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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Iran	Belgium	Iran
1960	9,153,489	21,470,434	-	-
1961	9,183,948	22,125,726	0.33%	3.05%
1962	9,220,578	22,807,907	0.4%	3.08%
1963	9,289,770	23,519,005	0.75%	3.12%
1964	9,378,113	24,262,859	0.95%	3.16%
1965	9,463,667	25,036,978	0.91%	3.19%
1966	9,527,807	25,829,270	0.68%	3.16%
1967	9,580,991	26,628,432	0.56%	3.09%
1968	9,618,756	27,437,391	0.39%	3.04%
1969	9,646,032	28,273,482	0.28%	3.05%
1970	9,655,549	29,145,100	0.1%	3.08%
1971	9,673,162	30,029,071	0.18%	3.03%
1972	9,711,115	30,921,179	0.39%	2.97%
1973	9,741,720	31,839,838	0.32%	2.97%
1974	9,772,419	32,796,463	0.32%	3%
1975	9,800,700	33,802,973	0.29%	3.07%
1976	9,818,227	34,837,271	0.18%	3.06%
1977	9,830,358	35,933,181	0.12%	3.15%
1978	9,839,534	37,126,535	0.09%	3.32%
1979	9,848,382	38,424,952	0.09%	3.5%
1980	9,859,242	39,842,324	0.11%	3.69%
1981	9,858,982	41,989,312	-0.003%	5.39%
1982	9,856,303	44,272,141	-0.03%	5.44%
1983	9,855,520	46,029,535	-0.008%	3.97%
1984	9,855,372	47,793,998	-0.002%	3.83%
1985	9,858,308	49,582,289	0.03%	3.74%
1986	9,861,823	51,446,045	0.04%	3.76%
1987	9,870,234	53,323,493	0.09%	3.65%
1988	9,901,664	55,072,694	0.32%	3.28%
1989	9,937,697	56,704,914	0.36%	2.96%
1990	9,967,379	58,380,092	0.3%	2.95%
1991	10,004,486	59,986,931	0.37%	2.75%
1992	10,045,158	61,184,983	0.41%	2%
1993	10,084,475	61,403,543	0.39%	0.36%
1994	10,115,603	61,520,598	0.31%	0.19%
1995	10,136,811	62,205,567	0.21%	1.11%
1996	10,156,637	62,881,300	0.2%	1.09%
1997	10,181,245	63,639,638	0.24%	1.21%
1998	10,203,008	64,519,859	0.21%	1.38%
1999	10,226,419	65,445,391	0.23%	1.43%
2000	10,251,250	66,418,659	0.24%	1.49%
2001	10,286,570	67,452,005	0.34%	1.56%
2002	10,332,785	68,011,317	0.45%	0.83%
2003	10,376,133	68,769,340	0.42%	1.11%
2004	10,421,137	70,256,316	0.43%	2.16%
2005	10,478,617	71,828,455	0.55%	2.24%
2006	10,547,958	73,392,747	0.66%	2.18%
2007	10,625,700	74,602,648	0.74%	1.65%
2008	10,709,973	75,514,204	0.79%	1.22%
2009	10,796,493	76,457,825	0.81%	1.25%
2010	10,895,586	77,420,842	0.92%	1.26%
2011	11,038,264	78,383,598	1.31%	1.24%
2012	11,106,932	79,370,580	0.62%	1.26%
2013	11,159,407	80,414,686	0.47%	1.32%
2014	11,209,057	81,502,045	0.44%	1.35%
2015	11,274,196	82,619,362	0.58%	1.37%
2016	11,331,422	83,812,228	0.51%	1.44%
2017	11,375,158	85,026,754	0.39%	1.45%
2018	11,427,054	86,117,998	0.46%	1.28%
2019	11,488,980	87,051,648	0.54%	1.08%
2020	11,538,604	87,723,443	0.43%	0.77%
2021	11,586,195	88,455,488	0.41%	0.83%
2022	11,680,210	89,524,246	0.81%	1.21%
2023	11,779,946	90,608,707	0.85%	1.21%
2024	11,858,610	91,567,738	0.67%	1.06%
2025	11,878,653	92,417,685	0.17%	0.93%
2026	11,894,864	93,168,494	0.14%	0.81%
2027	11,909,001	93,838,646	0.12%	0.72%
2028	11,922,115	94,440,024	0.11%	0.64%
2029	11,934,272	94,985,102	0.1%	0.58%
2030	11,944,861	95,486,672	0.09%	0.53%
2031	11,953,823	95,960,723	0.08%	0.5%
2032	11,962,020	96,415,457	0.07%	0.47%
2033	11,970,216	96,850,659	0.07%	0.45%
2034	11,977,922	97,271,044	0.06%	0.43%
2035	11,984,704	97,679,258	0.06%	0.42%
2036	11,991,147	98,075,324	0.05%	0.41%
2037	11,997,789	98,458,805	0.06%	0.39%
2038	12,004,230	98,828,318	0.05%	0.38%
2039	12,009,488	99,182,806	0.04%	0.36%
2040	12,013,619	99,524,286	0.03%	0.34%
2041	12,017,411	99,853,719	0.03%	0.33%
2042	12,020,456	100,167,076	0.03%	0.31%
2043	12,022,156	100,462,092	0.01%	0.29%
2044	12,023,061	100,737,592	0.008%	0.27%
2045	12,022,487	100,990,622	-0.005%	0.25%
2046	12,020,034	101,219,689	-0.02%	0.23%
2047	12,015,998	101,424,009	-0.03%	0.2%
2048	12,010,009	101,601,932	-0.05%	0.18%
2049	12,001,950	101,748,544	-0.07%	0.14%
2050	11,992,103	101,862,002	-0.08%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belgium increased by 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belgium gained 563,596 (a 4.97% growth), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2006 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.