India vs Iran
India vs Iran: Internet users
Internet users: 70% in India in 2025 and 85.3% in Iran in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 20.4 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in India.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 1999, when it overtook India.
- In 2024, India ranked 130 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 | India | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 64.9 | 85.3 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 60.3 | 83.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 55.9 | 81.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | 78.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 43.4 | 75.6 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.5 | 72.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 20.1 | 70.2 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.2 | 64 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.5 | 53.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 14.9 | 45.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 39.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.3 | 30 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 11.1 | 22.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 10.1 | 19 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 15.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 5.1 | 13.8 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 4.4 | 12 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9.5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 8.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7.5 | – |
| 2003 | 1.7 | 6.9 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | 4.6 | – |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 1.5 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 0.9 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 0.4 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | – |
| 1992 | 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
India vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025