Country profile · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · UMC
🇮🇷 Iran, Islamic Rep.
Upper middle income. Capital Tehran. Mid-pack GDP/cap (UMC · PEAK) across 40 World Bank / WHO / ILO measures.
- 91.6 million
- Population
- $475.3 billion
- GDP
- $5,190
- GDP / capita
- 77.9 years
- Life expectancy
Mid-pack GDP/cap · PEAK
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 33rd of 217 by total GDP and 76th for life expectancy - a upper middle income economy in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
- #33
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $5,190
- GDP per capita
- #76
- Life-expectancy rank
- #17
- Population rank
Iran, Islamic Rep. sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#136 of 214) as a UMC economy with PEAK longevity.
Iran, Islamic Rep. vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$475,252,089,215 33rd of 214 higher than 181 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
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Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
Iran, Islamic Rep. on the global income map
Iran, Islamic Rep. (IRN) mid GDP/cap pack - GDP per capita × life expectancy vs largest peers; gold rings = OECD.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
- Uganda: GDP per capita $1,078 (2024), life expectancy 68.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
Iran, Islamic Rep. has a population of 91.6 million, making it the 17th-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
Its economy totals $475.3 billion - ranked 33rd globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $5,190, placing it in the Upper middle income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 77.9 years (ranked 76th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Tehran.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 5 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series Iran, Islamic Rep. does report.
All indicators for Iran, Islamic Rep.
40 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Road-traffic deaths at 20.6 per 100,000 are Iran, Islamic Rep.'s sharpest GHO outlier versus the fleet midpoint (12.3). Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
Compare Iran, Islamic Rep. with near GDP/cap peers
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Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for Iran, Islamic Rep. (UMC · PEAK), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
UMC PEAK
Cabo Verde · UMC
Cabo Verde GDP/cap $5,170 is lower by $20 than Iran, Islamic Rep.; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Jordan · UMC
Jordan GDP/cap $5,074 is lower by $116 than Iran, Islamic Rep.; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Ukraine · UMC
Ukraine GDP/cap $5,392 is higher by $201 than Iran, Islamic Rep.; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Samoa · UMC
Samoa GDP/cap $5,393 is higher by $203 than Iran, Islamic Rep.; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan WDI roster
Iran, Islamic Rep. stamps UMC · PEAK inside Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#136)
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks #136 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the UMC Atlas band.
What the data says about Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iran, Islamic Rep. is classified as an upper-middle-income economy, a tier where statistical capacity, and therefore data completeness, varies more widely than in high-income countries, so a missing or older data point on this profile usually reflects reporting lag rather than an absence of the underlying activity. With a large population spread across a correspondingly large territory, national-level figures for Iran, Islamic Rep. can mask enormous gaps between its wealthiest and poorest regions - more so than in a small, geographically compact economy. The trend across several years of an indicator usually tells a more useful story than any single year's value.
Iran, Islamic Rep. sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#136 of 214) as a UMC economy with PEAK longevity.
Iran, Islamic Rep. holds 91.6 million people and $475.3 billion GDP (33rd) at $5,190 per person - mid GDP/cap band, UMC, LE 77.9 years (76th, PEAK). 40 WDI/WHO/ILO cells fill the topic blocks.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Cabo Verde at $5,170 (Δ $20). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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