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Brazil vs Iran
How Brazil and Iran compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Iran was higher: 77.7 years against 75.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Brazil was higher: $9,748 against $5,617
- Population · In 2023, Brazil was higher: 211 million people against 90.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Iran was higher: 2.09% of GDP against 1.05% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Iran was higher: 9.05 tonnes against 2.32 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
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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