Iran vs Malaysia statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 17th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

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Iran and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Malaysia
1960	$4,199,134,390	$1,916,229,477
1961	$4,426,949,095	$1,901,856,123
1962	$4,693,566,416	$2,001,489,602
1963	$4,928,628,018	$2,510,110,348
1964	$5,379,845,648	$2,674,423,922
1965	$6,197,319,929	$2,956,337,669
1966	$6,789,938,672	$3,143,517,944
1967	$7,555,383,690	$3,188,924,677
1968	$8,623,172,960	$3,330,371,551
1969	$9,743,089,607	$3,664,552,041
1970	$10,976,245,154	$3,864,145,667
1971	$13,731,802,833	$4,244,395,956
1972	$17,153,463,263	$5,043,347,250
1973	$27,081,698,250	$7,662,902,678
1974	$46,209,092,072	$9,496,204,302
1975	$51,776,222,350	$9,298,800,799
1976	$68,055,295,081	$11,050,234,599
1977	$80,600,122,702	$13,139,488,633
1978	$77,994,316,621	$16,358,079,862
1979	$90,391,877,326	$21,213,264,962
1980	$94,362,275,580	$24,488,224,677
1981	$100,499,312,750	$25,004,285,792
1982	$125,948,756,439	$26,804,493,635
1983	$156,365,156,618	$30,347,442,111
1984	$162,276,728,620	$33,942,897,422
1985	$180,183,629,600	$31,199,633,353
1986	$209,094,561,833	$27,734,111,400
1987	$134,009,995,923	$32,181,210,158
1988	$123,057,861,334	$35,272,109,220
1989	$120,496,362,916	$38,847,965,293
1990	$124,813,263,926	$44,024,585,240
1991	$131,637,664,958	$49,143,148,094
1992	$119,768,691,217	$59,167,550,163
1993	$63,743,623,231	$66,894,966,969
1994	$71,841,461,172	$74,478,356,958
1995	$96,419,225,745	$88,705,342,903
1996	$120,403,931,883	$100,855,393,910
1997	$113,919,163,421	$100,005,323,302
1998	$110,276,913,362	$72,167,498,981
1999	$113,848,450,089	$79,148,421,053
2000	$109,591,707,801	$93,789,736,842
2001	$126,878,750,296	$92,783,947,368
2002	$128,626,917,504	$100,845,526,316
2003	$151,911,222,120	$110,202,368,421
2004	$187,754,571,247	$124,749,473,684
2005	$224,970,371,329	$143,534,405,819
2006	$265,602,187,406	$162,692,258,307
2007	$349,736,591,836	$193,549,569,478
2008	$406,070,949,551	$230,811,614,370
2009	$414,059,094,950	$202,257,453,037
2010	$487,069,570,461	$255,017,638,456
2011	$629,082,257,472	$297,951,668,675
2012	$644,019,315,004	$314,443,047,642
2013	$500,399,839,840	$323,276,235,524
2014	$462,284,793,281	$338,066,095,097
2015	$409,191,686,497	$301,355,266,965
2016	$459,042,684,193	$301,256,033,870
2017	$489,168,731,811	$319,109,094,160
2018	$398,880,231,367	$358,788,845,713
2019	$333,519,146,339	$365,177,721,022
2020	$262,186,179,356	$337,456,163,961
2021	$383,436,202,447	$373,784,823,673
2022	$394,362,621,793	$407,605,841,348
2023	$404,625,655,076	$399,705,137,434
2024	$436,906,331,672	$421,972,102,254

Iran and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Malaysia
1960	$195.6	$240.8
1961	$200.1	$232.9
1962	$205.8	$238.8
1963	$209.6	$291.8
1964	$221.7	$303
1965	$247.5	$326
1966	$262.9	$339
1967	$283.7	$335
1968	$314	$342
1969	$345	$368
1970	$377	$380
1971	$457	$407
1972	$555	$472
1973	$851	$701
1974	$1,409	$848
1975	$1,532	$811
1976	$1,954	$940
1977	$2,243	$1,092
1978	$2,101	$1,327
1979	$2,352	$1,680
1980	$2,368	$1,886
1981	$2,393	$1,866
1982	$2,845	$1,938
1983	$3,397	$2,124
1984	$3,395	$2,300
1985	$3,634	$2,046
1986	$4,064	$1,760
1987	$2,513	$1,977
1988	$2,234	$2,100
1989	$2,125	$2,244
1990	$2,138	$2,469
1991	$2,194	$2,679
1992	$1,957	$3,141
1993	$1,038	$3,462
1994	$1,168	$3,758
1995	$1,550	$4,363
1996	$1,915	$4,837
1997	$1,790	$4,679
1998	$1,709	$3,294
1999	$1,740	$3,528
2000	$1,650	$4,084
2001	$1,881	$3,944
2002	$1,891	$4,184
2003	$2,209	$4,465
2004	$2,672	$4,939
2005	$3,132	$5,556
2006	$3,619	$6,158
2007	$4,688	$7,169
2008	$5,377	$8,372
2009	$5,416	$7,191
2010	$6,291	$8,899
2011	$8,026	$10,217
2012	$8,114	$10,601
2013	$6,223	$10,714
2014	$5,672	$11,013
2015	$4,953	$9,649
2016	$5,477	$9,477
2017	$5,753	$9,863
2018	$4,632	$10,902
2019	$3,831	$10,920
2020	$2,989	$9,958
2021	$4,335	$10,903
2022	$4,405	$11,748
2023	$4,466	$11,379
2024	$4,771	$11,867

Iran vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Malaysia
1950	38.2	48.5
1951	38.7	49.2
1952	39.2	50.1
1953	39.5	51.1
1954	40	52
1955	40.6	52.8
1956	41.1	53.7
1957	41.3	54.5
1958	42.2	55.4
1959	42.8	56.3
1960	43.3	57.2
1961	43.9	58
1962	43.8	58.9
1963	45.1	59.7
1964	45.7	60.4
1965	46.4	61.1
1966	47.1	61.7
1967	47.8	62
1968	47.9	62.4
1969	49.4	62.9
1970	50.2	63.3
1971	51.1	63.8
1972	51.7	64.2
1973	52.9	64.7
1974	53.9	65.2
1975	54.8	65.7
1976	55.8	66.2
1977	56.7	66.7
1978	56	67.2
1979	58.5	67.6
1980	58.4	68.1
1981	56.6	68.5
1982	57.6	68.9
1983	58.5	69.2
1984	60.9	69.6
1985	61.5	69.9
1986	62.1	70.1
1987	62.7	70.4
1988	63.3	70.6
1989	65.3	70.8
1990	64.1	71
1991	66.2	71.2
1992	66.7	71.5
1993	67	71.7
1994	67.5	71.9
1995	67.9	72
1996	68.3	72.1
1997	68.6	72.3
1998	69.2	72.4
1999	69.7	72.4
2000	70.2	72.7
2001	70.6	73.1
2002	71.1	73.5
2003	70.5	73.7
2004	72	74
2005	72.4	74.4
2006	72.9	74.7
2007	73.3	75
2008	73.7	75.2
2009	74	75.3
2010	74.4	75.4
2011	74.7	75.5
2012	75	75.6
2013	75.3	75.5
2014	75.6	75.3
2015	75.9	75.3
2016	76.2	75.4
2017	76.4	75.5
2018	76.6	75.7
2019	76.9	75.9
2020	74.1	76.1
2021	73.8	73.9
2022	76.8	75.4
2023	77.7	76.7
2024	77.9	76.8
2025	78.1	77

Iran and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Malaysia
1960	21,470,434	7,956,197
1961	22,125,726	8,164,443
1962	22,807,907	8,380,172
1963	23,519,005	8,602,160
1964	24,262,859	8,828,406
1965	25,036,978	9,056,408
1966	25,829,270	9,284,688
1967	26,628,432	9,507,099
1968	27,437,391	9,725,281
1969	28,273,482	9,947,597
1970	29,145,100	10,178,802
1971	30,029,071	10,423,453
1972	30,921,179	10,676,835
1973	31,839,838	10,935,621
1974	32,796,463	11,200,906
1975	33,802,973	11,471,914
1976	34,837,271	11,750,097
1977	35,933,181	12,035,713
1978	37,126,535	12,328,157
1979	38,424,952	12,627,862
1980	39,842,324	12,983,363
1981	41,989,312	13,399,203
1982	44,272,141	13,832,798
1983	46,029,535	14,285,907
1984	47,793,998	14,759,009
1985	49,582,289	15,252,258
1986	51,446,045	15,760,419
1987	53,323,493	16,276,737
1988	55,072,694	16,796,605
1989	56,704,914	17,314,997
1990	58,380,092	17,833,171
1991	59,986,931	18,342,464
1992	61,184,983	18,834,572
1993	61,403,543	19,322,664
1994	61,520,598	19,820,446
1995	62,205,567	20,330,599
1996	62,881,300	20,850,087
1997	63,639,638	21,375,218
1998	64,519,859	21,906,713
1999	65,445,391	22,435,531
2000	66,418,659	22,967,816
2001	67,452,005	23,526,538
2002	68,011,317	24,102,477
2003	68,769,340	24,679,602
2004	70,256,316	25,256,772
2005	71,828,455	25,836,071
2006	73,392,747	26,417,909
2007	74,602,648	26,998,389
2008	75,514,204	27,570,059
2009	76,457,825	28,124,778
2010	77,420,842	28,655,776
2011	78,383,598	29,162,039
2012	79,370,580	29,662,831
2013	80,414,686	30,174,265
2014	81,502,045	30,696,137
2015	82,619,362	31,232,798
2016	83,812,228	31,789,685
2017	85,026,754	32,355,644
2018	86,117,998	32,910,967
2019	87,051,648	33,440,596
2020	87,723,443	33,889,558
2021	88,455,488	34,282,399
2022	89,524,246	34,695,493
2023	90,608,707	35,126,298
2024	91,567,738	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Iran and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Malaysia
1960	7.52	6.41
1961	7.46	6.37
1962	7.4	6.3
1963	7.32	6.19
1964	7.24	6.03
1965	7.22	5.84
1966	7.21	5.64
1967	7.19	5.43
1968	7.12	5.29
1969	7.01	5.16
1970	6.8	5.04
1971	6.55	4.92
1972	6.26	4.82
1973	6.06	4.73
1974	5.97	4.62
1975	5.95	4.5
1976	6.07	4.4
1977	6.18	4.28
1978	6.34	4.18
1979	6.55	4.09
1980	6.63	4.04
1981	6.62	4
1982	6.59	3.97
1983	6.53	3.93
1984	6.43	3.89
1985	6.24	3.8
1986	6.01	3.7
1987	5.72	3.57
1988	5.43	3.5
1989	5.17	3.31
1990	4.93	3.3
1991	4.57	3.34
1992	4.1	3.37
1993	3.67	3.36
1994	3.24	3.35
1995	2.85	3.32
1996	2.54	3.3
1997	2.32	3.23
1998	2.19	3.12
1999	2.09	3.07
2000	2	2.94
2001	1.92	2.81
2002	1.84	2.66
2003	1.8	2.6
2004	1.78	2.49
2005	1.76	2.39
2006	1.76	2.31
2007	1.75	2.25
2008	1.74	2.26
2009	1.74	2.22
2010	1.75	2.14
2011	1.79	2.15
2012	1.85	2.12
2013	1.91	2.07
2014	1.98	2.06
2015	2.02	2.01
2016	2.05	1.94
2017	2.02	1.89
2018	1.92	1.84
2019	1.77	1.78
2020	1.7	1.68
2021	1.71	1.56
2022	1.7	1.55
2023	1.7	1.55

Iran and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Malaysia
1960	19.1	17.5
1961	18.7	17.3
1962	18.4	17.1
1963	18.1	17
1964	17.9	16.9
1965	17.8	16.8
1966	17.7	16.9
1967	17.7	17
1968	17.6	17.1
1969	17.6	17.3
1970	17.6	17.4
1971	17.7	17.6
1972	17.8	17.9
1973	17.9	18.1
1974	18	18.3
1975	18.1	18.6
1976	18.2	18.8
1977	18.3	19
1978	18.3	19.3
1979	18.3	19.5
1980	18.2	19.7
1981	18.4	19.9
1982	18.6	20.1
1983	18.5	20.4
1984	18.4	20.5
1985	18.3	20.7
1986	18.2	20.9
1987	18.2	21
1988	18.2	21.1
1989	18.1	21.3
1990	18.2	21.5
1991	18.3	21.7
1992	18.4	21.9
1993	18.3	22.1
1994	18.4	22.3
1995	18.7	22.5
1996	19.1	22.7
1997	19.5	22.9
1998	20	23.1
1999	20.7	23.4
2000	21.4	23.5
2001	22	23.6
2002	22.6	23.7
2003	23.1	23.9
2004	23.7	24
2005	24.3	24.2
2006	24.8	24.5
2007	25.5	24.8
2008	26.1	25.1
2009	26.6	25.6
2010	27.2	26
2011	27.7	26.4
2012	28.2	26.8
2013	28.7	27.1
2014	29.2	27.5
2015	29.7	27.8
2016	30.2	28.1
2017	30.7	28.5
2018	31.2	28.8
2019	31.7	29.2
2020	32.3	29.6
2021	32.8	30.1
2022	33.3	30.6
2023	33.8	31.1
2024	34.3	31.5

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