Iran vs Russia statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 17th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Iran and Russia: Comparison Charts

Iran and Russia economies compared

GDP

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Russia
1960	$4,199,134,390	-
1961	$4,426,949,095	-
1962	$4,693,566,416	-
1963	$4,928,628,018	-
1964	$5,379,845,648	-
1965	$6,197,319,929	-
1966	$6,789,938,672	-
1967	$7,555,383,690	-
1968	$8,623,172,960	-
1969	$9,743,089,607	-
1970	$10,976,245,154	-
1971	$13,731,802,833	-
1972	$17,153,463,263	-
1973	$27,081,698,250	-
1974	$46,209,092,072	-
1975	$51,776,222,350	-
1976	$68,055,295,081	-
1977	$80,600,122,702	-
1978	$77,994,316,621	-
1979	$90,391,877,326	-
1980	$94,362,275,580	-
1981	$100,499,312,750	-
1982	$125,948,756,439	-
1983	$156,365,156,618	-
1984	$162,276,728,620	-
1985	$180,183,629,600	-
1986	$209,094,561,833	-
1987	$134,009,995,923	-
1988	$123,057,861,334	$554,828,660,436
1989	$120,496,362,916	$506,631,299,735
1990	$124,813,263,926	$517,014,446,228
1991	$131,637,664,958	$517,962,962,963
1992	$119,768,691,217	$460,290,556,901
1993	$63,743,623,231	$435,083,713,851
1994	$71,841,461,172	$395,077,301,248
1995	$96,419,225,745	$395,537,185,735
1996	$120,403,931,883	$391,724,890,744
1997	$113,919,163,421	$404,928,954,192
1998	$110,276,913,362	$270,955,486,862
1999	$113,848,450,089	$195,907,128,351
2000	$109,591,707,801	$259,710,142,197
2001	$126,878,750,296	$306,602,070,621
2002	$128,626,917,504	$345,470,494,418
2003	$151,911,222,120	$430,347,420,185
2004	$187,754,571,247	$591,016,690,732
2005	$224,970,371,329	$764,015,973,481
2006	$265,602,187,406	$989,932,071,353
2007	$349,736,591,836	$1,299,703,478,482
2008	$406,070,949,551	$1,660,848,058,303
2009	$414,059,094,950	$1,222,645,900,056
2010	$487,069,570,461	$1,524,916,715,224
2011	$629,082,257,472	$2,045,922,753,398
2012	$644,019,315,004	$2,208,293,553,878
2013	$500,399,839,840	$2,292,470,078,346
2014	$462,284,793,281	$2,059,241,589,895
2015	$409,191,686,497	$1,363,482,182,198
2016	$459,042,684,193	$1,276,786,350,881
2017	$489,168,731,811	$1,574,199,360,089
2018	$398,880,231,367	$1,657,328,773,461
2019	$333,519,146,339	$1,693,115,002,708
2020	$262,186,179,356	$1,493,075,894,362
2021	$383,436,202,447	$1,829,186,719,575
2022	$394,362,621,793	$2,291,612,121,335
2023	$404,625,655,076	$2,071,505,725,031
2024	$436,906,331,672	$2,173,835,806,672

Iran and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Russia
1960	$195.6	-
1961	$200.1	-
1962	$205.8	-
1963	$209.6	-
1964	$221.7	-
1965	$247.5	-
1966	$262.9	-
1967	$283.7	-
1968	$314	-
1969	$345	-
1970	$377	-
1971	$457	-
1972	$555	-
1973	$851	-
1974	$1,409	-
1975	$1,532	-
1976	$1,954	-
1977	$2,243	-
1978	$2,101	-
1979	$2,352	-
1980	$2,368	-
1981	$2,393	-
1982	$2,845	-
1983	$3,397	-
1984	$3,395	-
1985	$3,634	-
1986	$4,064	-
1987	$2,513	-
1988	$2,234	$3,778
1989	$2,125	$3,430
1990	$2,138	$3,494
1991	$2,194	$3,490
1992	$1,957	$3,099
1993	$1,038	$2,931
1994	$1,168	$2,662
1995	$1,550	$2,666
1996	$1,915	$2,644
1997	$1,790	$2,738
1998	$1,709	$1,835
1999	$1,740	$1,331
2000	$1,650	$1,772
2001	$1,881	$2,100
2002	$1,891	$2,378
2003	$2,209	$2,975
2004	$2,672	$4,102
2005	$3,132	$5,323
2006	$3,619	$6,920
2007	$4,688	$9,101
2008	$5,377	$11,635
2009	$5,416	$8,563
2010	$6,291	$10,675
2011	$8,026	$14,305
2012	$8,114	$15,402
2013	$6,223	$15,941
2014	$5,672	$14,277
2015	$4,953	$9,427
2016	$5,477	$8,804
2017	$5,753	$10,835
2018	$4,632	$11,399
2019	$3,831	$11,640
2020	$2,989	$10,280
2021	$4,335	$12,637
2022	$4,405	$15,888
2023	$4,466	$14,403
2024	$4,771	$15,145

Iran vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Russia
1950	38.2	55.5
1951	38.7	55.3
1952	39.2	57.6
1953	39.5	58.8
1954	40	59.9
1955	40.6	62.1
1956	41.1	66.5
1957	41.3	66
1958	42.2	67.7
1959	42.8	67.4
1960	43.3	68.3
1961	43.9	68.6
1962	43.8	68.5
1963	45.1	69.1
1964	45.7	69.5
1965	46.4	69.3
1966	47.1	69.4
1967	47.8	69.2
1968	47.9	69.1
1969	49.4	68.6
1970	50.2	68.7
1971	51.1	68.9
1972	51.7	68.8
1973	52.9	68.9
1974	53.9	68.7
1975	54.8	68.3
1976	55.8	68.1
1977	56.7	67.9
1978	56	67.8
1979	58.5	67.6
1980	58.4	67.5
1981	56.6	67.6
1982	57.6	68.1
1983	58.5	68
1984	60.9	67.6
1985	61.5	68.3
1986	62.1	70
1987	62.7	70.1
1988	63.3	69.9
1989	65.3	69.7
1990	64.1	69.3
1991	66.2	69
1992	66.7	67.8
1993	67	65
1994	67.5	63.8
1995	67.9	64
1996	68.3	65.4
1997	68.6	66.6
1998	69.2	66.9
1999	69.7	65.6
2000	70.2	65
2001	70.6	65
2002	71.1	64.7
2003	70.5	64.7
2004	72	65.1
2005	72.4	65.2
2006	72.9	66.5
2007	73.3	67.5
2008	73.7	67.9
2009	74	68.7
2010	74.4	68.2
2011	74.7	69.7
2012	75	70.1
2013	75.3	70.6
2014	75.6	70.8
2015	75.9	71.3
2016	76.2	71.9
2017	76.4	72.8
2018	76.6	72.9
2019	76.9	73.1
2020	74.1	71.2
2021	73.8	69.8
2022	76.8	72.5
2023	77.7	73.2
2024	77.9	73.3
2025	78.1	73.5

Iran and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Russia
1960	21,470,434	119,897,000
1961	22,125,726	121,236,000
1962	22,807,907	122,591,000
1963	23,519,005	123,960,000
1964	24,262,859	125,345,000
1965	25,036,978	126,745,000
1966	25,829,270	127,468,000
1967	26,628,432	128,196,000
1968	27,437,391	128,928,000
1969	28,273,482	129,664,000
1970	29,145,100	130,404,000
1971	30,029,071	131,155,000
1972	30,921,179	131,909,000
1973	31,839,838	132,669,000
1974	32,796,463	133,432,000
1975	33,802,973	134,200,000
1976	34,837,271	135,147,000
1977	35,933,181	136,100,000
1978	37,126,535	137,060,000
1979	38,424,952	138,027,000
1980	39,842,324	139,010,000
1981	41,989,312	139,941,000
1982	44,272,141	140,823,000
1983	46,029,535	141,668,000
1984	47,793,998	142,745,000
1985	49,582,289	143,858,000
1986	51,446,045	144,894,000
1987	53,323,493	145,908,000
1988	55,072,694	146,857,000
1989	56,704,914	147,721,000
1990	58,380,092	147,969,406
1991	59,986,931	148,394,216
1992	61,184,983	148,538,197
1993	61,403,543	148,458,777
1994	61,520,598	148,407,912
1995	62,205,567	148,375,787
1996	62,881,300	148,160,129
1997	63,639,638	147,915,361
1998	64,519,859	147,670,784
1999	65,445,391	147,214,776
2000	66,418,659	146,596,869
2001	67,452,005	145,976,482
2002	68,011,317	145,306,497
2003	68,769,340	144,648,618
2004	70,256,316	144,067,316
2005	71,828,455	143,518,814
2006	73,392,747	143,049,637
2007	74,602,648	142,805,114
2008	75,514,204	142,742,366
2009	76,457,825	142,785,348
2010	77,420,842	142,849,468
2011	78,383,598	143,018,195
2012	79,370,580	143,378,447
2013	80,414,686	143,805,638
2014	81,502,045	144,237,223
2015	82,619,362	144,640,716
2016	83,812,228	145,015,460
2017	85,026,754	145,293,260
2018	86,117,998	145,398,106
2019	87,051,648	145,453,291
2020	87,723,443	145,245,148
2021	88,455,488	144,746,762
2022	89,524,246	144,236,933
2023	90,608,707	143,826,130
2024	91,567,738	143,533,851

Fertility rates in Iran and Russia

Fertility rate

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Russia
1960	7.52	2.52
1961	7.46	2.45
1962	7.4	2.36
1963	7.32	2.27
1964	7.24	2.18
1965	7.22	2.13
1966	7.21	2.1
1967	7.19	2.04
1968	7.12	1.99
1969	7.01	1.97
1970	6.8	1.99
1971	6.55	2.03
1972	6.26	2.04
1973	6.06	2.01
1974	5.97	2
1975	5.95	1.98
1976	6.07	1.97
1977	6.18	1.95
1978	6.34	1.92
1979	6.55	1.9
1980	6.63	1.89
1981	6.62	1.91
1982	6.59	2.04
1983	6.53	2.11
1984	6.43	2.06
1985	6.24	2.05
1986	6.01	2.15
1987	5.72	2.22
1988	5.43	2.12
1989	5.17	2.01
1990	4.93	1.89
1991	4.57	1.73
1992	4.1	1.55
1993	3.67	1.39
1994	3.24	1.4
1995	2.85	1.34
1996	2.54	1.27
1997	2.32	1.22
1998	2.19	1.23
1999	2.09	1.16
2000	2	1.2
2001	1.92	1.22
2002	1.84	1.29
2003	1.8	1.32
2004	1.78	1.34
2005	1.76	1.29
2006	1.76	1.31
2007	1.75	1.42
2008	1.74	1.5
2009	1.74	1.54
2010	1.75	1.57
2011	1.79	1.58
2012	1.85	1.69
2013	1.91	1.71
2014	1.98	1.75
2015	2.02	1.78
2016	2.05	1.76
2017	2.02	1.62
2018	1.92	1.58
2019	1.77	1.5
2020	1.7	1.51
2021	1.71	1.51
2022	1.7	1.42
2023	1.7	1.41

Iran and Russia demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Russia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Russia
1960	19.1	27.1
1961	18.7	27.4
1962	18.4	27.7
1963	18.1	28.1
1964	17.9	28.3
1965	17.8	28.6
1966	17.7	28.9
1967	17.7	29.2
1968	17.6	29.8
1969	17.6	30.3
1970	17.6	30.7
1971	17.7	31
1972	17.8	31.1
1973	17.9	31.1
1974	18	30.9
1975	18.1	30.7
1976	18.2	30.6
1977	18.3	30.9
1978	18.3	31
1979	18.3	31.1
1980	18.2	31.3
1981	18.4	31.4
1982	18.6	31.6
1983	18.5	31.7
1984	18.4	31.8
1985	18.3	32
1986	18.2	32.2
1987	18.2	32.4
1988	18.2	32.6
1989	18.1	32.9
1990	18.2	33.2
1991	18.3	33.6
1992	18.4	33.9
1993	18.3	34.4
1994	18.4	34.7
1995	18.7	35
1996	19.1	35.3
1997	19.5	35.7
1998	20	36
1999	20.7	36.3
2000	21.4	36.6
2001	22	36.8
2002	22.6	36.9
2003	23.1	37
2004	23.7	37.2
2005	24.3	37.4
2006	24.8	37.6
2007	25.5	37.7
2008	26.1	37.8
2009	26.6	37.9
2010	27.2	38
2011	27.7	38.1
2012	28.2	38.3
2013	28.7	38.4
2014	29.2	38.6
2015	29.7	38.7
2016	30.2	38.8
2017	30.7	39
2018	31.2	39.2
2019	31.7	39.4
2020	32.3	39.7
2021	32.8	39.9
2022	33.3	40.1
2023	33.8	40.5
2024	34.3	40.9

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