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Iran vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 17th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Iran Tonga
Population
93020793
103744
Population rank 17/197 183/197
GDP
$437B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 37/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$4,771
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 122/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$18,442
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$161B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
39.9%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,758
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 121/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,970
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
626,451 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
146.2 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.7
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
34.3 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Iran and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Iran and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Iran

Tonga
Year GDP
Iran Tonga
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 $32,506,742
1976 $68,055,295,081 $30,036,417
1977 $80,600,122,702 $34,139,388
1978 $77,994,316,621 $41,567,472
1979 $90,391,877,326 $44,667,002
1980 $94,362,275,580 $53,260,077
1981 $100,499,312,750 $62,242,013
1982 $125,948,756,439 $62,068,161
1983 $156,365,156,618 $60,863,964
1984 $162,276,728,620 $64,248,355
1985 $180,183,629,600 $60,058,663
1986 $209,094,561,833 $68,195,856
1987 $134,009,995,923 $81,667,133
1988 $123,057,861,334 $106,657,267
1989 $120,496,362,916 $106,344,855
1990 $124,813,263,926 $113,563,822
1991 $131,637,664,958 $132,201,141
1992 $119,768,691,217 $137,066,291
1993 $63,743,623,231 $138,489,884
1994 $71,841,461,172 $195,990,986
1995 $96,419,225,745 $208,871,666
1996 $120,403,931,883 $222,100,576
1997 $113,919,163,421 $214,991,452
1998 $110,276,913,362 $191,504,893
1999 $113,848,450,089 $199,208,718
2000 $109,591,707,801 $204,848,488
2001 $126,878,750,296 $181,117,230
2002 $128,626,917,504 $182,764,281
2003 $151,911,222,120 $202,246,591
2004 $187,754,571,247 $230,678,011
2005 $224,970,371,329 $261,823,805
2006 $265,602,187,406 $292,232,703
2007 $349,736,591,836 $298,519,623
2008 $406,070,949,551 $344,438,844
2009 $414,059,094,950 $312,415,028
2010 $487,069,570,461 $366,887,375
2011 $629,082,257,472 $414,143,828
2012 $644,019,315,004 $471,122,971
2013 $500,399,839,840 $451,788,498
2014 $462,284,793,281 $440,997,735
2015 $409,191,686,497 $437,525,539
2016 $459,042,684,193 $420,828,255
2017 $489,168,731,811 $459,976,847
2018 $398,880,231,367 $489,714,530
2019 $333,519,146,339 $494,197,854
2020 $262,186,179,356 $496,856,304
2021 $383,436,202,447 $518,228,029
2022 $394,362,621,793 $518,180,029
2023 $404,625,655,076 $508,735,107
2024 $436,906,331,672 -

Iran and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Iran

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Iran Tonga
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 $349
1976 $1,954 $315
1977 $2,243 $353
1978 $2,101 $428
1979 $2,352 $458
1980 $2,368 $545
1981 $2,393 $636
1982 $2,845 $633
1983 $3,397 $621
1984 $3,395 $656
1985 $3,634 $613
1986 $4,064 $696
1987 $2,513 $830
1988 $2,234 $1,078
1989 $2,125 $1,070
1990 $2,138 $1,139
1991 $2,194 $1,323
1992 $1,957 $1,370
1993 $1,038 $1,383
1994 $1,168 $1,957
1995 $1,550 $2,084
1996 $1,915 $2,215
1997 $1,790 $2,136
1998 $1,709 $1,889
1999 $1,740 $1,952
2000 $1,650 $1,995
2001 $1,881 $1,754
2002 $1,891 $1,759
2003 $2,209 $1,936
2004 $2,672 $2,195
2005 $3,132 $2,478
2006 $3,619 $2,750
2007 $4,688 $2,797
2008 $5,377 $3,218
2009 $5,416 $2,914
2010 $6,291 $3,416
2011 $8,026 $3,850
2012 $8,114 $4,384
2013 $6,223 $4,219
2014 $5,672 $4,137
2015 $4,953 $4,124
2016 $5,477 $3,988
2017 $5,753 $4,366
2018 $4,632 $4,639
2019 $3,831 $4,677
2020 $2,989 $4,700
2021 $4,335 $4,913
2022 $4,405 $4,933
2023 $4,466 $4,864
2024 $4,771 -

Iran vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Iran

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Iran Tonga
1950 38.2 48.4
1951 38.7 49.8
1952 39.2 51.2
1953 39.5 52.4
1954 40 53.6
1955 40.6 54.7
1956 41.1 55.7
1957 41.3 56.5
1958 42.2 57.2
1959 42.8 57.8
1960 43.3 58.3
1961 43.9 58.8
1962 43.8 59.3
1963 45.1 59.8
1964 45.7 60.3
1965 46.4 60.7
1966 47.1 61.2
1967 47.8 61.7
1968 47.9 62.2
1969 49.4 62.7
1970 50.2 63.2
1971 51.1 63.6
1972 51.7 64.1
1973 52.9 64.4
1974 53.9 64.8
1975 54.8 65.1
1976 55.8 65.4
1977 56.7 65.6
1978 56 65.9
1979 58.5 66
1980 58.4 66.2
1981 56.6 66.4
1982 57.6 66.3
1983 58.5 66.7
1984 60.9 66.8
1985 61.5 66.9
1986 62.1 67.1
1987 62.7 67.2
1988 63.3 67.3
1989 65.3 67.4
1990 64.1 67.5
1991 66.2 67.7
1992 66.7 67.9
1993 67 68.2
1994 67.5 68.4
1995 67.9 68.6
1996 68.3 68.8
1997 68.6 69
1998 69.2 69.2
1999 69.7 69.4
2000 70.2 69.6
2001 70.6 69.8
2002 71.1 70
2003 70.5 70.2
2004 72 70.4
2005 72.4 70.6
2006 72.9 70.7
2007 73.3 70.9
2008 73.7 71
2009 74 70.9
2010 74.4 71.3
2011 74.7 71.4
2012 75 71.5
2013 75.3 71.6
2014 75.6 71.7
2015 75.9 71.9
2016 76.2 72
2017 76.4 72.1
2018 76.6 72.2
2019 76.9 72.3
2020 74.1 72.4
2021 73.8 72.1
2022 76.8 72.6
2023 77.7 72.9
2024 77.9 73.1
2025 78.1 73.2

Iran and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Iran

Tonga
Year Population
Iran Tonga
1960 21,470,434 66,170
1961 22,125,726 68,037
1962 22,807,907 69,940
1963 23,519,005 71,885
1964 24,262,859 73,879
1965 25,036,978 75,924
1966 25,829,270 78,002
1967 26,628,432 79,814
1968 27,437,391 81,353
1969 28,273,482 82,885
1970 29,145,100 84,401
1971 30,029,071 85,896
1972 30,921,179 87,356
1973 31,839,838 88,805
1974 32,796,463 90,683
1975 33,802,973 93,017
1976 34,837,271 95,325
1977 35,933,181 96,725
1978 37,126,535 97,204
1979 38,424,952 97,544
1980 39,842,324 97,769
1981 41,989,312 97,909
1982 44,272,141 97,980
1983 46,029,535 97,998
1984 47,793,998 97,990
1985 49,582,289 97,984
1986 51,446,045 98,010
1987 53,323,493 98,376
1988 55,072,694 98,969
1989 56,704,914 99,403
1990 58,380,092 99,700
1991 59,986,931 99,895
1992 61,184,983 100,022
1993 61,403,543 100,103
1994 61,520,598 100,166
1995 62,205,567 100,225
1996 62,881,300 100,275
1997 63,639,638 100,674
1998 64,519,859 101,388
1999 65,445,391 102,046
2000 66,418,659 102,677
2001 67,452,005 103,288
2002 68,011,317 103,874
2003 68,769,340 104,464
2004 70,256,316 105,071
2005 71,828,455 105,671
2006 73,392,747 106,253
2007 74,602,648 106,726
2008 75,514,204 107,020
2009 76,457,825 107,203
2010 77,420,842 107,400
2011 78,383,598 107,570
2012 79,370,580 107,460
2013 80,414,686 107,078
2014 81,502,045 106,609
2015 82,619,362 106,095
2016 83,812,228 105,524
2017 85,026,754 105,356
2018 86,117,998 105,567
2019 87,051,648 105,669
2020 87,723,443 105,704
2021 88,455,488 105,490
2022 89,524,246 105,042
2023 90,608,707 104,597
2024 91,567,738 104,175

Fertility rates in Iran and Tonga

Fertility rate
Iran

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Iran Tonga
1960 7.52 6.65
1961 7.46 6.61
1962 7.4 6.57
1963 7.32 6.52
1964 7.24 6.46
1965 7.22 6.41
1966 7.21 6.35
1967 7.19 6.29
1968 7.12 6.23
1969 7.01 6.17
1970 6.8 6.07
1971 6.55 5.96
1972 6.26 5.86
1973 6.06 5.8
1974 5.97 5.77
1975 5.95 5.75
1976 6.07 5.73
1977 6.18 5.7
1978 6.34 5.68
1979 6.55 5.65
1980 6.63 5.6
1981 6.62 5.55
1982 6.59 5.5
1983 6.53 5.45
1984 6.43 5.41
1985 6.24 5.34
1986 6.01 5.27
1987 5.72 5.19
1988 5.43 5.1
1989 5.17 5.01
1990 4.93 4.93
1991 4.57 4.85
1992 4.1 4.79
1993 3.67 4.73
1994 3.24 4.66
1995 2.85 4.56
1996 2.54 4.46
1997 2.32 4.38
1998 2.19 4.31
1999 2.09 4.23
2000 2 4.16
2001 1.92 4.13
2002 1.84 4.14
2003 1.8 4.18
2004 1.78 4.19
2005 1.76 4.2
2006 1.76 4.14
2007 1.75 4.09
2008 1.74 4.01
2009 1.74 3.95
2010 1.75 3.88
2011 1.79 3.83
2012 1.85 3.77
2013 1.91 3.7
2014 1.98 3.62
2015 2.02 3.54
2016 2.05 3.46
2017 2.02 3.39
2018 1.92 3.33
2019 1.77 3.27
2020 1.7 3.23
2021 1.71 3.2
2022 1.7 3.17
2023 1.7 3.13

Iran and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Iran

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Iran Tonga
1960 19.1 17.1
1961 18.7 17.1
1962 18.4 17.1
1963 18.1 17
1964 17.9 17
1965 17.8 17
1966 17.7 17
1967 17.7 17
1968 17.6 16.9
1969 17.6 16.8
1970 17.6 16.8
1971 17.7 16.7
1972 17.8 16.7
1973 17.9 16.8
1974 18 16.8
1975 18.1 16.7
1976 18.2 16.7
1977 18.3 16.8
1978 18.3 17.1
1979 18.3 17.3
1980 18.2 17.4
1981 18.4 17.6
1982 18.6 17.8
1983 18.5 17.9
1984 18.4 18
1985 18.3 18.1
1986 18.2 18.2
1987 18.2 18.3
1988 18.2 18.6
1989 18.1 18.9
1990 18.2 19.1
1991 18.3 19.3
1992 18.4 19.5
1993 18.3 19.6
1994 18.4 19.6
1995 18.7 19.6
1996 19.1 19.6
1997 19.5 19.7
1998 20 19.9
1999 20.7 20.1
2000 21.4 20.3
2001 22 20.5
2002 22.6 20.7
2003 23.1 20.8
2004 23.7 20.8
2005 24.3 20.8
2006 24.8 20.8
2007 25.5 20.9
2008 26.1 21
2009 26.6 21.1
2010 27.2 21.2
2011 27.7 21.2
2012 28.2 21.4
2013 28.7 21.6
2014 29.2 21.7
2015 29.7 21.8
2016 30.2 21.9
2017 30.7 21.9
2018 31.2 22
2019 31.7 22
2020 32.3 22.1
2021 32.8 22.1
2022 33.3 22
2023 33.8 21.9
2024 34.3 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Iran Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$426B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.82%
2023
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
650,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.47%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.13%
2023
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
47.9%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
36.4%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
42.5
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
28.2%
2023
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2023
4%
2021
Listed domestic companies
594
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$172B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$7.69B
1982
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,550,000
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
2.28%
2000
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
91.1%
2024
n/a

Energy

Iran Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,266 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.03
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
779 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.6 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
98.8%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
0.9%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.14%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-32.5%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
3,664 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
4.24%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
3.43%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
2.2%
2022
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Iran Tonga
% of world population
1.12%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+190,156
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
77.7%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.76 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
40.7
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
23
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
78
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
2.42
2014
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
21.5
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
55
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
88.9%
2023
99.4%
2021
English speaking
12%
2025
30%
2023
People using the Internet
79.6%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Iran Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$237.8
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$92.9
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
78.1 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.43%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.51
2018
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
16
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
11.8
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
25.1%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
27
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.3%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.51 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Iran Tonga
% of world land
1.09%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
6,841 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
181,727 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
41,654 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
138,867 mi
2018
423 mi
2011

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