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Iran

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  • Iran has a population of about 92.4M; its total GDP of $362.7B ranks #42 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,618,710 km² is about 8.5× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • CO₂ emissions (total) stands out most against the median: 829 Mt — rank #6 of 165 countries with data.

Iran: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 92.4M (2025) #17 / 169 median 11.5M · 8.0×
Population growth 0.9% (2025) #94 / 169 median 1.1% · 84%
Urban population share 77.4% (2025) #46 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 8.6% (2025) #75 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.2×
Fertility rate 1.7 (2024) #108 / 169 median 2.1 · 80%
Birth rate 12.6‰ (2024) #101 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 79%
Death rate 4.8‰ (2024) #156 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 67%
Net migration 116.8K (2025) #14 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,618,710 km² #19 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 8.5×
Population density derived 57.1/km² (2025) #103 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 78%
Economy
GDP (total) $362.7B (2025) #42 / 168 median $80.7B · 4.5×
GDP per capita $3,924 (2025) #109 / 168 median $6,834 · 57%
GNI per capita $4,650 (2025) #100 / 168 median $6,350 · 73%
GDP growth (annual) -2.8% (2025) #164 / 168 N/A
Inflation rate 42.2% (2025) #6 / 162 median 3.3% · 13×
Unemployment rate 8.3% (2025) #48 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.6×
Gini index 35.9 (2023) #72 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.0×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 2.5% (2023) #77 / 153 median 2.5% · 1.0×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 25.8% (2025) #107 / 163 median 35.0% · 74%
Imports share of GDP 34.5% (2025) #95 / 163 median 40.2% · 86%
Agriculture share of GDP 10.6% (2025) #61 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.5×
Manufacturing share of GDP 20.6% (2024) #14 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.8×
International tourist arrivals 1.6M (2020) #69 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.4×
Tourism receipts $5.3B (2018) #31 / 165 median $705M · 7.4×
Health & education
Life expectancy 77.9 years (2024) #54 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 10.3‰ (2024) #98 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 79%
Under-five mortality 11.3‰ (2024) #99 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 72%
DPT immunization 98.0% (2024) #16 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.9 per 1,000 (2019) #94 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 92%
Health spending share of GDP 6.0% (2023) #91 / 165 median 6.5% · 92%
Secondary school enrollment 85.1% (2023) #99 / 167 median 90.5% · 94%
Education spending share of GDP 2.8% (2023) #132 / 165 median 4.1% · 68%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.799 (2023) #63 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 85.3% (2024) #70 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 174.1 per 100 (2024) #12 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.5×
Fixed broadband 12.1 per 100 (2024) #85 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 100%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #31 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 9.1 t (2024) #19 / 165 median 2.6 t · 3.4×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 829 Mt (2024) #6 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 39×
Renewable electricity share 4.2% (2021) #148 / 169 median 34.1% · 12%
Renewable energy consumption 0.9% (2021) #161 / 169 median 26.9% · 3%
Forest area 6.6% (2023) #142 / 169 median 32.4% · 21%
Agricultural land 29.0% (2023) #114 / 169 median 41.7% · 70%
Arable land 9.7% (2023) #93 / 168 median 11.0% · 88%
PM2.5 exposure 40.2 µg/m³ (2023) #22 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.0×
Military spending 2.0% (2024) #64 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Iran's true-shape outline

Iran's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,618,710 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).