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🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇮🇷 Iran

Brazil has 120.4M more people — 212,812,405 against 92,417,681. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇧🇷 Brazil
212,812,405
South America · rank #7 · +0.38%
World Bank, 2025
🇮🇷 Iran
92,417,681
Asia · rank #17 · +0.92%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorBrazilIran
Population212,812,4057th of 24092,417,68117th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.38%161st of 240+0.92%112th of 240
Population Density/km²25/km²195th of 24056/km²161st of 240
Land Areakm²8,358,140 km²5th of 2401,622,500 km²17th of 240
Urban Population88.2%45th of 24077.4%82nd of 240
GDP per Capita$10,713120th of 240$3,924177th of 240
GDP Growth+2.3%134th of 210−2.8%206th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.0 years115th of 24077.9 years90th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.61 births per woman149th of 2401.68 births per woman145th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,000117th of 21312.6 per 1,000112th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.1 per 1,000111th of 2134.8 per 1,000196th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births12.3 per 1,000 live births98th of 19410.3 per 1,000 live births112th of 194
Unemployment Rate6.0%78th of 1868.3%54th of 186
Inflation Rate5.0%48th of 19142.2%6th of 191
Poverty Rate6.4%152nd of 1648.3%147th of 164
Gini Index50.38th of 17035.980th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP9.7% of GDP31st of 1926.0% of GDP104th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0002.36 per 1,00078th of 2061.81 per 1,00094th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0002.52 per 1,00090th of 1991.85 per 1,000122nd of 199
Literacy Rate94.7%84th of 17588.9%107th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.6% of GDP35th of 2022.8% of GDP161st of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary104.1% gross, secondary46th of 20785.1% gross, secondary130th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption46.5% of final consumption53rd of 2110.9% of final consumption192nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area59.0% of land area29th of 2116.6% of land area173rd of 211
Internet Penetration84.5%88th of 21185.3%85th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people101.9 per 100 people135th of 212174.1 per 100 people16th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births67 per 100,000 live births79th of 19316 per 100,000 live births130th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP0.97% of GDP124th of 1632.01% of GDP66th of 163
Protected Areasof land area30.6% of land area36th of 2117.8% of land area166th of 211
Median Ageyears34.8 years108th of 24034.0 years114th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.0 years104th of 1489.8 years72nd of 148
Human Development Index0.78683rd of 1920.79974th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.63/ 1032nd of 1645.15/ 10104th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.28 tonnes per capita125th of 2128.66 tonnes per capita31st of 212
Obesity Rate30.9%60th of 19825.7%93rd of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

BrazilIran
050M100M150M200M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Brazil and Iran population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Brazil195053.4M
Brazil1975107.6M
Brazil2000174M
Brazil2025212.8M
Brazil2050217.5M
Brazil2075194.9M
Brazil2100163.4M
Iran195016.5M
Iran197533.8M
Iran200066.4M
Iran202592.4M
Iran2050101.9M
Iran207593.8M
Iran210080M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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