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Iran vs Netherlands
How Iran and Netherlands compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Netherlands was higher: 82.2 years against 77.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: $51,820 against $5,617
- Population · In 2023, Iran was higher: 90.6 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: 2.2% of GDP against 2.09% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Iran was higher: 9.05 tonnes against 6.6 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 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, 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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