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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cyprus was 1,358,282 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cyprus' population is 1,380,052 people compared to 93,020,793 in Iran.

Population statistics:

  • Iran's population is 67.4 times bigger than Cyprus'.
  • Cyprus is ranked the 153rd most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
  • The countries together account for 1.14% of the world: 0.02% for Cyprus vs 1.13% for Iran.
  • For the last 10 years, Cyprus has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cyprus has increased from 1.04M people to 1.38M (33.2% growth), while Iran has grown from 71.8M to 93M (29.5% growth).
  • Cyprus is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 1.51M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.

Cyprus vs Iran: live population counter

Cyprus Iran
Current population
1380052
93020793
Population rank 153/197 17/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 1.13%
One net population change
39.5 minutes
32.9 seconds
One birth every
36.2 minutes
26.9 seconds
One death every
55.3 minutes
1.24 minutes
One migration net change every
1.08 hours
2.76 minutes
Annual migration change +8,138 +190,156
Daily growth/decline +36 +2,627
Annual growth/decline +13,306 +959,031
Annual growth/decline rate +0.99% +1.06%
Population growth rate rank 104/197 100/197

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

Cyprus
Population

Growth rate
Iran
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cyprus Iran Cyprus Iran
1960 586,490 21,470,434 - -
1961 595,514 22,125,726 1.54% 3.05%
1962 601,466 22,807,907 1% 3.08%
1963 607,252 23,519,005 0.96% 3.12%
1964 612,521 24,262,859 0.87% 3.16%
1965 617,736 25,036,978 0.85% 3.19%
1966 623,390 25,829,270 0.92% 3.16%
1967 629,251 26,628,432 0.94% 3.09%
1968 635,157 27,437,391 0.94% 3.04%
1969 641,189 28,273,482 0.95% 3.05%
1970 647,446 29,145,100 0.98% 3.08%
1971 654,050 30,029,071 1.02% 3.03%
1972 661,063 30,921,179 1.07% 2.97%
1973 665,937 31,839,838 0.74% 2.97%
1974 663,254 32,796,463 -0.4% 3%
1975 659,405 33,802,973 -0.58% 3.07%
1976 662,032 34,837,271 0.4% 3.06%
1977 667,101 35,933,181 0.77% 3.15%
1978 672,249 37,126,535 0.77% 3.32%
1979 677,549 38,424,952 0.79% 3.5%
1980 683,076 39,842,324 0.82% 3.69%
1981 688,893 41,989,312 0.85% 5.39%
1982 696,497 44,272,141 1.1% 5.44%
1983 707,225 46,029,535 1.54% 3.97%
1984 719,334 47,793,998 1.71% 3.83%
1985 731,277 49,582,289 1.66% 3.74%
1986 743,105 51,446,045 1.62% 3.76%
1987 754,785 53,323,493 1.57% 3.65%
1988 766,235 55,072,694 1.52% 3.28%
1989 777,420 56,704,914 1.46% 2.96%
1990 788,351 58,380,092 1.41% 2.95%
1991 798,944 59,986,931 1.34% 2.75%
1992 810,341 61,184,983 1.43% 2%
1993 826,034 61,403,543 1.94% 0.36%
1994 844,667 61,520,598 2.26% 0.19%
1995 862,695 62,205,567 2.13% 1.11%
1996 880,290 62,881,300 2.04% 1.09%
1997 897,568 63,639,638 1.96% 1.21%
1998 914,548 64,519,859 1.89% 1.38%
1999 931,234 65,445,391 1.82% 1.43%
2000 947,667 66,418,659 1.76% 1.49%
2001 964,127 67,452,005 1.74% 1.56%
2002 981,440 68,011,317 1.8% 0.83%
2003 999,590 68,769,340 1.85% 1.11%
2004 1,017,875 70,256,316 1.83% 2.16%
2005 1,036,151 71,828,455 1.8% 2.24%
2006 1,054,418 73,392,747 1.76% 2.18%
2007 1,072,714 74,602,648 1.74% 1.65%
2008 1,091,026 75,514,204 1.71% 1.22%
2009 1,109,371 76,457,825 1.68% 1.25%
2010 1,127,816 77,420,842 1.66% 1.26%
2011 1,146,493 78,383,598 1.66% 1.24%
2012 1,165,397 79,370,580 1.65% 1.26%
2013 1,183,895 80,414,686 1.59% 1.32%
2014 1,201,801 81,502,045 1.51% 1.35%
2015 1,219,502 82,619,362 1.47% 1.37%
2016 1,237,112 83,812,228 1.44% 1.44%
2017 1,254,275 85,026,754 1.39% 1.45%
2018 1,270,737 86,117,998 1.31% 1.28%
2019 1,286,671 87,051,648 1.25% 1.08%
2020 1,302,247 87,723,443 1.21% 0.77%
2021 1,317,309 88,455,488 1.16% 0.83%
2022 1,331,370 89,524,246 1.07% 1.21%
2023 1,344,976 90,608,707 1.02% 1.21%
2024 1,358,282 91,567,738 0.99% 1.06%
2025 1,370,750 92,417,685 0.92% 0.93%
2026 1,382,331 93,168,494 0.84% 0.81%
2027 1,393,332 93,838,646 0.8% 0.72%
2028 1,403,777 94,440,024 0.75% 0.64%
2029 1,413,339 94,985,102 0.68% 0.58%
2030 1,422,317 95,486,672 0.64% 0.53%
2031 1,430,677 95,960,723 0.59% 0.5%
2032 1,438,502 96,415,457 0.55% 0.47%
2033 1,445,956 96,850,659 0.52% 0.45%
2034 1,452,842 97,271,044 0.48% 0.43%
2035 1,459,190 97,679,258 0.44% 0.42%
2036 1,465,171 98,075,324 0.41% 0.41%
2037 1,470,712 98,458,805 0.38% 0.39%
2038 1,475,792 98,828,318 0.35% 0.38%
2039 1,480,540 99,182,806 0.32% 0.36%
2040 1,484,845 99,524,286 0.29% 0.34%
2041 1,488,688 99,853,719 0.26% 0.33%
2042 1,492,043 100,167,076 0.23% 0.31%
2043 1,494,983 100,462,092 0.2% 0.29%
2044 1,497,653 100,737,592 0.18% 0.27%
2045 1,500,062 100,990,622 0.16% 0.25%
2046 1,502,255 101,219,689 0.15% 0.23%
2047 1,504,222 101,424,009 0.13% 0.2%
2048 1,505,909 101,601,932 0.11% 0.18%
2049 1,507,311 101,748,544 0.09% 0.14%
2050 1,508,478 101,862,002 0.08% 0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cyprus increased by 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cyprus gained 160,550 (a 13.2% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 153rd 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) Cyprus' population will grow by 9.31% to 1,508,478 people with a rank change from 153rd to 152nd. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.

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