Iran vs Yemen statistics compared

Iran has a population of 91.6M (ranked 17/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Iran's land area is 626,451 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 17th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Iran and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Iran and Yemen economies compared

GDP

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP
	Iran	Yemen
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	-
1976	$68,055,295,081	-
1977	$80,600,122,702	-
1978	$77,994,316,621	-
1979	$90,391,877,326	-
1980	$94,362,275,580	-
1981	$100,499,312,750	-
1982	$125,948,756,439	-
1983	$156,365,156,618	-
1984	$162,276,728,620	-
1985	$180,183,629,600	-
1986	$209,094,561,833	-
1987	$134,009,995,923	-
1988	$123,057,861,334	-
1989	$120,496,362,916	-
1990	$124,813,263,926	$12,643,821,569
1991	$131,637,664,958	$14,665,445,462
1992	$119,768,691,217	$17,959,367,194
1993	$63,743,623,231	$21,736,802,664
1994	$71,841,461,172	$28,019,483,764
1995	$96,419,225,745	$12,796,345,679
1996	$120,403,931,883	$6,496,163,616
1997	$113,919,163,421	$6,838,298,531
1998	$110,276,913,362	$6,322,175,566
1999	$113,848,450,089	$7,639,325,296
2000	$109,591,707,801	$9,679,316,770
2001	$126,878,750,296	$9,852,990,693
2002	$128,626,917,504	$10,693,430,511
2003	$151,911,222,120	$11,777,532,662
2004	$187,754,571,247	$13,867,634,371
2005	$224,970,371,329	$16,731,566,717
2006	$265,602,187,406	$19,063,143,370
2007	$349,736,591,836	$21,650,528,674
2008	$406,070,949,551	$26,910,855,807
2009	$414,059,094,950	$25,130,278,213
2010	$487,069,570,461	$30,906,749,533
2011	$629,082,257,472	$32,726,417,878
2012	$644,019,315,004	$35,401,331,609
2013	$500,399,839,840	$40,415,233,436
2014	$462,284,793,281	$43,228,585,321
2015	$409,191,686,497	$42,444,490,074
2016	$459,042,684,193	$31,317,825,274
2017	$489,168,731,811	$26,842,229,045
2018	$398,880,231,367	$21,606,160,663
2019	$333,519,146,339	-
2020	$262,186,179,356	-
2021	$383,436,202,447	-
2022	$394,362,621,793	-
2023	$404,625,655,076	-
2024	$436,906,331,672	-

Iran and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iran	Yemen
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	-
1976	$1,954	-
1977	$2,243	-
1978	$2,101	-
1979	$2,352	-
1980	$2,368	-
1981	$2,393	-
1982	$2,845	-
1983	$3,397	-
1984	$3,395	-
1985	$3,634	-
1986	$4,064	-
1987	$2,513	-
1988	$2,234	-
1989	$2,125	-
1990	$2,138	$910
1991	$2,194	$1,016
1992	$1,957	$1,198
1993	$1,038	$1,397
1994	$1,168	$1,735
1995	$1,550	$764
1996	$1,915	$375
1997	$1,790	$383
1998	$1,709	$343
1999	$1,740	$401
2000	$1,650	$493
2001	$1,881	$487
2002	$1,891	$513
2003	$2,209	$549
2004	$2,672	$628
2005	$3,132	$734
2006	$3,619	$810
2007	$4,688	$890
2008	$5,377	$1,072
2009	$5,416	$969
2010	$6,291	$1,155
2011	$8,026	$1,186
2012	$8,114	$1,245
2013	$6,223	$1,379
2014	$5,672	$1,430
2015	$4,953	$1,362
2016	$5,477	$975
2017	$5,753	$811
2018	$4,632	$634
2019	$3,831	-
2020	$2,989	-
2021	$4,335	-
2022	$4,405	-
2023	$4,466	-
2024	$4,771	-

Iran vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iran	Yemen
1950	38.2	28.9
1951	38.7	29.3
1952	39.2	29.6
1953	39.5	30
1954	40	30.4
1955	40.6	30.8
1956	41.1	31.3
1957	41.3	31.8
1958	42.2	32.4
1959	42.8	32.9
1960	43.3	33.5
1961	43.9	34.1
1962	43.8	33.7
1963	45.1	33.4
1964	45.7	34.9
1965	46.4	35.6
1966	47.1	36.3
1967	47.8	37.1
1968	47.9	38
1969	49.4	39.6
1970	50.2	40.6
1971	51.1	41.8
1972	51.7	42.7
1973	52.9	43.6
1974	53.9	44.5
1975	54.8	45.5
1976	55.8	46.4
1977	56.7	47.4
1978	56	48.5
1979	58.5	49.5
1980	58.4	50.6
1981	56.6	51.7
1982	57.6	52.4
1983	58.5	53.6
1984	60.9	54.6
1985	61.5	55.4
1986	62.1	54
1987	62.7	56.8
1988	63.3	57.4
1989	65.3	58
1990	64.1	58.5
1991	66.2	58.8
1992	66.7	59.3
1993	67	59.7
1994	67.5	59.8
1995	67.9	60.5
1996	68.3	60.9
1997	68.6	61.3
1998	69.2	61.8
1999	69.7	62.3
2000	70.2	62.8
2001	70.6	63.3
2002	71.1	63.8
2003	70.5	64.4
2004	72	64.9
2005	72.4	65.4
2006	72.9	65.8
2007	73.3	66.2
2008	73.7	66.6
2009	74	66.9
2010	74.4	67.2
2011	74.7	67.4
2012	75	67.6
2013	75.3	68
2014	75.6	68
2015	75.9	66.8
2016	76.2	67.1
2017	76.4	67.1
2018	76.6	65.9
2019	76.9	66.6
2020	74.1	66.4
2021	73.8	66
2022	76.8	68
2023	77.7	69.3
2024	77.9	69.4
2025	78.1	69.6

Iran and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	Population
	Iran	Yemen
1960	21,470,434	5,532,301
1961	22,125,726	5,655,232
1962	22,807,907	5,782,221
1963	23,519,005	5,911,135
1964	24,262,859	6,048,006
1965	25,036,978	6,195,593
1966	25,829,270	6,351,494
1967	26,628,432	6,516,444
1968	27,437,391	6,690,524
1969	28,273,482	6,875,859
1970	29,145,100	7,065,279
1971	30,029,071	7,257,462
1972	30,921,179	7,460,068
1973	31,839,838	7,672,796
1974	32,796,463	7,896,783
1975	33,802,973	8,133,598
1976	34,837,271	8,384,113
1977	35,933,181	8,648,222
1978	37,126,535	8,926,586
1979	38,424,952	9,224,194
1980	39,842,324	9,543,358
1981	41,989,312	9,882,362
1982	44,272,141	10,241,006
1983	46,029,535	10,621,499
1984	47,793,998	11,025,597
1985	49,582,289	11,453,825
1986	51,446,045	11,901,040
1987	53,323,493	12,369,912
1988	55,072,694	12,859,708
1989	56,704,914	13,364,174
1990	58,380,092	13,887,862
1991	59,986,931	14,430,201
1992	61,184,983	14,989,494
1993	61,403,543	15,563,914
1994	61,520,598	16,149,147
1995	62,205,567	16,740,058
1996	62,881,300	17,313,177
1997	63,639,638	17,873,936
1998	64,519,859	18,446,013
1999	65,445,391	19,029,420
2000	66,418,659	19,624,141
2001	67,452,005	20,226,147
2002	68,011,317	20,835,086
2003	68,769,340	21,456,379
2004	70,256,316	22,095,167
2005	71,828,455	22,790,085
2006	73,392,747	23,543,083
2007	74,602,648	24,318,082
2008	75,514,204	25,111,941
2009	76,457,825	25,927,724
2010	77,420,842	26,754,387
2011	78,383,598	27,582,897
2012	79,370,580	28,433,647
2013	80,414,686	29,312,952
2014	81,502,045	30,226,309
2015	82,619,362	31,159,379
2016	83,812,228	32,109,010
2017	85,026,754	33,090,921
2018	86,117,998	34,085,182
2019	87,051,648	35,111,408
2020	87,723,443	36,134,863
2021	88,455,488	37,140,230
2022	89,524,246	38,222,876
2023	90,608,707	39,390,799
2024	91,567,738	40,583,164

Fertility rates in Iran and Yemen

Fertility rate

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iran	Yemen
1960	7.52	7.99
1961	7.46	8
1962	7.4	8.01
1963	7.32	8.03
1964	7.24	8.07
1965	7.22	8.1
1966	7.21	8.14
1967	7.19	8.17
1968	7.12	8.19
1969	7.01	8.22
1970	6.8	8.23
1971	6.55	8.26
1972	6.26	8.27
1973	6.06	8.29
1974	5.97	8.33
1975	5.95	8.37
1976	6.07	8.42
1977	6.18	8.47
1978	6.34	8.5
1979	6.55	8.67
1980	6.63	8.71
1981	6.62	8.75
1982	6.59	8.79
1983	6.53	8.83
1984	6.43	8.85
1985	6.24	8.86
1986	6.01	8.86
1987	5.72	8.83
1988	5.43	8.79
1989	5.17	8.71
1990	4.93	8.61
1991	4.57	8.46
1992	4.1	8.27
1993	3.67	8.05
1994	3.24	7.8
1995	2.85	7.53
1996	2.54	7
1997	2.32	6.82
1998	2.19	6.64
1999	2.09	6.49
2000	2	6.32
2001	1.92	6.14
2002	1.84	5.97
2003	1.8	5.84
2004	1.78	5.71
2005	1.76	5.56
2006	1.76	5.41
2007	1.75	5.26
2008	1.74	5.11
2009	1.74	5
2010	1.75	4.81
2011	1.79	4.63
2012	1.85	4.63
2013	1.91	4.62
2014	1.98	4.62
2015	2.02	4.62
2016	2.05	4.61
2017	2.02	4.61
2018	1.92	4.61
2019	1.77	4.6
2020	1.7	4.6
2021	1.71	4.6
2022	1.7	4.59
2023	1.7	4.59

Iran and Yemen demographics compared

Median age

Iran

Yemen

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iran	Yemen
1960	19.1	19.7
1961	18.7	19.6
1962	18.4	19.6
1963	18.1	19.5
1964	17.9	19.4
1965	17.8	19.3
1966	17.7	19.2
1967	17.7	19.1
1968	17.6	18.9
1969	17.6	18.7
1970	17.6	18.4
1971	17.7	18.1
1972	17.8	17.8
1973	17.9	17.6
1974	18	17.3
1975	18.1	17
1976	18.2	16.8
1977	18.3	16.6
1978	18.3	16.3
1979	18.3	16.1
1980	18.2	15.9
1981	18.4	15.7
1982	18.6	15.5
1983	18.5	15.3
1984	18.4	15.1
1985	18.3	15
1986	18.2	14.9
1987	18.2	14.8
1988	18.2	14.7
1989	18.1	14.6
1990	18.2	14.6
1991	18.3	14.6
1992	18.4	14.6
1993	18.3	14.6
1994	18.4	14.6
1995	18.7	14.7
1996	19.1	14.8
1997	19.5	14.9
1998	20	15
1999	20.7	15.2
2000	21.4	15.4
2001	22	15.6
2002	22.6	15.8
2003	23.1	16
2004	23.7	16.2
2005	24.3	16.4
2006	24.8	16.7
2007	25.5	16.9
2008	26.1	17.2
2009	26.6	17.4
2010	27.2	17.7
2011	27.7	17.9
2012	28.2	18.1
2013	28.7	18.3
2014	29.2	18.5
2015	29.7	18.7
2016	30.2	18.8
2017	30.7	18.9
2018	31.2	19
2019	31.7	19.1
2020	32.3	19.1
2021	32.8	19.1
2022	33.3	19.2
2023	33.8	19.2
2024	34.3	19.3

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