Iran vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 17th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Iran and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Iran and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$13,731,802,833	$939,893,600
1972	$17,153,463,263	$1,415,086,929
1973	$27,081,698,250	$4,231,243,616
1974	$46,209,092,072	$11,651,505,689
1975	$51,776,222,350	$14,720,728,249
1976	$68,055,295,081	$19,213,158,779
1977	$80,600,122,702	$24,871,775,165
1978	$77,994,316,621	$23,775,764,225
1979	$90,391,877,326	$31,225,659,621
1980	$94,362,275,580	$43,599,160,050
1981	$100,499,312,750	$49,333,424,135
1982	$125,948,756,439	$46,622,718,605
1983	$156,365,156,618	$42,803,323,345
1984	$162,276,728,620	$41,807,954,236
1985	$180,183,629,600	$40,603,650,232
1986	$209,094,561,833	$33,943,612,095
1987	$134,009,995,923	$36,384,908,744
1988	$123,057,861,334	$36,275,674,203
1989	$120,496,362,916	$41,464,995,914
1990	$124,813,263,926	$50,701,443,748
1991	$131,637,664,958	$51,552,165,622
1992	$119,768,691,217	$54,239,171,888
1993	$63,743,623,231	$55,625,170,253
1994	$71,841,461,172	$59,305,093,980
1995	$96,419,225,745	$65,743,666,576
1996	$120,403,931,883	$73,571,233,996
1997	$113,919,163,421	$78,839,008,445
1998	$110,276,913,362	$75,674,336,283
1999	$113,848,450,089	$84,445,473,111
2000	$109,591,707,801	$104,337,372,362
2001	$126,878,750,296	$103,311,640,572
2002	$128,626,917,504	$109,816,201,498
2003	$151,911,222,120	$124,346,358,067
2004	$187,754,571,247	$147,824,370,320
2005	$224,970,371,329	$180,617,467,965
2006	$265,602,187,406	$222,116,541,865
2007	$349,736,591,836	$257,916,133,424
2008	$406,070,949,551	$315,474,615,739
2009	$414,059,094,950	$253,547,358,747
2010	$487,069,570,461	$300,189,052,689
2011	$629,082,257,472	$360,832,739,551
2012	$644,019,315,004	$384,610,125,391
2013	$500,399,839,840	$400,218,529,748
2014	$462,284,793,281	$414,105,366,753
2015	$409,191,686,497	$370,275,469,571
2016	$459,042,684,193	$369,255,326,236
2017	$489,168,731,811	$390,516,804,030
2018	$398,880,231,367	$427,049,432,158
2019	$333,519,146,339	$417,989,721,743
2020	$262,186,179,356	$349,473,015,330
2021	$383,436,202,447	$415,178,792,757
2022	$394,362,621,793	$502,731,935,194
2023	$404,625,655,076	$514,130,432,648
2024	$436,906,331,672	$537,078,829,135

Iran and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	UAE
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	$2,394
1971	$457	$2,805
1972	$555	$3,675
1973	$851	$9,696
1974	$1,409	$23,823
1975	$1,532	$27,117
1976	$1,954	$31,197
1977	$2,243	$35,020
1978	$2,101	$29,379
1979	$2,352	$34,238
1980	$2,368	$42,925
1981	$2,393	$44,854
1982	$2,845	$39,972
1983	$3,397	$34,650
1984	$3,395	$32,012
1985	$3,634	$29,468
1986	$4,064	$23,132
1987	$2,513	$23,113
1988	$2,234	$21,570
1989	$2,125	$23,167
1990	$2,138	$26,710
1991	$2,194	$25,691
1992	$1,957	$25,648
1993	$1,038	$25,033
1994	$1,168	$25,473
1995	$1,550	$27,003
1996	$1,915	$28,323
1997	$1,790	$27,983
1998	$1,709	$24,889
1999	$1,740	$25,856
2000	$1,650	$29,866
2001	$1,881	$27,745
2002	$1,891	$27,754
2003	$2,209	$29,660
2004	$2,672	$33,377
2005	$3,132	$38,719
2006	$3,619	$44,343
2007	$4,688	$45,855
2008	$5,377	$50,054
2009	$5,416	$37,803
2010	$6,291	$43,697
2011	$8,026	$50,789
2012	$8,114	$52,034
2013	$6,223	$52,024
2014	$5,672	$51,381
2015	$4,953	$43,535
2016	$5,477	$41,326
2017	$5,753	$42,341
2018	$4,632	$45,690
2019	$3,831	$44,251
2020	$2,989	$37,174
2021	$4,335	$43,360
2022	$4,405	$49,899
2023	$4,466	$49,041
2024	$4,771	$49,378

Iran vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	UAE
1950	38.2	42.1
1951	38.7	42.9
1952	39.2	43.6
1953	39.5	44.4
1954	40	45.2
1955	40.6	46
1956	41.1	46.9
1957	41.3	47.8
1958	42.2	48.8
1959	42.8	49.7
1960	43.3	50.7
1961	43.9	51.6
1962	43.8	52.5
1963	45.1	53.5
1964	45.7	54.5
1965	46.4	55.5
1966	47.1	56.6
1967	47.8	57.6
1968	47.9	58.7
1969	49.4	59.8
1970	50.2	60.8
1971	51.1	61.8
1972	51.7	62.7
1973	52.9	63.5
1974	53.9	64.4
1975	54.8	65.1
1976	55.8	65.8
1977	56.7	66.5
1978	56	67.1
1979	58.5	67.6
1980	58.4	68.2
1981	56.6	68.6
1982	57.6	69.1
1983	58.5	69.4
1984	60.9	69.8
1985	61.5	70.1
1986	62.1	70.4
1987	62.7	70.6
1988	63.3	70.8
1989	65.3	71
1990	64.1	71.1
1991	66.2	71.1
1992	66.7	71.2
1993	67	71.2
1994	67.5	71.2
1995	67.9	71.4
1996	68.3	71.8
1997	68.6	72.6
1998	69.2	73.7
1999	69.7	75
2000	70.2	76.3
2001	70.6	77.6
2002	71.1	78.7
2003	70.5	79.6
2004	72	80.3
2005	72.4	80.8
2006	72.9	81.2
2007	73.3	81.4
2008	73.7	81.6
2009	74	81.7
2010	74.4	81.9
2011	74.7	81.9
2012	75	81.9
2013	75.3	82
2014	75.6	82
2015	75.9	82.1
2016	76.2	82.2
2017	76.4	82.4
2018	76.6	82.4
2019	76.9	82.6
2020	74.1	81.9
2021	73.8	79.1
2022	76.8	80.5
2023	77.7	82.9
2024	77.9	83.1
2025	78.1	83.2

Iran and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	UAE
1960	21,470,434	131,334
1961	22,125,726	137,989
1962	22,807,907	144,946
1963	23,519,005	152,211
1964	24,262,859	159,692
1965	25,036,978	167,103
1966	25,829,270	173,976
1967	26,628,432	179,700
1968	27,437,391	199,416
1969	28,273,482	239,660
1970	29,145,100	286,536
1971	30,029,071	335,027
1972	30,921,179	385,014
1973	31,839,838	436,399
1974	32,796,463	489,087
1975	33,802,973	542,856
1976	34,837,271	615,866
1977	35,933,181	710,209
1978	37,126,535	809,274
1979	38,424,952	912,010
1980	39,842,324	1,015,700
1981	41,989,312	1,099,855
1982	44,272,141	1,166,370
1983	46,029,535	1,235,305
1984	47,793,998	1,305,996
1985	49,582,289	1,377,911
1986	51,446,045	1,467,383
1987	53,323,493	1,574,244
1988	55,072,694	1,681,788
1989	56,704,914	1,789,851
1990	58,380,092	1,898,220
1991	59,986,931	2,006,626
1992	61,184,983	2,114,730
1993	61,403,543	2,222,093
1994	61,520,598	2,328,188
1995	62,205,567	2,434,662
1996	62,881,300	2,597,564
1997	63,639,638	2,817,410
1998	64,519,859	3,040,421
1999	65,445,391	3,266,009
2000	66,418,659	3,493,575
2001	67,452,005	3,723,590
2002	68,011,317	3,956,826
2003	68,769,340	4,192,457
2004	70,256,316	4,428,967
2005	71,828,455	4,664,790
2006	73,392,747	5,009,100
2007	74,602,648	5,624,635
2008	75,514,204	6,302,664
2009	76,457,825	6,707,058
2010	77,420,842	6,869,838
2011	78,383,598	7,104,538
2012	79,370,580	7,391,448
2013	80,414,686	7,693,031
2014	81,502,045	8,059,440
2015	82,619,362	8,505,237
2016	83,812,228	8,935,095
2017	85,026,754	9,223,225
2018	86,117,998	9,346,701
2019	87,051,648	9,445,785
2020	87,723,443	9,401,038
2021	88,455,488	9,575,152
2022	89,524,246	10,074,977
2023	90,608,707	10,483,751
2024	91,567,738	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Iran and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	UAE
1960	7.52	6.5
1961	7.46	6.49
1962	7.4	6.49
1963	7.32	6.5
1964	7.24	6.49
1965	7.22	6.5
1966	7.21	6.5
1967	7.19	6.51
1968	7.12	6.53
1969	7.01	6.52
1970	6.8	6.52
1971	6.55	6.52
1972	6.26	6.5
1973	6.06	6.46
1974	5.97	6.41
1975	5.95	6.35
1976	6.07	6.29
1977	6.18	6.22
1978	6.34	6.15
1979	6.55	6.06
1980	6.63	5.95
1981	6.62	5.81
1982	6.59	5.66
1983	6.53	5.48
1984	6.43	5.3
1985	6.24	5.13
1986	6.01	5
1987	5.72	4.88
1988	5.43	4.77
1989	5.17	4.65
1990	4.93	4.51
1991	4.57	4.25
1992	4.1	4.09
1993	3.67	3.82
1994	3.24	3.76
1995	2.85	3.28
1996	2.54	3.06
1997	2.32	2.83
1998	2.19	2.77
1999	2.09	2.79
2000	2	2.73
2001	1.92	2.62
2002	1.84	2.54
2003	1.8	2.49
2004	1.78	2.38
2005	1.76	2.23
2006	1.76	1.96
2007	1.75	1.79
2008	1.74	1.52
2009	1.74	1.58
2010	1.75	1.57
2011	1.79	1.54
2012	1.85	1.53
2013	1.91	1.53
2014	1.98	1.48
2015	2.02	1.42
2016	2.05	1.37
2017	2.02	1.35
2018	1.92	1.29
2019	1.77	1.25
2020	1.7	1.29
2021	1.71	1.16
2022	1.7	1.15
2023	1.7	1.2

Iran and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	UAE
1960	19.1	19.6
1961	18.7	20.1
1962	18.4	20.6
1963	18.1	21
1964	17.9	21.5
1965	17.8	22
1966	17.7	22.6
1967	17.7	23.3
1968	17.6	23.5
1969	17.6	23.1
1970	17.6	23
1971	17.7	23.2
1972	17.8	23.6
1973	17.9	24.1
1974	18	24.7
1975	18.1	25.4
1976	18.2	25.6
1977	18.3	25.4
1978	18.3	25.5
1979	18.3	25.8
1980	18.2	26.2
1981	18.4	26.4
1982	18.6	26.4
1983	18.5	26.4
1984	18.4	26.4
1985	18.3	26.6
1986	18.2	26.5
1987	18.2	26.1
1988	18.2	25.9
1989	18.1	25.8
1990	18.2	25.8
1991	18.3	26
1992	18.4	26.4
1993	18.3	26.8
1994	18.4	27.4
1995	18.7	28
1996	19.1	28.1
1997	19.5	27.9
1998	20	27.9
1999	20.7	28
2000	21.4	28.2
2001	22	28.6
2002	22.6	29.1
2003	23.1	29.6
2004	23.7	30.3
2005	24.3	30.9
2006	24.8	31.4
2007	25.5	31.6
2008	26.1	31.6
2009	26.6	31.6
2010	27.2	31.7
2011	27.7	31.7
2012	28.2	31.7
2013	28.7	31.7
2014	29.2	31.8
2015	29.7	31.8
2016	30.2	31.8
2017	30.7	31.8
2018	31.2	31.8
2019	31.7	31.8
2020	32.3	31.8
2021	32.8	31.9
2022	33.3	31.9
2023	33.8	32.2
2024	34.3	32.6

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