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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Iran	Australia	Iran
1960	10,276,477	21,470,434	-	-
1961	10,483,000	22,125,726	2.01%	3.05%
1962	10,742,000	22,807,907	2.47%	3.08%
1963	10,950,000	23,519,005	1.94%	3.12%
1964	11,167,000	24,262,859	1.98%	3.16%
1965	11,388,000	25,036,978	1.98%	3.19%
1966	11,651,000	25,829,270	2.31%	3.16%
1967	11,799,000	26,628,432	1.27%	3.09%
1968	12,009,000	27,437,391	1.78%	3.04%
1969	12,263,000	28,273,482	2.12%	3.05%
1970	12,507,000	29,145,100	1.99%	3.08%
1971	12,937,000	30,029,071	3.44%	3.03%
1972	13,177,000	30,921,179	1.86%	2.97%
1973	13,380,000	31,839,838	1.54%	2.97%
1974	13,723,000	32,796,463	2.56%	3%
1975	13,893,000	33,802,973	1.24%	3.07%
1976	14,033,000	34,837,271	1.01%	3.06%
1977	14,192,000	35,933,181	1.13%	3.15%
1978	14,358,000	37,126,535	1.17%	3.32%
1979	14,514,000	38,424,952	1.09%	3.5%
1980	14,692,000	39,842,324	1.23%	3.69%
1981	14,923,260	41,989,312	1.57%	5.39%
1982	15,184,247	44,272,141	1.75%	5.44%
1983	15,393,472	46,029,535	1.38%	3.97%
1984	15,579,391	47,793,998	1.21%	3.83%
1985	15,788,312	49,582,289	1.34%	3.74%
1986	16,018,350	51,446,045	1.46%	3.76%
1987	16,263,874	53,323,493	1.53%	3.65%
1988	16,532,164	55,072,694	1.65%	3.28%
1989	16,814,416	56,704,914	1.71%	2.96%
1990	17,065,128	58,380,092	1.49%	2.95%
1991	17,284,036	59,986,931	1.28%	2.75%
1992	17,478,635	61,184,983	1.13%	2%
1993	17,634,808	61,403,543	0.89%	0.36%
1994	17,805,468	61,520,598	0.97%	0.19%
1995	18,004,882	62,205,567	1.12%	1.11%
1996	18,224,767	62,881,300	1.22%	1.09%
1997	18,423,037	63,639,638	1.09%	1.21%
1998	18,607,584	64,519,859	1%	1.38%
1999	18,812,264	65,445,391	1.1%	1.43%
2000	19,028,802	66,418,659	1.15%	1.49%
2001	19,274,701	67,452,005	1.29%	1.56%
2002	19,495,210	68,011,317	1.14%	0.83%
2003	19,720,737	68,769,340	1.16%	1.11%
2004	19,932,722	70,256,316	1.07%	2.16%
2005	20,176,844	71,828,455	1.22%	2.24%
2006	20,450,966	73,392,747	1.36%	2.18%
2007	20,827,622	74,602,648	1.84%	1.65%
2008	21,249,199	75,514,204	2.02%	1.22%
2009	21,691,653	76,457,825	2.08%	1.25%
2010	22,031,750	77,420,842	1.57%	1.26%
2011	22,340,024	78,383,598	1.4%	1.24%
2012	22,733,465	79,370,580	1.76%	1.26%
2013	23,128,129	80,414,686	1.74%	1.32%
2014	23,475,686	81,502,045	1.5%	1.35%
2015	23,815,995	82,619,362	1.45%	1.37%
2016	24,190,907	83,812,228	1.57%	1.44%
2017	24,592,588	85,026,754	1.66%	1.45%
2018	24,963,258	86,117,998	1.51%	1.28%
2019	25,334,826	87,051,648	1.49%	1.08%
2020	25,649,248	87,723,443	1.24%	0.77%
2021	25,685,412	88,455,488	0.14%	0.83%
2022	26,014,399	89,524,246	1.28%	1.21%
2023	26,652,777	90,608,707	2.45%	1.21%
2024	27,204,809	91,567,738	2.07%	1.06%
2025	27,470,426	92,417,685	0.98%	0.93%
2026	27,728,157	93,168,494	0.94%	0.81%
2027	27,979,877	93,838,646	0.91%	0.72%
2028	28,228,958	94,440,024	0.89%	0.64%
2029	28,471,054	94,985,102	0.86%	0.58%
2030	28,707,292	95,486,672	0.83%	0.53%
2031	28,940,769	95,960,723	0.81%	0.5%
2032	29,169,013	96,415,457	0.79%	0.47%
2033	29,392,748	96,850,659	0.77%	0.45%
2034	29,614,137	97,271,044	0.75%	0.43%
2035	29,835,307	97,679,258	0.75%	0.42%
2036	30,056,752	98,075,324	0.74%	0.41%
2037	30,273,692	98,458,805	0.72%	0.39%
2038	30,488,994	98,828,318	0.71%	0.38%
2039	30,703,245	99,182,806	0.7%	0.36%
2040	30,916,122	99,524,286	0.69%	0.34%
2041	31,132,858	99,853,719	0.7%	0.33%
2042	31,352,893	100,167,076	0.71%	0.31%
2043	31,572,750	100,462,092	0.7%	0.29%
2044	31,790,565	100,737,592	0.69%	0.27%
2045	32,009,555	100,990,622	0.69%	0.25%
2046	32,232,946	101,219,689	0.7%	0.23%
2047	32,452,651	101,424,009	0.68%	0.2%
2048	32,672,016	101,601,932	0.68%	0.18%
2049	32,891,546	101,748,544	0.67%	0.14%
2050	33,105,190	101,862,002	0.65%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.