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🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇮🇷 Iran

Iran has 8.93M more people — 92,417,681 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
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.
IndicatorGermanyIran
Population83,491,24919th of 24092,417,68117th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.03%190th of 240+0.92%112th of 240
Population Density/km²238/km²63rd of 24056/km²161st of 240
Land Areakm²349,430 km²64th of 2401,622,500 km²17th of 240
Urban Population82.1%60th of 24077.4%82nd of 240
GDP per Capita$60,49625th of 240$3,924177th of 240
GDP Growth+0.2%190th of 210−2.8%206th of 210
Life Expectancyyears80.8 years56th of 24077.9 years90th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.36 births per woman205th of 2401.68 births per woman145th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000185th of 21312.6 per 1,000112th of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,00016th of 2134.8 per 1,000196th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 19410.3 per 1,000 live births112th of 194
Unemployment Rate3.7%124th of 1868.3%54th of 186
Inflation Rate2.2%124th of 19142.2%6th of 191
Poverty Rate14.8%124th of 1648.3%147th of 164
Gini Index33.7101st of 17035.980th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP12.3% of GDP9th of 1926.0% of GDP104th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.53 per 1,00015th of 2061.81 per 1,00094th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0007.55 per 1,00010th of 1991.85 per 1,000122nd of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17588.9%107th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.2% of GDP54th of 2022.8% of GDP161st of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 20785.1% gross, secondary130th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption17.6% of final consumption115th of 2110.9% of final consumption192nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area32.7% of land area100th of 2116.6% of land area173rd of 211
Internet Penetration93.5%42nd of 21185.3%85th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people129.2 per 100 people61st of 212174.1 per 100 people16th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births4 per 100,000 live births172nd of 19316 per 100,000 live births130th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.89% of GDP74th of 1632.01% of GDP66th of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.2% of land area18th of 2117.8% of land area166th of 211
Median Ageyears45.5 years20th of 24034.0 years114th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.1 years6th of 1489.8 years72nd of 148
Human Development Index0.9595th of 1920.79974th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.88/ 1017th of 1645.15/ 10104th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita6.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 2128.66 tonnes per capita31st of 212
Obesity Rate24.5%99th of 19825.7%93rd of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

GermanyIran
020M40M60M80M100M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Germany and Iran population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M
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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