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Population in Angola compared to Iran: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 93,020,793 in Iran.

Population statistics:

  • Iran's population is 2.33 times bigger than Angola's.
  • Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
  • The countries together account for 1.61% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 1.13% for Iran.
  • For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
  • Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while Iran has grown from 71.8M to 93M (29.5% growth).
  • Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.

Angola vs Iran: live population counter

Angola Iran
Current population
39983997
93020793
Population rank 39/197 17/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 1.13%
One net population change
27.8 seconds
32.9 seconds
One birth every
22.8 seconds
26.9 seconds
One death every
2.07 minutes
1.24 minutes
One migration net change every
3.33 hours
2.76 minutes
Annual migration change -2,629 +190,156
Daily growth/decline +3,112 +2,627
Annual growth/decline +1,135,943 +959,031
Annual growth/decline rate +3.09% +1.06%
Population growth rate rank 13/197 100/197

Angola and Iran: population history and growth rate by year chart

Angola
Population

Growth rate
Iran
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Angola Iran Angola Iran
1960 5,231,654 21,470,434 - -
1961 5,301,583 22,125,726 1.34% 3.05%
1962 5,354,310 22,807,907 0.99% 3.08%
1963 5,408,320 23,519,005 1.01% 3.12%
1964 5,464,187 24,262,859 1.03% 3.16%
1965 5,521,981 25,036,978 1.06% 3.19%
1966 5,581,386 25,829,270 1.08% 3.16%
1967 5,641,807 26,628,432 1.08% 3.09%
1968 5,702,699 27,437,391 1.08% 3.04%
1969 5,763,685 28,273,482 1.07% 3.05%
1970 5,852,788 29,145,100 1.55% 3.08%
1971 5,991,102 30,029,071 2.36% 3.03%
1972 6,174,262 30,921,179 3.06% 2.97%
1973 6,388,528 31,839,838 3.47% 2.97%
1974 6,613,367 32,796,463 3.52% 3%
1975 6,842,947 33,802,973 3.47% 3.07%
1976 7,074,664 34,837,271 3.39% 3.06%
1977 7,317,829 35,933,181 3.44% 3.15%
1978 7,576,734 37,126,535 3.54% 3.32%
1979 7,847,207 38,424,952 3.57% 3.5%
1980 8,133,872 39,842,324 3.65% 3.69%
1981 8,435,607 41,989,312 3.71% 5.39%
1982 8,751,648 44,272,141 3.75% 5.44%
1983 9,082,983 46,029,535 3.79% 3.97%
1984 9,425,917 47,793,998 3.78% 3.83%
1985 9,779,120 49,582,289 3.75% 3.74%
1986 10,139,450 51,446,045 3.68% 3.76%
1987 10,497,858 53,323,493 3.53% 3.65%
1988 10,861,291 55,072,694 3.46% 3.28%
1989 11,238,562 56,704,914 3.47% 2.96%
1990 11,626,360 58,380,092 3.45% 2.95%
1991 12,023,529 59,986,931 3.42% 2.75%
1992 12,423,712 61,184,983 3.33% 2%
1993 12,827,135 61,403,543 3.25% 0.36%
1994 13,249,764 61,520,598 3.29% 0.19%
1995 13,699,778 62,205,567 3.4% 1.11%
1996 14,170,973 62,881,300 3.44% 1.09%
1997 14,660,413 63,639,638 3.45% 1.21%
1998 15,159,370 64,519,859 3.4% 1.38%
1999 15,667,235 65,445,391 3.35% 1.43%
2000 16,194,869 66,418,659 3.37% 1.49%
2001 16,747,208 67,452,005 3.41% 1.56%
2002 17,327,699 68,011,317 3.47% 0.83%
2003 17,943,712 68,769,340 3.56% 1.11%
2004 18,600,423 70,256,316 3.66% 2.16%
2005 19,291,161 71,828,455 3.71% 2.24%
2006 20,015,279 73,392,747 3.75% 2.18%
2007 20,778,561 74,602,648 3.81% 1.65%
2008 21,578,655 75,514,204 3.85% 1.22%
2009 22,414,773 76,457,825 3.87% 1.25%
2010 23,294,825 77,420,842 3.93% 1.26%
2011 24,218,352 78,383,598 3.96% 1.24%
2012 25,177,394 79,370,580 3.96% 1.26%
2013 26,165,620 80,414,686 3.93% 1.32%
2014 27,160,769 81,502,045 3.8% 1.35%
2015 28,157,798 82,619,362 3.67% 1.37%
2016 29,183,070 83,812,228 3.64% 1.44%
2017 30,234,839 85,026,754 3.6% 1.45%
2018 31,297,155 86,117,998 3.51% 1.28%
2019 32,375,632 87,051,648 3.45% 1.08%
2020 33,451,132 87,723,443 3.32% 0.77%
2021 34,532,429 88,455,488 3.23% 0.83%
2022 35,635,029 89,524,246 3.19% 1.21%
2023 36,749,906 90,608,707 3.13% 1.21%
2024 37,885,849 91,567,738 3.09% 1.06%
2025 39,040,029 92,417,685 3.05% 0.93%
2026 40,215,174 93,168,494 3.01% 0.81%
2027 41,415,119 93,838,646 2.98% 0.72%
2028 42,641,677 94,440,024 2.96% 0.64%
2029 43,891,847 94,985,102 2.93% 0.58%
2030 45,160,453 95,486,672 2.89% 0.53%
2031 46,449,962 95,960,723 2.86% 0.5%
2032 47,759,505 96,415,457 2.82% 0.47%
2033 49,091,470 96,850,659 2.79% 0.45%
2034 50,447,449 97,271,044 2.76% 0.43%
2035 51,821,711 97,679,258 2.72% 0.42%
2036 53,215,935 98,075,324 2.69% 0.41%
2037 54,625,858 98,458,805 2.65% 0.39%
2038 56,053,776 98,828,318 2.61% 0.38%
2039 57,501,906 99,182,806 2.58% 0.36%
2040 58,965,319 99,524,286 2.54% 0.34%
2041 60,441,178 99,853,719 2.5% 0.33%
2042 61,927,899 100,167,076 2.46% 0.31%
2043 63,430,872 100,462,092 2.43% 0.29%
2044 64,945,294 100,737,592 2.39% 0.27%
2045 66,464,320 100,990,622 2.34% 0.25%
2046 68,000,587 101,219,689 2.31% 0.23%
2047 69,554,157 101,424,009 2.28% 0.2%
2048 71,118,776 101,601,932 2.25% 0.18%
2049 72,701,379 101,748,544 2.23% 0.14%
2050 74,295,387 101,862,002 2.19% 0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.

Biggest cities by population

Angola
City Population
Luanda 2.49M
Huambo 844K
Cabinda 739K
Benguela 562K
Lobito 436K
Luena 357K
N'zeto 47.8K
Ambriz 22.7K
Iran
City Population
Tehran 8.69M
Mashhad 3M
Isfahan 1.96M
Karaj 1.59M
Shiraz 1.57M
Tabriz 1.56M
Qom 1.2M
Ahvaz 1.18M
Kermanshah 947K
Urmia 736K

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