Iran vs South Korea statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 17th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Iran and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Iran and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	South Korea
1960	$4,199,134,390	$3,958,811,881
1961	$4,426,949,095	$2,417,628,737
1962	$4,693,566,416	$2,814,615,385
1963	$4,928,628,018	$3,988,461,538
1964	$5,379,845,648	$3,459,019,943
1965	$6,197,319,929	$3,120,861,499
1966	$6,789,938,672	$3,929,055,144
1967	$7,555,383,690	$4,855,892,446
1968	$8,623,172,960	$6,119,394,892
1969	$9,743,089,607	$7,678,698,838
1970	$10,976,245,154	$9,005,144,969
1971	$13,731,802,833	$9,903,571,249
1972	$17,153,463,263	$10,862,211,761
1973	$27,081,698,250	$13,876,472,208
1974	$46,209,092,072	$19,543,973,941
1975	$51,776,222,350	$21,784,297,521
1976	$68,055,295,081	$29,902,479,339
1977	$80,600,122,702	$38,446,487,603
1978	$77,994,316,621	$51,972,107,438
1979	$90,391,877,326	$66,946,900,826
1980	$94,362,275,580	$65,398,377,598
1981	$100,499,312,750	$72,933,533,012
1982	$125,948,756,439	$78,358,416,171
1983	$156,365,156,618	$87,760,553,262
1984	$162,276,728,620	$97,510,744,119
1985	$180,183,629,600	$101,296,177,099
1986	$209,094,561,833	$116,836,246,285
1987	$134,009,995,923	$147,948,709,376
1988	$123,057,861,334	$199,591,287,825
1989	$120,496,362,916	$246,928,837,311
1990	$124,813,263,926	$283,365,844,161
1991	$131,637,664,958	$330,647,042,837
1992	$119,768,691,217	$355,524,903,068
1993	$63,743,623,231	$392,665,710,525
1994	$71,841,461,172	$463,619,823,515
1995	$96,419,225,745	$566,581,003,128
1996	$120,403,931,883	$610,167,053,824
1997	$113,919,163,421	$569,755,022,973
1998	$110,276,913,362	$383,331,833,682
1999	$113,848,450,089	$497,514,040,642
2000	$109,591,707,801	$576,179,387,820
2001	$126,878,750,296	$547,656,279,895
2002	$128,626,917,504	$627,246,933,730
2003	$151,911,222,120	$702,714,855,194
2004	$187,754,571,247	$793,175,561,887
2005	$224,970,371,329	$934,901,071,333
2006	$265,602,187,406	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$349,736,591,836	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$406,070,949,551	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$414,059,094,950	$943,941,876,219
2010	$487,069,570,461	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$629,082,257,472	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$644,019,315,004	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$500,399,839,840	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$462,284,793,281	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$409,191,686,497	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$459,042,684,193	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$489,168,731,811	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$398,880,231,367	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$333,519,146,339	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$262,186,179,356	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$383,436,202,447	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$394,362,621,793	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$404,625,655,076	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$436,906,331,672	-

Iran and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	South Korea
1960	$195.6	$158.3
1961	$200.1	$93.8
1962	$205.8	$106.2
1963	$209.6	$146.3
1964	$221.7	$123.6
1965	$247.5	$108.7
1966	$262.9	$133.5
1967	$283.7	$161.2
1968	$314	$198.4
1969	$345	$243.4
1970	$377	$279.3
1971	$457	$301
1972	$555	$324
1973	$851	$407
1974	$1,409	$563
1975	$1,532	$617
1976	$1,954	$834
1977	$2,243	$1,056
1978	$2,101	$1,406
1979	$2,352	$1,784
1980	$2,368	$1,715
1981	$2,393	$1,883
1982	$2,845	$1,993
1983	$3,397	$2,199
1984	$3,395	$2,413
1985	$3,634	$2,482
1986	$4,064	$2,835
1987	$2,513	$3,555
1988	$2,234	$4,749
1989	$2,125	$5,817
1990	$2,138	$6,610
1991	$2,194	$7,637
1992	$1,957	$8,127
1993	$1,038	$8,885
1994	$1,168	$10,385
1995	$1,550	$12,565
1996	$1,915	$13,403
1997	$1,790	$12,398
1998	$1,709	$8,282
1999	$1,740	$10,672
2000	$1,650	$12,257
2001	$1,881	$11,561
2002	$1,891	$13,165
2003	$2,209	$14,673
2004	$2,672	$16,496
2005	$3,132	$19,403
2006	$3,619	$21,743
2007	$4,688	$24,086
2008	$5,377	$21,350
2009	$5,416	$19,144
2010	$6,291	$23,079
2011	$8,026	$25,098
2012	$8,114	$25,459
2013	$6,223	$27,180
2014	$5,672	$29,253
2015	$4,953	$28,737
2016	$5,477	$29,280
2017	$5,753	$31,601
2018	$4,632	$33,447
2019	$3,831	$31,902
2020	$2,989	$31,721
2021	$4,335	$35,126
2022	$4,405	$32,395
2023	$4,466	$33,121
2024	$4,771	-

Iran vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	South Korea
1950	38.2	22.2
1951	38.7	26.6
1952	39.2	36.6
1953	39.5	40.5
1954	40	46.1
1955	40.6	48.4
1956	41.1	50.2
1957	41.3	51.6
1958	42.2	51.8
1959	42.8	52.9
1960	43.3	53.8
1961	43.9	54.4
1962	43.8	55
1963	45.1	55
1964	45.7	55.3
1965	46.4	55.8
1966	47.1	55.4
1967	47.8	60.9
1968	47.9	60.9
1969	49.4	61.4
1970	50.2	62.2
1971	51.1	62.7
1972	51.7	63.2
1973	52.9	63.8
1974	53.9	64.2
1975	54.8	64.7
1976	55.8	65
1977	56.7	64.6
1978	56	65
1979	58.5	66.1
1980	58.4	64.8
1981	56.6	67.1
1982	57.6	67.1
1983	58.5	66.7
1984	60.9	68.1
1985	61.5	68.4
1986	62.1	69
1987	62.7	69.3
1988	63.3	70.2
1989	65.3	70.7
1990	64.1	71
1991	66.2	71.4
1992	66.7	72.2
1993	67	72.7
1994	67.5	72.9
1995	67.9	73.4
1996	68.3	74
1997	68.6	74.5
1998	69.2	75
1999	69.7	75.6
2000	70.2	76.2
2001	70.6	76.9
2002	71.1	77.2
2003	70.5	77.5
2004	72	78
2005	72.4	78.4
2006	72.9	79
2007	73.3	79.4
2008	73.7	80
2009	74	80.6
2010	74.4	80.7
2011	74.7	81.2
2012	75	81.3
2013	75.3	81.8
2014	75.6	82.4
2015	75.9	82.5
2016	76.2	82.9
2017	76.4	83.3
2018	76.6	83.3
2019	76.9	83.7
2020	74.1	83.7
2021	73.8	83.9
2022	76.8	82.7
2023	77.7	84.3
2024	77.9	84.4
2025	78.1	84.5

Iran and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	South Korea
1960	21,470,434	25,012,374
1961	22,125,726	25,765,673
1962	22,807,907	26,513,030
1963	23,519,005	27,261,747
1964	24,262,859	27,984,155
1965	25,036,978	28,704,674
1966	25,829,270	29,435,571
1967	26,628,432	30,130,983
1968	27,437,391	30,838,302
1969	28,273,482	31,544,266
1970	29,145,100	32,240,827
1971	30,029,071	32,882,704
1972	30,921,179	33,505,406
1973	31,839,838	34,103,149
1974	32,796,463	34,692,266
1975	33,802,973	35,280,725
1976	34,837,271	35,848,523
1977	35,933,181	36,411,795
1978	37,126,535	36,969,185
1979	38,424,952	37,534,236
1980	39,842,324	38,123,775
1981	41,989,312	38,723,248
1982	44,272,141	39,326,352
1983	46,029,535	39,910,403
1984	47,793,998	40,405,956
1985	49,582,289	40,805,744
1986	51,446,045	41,213,674
1987	53,323,493	41,621,690
1988	55,072,694	42,031,247
1989	56,704,914	42,449,038
1990	58,380,092	42,869,283
1991	59,986,931	43,295,704
1992	61,184,983	43,747,962
1993	61,403,543	44,194,628
1994	61,520,598	44,641,540
1995	62,205,567	45,092,991
1996	62,881,300	45,524,681
1997	63,639,638	45,953,580
1998	64,519,859	46,286,503
1999	65,445,391	46,616,677
2000	66,418,659	47,008,111
2001	67,452,005	47,370,164
2002	68,011,317	47,644,736
2003	68,769,340	47,892,330
2004	70,256,316	48,082,519
2005	71,828,455	48,184,561
2006	73,392,747	48,438,292
2007	74,602,648	48,683,638
2008	75,514,204	49,054,708
2009	76,457,825	49,307,835
2010	77,420,842	49,554,112
2011	78,383,598	49,936,638
2012	79,370,580	50,199,853
2013	80,414,686	50,428,893
2014	81,502,045	50,746,659
2015	82,619,362	51,014,947
2016	83,812,228	51,217,803
2017	85,026,754	51,361,911
2018	86,117,998	51,585,058
2019	87,051,648	51,764,822
2020	87,723,443	51,836,239
2021	88,455,488	51,769,539
2022	89,524,246	51,672,569
2023	90,608,707	51,712,619
2024	91,567,738	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Iran and South Korea

Fertility rate

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	South Korea
1960	7.52	5.99
1961	7.46	5.8
1962	7.4	5.56
1963	7.32	5.33
1964	7.24	5.07
1965	7.22	4.89
1966	7.21	4.78
1967	7.19	4.62
1968	7.12	4.51
1969	7.01	4.45
1970	6.8	4.53
1971	6.55	4.54
1972	6.26	4.12
1973	6.06	4.07
1974	5.97	3.77
1975	5.95	3.43
1976	6.07	3
1977	6.18	2.99
1978	6.34	2.64
1979	6.55	2.9
1980	6.63	2.82
1981	6.62	2.57
1982	6.59	2.39
1983	6.53	2.06
1984	6.43	1.74
1985	6.24	1.66
1986	6.01	1.58
1987	5.72	1.53
1988	5.43	1.55
1989	5.17	1.56
1990	4.93	1.57
1991	4.57	1.71
1992	4.1	1.76
1993	3.67	1.65
1994	3.24	1.66
1995	2.85	1.63
1996	2.54	1.57
1997	2.32	1.54
1998	2.19	1.46
1999	2.09	1.43
2000	2	1.48
2001	1.92	1.31
2002	1.84	1.18
2003	1.8	1.19
2004	1.78	1.16
2005	1.76	1.09
2006	1.76	1.13
2007	1.75	1.26
2008	1.74	1.19
2009	1.74	1.15
2010	1.75	1.23
2011	1.79	1.24
2012	1.85	1.3
2013	1.91	1.19
2014	1.98	1.21
2015	2.02	1.24
2016	2.05	1.17
2017	2.02	1.05
2018	1.92	0.98
2019	1.77	0.92
2020	1.7	0.84
2021	1.71	0.81
2022	1.7	0.78
2023	1.7	0.72

Iran and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Iran

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	South Korea
1960	19.1	19.3
1961	18.7	19.2
1962	18.4	19.1
1963	18.1	19
1964	17.9	18.8
1965	17.8	18.6
1966	17.7	18.5
1967	17.7	18.6
1968	17.6	18.7
1969	17.6	18.8
1970	17.6	18.9
1971	17.7	19
1972	17.8	19.1
1973	17.9	19.3
1974	18	19.6
1975	18.1	19.9
1976	18.2	20.2
1977	18.3	20.7
1978	18.3	21.1
1979	18.3	21.6
1980	18.2	22.1
1981	18.4	22.5
1982	18.6	22.8
1983	18.5	23.3
1984	18.4	23.7
1985	18.3	24.2
1986	18.2	24.8
1987	18.2	25.3
1988	18.2	25.8
1989	18.1	26.3
1990	18.2	26.7
1991	18.3	27.2
1992	18.4	27.8
1993	18.3	28.3
1994	18.4	28.9
1995	18.7	29.4
1996	19.1	29.8
1997	19.5	30.2
1998	20	30.7
1999	20.7	31.2
2000	21.4	31.7
2001	22	32.3
2002	22.6	32.8
2003	23.1	33.4
2004	23.7	33.9
2005	24.3	34.5
2006	24.8	35.2
2007	25.5	35.8
2008	26.1	36.4
2009	26.6	37
2010	27.2	37.6
2011	27.7	38.2
2012	28.2	38.8
2013	28.7	39.5
2014	29.2	40.2
2015	29.7	40.8
2016	30.2	41.4
2017	30.7	41.9
2018	31.2	42.5
2019	31.7	43.1
2020	32.3	43.8
2021	32.8	44.4
2022	33.3	44.9
2023	33.8	45.5
2024	34.3	46.1

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