Iran vs Switzerland statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 17th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Iran and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Iran and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Switzerland
1960	$4,199,134,390	$10,412,232,621
1961	$4,426,949,095	$11,713,348,834
1962	$4,693,566,416	$12,989,649,694
1963	$4,928,628,018	$14,283,872,299
1964	$5,379,845,648	$15,833,133,858
1965	$6,197,319,929	$16,780,226,225
1966	$6,789,938,672	$18,019,402,374
1967	$7,555,383,690	$19,397,044,714
1968	$8,623,172,960	$20,712,102,794
1969	$9,743,089,607	$22,442,043,274
1970	$10,976,245,154	$24,998,066,773
1971	$13,731,802,833	$30,040,171,751
1972	$17,153,463,263	$36,844,318,854
1973	$27,081,698,250	$49,550,006,320
1974	$46,209,092,072	$57,103,011,446
1975	$51,776,222,350	$65,466,081,819
1976	$68,055,295,081	$68,476,524,644
1977	$80,600,122,702	$73,135,771,167
1978	$77,994,316,621	$102,280,472,036
1979	$90,391,877,326	$114,970,094,425
1980	$94,362,275,580	$122,557,843,886
1981	$100,499,312,750	$112,244,805,519
1982	$125,948,756,439	$115,043,365,512
1983	$156,365,156,618	$114,634,358,535
1984	$162,276,728,620	$109,455,312,168
1985	$180,183,629,600	$110,980,314,192
1986	$209,094,561,833	$159,089,921,063
1987	$134,009,995,923	$199,236,370,038
1988	$123,057,861,334	$215,540,625,299
1989	$120,496,362,916	$208,105,846,934
1990	$124,813,263,926	$265,763,573,999
1991	$131,637,664,958	$268,901,693,863
1992	$119,768,691,217	$279,921,425,828
1993	$63,743,623,231	$272,237,527,071
1994	$71,841,461,172	$301,375,055,202
1995	$96,419,225,745	$352,835,806,342
1996	$120,403,931,883	$340,103,959,547
1997	$113,919,163,421	$294,788,198,856
1998	$110,276,913,362	$303,459,014,347
1999	$113,848,450,089	$297,873,643,323
2000	$109,591,707,801	$279,216,033,870
2001	$126,878,750,296	$286,582,672,434
2002	$128,626,917,504	$309,301,422,430
2003	$151,911,222,120	$362,075,086,508
2004	$187,754,571,247	$403,912,891,033
2005	$224,970,371,329	$418,284,865,885
2006	$265,602,187,406	$441,634,672,197
2007	$349,736,591,836	$490,740,715,595
2008	$406,070,949,551	$567,267,767,519
2009	$414,059,094,950	$554,212,916,092
2010	$487,069,570,461	$598,851,027,948
2011	$629,082,257,472	$715,888,126,682
2012	$644,019,315,004	$686,420,221,558
2013	$500,399,839,840	$706,234,937,371
2014	$462,284,793,281	$726,537,809,430
2015	$409,191,686,497	$694,118,186,380
2016	$459,042,684,193	$687,895,460,903
2017	$489,168,731,811	$695,200,834,102
2018	$398,880,231,367	$725,568,717,468
2019	$333,519,146,339	$721,369,112,727
2020	$262,186,179,356	$741,999,406,006
2021	$383,436,202,447	$815,309,330,987
2022	$394,362,621,793	$828,508,926,958
2023	$404,625,655,076	$894,424,821,645
2024	$436,906,331,672	$936,564,198,049

Iran and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Switzerland
1960	$195.6	$1,954
1961	$200.1	$2,155
1962	$205.8	$2,330
1963	$209.6	$2,508
1964	$221.7	$2,735
1965	$247.5	$2,865
1966	$262.9	$3,045
1967	$283.7	$3,237
1968	$314	$3,413
1969	$345	$3,657
1970	$377	$4,044
1971	$457	$4,835
1972	$555	$5,885
1973	$851	$7,856
1974	$1,409	$9,005
1975	$1,532	$10,328
1976	$1,954	$10,865
1977	$2,243	$11,644
1978	$2,101	$16,282
1979	$2,352	$18,266
1980	$2,368	$19,394
1981	$2,393	$17,665
1982	$2,845	$18,000
1983	$3,397	$17,859
1984	$3,395	$16,991
1985	$3,634	$17,152
1986	$4,064	$24,460
1987	$2,513	$30,441
1988	$2,234	$32,690
1989	$2,125	$31,309
1990	$2,138	$39,575
1991	$2,194	$39,544
1992	$1,957	$40,714
1993	$1,038	$39,237
1994	$1,168	$43,092
1995	$1,550	$50,114
1996	$1,915	$48,093
1997	$1,790	$41,584
1998	$1,709	$42,681
1999	$1,740	$41,696
2000	$1,650	$38,865
2001	$1,881	$39,639
2002	$1,891	$42,459
2003	$2,209	$49,336
2004	$2,672	$54,659
2005	$3,132	$56,243
2006	$3,619	$59,011
2007	$4,688	$64,989
2008	$5,377	$74,175
2009	$5,416	$71,568
2010	$6,291	$76,531
2011	$8,026	$90,477
2012	$8,114	$85,836
2013	$6,223	$87,304
2014	$5,672	$88,725
2015	$4,953	$83,806
2016	$5,477	$82,153
2017	$5,753	$82,254
2018	$4,632	$85,217
2019	$3,831	$84,122
2020	$2,989	$85,898
2021	$4,335	$93,665
2022	$4,405	$94,395
2023	$4,466	$100,632
2024	$4,771	$103,670

Iran vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Switzerland
1950	38.2	68.9
1951	38.7	68.7
1952	39.2	69.6
1953	39.5	69.5
1954	40	70
1955	40.6	70.1
1956	41.1	70.2
1957	41.3	70.5
1958	42.2	71.3
1959	42.8	71.5
1960	43.3	71.4
1961	43.9	71.7
1962	43.8	71.3
1963	45.1	71.3
1964	45.7	72.2
1965	46.4	72.3
1966	47.1	72.4
1967	47.8	72.7
1968	47.9	72.7
1969	49.4	72.7
1970	50.2	73.1
1971	51.1	73.2
1972	51.7	73.8
1973	52.9	74.1
1974	53.9	74.4
1975	54.8	74.8
1976	55.8	74.9
1977	56.7	75.4
1978	56	75.3
1979	58.5	75.6
1980	58.4	75.6
1981	56.6	75.8
1982	57.6	76.2
1983	58.5	76.2
1984	60.9	76.8
1985	61.5	76.9
1986	62.1	77
1987	62.7	77.3
1988	63.3	77.4
1989	65.3	77.6
1990	64.1	77.4
1991	66.2	77.6
1992	66.7	77.9
1993	67	78.2
1994	67.5	78.5
1995	67.9	78.6
1996	68.3	79
1997	68.6	79.2
1998	69.2	79.5
1999	69.7	79.7
2000	70.2	79.8
2001	70.6	80.3
2002	71.1	80.4
2003	70.5	80.5
2004	72	81.1
2005	72.4	81.2
2006	72.9	81.5
2007	73.3	81.7
2008	73.7	82
2009	74	82
2010	74.4	82.3
2011	74.7	82.6
2012	75	82.6
2013	75.3	82.7
2014	75.6	83.1
2015	75.9	82.8
2016	76.2	83.4
2017	76.4	83.4
2018	76.6	83.6
2019	76.9	83.8
2020	74.1	83.1
2021	73.8	83.6
2022	76.8	83.2
2023	77.7	84
2024	77.9	84.1
2025	78.1	84.2

Iran and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Switzerland
1960	21,470,434	5,327,827
1961	22,125,726	5,434,294
1962	22,807,907	5,573,815
1963	23,519,005	5,694,247
1964	24,262,859	5,789,228
1965	25,036,978	5,856,472
1966	25,829,270	5,918,002
1967	26,628,432	5,991,785
1968	27,437,391	6,067,714
1969	28,273,482	6,136,387
1970	29,145,100	6,180,877
1971	30,029,071	6,213,399
1972	30,921,179	6,260,956
1973	31,839,838	6,307,347
1974	32,796,463	6,341,405
1975	33,802,973	6,338,632
1976	34,837,271	6,302,504
1977	35,933,181	6,281,174
1978	37,126,535	6,281,738
1979	38,424,952	6,294,365
1980	39,842,324	6,319,408
1981	41,989,312	6,354,074
1982	44,272,141	6,391,309
1983	46,029,535	6,418,773
1984	47,793,998	6,441,865
1985	49,582,289	6,470,365
1986	51,446,045	6,504,124
1987	53,323,493	6,545,106
1988	55,072,694	6,593,386
1989	56,704,914	6,646,912
1990	58,380,092	6,715,519
1991	59,986,931	6,799,978
1992	61,184,983	6,875,364
1993	61,403,543	6,938,265
1994	61,520,598	6,993,795
1995	62,205,567	7,040,687
1996	62,881,300	7,071,850
1997	63,639,638	7,088,906
1998	64,519,859	7,110,001
1999	65,445,391	7,143,991
2000	66,418,659	7,184,250
2001	67,452,005	7,229,854
2002	68,011,317	7,284,753
2003	68,769,340	7,339,001
2004	70,256,316	7,389,625
2005	71,828,455	7,437,115
2006	73,392,747	7,483,934
2007	74,602,648	7,551,117
2008	75,514,204	7,647,675
2009	76,457,825	7,743,831
2010	77,420,842	7,824,909
2011	78,383,598	7,912,398
2012	79,370,580	7,996,861
2013	80,414,686	8,089,346
2014	81,502,045	8,188,649
2015	82,619,362	8,282,396
2016	83,812,228	8,373,338
2017	85,026,754	8,451,840
2018	86,117,998	8,514,329
2019	87,051,648	8,575,280
2020	87,723,443	8,638,167
2021	88,455,488	8,704,546
2022	89,524,246	8,777,088
2023	90,608,707	8,888,093
2024	91,567,738	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Iran and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Switzerland
1960	7.52	2.44
1961	7.46	2.52
1962	7.4	2.58
1963	7.32	2.65
1964	7.24	2.66
1965	7.22	2.59
1966	7.21	2.5
1967	7.19	2.39
1968	7.12	2.29
1969	7.01	2.19
1970	6.8	2.1
1971	6.55	2.04
1972	6.26	1.91
1973	6.06	1.81
1974	5.97	1.73
1975	5.95	1.61
1976	6.07	1.55
1977	6.18	1.53
1978	6.34	1.51
1979	6.55	1.52
1980	6.63	1.55
1981	6.62	1.55
1982	6.59	1.56
1983	6.53	1.52
1984	6.43	1.53
1985	6.24	1.52
1986	6.01	1.53
1987	5.72	1.52
1988	5.43	1.57
1989	5.17	1.56
1990	4.93	1.58
1991	4.57	1.58
1992	4.1	1.58
1993	3.67	1.51
1994	3.24	1.49
1995	2.85	1.48
1996	2.54	1.5
1997	2.32	1.48
1998	2.19	1.47
1999	2.09	1.48
2000	2	1.5
2001	1.92	1.38
2002	1.84	1.39
2003	1.8	1.39
2004	1.78	1.42
2005	1.76	1.42
2006	1.76	1.44
2007	1.75	1.46
2008	1.74	1.48
2009	1.74	1.5
2010	1.75	1.52
2011	1.79	1.52
2012	1.85	1.52
2013	1.91	1.52
2014	1.98	1.54
2015	2.02	1.54
2016	2.05	1.54
2017	2.02	1.52
2018	1.92	1.52
2019	1.77	1.48
2020	1.7	1.46
2021	1.71	1.52
2022	1.7	1.39
2023	1.7	1.33

Iran and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Switzerland
1960	19.1	32.6
1961	18.7	32.4
1962	18.4	32
1963	18.1	31.7
1964	17.9	31.5
1965	17.8	31.6
1966	17.7	31.6
1967	17.7	31.6
1968	17.6	31.7
1969	17.6	31.7
1970	17.6	32
1971	17.7	32.2
1972	17.8	32.3
1973	17.9	32.5
1974	18	32.7
1975	18.1	33.1
1976	18.2	33.5
1977	18.3	33.8
1978	18.3	34.2
1979	18.3	34.5
1980	18.2	34.8
1981	18.4	35
1982	18.6	35.3
1983	18.5	35.6
1984	18.4	35.9
1985	18.3	36.1
1986	18.2	36.3
1987	18.2	36.5
1988	18.2	36.7
1989	18.1	36.8
1990	18.2	36.9
1991	18.3	36.9
1992	18.4	36.9
1993	18.3	37
1994	18.4	37.1
1995	18.7	37.3
1996	19.1	37.6
1997	19.5	37.9
1998	20	38.2
1999	20.7	38.4
2000	21.4	38.7
2001	22	39
2002	22.6	39.3
2003	23.1	39.6
2004	23.7	39.9
2005	24.3	40.3
2006	24.8	40.6
2007	25.5	40.9
2008	26.1	41.1
2009	26.6	41.3
2010	27.2	41.5
2011	27.7	41.6
2012	28.2	41.8
2013	28.7	42
2014	29.2	42.1
2015	29.7	42.2
2016	30.2	42.3
2017	30.7	42.4
2018	31.2	42.5
2019	31.7	42.6
2020	32.3	42.7
2021	32.8	42.8
2022	33.3	43
2023	33.8	43.4
2024	34.3	43.7

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