Azerbaijan vs Iran
Azerbaijan vs Iran: Internet users
Internet users: 90.8% in Azerbaijan in 2025 and 85.3% in Iran in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 5.1 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Iran.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Iran.
- In 2024, Azerbaijan ranked 54 and Iran ranked 78 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Azerbaijan | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90.8 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 90.4 | 85.3 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 89 | 83.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 88 | 81.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 86 | 78.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 84.6 | 75.6 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 81.1 | 72.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 79.8 | 70.2 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 79 | 64 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 78.2 | 53.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 77 | 45.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 75 | 39.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 73 | 30 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 54.2 | 22.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 50 | 19 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 46 | 15.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 27.4 | 13.8 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 17.1 | 12 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 12 | 8.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | – | 7.5 | – |
| 2003 | – | 6.9 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | 4.6 | – |
| 2001 | 0.3 | 1.5 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 0.9 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025