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Algeria vs Iran
How Algeria and Iran compare on 39 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Iran was higher: 77.7 years against 76.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Iran was higher: $5,617 against $4,883
- Population · In 2023, Iran was higher: 90.6 million people against 46.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Algeria was higher: 8.83% of GDP against 2.09% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Iran was higher: 9.05 tonnes against 3.98 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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