What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Iran, Islamic Republic of and Ukraine?

72,049 deaths, with Ukraine ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran, Islamic Republic of and Ukraine?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iran, Islamic Republic of vs Ukraine: Births and deaths per year

Iran, Islamic Republic of

423,371 deaths

in 2023

Ukraine

495,420 deaths

in 2023

Iran, Islamic Republic of rank

27th

Ukraine rank

25th

Births and deaths per year over time

Iran, Islamic Republic of
Ukraine

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 495,420 deaths against 423,371 deaths in Iran, Islamic Republic of, a difference of 72,049 deaths.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.2 times Iran, Islamic Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran, Islamic Republic of ahead.

Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 27th and Ukraine ranks 25th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Iran, Islamic Republic of averaged higher in 2 and Ukraine in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Ukraine	Difference	Ahead
1950s	497,159 deaths	413,116 deaths	84,043 deaths	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1960s	499,607 deaths	366,379 deaths	133,228 deaths	Iran, Islamic Republic of
1970s	444,872 deaths	475,983 deaths	31,110 deaths	Ukraine
1980s	444,957 deaths	579,145 deaths	134,188 deaths	Ukraine
1990s	352,424 deaths	731,875 deaths	379,450 deaths	Ukraine
2000s	342,025 deaths	756,929 deaths	414,904 deaths	Ukraine
2010s	379,924 deaths	620,005 deaths	240,081 deaths	Ukraine
2020s	497,872 deaths	620,478 deaths	122,606 deaths	Ukraine

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher births and deaths per year, Iran, Islamic Republic of or Ukraine?: Ukraine, at 495,420 deaths against 423,371 deaths in Iran, Islamic Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in births and deaths per year between Iran, Islamic Republic of and Ukraine?: 72,049 deaths, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran, Islamic Republic of and Ukraine?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Iran, Islamic Republic of and Ukraine rank globally for births and deaths per year?: Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 27th and Ukraine ranks 25th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Births and deaths per year. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Births and deaths per year
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year.