Iran vs Saudi Arabia
Iran vs Saudi Arabia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 85.3% in Iran and 100% in Saudi Arabia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 14.7 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Iran.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1995.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Iran | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 85.3 | 100 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 83.7 | 100 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 81.7 | 100 | 67 |
| 2021 | 78.6 | 100 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 75.6 | 97.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 72.5 | 95.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 70.2 | 93.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 64 | 94.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 53.2 | 74.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 45.3 | 69.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 39.4 | 64.7 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 30 | 60.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 22.7 | 54 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 19 | 47.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 15.9 | 41 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 13.8 | 38 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 12 | 36 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 9.5 | 30 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 8.8 | 19.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 7.5 | 10.2 | – |
| 2003 | 6.9 | 8 | – |
| 2002 | 4.6 | 6.4 | – |
| 2001 | 1.5 | 4.7 | – |
| 2000 | 0.9 | 2.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 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
Iran vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023