Iran vs South Africa statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 17th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Iran and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Iran and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	South Africa
1960	$4,199,134,390	$8,748,596,501
1961	$4,426,949,095	$9,225,996,310
1962	$4,693,566,416	$9,813,996,074
1963	$4,928,628,018	$10,854,195,658
1964	$5,379,845,648	$11,955,995,218
1965	$6,197,319,929	$13,068,994,772
1966	$6,789,938,672	$14,211,394,315
1967	$7,555,383,690	$15,821,393,671
1968	$8,623,172,960	$17,124,793,150
1969	$9,743,089,607	$19,256,992,297
1970	$10,976,245,154	$21,218,391,513
1971	$13,731,802,833	$23,411,076,638
1972	$17,153,463,263	$24,515,919,217
1973	$27,081,698,250	$33,262,772,008
1974	$46,209,092,072	$41,389,186,095
1975	$51,776,222,350	$42,906,905,672
1976	$68,055,295,081	$41,150,460,288
1977	$80,600,122,702	$45,328,411,332
1978	$77,994,316,621	$51,607,412,902
1979	$90,391,877,326	$63,038,658,089
1980	$94,362,275,580	$89,411,864,402
1981	$100,499,312,750	$93,141,472,164
1982	$125,948,756,439	$85,904,057,409
1983	$156,365,156,618	$96,204,110,942
1984	$162,276,728,620	$84,870,163,366
1985	$180,183,629,600	$64,459,376,087
1986	$209,094,561,833	$73,354,771,399
1987	$134,009,995,923	$96,535,763,418
1988	$123,057,861,334	$103,976,831,871
1989	$120,496,362,916	$108,055,624,082
1990	$124,813,263,926	$126,048,140,142
1991	$131,637,664,958	$135,203,698,238
1992	$119,768,691,217	$146,956,150,987
1993	$63,743,623,231	$147,194,747,566
1994	$71,841,461,172	$153,512,712,382
1995	$96,419,225,745	$171,735,933,897
1996	$120,403,931,883	$163,234,925,381
1997	$113,919,163,421	$168,978,057,328
1998	$110,276,913,362	$152,982,984,557
1999	$113,848,450,089	$151,516,957,079
2000	$109,591,707,801	$151,752,757,215
2001	$126,878,750,296	$135,429,905,923
2002	$128,626,917,504	$129,087,556,612
2003	$151,911,222,120	$197,018,965,309
2004	$187,754,571,247	$255,806,908,595
2005	$224,970,371,329	$288,867,217,197
2006	$265,602,187,406	$303,858,675,364
2007	$349,736,591,836	$333,077,117,254
2008	$406,070,949,551	$316,131,258,616
2009	$414,059,094,950	$329,754,060,647
2010	$487,069,570,461	$417,363,822,802
2011	$629,082,257,472	$458,199,494,831
2012	$644,019,315,004	$434,400,545,086
2013	$500,399,839,840	$400,886,013,596
2014	$462,284,793,281	$381,198,869,776
2015	$409,191,686,497	$346,709,790,459
2016	$459,042,684,193	$323,585,509,674
2017	$489,168,731,811	$381,448,814,653
2018	$398,880,231,367	$405,260,723,893
2019	$333,519,146,339	$389,330,032,224
2020	$262,186,179,356	$337,974,655,408
2021	$383,436,202,447	$420,886,877,629
2022	$394,362,621,793	$406,920,004,594
2023	$404,625,655,076	$380,699,271,816
2024	$436,906,331,672	$400,260,724,226

Iran and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	South Africa
1960	$195.6	$532
1961	$200.1	$546
1962	$205.8	$563
1963	$209.6	$605
1964	$221.7	$646
1965	$247.5	$685
1966	$262.9	$722
1967	$283.7	$779
1968	$314	$817
1969	$345	$891
1970	$377	$952
1971	$457	$1,020
1972	$555	$1,038
1973	$851	$1,369
1974	$1,409	$1,656
1975	$1,532	$1,670
1976	$1,954	$1,559
1977	$2,243	$1,671
1978	$2,101	$1,852
1979	$2,352	$2,202
1980	$2,368	$3,029
1981	$2,393	$3,050
1982	$2,845	$2,717
1983	$3,397	$2,938
1984	$3,395	$2,504
1985	$3,634	$1,839
1986	$4,064	$2,027
1987	$2,513	$2,586
1988	$2,234	$2,702
1989	$2,125	$2,727
1990	$2,138	$3,093
1991	$2,194	$3,243
1992	$1,957	$3,462
1993	$1,038	$3,400
1994	$1,168	$3,489
1995	$1,550	$3,856
1996	$1,915	$3,618
1997	$1,790	$3,700
1998	$1,709	$3,310
1999	$1,740	$3,242
2000	$1,650	$3,218
2001	$1,881	$2,847
2002	$1,891	$2,688
2003	$2,209	$4,062
2004	$2,672	$5,221
2005	$3,132	$5,837
2006	$3,619	$6,077
2007	$4,688	$6,592
2008	$5,377	$6,185
2009	$5,416	$6,375
2010	$6,291	$7,973
2011	$8,026	$8,646
2012	$8,114	$8,077
2013	$6,223	$7,332
2014	$5,672	$6,857
2015	$4,953	$6,112
2016	$5,477	$5,651
2017	$5,753	$6,618
2018	$4,632	$6,914
2019	$3,831	$6,534
2020	$2,989	$5,581
2021	$4,335	$6,843
2022	$4,405	$6,523
2023	$4,466	$6,023
2024	$4,771	$6,253

Iran vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	South Africa
1950	38.2	43.1
1951	38.7	44.1
1952	39.2	45
1953	39.5	46.1
1954	40	47.1
1955	40.6	48.2
1956	41.1	49.2
1957	41.3	50.2
1958	42.2	51.1
1959	42.8	51.9
1960	43.3	52.6
1961	43.9	53.1
1962	43.8	53.6
1963	45.1	53.9
1964	45.7	54.2
1965	46.4	54.4
1966	47.1	54.7
1967	47.8	55
1968	47.9	55.2
1969	49.4	55.4
1970	50.2	55.7
1971	51.1	56
1972	51.7	56.4
1973	52.9	56.7
1974	53.9	57.1
1975	54.8	57.6
1976	55.8	58
1977	56.7	58.5
1978	56	59
1979	58.5	59.5
1980	58.4	60
1981	56.6	60.4
1982	57.6	60.9
1983	58.5	61.4
1984	60.9	61.8
1985	61.5	62.2
1986	62.1	62.4
1987	62.7	62.7
1988	63.3	62.9
1989	65.3	63
1990	64.1	62.9
1991	66.2	63
1992	66.7	62.8
1993	67	62.6
1994	67.5	62.1
1995	67.9	61.6
1996	68.3	61.1
1997	68.6	60.5
1998	69.2	59.9
1999	69.7	59.2
2000	70.2	58.4
2001	70.6	57.2
2002	71.1	55.6
2003	70.5	54.2
2004	72	54
2005	72.4	53.9
2006	72.9	54.2
2007	73.3	54.9
2008	73.7	56
2009	74	57.4
2010	74.4	58.9
2011	74.7	60.6
2012	75	61.7
2013	75.3	62.4
2014	75.6	63.2
2015	75.9	64.1
2016	76.2	64.7
2017	76.4	65.4
2018	76.6	65.7
2019	76.9	66.1
2020	74.1	65.2
2021	73.8	62
2022	76.8	65.5
2023	77.7	66.1
2024	77.9	66.3
2025	78.1	66.5

Iran and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	South Africa
1960	21,470,434	16,440,172
1961	22,125,726	16,908,035
1962	22,807,907	17,418,522
1963	23,519,005	17,954,564
1964	24,262,859	18,511,361
1965	25,036,978	19,089,380
1966	25,829,270	19,690,087
1967	26,628,432	20,314,066
1968	27,437,391	20,957,287
1969	28,273,482	21,614,676
1970	29,145,100	22,279,984
1971	30,029,071	22,942,143
1972	30,921,179	23,609,456
1973	31,839,838	24,294,263
1974	32,796,463	24,989,108
1975	33,802,973	25,690,940
1976	34,837,271	26,395,450
1977	35,933,181	27,118,952
1978	37,126,535	27,869,507
1979	38,424,952	28,634,162
1980	39,842,324	29,518,857
1981	41,989,312	30,541,044
1982	44,272,141	31,615,339
1983	46,029,535	32,739,304
1984	47,793,998	33,892,788
1985	49,582,289	35,042,093
1986	51,446,045	36,180,515
1987	53,323,493	37,326,190
1988	55,072,694	38,480,649
1989	56,704,914	39,628,575
1990	58,380,092	40,746,268
1991	59,986,931	41,687,898
1992	61,184,983	42,443,509
1993	61,403,543	43,297,156
1994	61,520,598	44,004,139
1995	62,205,567	44,541,554
1996	62,881,300	45,123,018
1997	63,639,638	45,666,838
1998	64,519,859	46,223,880
1999	65,445,391	46,730,335
2000	66,418,659	47,159,719
2001	67,452,005	47,566,800
2002	68,011,317	48,019,415
2003	68,769,340	48,500,348
2004	70,256,316	48,991,421
2005	71,828,455	49,490,033
2006	73,392,747	49,998,277
2007	74,602,648	50,528,584
2008	75,514,204	51,114,599
2009	76,457,825	51,728,516
2010	77,420,842	52,344,051
2011	78,383,598	52,995,205
2012	79,370,580	53,782,567
2013	80,414,686	54,678,791
2014	81,502,045	55,594,838
2015	82,619,362	56,723,537
2016	83,812,228	57,259,551
2017	85,026,754	57,635,162
2018	86,117,998	58,613,001
2019	87,051,648	59,587,885
2020	87,723,443	60,562,381
2021	88,455,488	61,502,603
2022	89,524,246	62,378,410
2023	90,608,707	63,212,384
2024	91,567,738	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Iran and South Africa

Fertility rate

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	South Africa
1960	7.52	6.11
1961	7.46	6.08
1962	7.4	6.05
1963	7.32	6.01
1964	7.24	5.96
1965	7.22	5.89
1966	7.21	5.91
1967	7.19	5.85
1968	7.12	5.78
1969	7.01	5.72
1970	6.8	5.63
1971	6.55	5.57
1972	6.26	5.49
1973	6.06	5.41
1974	5.97	5.3
1975	5.95	5.19
1976	6.07	5.07
1977	6.18	4.94
1978	6.34	4.85
1979	6.55	4.82
1980	6.63	4.78
1981	6.62	4.71
1982	6.59	4.7
1983	6.53	4.63
1984	6.43	4.57
1985	6.24	4.5
1986	6.01	4.41
1987	5.72	4.35
1988	5.43	4.18
1989	5.17	3.98
1990	4.93	3.72
1991	4.57	3.62
1992	4.1	3.48
1993	3.67	3.37
1994	3.24	3.26
1995	2.85	3.17
1996	2.54	2.99
1997	2.32	2.73
1998	2.19	2.63
1999	2.09	2.56
2000	2	2.41
2001	1.92	2.37
2002	1.84	2.32
2003	1.8	2.36
2004	1.78	2.44
2005	1.76	2.51
2006	1.76	2.55
2007	1.75	2.55
2008	1.74	2.68
2009	1.74	2.5
2010	1.75	2.44
2011	1.79	2.44
2012	1.85	2.45
2013	1.91	2.43
2014	1.98	2.42
2015	2.02	2.36
2016	2.05	2.26
2017	2.02	2.28
2018	1.92	2.27
2019	1.77	2.26
2020	1.7	2.26
2021	1.71	2.25
2022	1.7	2.23
2023	1.7	2.22

Iran and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Iran

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	South Africa
1960	19.1	19
1961	18.7	19
1962	18.4	18.9
1963	18.1	18.9
1964	17.9	18.9
1965	17.8	18.8
1966	17.7	18.8
1967	17.7	18.8
1968	17.6	18.8
1969	17.6	18.8
1970	17.6	18.8
1971	17.7	18.8
1972	17.8	18.8
1973	17.9	18.8
1974	18	18.9
1975	18.1	18.9
1976	18.2	19
1977	18.3	19.1
1978	18.3	19.2
1979	18.3	19.3
1980	18.2	19.4
1981	18.4	19.6
1982	18.6	19.8
1983	18.5	20
1984	18.4	20.2
1985	18.3	20.4
1986	18.2	20.5
1987	18.2	20.7
1988	18.2	20.9
1989	18.1	21.1
1990	18.2	21.3
1991	18.3	21.5
1992	18.4	21.5
1993	18.3	21.9
1994	18.4	22
1995	18.7	21.5
1996	19.1	21.2
1997	19.5	21.2
1998	20	21.4
1999	20.7	21.6
2000	21.4	21.9
2001	22	22.2
2002	22.6	22.4
2003	23.1	22.8
2004	23.7	23.1
2005	24.3	23.3
2006	24.8	23.5
2007	25.5	23.8
2008	26.1	24
2009	26.6	24.3
2010	27.2	24.6
2011	27.7	25
2012	28.2	25.3
2013	28.7	25.7
2014	29.2	26
2015	29.7	26.4
2016	30.2	26.7
2017	30.7	27
2018	31.2	27.5
2019	31.7	27.9
2020	32.3	28.3
2021	32.8	28.6
2022	33.3	28.9
2023	33.8	29.2
2024	34.3	29.5

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