25,156,707,899
1990	$124,813,263,926	$28,904,183,602
1991	$131,637,664,958	$31,991,821,265
1992	$119,768,691,217	$33,887,047,909
1993	$63,743,623,231	$30,660,051,911
1994	$71,841,461,172	$28,610,549,763
1995	$96,419,225,745	$25,541,379,187
1996	$120,403,931,883	$27,884,615,385
1997	$113,919,163,421	$30,700,897,875
1998	$110,276,913,362	$27,251,301,398
1999	$113,848,450,089	$35,975,860,857
2000	$109,591,707,801	$38,270,954,138
2001	$126,878,750,296	$34,112,093,927
2002	$128,626,917,504	$20,481,889,764
2003	$151,911,222,120	$26,265,625,000
2004	$187,754,571,247	$33,122,307,692
2005	$224,970,371,329	$47,334,691,241
2006	$265,602,187,406	$60,094,231,607
2007	$349,736,591,836	$68,032,978,391
2008	$406,070,949,551	$86,710,767,415
2009	$414,059,094,950	$60,808,562,033
2010	$487,069,570,461	$75,380,825,062
2011	$629,082,257,472	$48,169,263,294
2012	$644,019,315,004	$92,540,938,129
2013	$500,399,839,840	$75,351,107,029
2014	$462,284,793,281	$57,372,355,592
2015	$409,191,686,497	$48,717,501,321
2016	$459,042,684,193	$49,912,073,701
2017	$489,168,731,811	$67,157,452,182
2018	$398,880,231,367	$76,686,029,772
2019	$333,519,146,339	$69,254,496,472
2020	$262,186,179,356	$46,854,285,441
2021	$383,436,202,447	$35,217,995,647
2022	$394,362,621,793	$43,246,297,922
2023	$404,625,655,076	$45,096,462,972
2024	$436,906,331,672	$46,636,278,902

Iran and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Libya
1960	$195.6	$269
1961	$200.1	$285.3
1962	$205.8	$382
1963	$209.6	$528
1964	$221.7	$765
1965	$247.5	$1,001
1966	$262.9	$1,251
1967	$283.7	$1,437
1968	$314	$1,972
1969	$345	$2,175
1970	$377	$2,210
1971	$457	$2,443
1972	$555	$2,830
1973	$851	$3,727
1974	$1,409	$6,214
1975	$1,532	$5,721
1976	$1,954	$7,018
1977	$2,243	$7,783
1978	$2,101	$7,252
1979	$2,352	$9,443
1980	$2,368	$11,960
1981	$2,393	$10,044
1982	$2,845	$9,064
1983	$3,397	$8,927
1984	$3,395	$7,811
1985	$3,634	$8,087
1986	$4,064	$6,019
1987	$2,513	$6,465
1988	$2,234	$5,736
1989	$2,125	$5,793
1990	$2,138	$6,502
1991	$2,194	$7,040
1992	$1,957	$7,303
1993	$1,038	$6,478
1994	$1,168	$5,933
1995	$1,550	$5,205
1996	$1,915	$5,591
1997	$1,790	$6,062
1998	$1,709	$5,301
1999	$1,740	$6,895
2000	$1,650	$7,214
2001	$1,881	$6,313
2002	$1,891	$3,718
2003	$2,209	$4,674
2004	$2,672	$5,774
2005	$3,132	$8,079
2006	$3,619	$10,049
2007	$4,688	$11,145
2008	$5,377	$13,906
2009	$5,416	$9,551
2010	$6,291	$11,601
2011	$8,026	$7,594
2012	$8,114	$14,976
2013	$6,223	$11,952
2014	$5,672	$8,926
2015	$4,953	$7,458
2016	$5,477	$7,526
2017	$5,753	$9,966
2018	$4,632	$11,197
2019	$3,831	$9,963
2020	$2,989	$6,650
2021	$4,335	$4,936
2022	$4,405	$5,987
2023	$4,466	$6,173
2024	$4,771	$6,318

Iran vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Libya
1950	38.2	33.1
1951	38.7	33.5
1952	39.2	33.8
1953	39.5	34.2
1954	40	34.7
1955	40.6	35.2
1956	41.1	36
1957	41.3	36.9
1958	42.2	38
1959	42.8	39.3
1960	43.3	40.8
1961	43.9	42.4
1962	43.8	44.1
1963	45.1	45.6
1964	45.7	47.7
1965	46.4	49.3
1966	47.1	50.9
1967	47.8	52.5
1968	47.9	53.8
1969	49.4	55.2
1970	50.2	56.4
1971	51.1	57.6
1972	51.7	58.7
1973	52.9	59.7
1974	53.9	60.7
1975	54.8	61.6
1976	55.8	62.4
1977	56.7	63.1
1978	56	63.8
1979	58.5	64.3
1980	58.4	64.8
1981	56.6	65.3
1982	57.6	65.8
1983	58.5	66.3
1984	60.9	66.7
1985	61.5	67.3
1986	62.1	67.8
1987	62.7	68.3
1988	63.3	68.6
1989	65.3	69
1990	64.1	69.3
1991	66.2	69.6
1992	66.7	70
1993	67	70.2
1994	67.5	70.5
1995	67.9	70.6
1996	68.3	70.7
1997	68.6	70.7
1998	69.2	70.7
1999	69.7	70.6
2000	70.2	70.5
2001	70.6	70.7
2002	71.1	70.8
2003	70.5	71
2004	72	71.2
2005	72.4	71.4
2006	72.9	71.6
2007	73.3	71.8
2008	73.7	71.9
2009	74	72.1
2010	74.4	72.2
2011	74.7	69.9
2012	75	72.2
2013	75.3	72.3
2014	75.6	71.3
2015	75.9	71.6
2016	76.2	71.8
2017	76.4	72.7
2018	76.6	73.2
2019	76.9	72.9
2020	74.1	72.4
2021	73.8	72.1
2022	76.8	74.5
2023	77.7	69.3
2024	77.9	71.1
2025	78.1	73.2

Iran and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Libya
1960	21,470,434	1,492,890
1961	22,125,726	1,555,699
1962	22,807,907	1,621,960
1963	23,519,005	1,690,457
1964	24,262,859	1,753,691
1965	25,036,978	1,804,015
1966	25,829,270	1,849,063
1967	26,628,432	1,898,199
1968	27,437,391	1,952,781
1969	28,273,482	2,014,293
1970	29,145,100	2,082,589
1971	30,029,071	2,153,534
1972	30,921,179	2,226,091
1973	31,839,838	2,314,193
1974	32,796,463	2,432,211
1975	33,802,973	2,571,556
1976	34,837,271	2,721,237
1977	35,933,181	2,881,533
1978	37,126,535	3,052,526
1979	38,424,952	3,233,846
1980	39,842,324	3,424,378
1981	41,989,312	3,621,486
1982	44,272,141	3,724,765
1983	46,029,535	3,718,961
1984	47,793,998	3,773,633
1985	49,582,289	3,898,745
1986	51,446,045	4,017,403
1987	53,323,493	4,129,739
1988	55,072,694	4,237,755
1989	56,704,914	4,342,920
1990	58,380,092	4,445,239
1991	59,986,931	4,544,400
1992	61,184,983	4,640,352
1993	61,403,543	4,733,045
1994	61,520,598	4,822,037
1995	62,205,567	4,906,843
1996	62,881,300	4,987,393
1997	63,639,638	5,064,639
1998	64,519,859	5,140,704
1999	65,445,391	5,218,038
2000	66,418,659	5,305,021
2001	67,452,005	5,403,639
2002	68,011,317	5,508,410
2003	68,769,340	5,619,398
2004	70,256,316	5,736,693
2005	71,828,455	5,858,798
2006	73,392,747	5,980,211
2007	74,602,648	6,104,380
2008	75,514,204	6,235,430
2009	76,457,825	6,366,686
2010	77,420,842	6,497,839
2011	78,383,598	6,343,203
2012	79,370,580	6,179,328
2013	80,414,686	6,304,628
2014	81,502,045	6,427,252
2015	82,619,362	6,531,819
2016	83,812,228	6,632,126
2017	85,026,754	6,738,770
2018	86,117,998	6,849,055
2019	87,051,648	6,951,033
2020	87,723,443	7,045,399
2021	88,455,488	7,135,175
2022	89,524,246	7,223,805
2023	90,608,707	7,305,659
2024	91,567,738	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Iran and Libya

Fertility rate

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Libya
1960	7.52	7.51
1961	7.46	7.56
1962	7.4	7.61
1963	7.32	7.69
1964	7.24	7.75
1965	7.22	7.82
1966	7.21	7.89
1967	7.19	7.93
1968	7.12	7.97
1969	7.01	8.01
1970	6.8	8.05
1971	6.55	8.1
1972	6.26	8.07
1973	6.06	8.05
1974	5.97	8.02
1975	5.95	7.98
1976	6.07	7.93
1977	6.18	7.87
1978	6.34	7.79
1979	6.55	7.68
1980	6.63	7.54
1981	6.62	7.37
1982	6.59	7.16
1983	6.53	6.91
1984	6.43	6.62
1985	6.24	6.33
1986	6.01	6.02
1987	5.72	5.72
1988	5.43	5.41
1989	5.17	5.09
1990	4.93	4.78
1991	4.57	4.46
1992	4.1	4.16
1993	3.67	3.88
1994	3.24	3.65
1995	2.85	3.44
1996	2.54	3.26
1997	2.32	3.13
1998	2.19	3.04
1999	2.09	2.97
2000	2	2.91
2001	1.92	2.87
2002	1.84	2.83
2003	1.8	2.8
2004	1.78	2.77
2005	1.76	2.77
2006	1.76	2.7
2007	1.75	2.65
2008	1.74	2.6
2009	1.74	2.56
2010	1.75	2.6
2011	1.79	2.65
2012	1.85	2.68
2013	1.91	2.72
2014	1.98	2.75
2015	2.02	2.71
2016	2.05	2.67
2017	2.02	2.63
2018	1.92	2.58
2019	1.77	2.54
2020	1.7	2.51
2021	1.71	2.46
2022	1.7	2.4
2023	1.7	2.36

Iran and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Libya
1960	19.1	18.5
1961	18.7	18.2
1962	18.4	17.9
1963	18.1	17.5
1964	17.9	17.2
1965	17.8	16.7
1966	17.7	15.9
1967	17.7	15.3
1968	17.6	14.9
1969	17.6	14.7
1970	17.6	14.7
1971	17.7	14.7
1972	17.8	14.7
1973	17.9	14.9
1974	18	15.3
1975	18.1	15.5
1976	18.2	15.6
1977	18.3	15.8
1978	18.3	15.9
1979	18.3	15.9
1980	18.2	16
1981	18.4	16.1
1982	18.6	16.3
1983	18.5	16.5
1984	18.4	16.8
1985	18.3	17.1
1986	18.2	17.3
1987	18.2	17.6
1988	18.2	17.9
1989	18.1	18.2
1990	18.2	18.6
1991	18.3	18.9
1992	18.4	19.3
1993	18.3	19.7
1994	18.4	20.1
1995	18.7	20.6
1996	19.1	21.1
1997	19.5	21.5
1998	20	22
1999	20.7	22.4
2000	21.4	22.7
2001	22	22.9
2002	22.6	23.1
2003	23.1	23.2
2004	23.7	23.4
2005	24.3	23.6
2006	24.8	23.8
2007	25.5	24.2
2008	26.1	24.6
2009	26.6	25
2010	27.2	25.3
2011	27.7	25.5
2012	28.2	25.7
2013	28.7	25.9
2014	29.2	26.2
2015	29.7	26.4
2016	30.2	26.6
2017	30.7	26.8
2018	31.2	27
2019	31.7	27.2
2020	32.3	27.5
2021	32.8	27.7
2022	33.3	28
2023	33.8	28.2
2024	34.3	28.5

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