Iran vs Syria statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 17th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

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Iran and Syria economies compared

GDP

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Syria
1960	$4,199,134,390	$857,704,413
1961	$4,426,949,095	$945,244,972
1962	$4,693,566,416	$1,110,565,881
1963	$4,928,628,018	$1,200,447,408
1964	$5,379,845,648	$1,339,494,267
1965	$6,197,319,929	$1,472,036,540
1966	$6,789,938,672	$1,342,287,553
1967	$7,555,383,690	$1,580,229,799
1968	$8,623,172,960	$1,753,746,430
1969	$9,743,089,607	$2,245,011,515
1970	$10,976,245,154	$2,140,384,010
1971	$13,731,802,833	$2,589,851,325
1972	$17,153,463,263	$3,059,681,698
1973	$27,081,698,250	$3,239,487,516
1974	$46,209,092,072	$5,159,557,148
1975	$51,776,222,350	$6,826,980,444
1976	$68,055,295,081	$7,633,528,867
1977	$80,600,122,702	$7,696,011,396
1978	$77,994,316,621	$9,275,200,458
1979	$90,391,877,326	$9,929,681,529
1980	$94,362,275,580	$13,062,420,382
1981	$100,499,312,750	$15,518,201,335
1982	$125,948,756,439	$16,298,929,011
1983	$156,365,156,618	$17,589,277,143
1984	$162,276,728,620	$17,503,078,174
1985	$180,183,629,600	$16,403,539,893
1986	$209,094,561,833	$13,293,205,278
1987	$134,009,995,923	$11,356,215,543
1988	$123,057,861,334	$10,577,041,645
1989	$120,496,362,916	$9,853,395,762
1990	$124,813,263,926	$12,308,624,418
1991	$131,637,664,958	$12,981,833,333
1992	$119,768,691,217	$13,253,565,861
1993	$63,743,623,231	$13,695,962,055
1994	$71,841,461,172	$10,122,020,000
1995	$96,419,225,745	$11,396,706,587
1996	$120,403,931,883	$13,789,560,878
1997	$113,919,163,421	$14,505,233,463
1998	$110,276,913,362	$15,200,846,154
1999	$113,848,450,089	$15,873,875,969
2000	$109,591,707,801	$18,937,052,543
2001	$126,878,750,296	$20,237,024,725
2002	$128,626,917,504	$20,669,357,462
2003	$151,911,222,120	$21,828,144,686
2004	$187,754,571,247	$25,086,950,495
2005	$224,970,371,329	$28,858,965,517
2006	$265,602,187,406	$33,751,788,856
2007	$349,736,591,836	$40,465,318,382
2008	$406,070,949,551	$52,557,913,569
2009	$414,059,094,950	$54,111,735,629
2010	$487,069,570,461	$61,390,830,875
2011	$629,082,257,472	$67,539,428,159
2012	$644,019,315,004	$43,190,318,033
2013	$500,399,839,840	$21,361,254,635
2014	$462,284,793,281	$21,502,061,466
2015	$409,191,686,497	$16,466,863,117
2016	$459,042,684,193	$12,597,854,877
2017	$489,168,731,811	$16,369,843,352
2018	$398,880,231,367	$21,497,782,868
2019	$333,519,146,339	$22,583,045,060
2020	$262,186,179,356	$12,047,752,036
2021	$383,436,202,447	$14,353,205,678
2022	$394,362,621,793	$23,622,827,080
2023	$404,625,655,076	$19,993,439,950
2024	$436,906,331,672	-

Iran and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Syria
1960	$195.6	$183.5
1961	$200.1	$196.3
1962	$205.8	$223.9
1963	$209.6	$234.9
1964	$221.7	$254.2
1965	$247.5	$270.8
1966	$262.9	$239.3
1967	$283.7	$272.9
1968	$314	$293.3
1969	$345	$364
1970	$377	$335
1971	$457	$393
1972	$555	$448
1973	$851	$459
1974	$1,409	$707
1975	$1,532	$904
1976	$1,954	$976
1977	$2,243	$951
1978	$2,101	$1,108
1979	$2,352	$1,146
1980	$2,368	$1,458
1981	$2,393	$1,676
1982	$2,845	$1,703
1983	$3,397	$1,776
1984	$3,395	$1,706
1985	$3,634	$1,544
1986	$4,064	$1,208
1987	$2,513	$997
1988	$2,234	$898
1989	$2,125	$809
1990	$2,138	$978
1991	$2,194	$1,000
1992	$1,957	$990
1993	$1,038	$993
1994	$1,168	$712
1995	$1,550	$780
1996	$1,915	$918
1997	$1,790	$941
1998	$1,709	$961
1999	$1,740	$978
2000	$1,650	$1,138
2001	$1,881	$1,187
2002	$1,891	$1,183
2003	$2,209	$1,220
2004	$2,672	$1,368
2005	$3,132	$1,534
2006	$3,619	$1,719
2007	$4,688	$1,938
2008	$5,377	$2,429
2009	$5,416	$2,462
2010	$6,291	$2,731
2011	$8,026	$2,952
2012	$8,114	$1,898
2013	$6,223	$986
2014	$5,672	$1,061
2015	$4,953	$848
2016	$5,477	$656
2017	$5,753	$852
2018	$4,632	$1,098
2019	$3,831	$1,110
2020	$2,989	$572
2021	$4,335	$664
2022	$4,405	$1,052
2023	$4,466	$847
2024	$4,771	-

Iran vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Syria
1950	38.2	42.5
1951	38.7	43.4
1952	39.2	44.3
1953	39.5	45.3
1954	40	46.4
1955	40.6	47.4
1956	41.1	48.5
1957	41.3	49.6
1958	42.2	50.7
1959	42.8	51.7
1960	43.3	52.7
1961	43.9	53.7
1962	43.8	54.6
1963	45.1	55.4
1964	45.7	56.2
1965	46.4	56.9
1966	47.1	57.6
1967	47.8	58
1968	47.9	59.1
1969	49.4	59.8
1970	50.2	60.6
1971	51.1	61.3
1972	51.7	62
1973	52.9	60.8
1974	53.9	63.4
1975	54.8	64.2
1976	55.8	64.8
1977	56.7	65.4
1978	56	65.9
1979	58.5	66.2
1980	58.4	66.5
1981	56.6	64.6
1982	57.6	60.8
1983	58.5	67.4
1984	60.9	67.7
1985	61.5	68
1986	62.1	68.4
1987	62.7	68.8
1988	63.3	69.2
1989	65.3	69.5
1990	64.1	69.8
1991	66.2	70.1
1992	66.7	70.2
1993	67	70.3
1994	67.5	70.3
1995	67.9	70.2
1996	68.3	70.2
1997	68.6	70.2
1998	69.2	70.2
1999	69.7	70.5
2000	70.2	70.9
2001	70.6	71.3
2002	71.1	71.7
2003	70.5	72.2
2004	72	72.5
2005	72.4	72.8
2006	72.9	73
2007	73.3	73.3
2008	73.7	73.4
2009	74	73.5
2010	74.4	73.5
2011	74.7	72.3
2012	75	66.2
2013	75.3	65.1
2014	75.6	65.5
2015	75.9	63.3
2016	76.2	65.2
2017	76.4	65.7
2018	76.6	67.4
2019	76.9	71
2020	74.1	71.9
2021	73.8	72.4
2022	76.8	72.8
2023	77.7	72.1
2024	77.9	72.6
2025	78.1	73

Iran and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Syria
1960	21,470,434	4,673,500
1961	22,125,726	4,815,466
1962	22,807,907	4,959,340
1963	23,519,005	5,110,467
1964	24,262,859	5,269,087
1965	25,036,978	5,435,267
1966	25,829,270	5,609,047
1967	26,628,432	5,790,198
1968	27,437,391	5,978,742
1969	28,273,482	6,175,166
1970	29,145,100	6,380,609
1971	30,029,071	6,598,094
1972	30,921,179	6,826,024
1973	31,839,838	7,060,321
1974	32,796,463	7,302,160
1975	33,802,973	7,554,364
1976	34,837,271	7,817,320
1977	35,933,181	8,090,501
1978	37,126,535	8,372,759
1979	38,424,952	8,661,909
1980	39,842,324	8,957,663
1981	41,989,312	9,260,189
1982	44,272,141	9,572,511
1983	46,029,535	9,904,809
1984	47,793,998	10,258,398
1985	49,582,289	10,625,672
1986	51,446,045	11,002,844
1987	53,323,493	11,388,923
1988	55,072,694	11,782,264
1989	56,704,914	12,179,060
1990	58,380,092	12,579,208
1991	59,986,931	12,980,821
1992	61,184,983	13,385,571
1993	61,403,543	13,795,686
1994	61,520,598	14,208,583
1995	62,205,567	14,616,801
1996	62,881,300	15,018,104
1997	63,639,638	15,417,542
1998	64,519,859	15,820,413
1999	65,445,391	16,228,061
2000	66,418,659	16,637,888
2001	67,452,005	17,051,338
2002	68,011,317	17,468,332
2003	68,769,340	17,889,296
2004	70,256,316	18,336,875
2005	71,828,455	18,814,091
2006	73,392,747	19,637,022
2007	74,602,648	20,884,125
2008	75,514,204	21,636,564
2009	76,457,825	21,976,969
2010	77,420,842	22,482,421
2011	78,383,598	22,878,098
2012	79,370,580	22,759,763
2013	80,414,686	21,666,917
2014	81,502,045	20,273,659
2015	82,619,362	19,424,618
2016	83,812,228	19,193,834
2017	85,026,754	19,224,668
2018	86,117,998	19,577,845
2019	87,051,648	20,353,534
2020	87,723,443	21,049,429
2021	88,455,488	21,628,839
2022	89,524,246	22,462,173
2023	90,608,707	23,594,623
2024	91,567,738	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Iran and Syria

Fertility rate

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Syria
1960	7.52	7.51
1961	7.46	7.5
1962	7.4	7.51
1963	7.32	7.51
1964	7.24	7.53
1965	7.22	7.53
1966	7.21	7.55
1967	7.19	7.56
1968	7.12	7.57
1969	7.01	7.59
1970	6.8	7.62
1971	6.55	7.6
1972	6.26	7.57
1973	6.06	7.55
1974	5.97	7.52
1975	5.95	7.49
1976	6.07	7.45
1977	6.18	7.42
1978	6.34	7.35
1979	6.55	7.25
1980	6.63	7.12
1981	6.62	6.97
1982	6.59	6.81
1983	6.53	6.69
1984	6.43	6.59
1985	6.24	6.48
1986	6.01	6.37
1987	5.72	6.2
1988	5.43	6
1989	5.17	5.78
1990	4.93	5.56
1991	4.57	5.34
1992	4.1	5.14
1993	3.67	4.99
1994	3.24	4.86
1995	2.85	4.7
1996	2.54	4.54
1997	2.32	4.37
1998	2.19	4.25
1999	2.09	4.14
2000	2	4.07
2001	1.92	3.98
2002	1.84	3.87
2003	1.8	3.76
2004	1.78	3.68
2005	1.76	3.61
2006	1.76	3.56
2007	1.75	3.54
2008	1.74	3.48
2009	1.74	3.42
2010	1.75	3.36
2011	1.79	3.29
2012	1.85	3.22
2013	1.91	3.17
2014	1.98	3.12
2015	2.02	3.07
2016	2.05	3.01
2017	2.02	2.97
2018	1.92	2.93
2019	1.77	2.88
2020	1.7	2.84
2021	1.71	2.8
2022	1.7	2.75
2023	1.7	2.71

Iran and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Syria
1960	19.1	17.6
1961	18.7	17.3
1962	18.4	17.1
1963	18.1	16.9
1964	17.9	16.7
1965	17.8	16.5
1966	17.7	16.4
1967	17.7	16.2
1968	17.6	16.1
1969	17.6	16
1970	17.6	15.9
1971	17.7	15.8
1972	17.8	15.8
1973	17.9	15.7
1974	18	15.7
1975	18.1	15.7
1976	18.2	15.6
1977	18.3	15.6
1978	18.3	15.6
1979	18.3	15.6
1980	18.2	15.6
1981	18.4	15.6
1982	18.6	15.7
1983	18.5	15.8
1984	18.4	15.8
1985	18.3	15.9
1986	18.2	16
1987	18.2	16.1
1988	18.2	16.2
1989	18.1	16.4
1990	18.2	16.5
1991	18.3	16.7
1992	18.4	16.9
1993	18.3	17.1
1994	18.4	17.3
1995	18.7	17.5
1996	19.1	17.7
1997	19.5	17.9
1998	20	18.1
1999	20.7	18.3
2000	21.4	18.5
2001	22	18.8
2002	22.6	19
2003	23.1	19.2
2004	23.7	19.5
2005	24.3	19.7
2006	24.8	20.3
2007	25.5	21
2008	26.1	21.3
2009	26.6	21.5
2010	27.2	21.7
2011	27.7	21.9
2012	28.2	21.8
2013	28.7	21.2
2014	29.2	20.1
2015	29.7	19.5
2016	30.2	19.5
2017	30.7	19.6
2018	31.2	20.1
2019	31.7	20.9
2020	32.3	21.6
2021	32.8	22.2
2022	33.3	22.7
2023	33.8	23.3
2024	34.3	23.9

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