Iran vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 17th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Iran and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Iran and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	$4,199,134,390	$73,233,967,692
1961	$4,426,949,095	$77,741,965,703
1962	$4,693,566,416	$81,247,564,157
1963	$4,928,628,018	$86,561,961,812
1964	$5,379,845,648	$94,407,558,351
1965	$6,197,319,929	$101,824,755,079
1966	$6,789,938,672	$108,572,752,102
1967	$7,555,383,690	$113,116,888,211
1968	$8,623,172,960	$107,759,910,068
1969	$9,743,089,607	$116,464,702,803
1970	$10,976,245,154	$130,671,946,244
1971	$13,731,802,833	$148,113,896,325
1972	$17,153,463,263	$169,965,034,965
1973	$27,081,698,250	$192,537,971,583
1974	$46,209,092,072	$206,131,369,799
1975	$51,776,222,350	$241,756,637,168
1976	$68,055,295,081	$232,614,555,256
1977	$80,600,122,702	$263,066,457,352
1978	$77,994,316,621	$335,883,029,722
1979	$90,391,877,326	$438,994,070,309
1980	$94,362,275,580	$564,947,710,899
1981	$100,499,312,750	$540,765,675,241
1982	$125,948,756,439	$515,048,916,841
1983	$156,365,156,618	$489,618,008,186
1984	$162,276,728,620	$461,487,097,632
1985	$180,183,629,600	$489,285,164,271
1986	$209,094,561,833	$601,452,653,181
1987	$134,009,995,923	$745,162,608,269
1988	$123,057,861,334	$910,122,732,124
1989	$120,496,362,916	$926,884,816,754
1990	$124,813,263,926	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$131,637,664,958	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$119,768,691,217	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$63,743,623,231	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$71,841,461,172	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$96,419,225,745	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$120,403,931,883	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$113,919,163,421	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$110,276,913,362	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$113,848,450,089	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$109,591,707,801	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$126,878,750,296	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$128,626,917,504	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$151,911,222,120	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$187,754,571,247	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$224,970,371,329	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$265,602,187,406	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$349,736,591,836	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$406,070,949,551	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$414,059,094,950	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$487,069,570,461	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$629,082,257,472	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$644,019,315,004	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$500,399,839,840	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$462,284,793,281	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$409,191,686,497	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$459,042,684,193	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$489,168,731,811	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$398,880,231,367	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$333,519,146,339	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$262,186,179,356	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$383,436,202,447	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$394,362,621,793	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$404,625,655,076	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$436,906,331,672	$3,643,834,188,783

Iran and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	$195.6	$1,398
1961	$200.1	$1,472
1962	$205.8	$1,526
1963	$209.6	$1,613
1964	$221.7	$1,748
1965	$247.5	$1,874
1966	$262.9	$1,987
1967	$283.7	$2,059
1968	$314	$1,952
1969	$345	$2,101
1970	$377	$2,348
1971	$457	$2,650
1972	$555	$3,030
1973	$851	$3,426
1974	$1,409	$3,666
1975	$1,532	$4,300
1976	$1,954	$4,138
1977	$2,243	$4,681
1978	$2,101	$5,977
1979	$2,352	$7,805
1980	$2,368	$10,032
1981	$2,393	$9,599
1982	$2,845	$9,146
1983	$3,397	$8,692
1984	$3,395	$8,179
1985	$3,634	$8,652
1986	$4,064	$10,611
1987	$2,513	$13,119
1988	$2,234	$15,987
1989	$2,125	$16,239
1990	$2,138	$19,095
1991	$2,194	$19,901
1992	$1,957	$20,487
1993	$1,038	$18,389
1994	$1,168	$19,709
1995	$1,550	$23,169
1996	$1,915	$24,406
1997	$1,790	$26,766
1998	$1,709	$28,275
1999	$1,740	$28,762
2000	$1,650	$28,281
2001	$1,881	$27,907
2002	$1,891	$30,078
2003	$2,209	$34,443
2004	$2,672	$40,367
2005	$3,132	$42,105
2006	$3,619	$44,512
2007	$4,688	$50,398
2008	$5,377	$47,396
2009	$5,416	$38,744
2010	$6,291	$39,599
2011	$8,026	$42,110
2012	$8,114	$42,490
2013	$6,223	$43,419
2014	$5,672	$47,427
2015	$4,953	$44,984
2016	$5,477	$40,988
2017	$5,753	$40,629
2018	$4,632	$43,315
2019	$3,831	$42,794
2020	$2,989	$40,405
2021	$4,335	$46,926
2022	$4,405	$46,063
2023	$4,466	$49,201
2024	$4,771	$52,637

Iran vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	United Kingdom
1950	38.2	68.6
1951	38.7	68.2
1952	39.2	69.5
1953	39.5	69.8
1954	40	70.2
1955	40.6	70.1
1956	41.1	70.4
1957	41.3	70.5
1958	42.2	70.7
1959	42.8	70.8
1960	43.3	71
1961	43.9	70.8
1962	43.8	70.9
1963	45.1	70.8
1964	45.7	71.5
1965	46.4	71.5
1966	47.1	71.4
1967	47.8	72.1
1968	47.9	71.7
1969	49.4	71.7
1970	50.2	71.9
1971	51.1	72.2
1972	51.7	72
1973	52.9	72.2
1974	53.9	72.4
1975	54.8	72.7
1976	55.8	72.6
1977	56.7	73.1
1978	56	73
1979	58.5	73.2
1980	58.4	73.6
1981	56.6	73.9
1982	57.6	74
1983	58.5	74.3
1984	60.9	74.7
1985	61.5	74.5
1986	62.1	74.8
1987	62.7	75.1
1988	63.3	75.3
1989	65.3	75.4
1990	64.1	75.7
1991	66.2	75.9
1992	66.7	76.3
1993	67	76.2
1994	67.5	76.7
1995	67.9	76.6
1996	68.3	76.9
1997	68.6	77.1
1998	69.2	77.3
1999	69.7	77.4
2000	70.2	77.8
2001	70.6	78.1
2002	71.1	78.2
2003	70.5	78.3
2004	72	78.9
2005	72.4	79.1
2006	72.9	79.3
2007	73.3	79.5
2008	73.7	79.7
2009	74	80.2
2010	74.4	80.4
2011	74.7	80.8
2012	75	80.9
2013	75.3	80.9
2014	75.6	81.2
2015	75.9	80.9
2016	76.2	81.1
2017	76.4	81.2
2018	76.6	81.1
2019	76.9	81.4
2020	74.1	80.4
2021	73.8	80.7
2022	76.8	81.1
2023	77.7	81.3
2024	77.9	81.4
2025	78.1	81.6

Iran and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	21,470,434	52,400,000
1961	22,125,726	52,800,000
1962	22,807,907	53,250,000
1963	23,519,005	53,650,000
1964	24,262,859	54,000,000
1965	25,036,978	54,348,050
1966	25,829,270	54,648,500
1967	26,628,432	54,943,600
1968	27,437,391	55,211,700
1969	28,273,482	55,441,750
1970	29,145,100	55,663,250
1971	30,029,071	55,896,223
1972	30,921,179	56,086,065
1973	31,839,838	56,194,527
1974	32,796,463	56,229,974
1975	33,802,973	56,225,800
1976	34,837,271	56,211,968
1977	35,933,181	56,193,492
1978	37,126,535	56,196,504
1979	38,424,952	56,246,951
1980	39,842,324	56,314,216
1981	41,989,312	56,333,829
1982	44,272,141	56,313,641
1983	46,029,535	56,332,848
1984	47,793,998	56,422,072
1985	49,582,289	56,550,268
1986	51,446,045	56,681,396
1987	53,323,493	56,802,050
1988	55,072,694	56,928,327
1989	56,704,914	57,076,711
1990	58,380,092	57,247,586
1991	59,986,931	57,424,897
1992	61,184,983	57,580,402
1993	61,403,543	57,718,614
1994	61,520,598	57,865,745
1995	62,205,567	58,019,030
1996	62,881,300	58,166,950
1997	63,639,638	58,316,954
1998	64,519,859	58,487,141
1999	65,445,391	58,682,466
2000	66,418,659	58,892,514
2001	67,452,005	59,119,673
2002	68,011,317	59,370,479
2003	68,769,340	59,647,577
2004	70,256,316	59,987,905
2005	71,828,455	60,401,206
2006	73,392,747	60,846,820
2007	74,602,648	61,322,463
2008	75,514,204	61,806,995
2009	76,457,825	62,276,270
2010	77,420,842	62,766,365
2011	78,383,598	63,258,810
2012	79,370,580	63,711,000
2013	80,414,686	64,139,000
2014	81,502,045	64,620,000
2015	82,619,362	65,088,000
2016	83,812,228	65,607,000
2017	85,026,754	65,966,000
2018	86,117,998	66,289,000
2019	87,051,648	66,631,000
2020	87,723,443	66,744,000
2021	88,455,488	66,984,000
2022	89,524,246	67,604,000
2023	90,608,707	68,492,000
2024	91,567,738	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Iran and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	7.52	2.69
1961	7.46	2.78
1962	7.4	2.86
1963	7.32	2.88
1964	7.24	2.93
1965	7.22	2.86
1966	7.21	2.78
1967	7.19	2.68
1968	7.12	2.6
1969	7.01	2.51
1970	6.8	2.44
1971	6.55	2.41
1972	6.26	2.2
1973	6.06	2.04
1974	5.97	1.92
1975	5.95	1.81
1976	6.07	1.74
1977	6.18	1.69
1978	6.34	1.75
1979	6.55	1.86
1980	6.63	1.9
1981	6.62	1.82
1982	6.59	1.78
1983	6.53	1.77
1984	6.43	1.77
1985	6.24	1.79
1986	6.01	1.78
1987	5.72	1.81
1988	5.43	1.82
1989	5.17	1.79
1990	4.93	1.83
1991	4.57	1.82
1992	4.1	1.79
1993	3.67	1.76
1994	3.24	1.74
1995	2.85	1.71
1996	2.54	1.73
1997	2.32	1.72
1998	2.19	1.71
1999	2.09	1.68
2000	2	1.64
2001	1.92	1.63
2002	1.84	1.63
2003	1.8	1.7
2004	1.78	1.75
2005	1.76	1.76
2006	1.76	1.82
2007	1.75	1.86
2008	1.74	1.91
2009	1.74	1.89
2010	1.75	1.92
2011	1.79	1.91
2012	1.85	1.92
2013	1.91	1.83
2014	1.98	1.81
2015	2.02	1.8
2016	2.05	1.79
2017	2.02	1.74
2018	1.92	1.68
2019	1.77	1.63
2020	1.7	1.57
2021	1.71	1.58
2022	1.7	1.56
2023	1.7	1.56

Iran and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Iran

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	19.1	35.5
1961	18.7	35.4
1962	18.4	35.3
1963	18.1	35.3
1964	17.9	35.2
1965	17.8	35.1
1966	17.7	34.9
1967	17.7	34.8
1968	17.6	34.6
1969	17.6	34.4
1970	17.6	34.2
1971	17.7	34.1
1972	17.8	34
1973	17.9	34
1974	18	34
1975	18.1	34
1976	18.2	34
1977	18.3	34.1
1978	18.3	34.2
1979	18.3	34.3
1980	18.2	34.4
1981	18.4	34.5
1982	18.6	34.8
1983	18.5	35
1984	18.4	35.2
1985	18.3	35.3
1986	18.2	35.4
1987	18.2	35.4
1988	18.2	35.7
1989	18.1	35.9
1990	18.2	36
1991	18.3	36.1
1992	18.4	36.2
1993	18.3	36.3
1994	18.4	36.5
1995	18.7	36.6
1996	19.1	36.8
1997	19.5	37
1998	20	37.2
1999	20.7	37.4
2000	21.4	37.7
2001	22	37.9
2002	22.6	38.1
2003	23.1	38.2
2004	23.7	38.4
2005	24.3	38.5
2006	24.8	38.6
2007	25.5	38.8
2008	26.1	38.9
2009	26.6	39
2010	27.2	39.2
2011	27.7	39.3
2012	28.2	39.5
2013	28.7	39.6
2014	29.2	39.7
2015	29.7	39.8
2016	30.2	39.8
2017	30.7	39.9
2018	31.2	40
2019	31.7	40.1
2020	32.3	40.2
2021	32.8	40.3
2022	33.3	40.5
2023	33.8	40.8
2024	34.3	41

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