Iran vs Turkey statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 17th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Iran and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Iran and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Turkey
1960	$4,199,134,390	$7,566,666,667
1961	$4,426,949,095	$7,988,888,889
1962	$4,693,566,416	$8,922,222,222
1963	$4,928,628,018	$10,355,555,556
1964	$5,379,845,648	$11,177,777,778
1965	$6,197,319,929	$11,966,666,667
1966	$6,789,938,672	$14,100,000,000
1967	$7,555,383,690	$15,644,444,444
1968	$8,623,172,960	$17,500,000,000
1969	$9,743,089,607	$19,466,666,667
1970	$10,976,245,154	$17,863,636,364
1971	$13,731,802,833	$16,166,666,667
1972	$17,153,463,263	$20,650,000,000
1973	$27,081,698,250	$26,000,000,000
1974	$46,209,092,072	$35,414,285,714
1975	$51,776,222,350	$46,042,857,143
1976	$68,055,295,081	$51,450,000,000
1977	$80,600,122,702	$58,683,333,333
1978	$77,994,316,621	$65,912,500,000
1979	$90,391,877,326	$89,616,129,032
1980	$94,362,275,580	$68,823,684,211
1981	$100,499,312,750	$71,180,180,180
1982	$125,948,756,439	$64,369,325,153
1983	$156,365,156,618	$61,803,555,556
1984	$162,276,728,620	$59,937,602,180
1985	$180,183,629,600	$67,232,758,621
1986	$209,094,561,833	$75,673,037,037
1987	$134,009,995,923	$87,190,081,680
1988	$123,057,861,334	$90,875,175,809
1989	$120,496,362,916	$107,127,191,329
1990	$124,813,263,926	$150,655,500,192
1991	$131,637,664,958	$151,034,731,544
1992	$119,768,691,217	$159,104,772,992
1993	$63,743,623,231	$180,415,757,852
1994	$71,841,461,172	$130,650,447,499
1995	$96,419,225,745	$169,319,579,016
1996	$120,403,931,883	$181,464,408,820
1997	$113,919,163,421	$189,878,399,895
1998	$110,276,913,362	$275,941,990,764
1999	$113,848,450,089	$256,395,932,738
2000	$109,591,707,801	$274,294,623,164
2001	$126,878,750,296	$201,753,123,807
2002	$128,626,917,504	$240,249,071,871
2003	$151,911,222,120	$314,595,572,146
2004	$187,754,571,247	$408,865,430,220
2005	$224,970,371,329	$506,314,717,662
2006	$265,602,187,406	$557,076,157,773
2007	$349,736,591,836	$681,321,124,296
2008	$406,070,949,551	$770,449,132,861
2009	$414,059,094,950	$649,289,324,628
2010	$487,069,570,461	$776,967,266,306
2011	$629,082,257,472	$838,785,289,694
2012	$644,019,315,004	$880,555,885,492
2013	$500,399,839,840	$957,799,120,008
2014	$462,284,793,281	$938,934,609,297
2015	$409,191,686,497	$864,313,810,469
2016	$459,042,684,193	$869,682,881,593
2017	$489,168,731,811	$858,988,492,854
2018	$398,880,231,367	$778,972,108,041
2019	$333,519,146,339	$761,005,915,751
2020	$262,186,179,356	$720,338,490,327
2021	$383,436,202,447	$819,865,223,976
2022	$394,362,621,793	$907,118,434,654
2023	$404,625,655,076	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	$436,906,331,672	$1,323,254,808,059

Iran and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Turkey
1960	$195.6	$267.1
1961	$200.1	$274.4
1962	$205.8	$298.2
1963	$209.6	$337
1964	$221.7	$354
1965	$247.5	$370
1966	$262.9	$425
1967	$283.7	$459
1968	$314	$501
1969	$345	$544
1970	$377	$488
1971	$457	$431
1972	$555	$537
1973	$851	$661
1974	$1,409	$881
1975	$1,532	$1,122
1976	$1,954	$1,228
1977	$2,243	$1,372
1978	$2,101	$1,510
1979	$2,352	$2,013
1980	$2,368	$1,516
1981	$2,393	$1,537
1982	$2,845	$1,360
1983	$3,397	$1,276
1984	$3,395	$1,209
1985	$3,634	$1,326
1986	$4,064	$1,461
1987	$2,513	$1,650
1988	$2,234	$1,686
1989	$2,125	$1,949
1990	$2,138	$2,690
1991	$2,194	$2,649
1992	$1,957	$2,744
1993	$1,038	$3,058
1994	$1,168	$2,176
1995	$1,550	$2,775
1996	$1,915	$2,929
1997	$1,790	$3,021
1998	$1,709	$4,330
1999	$1,740	$3,969
2000	$1,650	$4,192
2001	$1,881	$3,046
2002	$1,891	$3,583
2003	$2,209	$4,638
2004	$2,672	$5,961
2005	$3,132	$7,303
2006	$3,619	$7,953
2007	$4,688	$9,711
2008	$5,377	$10,844
2009	$5,416	$9,013
2010	$6,291	$10,623
2011	$8,026	$11,301
2012	$8,114	$11,713
2013	$6,223	$12,578
2014	$5,672	$12,165
2015	$4,953	$11,050
2016	$5,477	$10,970
2017	$5,753	$10,696
2018	$4,632	$9,569
2019	$3,831	$9,215
2020	$2,989	$8,639
2021	$4,335	$9,743
2022	$4,405	$10,675
2023	$4,466	$13,106
2024	$4,771	$15,473

Iran vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Turkey
1950	38.2	47.3
1951	38.7	47.6
1952	39.2	48.1
1953	39.5	48.2
1954	40	48.8
1955	40.6	49.1
1956	41.1	49.5
1957	41.3	49.2
1958	42.2	49.2
1959	42.8	50.1
1960	43.3	50.8
1961	43.9	51.6
1962	43.8	52.3
1963	45.1	53.1
1964	45.7	53.6
1965	46.4	54.1
1966	47.1	54.6
1967	47.8	55.2
1968	47.9	55.6
1969	49.4	56.2
1970	50.2	56.7
1971	51.1	57.2
1972	51.7	58
1973	52.9	58.5
1974	53.9	59
1975	54.8	59.5
1976	55.8	60
1977	56.7	60.8
1978	56	61.6
1979	58.5	62.2
1980	58.4	62.7
1981	56.6	63.2
1982	57.6	63.7
1983	58.5	64.3
1984	60.9	64.8
1985	61.5	65.3
1986	62.1	65.9
1987	62.7	66.4
1988	63.3	66.9
1989	65.3	67.4
1990	64.1	67.8
1991	66.2	68.3
1992	66.7	68.6
1993	67	69
1994	67.5	69.4
1995	67.9	69.7
1996	68.3	70.2
1997	68.6	70.7
1998	69.2	71.1
1999	69.7	70.8
2000	70.2	71.9
2001	70.6	72.3
2002	71.1	72.6
2003	70.5	72.9
2004	72	73.2
2005	72.4	73.5
2006	72.9	73.8
2007	73.3	74.1
2008	73.7	74.4
2009	74	74.7
2010	74.4	75
2011	74.7	74.8
2012	75	75.6
2013	75.3	76.2
2014	75.6	76.5
2015	75.9	76.5
2016	76.2	76.6
2017	76.4	77
2018	76.6	77.5
2019	76.9	77.7
2020	74.1	76.5
2021	73.8	75.7
2022	76.8	77.6
2023	77.7	77.2
2024	77.9	77.4
2025	78.1	77.8

Iran and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Turkey
1960	21,470,434	28,329,898
1961	22,125,726	29,119,238
1962	22,807,907	29,916,147
1963	23,519,005	30,726,841
1964	24,262,859	31,543,072
1965	25,036,978	32,345,220
1966	25,829,270	33,177,672
1967	26,628,432	34,050,421
1968	27,437,391	34,921,684
1969	28,273,482	35,787,774
1970	29,145,100	36,638,465
1971	30,029,071	37,518,611
1972	30,921,179	38,430,221
1973	31,839,838	39,329,533
1974	32,796,463	40,210,234
1975	33,802,973	41,053,126
1976	34,837,271	41,899,984
1977	35,933,181	42,773,298
1978	37,126,535	43,645,306
1979	38,424,952	44,510,429
1980	39,842,324	45,408,815
1981	41,989,312	46,321,190
1982	44,272,141	47,322,096
1983	46,029,535	48,447,410
1984	47,793,998	49,574,069
1985	49,582,289	50,687,115
1986	51,446,045	51,777,772
1987	53,323,493	52,843,670
1988	55,072,694	53,909,626
1989	56,704,914	54,976,723
1990	58,380,092	56,015,628
1991	59,986,931	57,009,887
1992	61,184,983	57,990,118
1993	61,403,543	58,999,167
1994	61,520,598	60,033,836
1995	62,205,567	61,024,503
1996	62,881,300	61,951,134
1997	63,639,638	62,852,966
1998	64,519,859	63,734,383
1999	65,445,391	64,591,923
2000	66,418,659	65,425,961
2001	67,452,005	66,245,128
2002	68,011,317	67,048,795
2003	68,769,340	67,831,730
2004	70,256,316	68,592,617
2005	71,828,455	69,329,557
2006	73,392,747	70,045,349
2007	74,602,648	70,158,112
2008	75,514,204	71,051,678
2009	76,457,825	72,039,206
2010	77,420,842	73,142,150
2011	78,383,598	74,223,629
2012	79,370,580	75,175,827
2013	80,414,686	76,147,624
2014	81,502,045	77,181,884
2015	82,619,362	78,218,479
2016	83,812,228	79,277,962
2017	85,026,754	80,312,698
2018	86,117,998	81,407,204
2019	87,051,648	82,579,440
2020	87,723,443	83,384,680
2021	88,455,488	84,147,318
2022	89,524,246	84,979,913
2023	90,608,707	85,325,965
2024	91,567,738	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Iran and Turkey

Fertility rate

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Turkey
1960	7.52	6.38
1961	7.46	6.42
1962	7.4	6.38
1963	7.32	6.34
1964	7.24	6.29
1965	7.22	6.22
1966	7.21	6.15
1967	7.19	6.06
1968	7.12	5.96
1969	7.01	5.87
1970	6.8	5.78
1971	6.55	5.67
1972	6.26	5.55
1973	6.06	5.41
1974	5.97	5.24
1975	5.95	5.09
1976	6.07	4.93
1977	6.18	4.78
1978	6.34	4.69
1979	6.55	4.58
1980	6.63	4.45
1981	6.62	4.35
1982	6.59	4.21
1983	6.53	4.06
1984	6.43	3.91
1985	6.24	3.78
1986	6.01	3.66
1987	5.72	3.54
1988	5.43	3.45
1989	5.17	3.34
1990	4.93	3.11
1991	4.57	3
1992	4.1	2.94
1993	3.67	2.92
1994	3.24	2.87
1995	2.85	2.84
1996	2.54	2.78
1997	2.32	2.74
1998	2.19	2.71
1999	2.09	2.63
2000	2	2.49
2001	1.92	2.39
2002	1.84	2.27
2003	1.8	2.2
2004	1.78	2.2
2005	1.76	2.2
2006	1.76	2.19
2007	1.75	2.16
2008	1.74	2.15
2009	1.74	2.1
2010	1.75	2.08
2011	1.79	2.05
2012	1.85	2.11
2013	1.91	2.11
2014	1.98	2.19
2015	2.02	2.16
2016	2.05	2.11
2017	2.02	2.08
2018	1.92	2
2019	1.77	1.89
2020	1.7	1.77
2021	1.71	1.71
2022	1.7	1.63
2023	1.7	1.51

Iran and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Turkey
1960	19.1	19.4
1961	18.7	19.3
1962	18.4	19.1
1963	18.1	19
1964	17.9	18.9
1965	17.8	18.9
1966	17.7	18.8
1967	17.7	18.7
1968	17.6	18.6
1969	17.6	18.6
1970	17.6	18.6
1971	17.7	18.7
1972	17.8	18.8
1973	17.9	18.9
1974	18	19
1975	18.1	19.1
1976	18.2	19.3
1977	18.3	19.4
1978	18.3	19.5
1979	18.3	19.7
1980	18.2	19.8
1981	18.4	19.9
1982	18.6	20
1983	18.5	20.2
1984	18.4	20.4
1985	18.3	20.6
1986	18.2	20.9
1987	18.2	21.1
1988	18.2	21.3
1989	18.1	21.6
1990	18.2	21.8
1991	18.3	22.1
1992	18.4	22.4
1993	18.3	22.7
1994	18.4	23
1995	18.7	23.3
1996	19.1	23.6
1997	19.5	24
1998	20	24.3
1999	20.7	24.7
2000	21.4	25
2001	22	25.4
2002	22.6	25.8
2003	23.1	26.2
2004	23.7	26.6
2005	24.3	27
2006	24.8	27.5
2007	25.5	27.9
2008	26.1	28.3
2009	26.6	28.6
2010	27.2	29.1
2011	27.7	29.5
2012	28.2	29.8
2013	28.7	30.1
2014	29.2	30.4
2015	29.7	30.6
2016	30.2	30.9
2017	30.7	31.2
2018	31.2	31.5
2019	31.7	31.8
2020	32.3	32.3
2021	32.8	32.7
2022	33.3	33.1
2023	33.8	33.5
2024	34.3	34

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