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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Azerbaijan	Iran	Azerbaijan	Iran
1960	3,894,500	21,470,434	-	-
1961	4,045,750	22,125,726	3.88%	3.05%
1962	4,168,150	22,807,907	3.03%	3.08%
1963	4,293,550	23,519,005	3.01%	3.12%
1964	4,439,250	24,262,859	3.39%	3.16%
1965	4,574,650	25,036,978	3.05%	3.19%
1966	4,708,150	25,829,270	2.92%	3.16%
1967	4,832,000	26,628,432	2.63%	3.09%
1968	4,948,500	27,437,391	2.41%	3.04%
1969	5,063,300	28,273,482	2.32%	3.05%
1970	5,172,050	29,145,100	2.15%	3.08%
1971	5,282,950	30,029,071	2.14%	3.03%
1972	5,391,450	30,921,179	2.05%	2.97%
1973	5,493,900	31,839,838	1.9%	2.97%
1974	5,594,100	32,796,463	1.82%	3%
1975	5,689,050	33,802,973	1.7%	3.07%
1976	5,781,000	34,837,271	1.62%	3.06%
1977	5,876,150	35,933,181	1.65%	3.15%
1978	5,976,150	37,126,535	1.7%	3.32%
1979	6,071,300	38,424,952	1.59%	3.5%
1980	6,160,500	39,842,324	1.47%	3.69%
1981	6,257,750	41,989,312	1.58%	5.39%
1982	6,357,550	44,272,141	1.59%	5.44%
1983	6,459,800	46,029,535	1.61%	3.97%
1984	6,567,850	47,793,998	1.67%	3.83%
1985	6,670,150	49,582,289	1.56%	3.74%
1986	6,770,300	51,446,045	1.5%	3.76%
1987	6,875,350	53,323,493	1.55%	3.65%
1988	6,974,600	55,072,694	1.44%	3.28%
1989	7,076,550	56,704,914	1.46%	2.96%
1990	7,175,200	58,380,092	1.39%	2.95%
1991	7,271,300	59,986,931	1.34%	2.75%
1992	7,382,050	61,184,983	1.52%	2%
1993	7,494,800	61,403,543	1.53%	0.36%
1994	7,596,550	61,520,598	1.36%	0.19%
1995	7,684,850	62,205,567	1.16%	1.11%
1996	7,763,000	62,881,300	1.02%	1.09%
1997	7,838,250	63,639,638	0.97%	1.21%
1998	7,913,000	64,519,859	0.95%	1.38%
1999	7,982,750	65,445,391	0.88%	1.43%
2000	8,048,600	66,418,659	0.82%	1.49%
2001	8,111,200	67,452,005	0.78%	1.56%
2002	8,171,950	68,011,317	0.75%	0.83%
2003	8,234,100	68,769,340	0.76%	1.11%
2004	8,306,500	70,256,316	0.88%	2.16%
2005	8,391,850	71,828,455	1.03%	2.24%
2006	8,484,550	73,392,747	1.1%	2.18%
2007	8,581,300	74,602,648	1.14%	1.65%
2008	8,763,400	75,514,204	2.12%	1.22%
2009	8,947,243	76,457,825	2.1%	1.25%
2010	9,054,332	77,420,842	1.2%	1.26%
2011	9,173,082	78,383,598	1.31%	1.24%
2012	9,295,784	79,370,580	1.34%	1.26%
2013	9,416,801	80,414,686	1.3%	1.32%
2014	9,535,079	81,502,045	1.26%	1.35%
2015	9,649,341	82,619,362	1.2%	1.37%
2016	9,757,812	83,812,228	1.12%	1.44%
2017	9,854,033	85,026,754	0.99%	1.45%
2018	9,939,771	86,117,998	0.87%	1.28%
2019	10,024,283	87,051,648	0.85%	1.08%
2020	10,093,121	87,723,443	0.69%	0.77%
2021	10,137,750	88,455,488	0.44%	0.83%
2022	10,141,756	89,524,246	0.04%	1.21%
2023	10,153,958	90,608,707	0.12%	1.21%
2024	10,202,830	91,567,738	0.48%	1.06%
2025	10,263,171	92,417,685	0.59%	0.93%
2026	10,319,575	93,168,494	0.55%	0.81%
2027	10,373,440	93,838,646	0.52%	0.72%
2028	10,425,926	94,440,024	0.51%	0.64%
2029	10,477,408	94,985,102	0.49%	0.58%
2030	10,527,379	95,486,672	0.48%	0.53%
2031	10,575,995	95,960,723	0.46%	0.5%
2032	10,623,666	96,415,457	0.45%	0.47%
2033	10,669,942	96,850,659	0.44%	0.45%
2034	10,714,551	97,271,044	0.42%	0.43%
2035	10,757,644	97,679,258	0.4%	0.42%
2036	10,798,790	98,075,324	0.38%	0.41%
2037	10,837,667	98,458,805	0.36%	0.39%
2038	10,873,812	98,828,318	0.33%	0.38%
2039	10,907,303	99,182,806	0.31%	0.36%
2040	10,937,956	99,524,286	0.28%	0.34%
2041	10,965,181	99,853,719	0.25%	0.33%
2042	10,989,288	100,167,076	0.22%	0.31%
2043	11,010,492	100,462,092	0.19%	0.29%
2044	11,028,560	100,737,592	0.16%	0.27%
2045	11,044,029	100,990,622	0.14%	0.25%
2046	11,056,747	101,219,689	0.12%	0.23%
2047	11,066,682	101,424,009	0.09%	0.2%
2048	11,074,291	101,601,932	0.07%	0.18%
2049	11,078,319	101,748,544	0.04%	0.14%
2050	11,079,679	101,862,002	0.01%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Azerbaijan increased by 1,273,262 people (a 15% growth), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Azerbaijan gained 562,351 (a 5.76% growth), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).

Azerbaijan was ranked 90th most populous country in 2006 and is 94th in 2026. Iran was ranked 17th in 2006 and still ranked 17th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Azerbaijan's population will grow by 7.36% to 11,079,679 people and will still be ranked 94th. The population of Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.