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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Iran	Egypt	Iran
1960	26,896,479	21,470,434	-	-
1961	27,600,898	22,125,726	2.62%	3.05%
1962	28,337,013	22,807,907	2.67%	3.08%
1963	29,091,869	23,519,005	2.66%	3.12%
1964	29,858,922	24,262,859	2.64%	3.16%
1965	30,629,174	25,036,978	2.58%	3.19%
1966	31,406,541	25,829,270	2.54%	3.16%
1967	32,196,360	26,628,432	2.51%	3.09%
1968	32,998,319	27,437,391	2.49%	3.04%
1969	33,811,615	28,273,482	2.46%	3.05%
1970	34,623,990	29,145,100	2.4%	3.08%
1971	35,433,368	30,029,071	2.34%	3.03%
1972	36,258,328	30,921,179	2.33%	2.97%
1973	37,102,043	31,839,838	2.33%	2.97%
1974	37,969,667	32,796,463	2.34%	3%
1975	38,875,327	33,802,973	2.39%	3.07%
1976	39,795,557	34,837,271	2.37%	3.06%
1977	40,748,870	35,933,181	2.4%	3.15%
1978	41,761,431	37,126,535	2.48%	3.32%
1979	42,818,628	38,424,952	2.53%	3.5%
1980	43,950,413	39,842,324	2.64%	3.69%
1981	45,147,224	41,989,312	2.72%	5.39%
1982	46,407,611	44,272,141	2.79%	5.44%
1983	47,786,402	46,029,535	2.97%	3.97%
1984	49,247,334	47,793,998	3.06%	3.83%
1985	50,734,968	49,582,289	3.02%	3.74%
1986	52,206,295	51,446,045	2.9%	3.76%
1987	53,674,435	53,323,493	2.81%	3.65%
1988	55,187,681	55,072,694	2.82%	3.28%
1989	56,710,642	56,704,914	2.76%	2.96%
1990	58,396,618	58,380,092	2.97%	2.95%
1991	60,028,997	59,986,931	2.8%	2.75%
1992	61,480,660	61,184,983	2.42%	2%
1993	62,915,681	61,403,543	2.33%	0.36%
1994	64,285,589	61,520,598	2.18%	0.19%
1995	65,652,622	62,205,567	2.13%	1.11%
1996	67,028,048	62,881,300	2.1%	1.09%
1997	68,431,740	63,639,638	2.09%	1.21%
1998	69,943,294	64,519,859	2.21%	1.38%
1999	71,520,954	65,445,391	2.26%	1.43%
2000	73,083,284	66,418,659	2.18%	1.49%
2001	74,652,029	67,452,005	2.15%	1.56%
2002	76,239,137	68,011,317	2.13%	0.83%
2003	77,853,548	68,769,340	2.12%	1.11%
2004	79,477,443	70,256,316	2.09%	2.16%
2005	81,101,004	71,828,455	2.04%	2.24%
2006	82,700,403	73,392,747	1.97%	2.18%
2007	84,276,225	74,602,648	1.91%	1.65%
2008	85,864,789	75,514,204	1.88%	1.22%
2009	87,501,636	76,457,825	1.91%	1.25%
2010	89,196,072	77,420,842	1.94%	1.26%
2011	91,093,059	78,383,598	2.13%	1.24%
2012	93,161,001	79,370,580	2.27%	1.26%
2013	95,333,553	80,414,686	2.33%	1.32%
2014	97,528,654	81,502,045	2.3%	1.35%
2015	99,597,342	82,619,362	2.12%	1.37%
2016	101,644,589	83,812,228	2.06%	1.44%
2017	103,696,057	85,026,754	2.02%	1.45%
2018	105,682,094	86,117,998	1.92%	1.28%
2019	107,553,158	87,051,648	1.77%	1.08%
2020	109,315,124	87,723,443	1.64%	0.77%
2021	110,957,008	88,455,488	1.5%	0.83%
2022	112,618,250	89,524,246	1.5%	1.21%
2023	114,535,772	90,608,707	1.7%	1.21%
2024	116,538,258	91,567,738	1.75%	1.06%
2025	118,365,997	92,417,685	1.57%	0.93%
2026	120,101,181	93,168,494	1.47%	0.81%
2027	121,847,622	93,838,646	1.45%	0.72%
2028	123,608,457	94,440,024	1.45%	0.64%
2029	125,373,058	94,985,102	1.43%	0.58%
2030	127,139,323	95,486,672	1.41%	0.53%
2031	128,912,256	95,960,723	1.39%	0.5%
2032	130,695,084	96,415,457	1.38%	0.47%
2033	132,485,612	96,850,659	1.37%	0.45%
2034	134,287,838	97,271,044	1.36%	0.43%
2035	136,097,214	97,679,258	1.35%	0.42%
2036	137,913,263	98,075,324	1.33%	0.41%
2037	139,738,699	98,458,805	1.32%	0.39%
2038	141,565,835	98,828,318	1.31%	0.38%
2039	143,393,267	99,182,806	1.29%	0.36%
2040	145,213,662	99,524,286	1.27%	0.34%
2041	147,018,554	99,853,719	1.24%	0.33%
2042	148,800,785	100,167,076	1.21%	0.31%
2043	150,547,655	100,462,092	1.17%	0.29%
2044	152,255,332	100,737,592	1.13%	0.27%
2045	153,919,190	100,990,622	1.09%	0.25%
2046	155,535,951	101,219,689	1.05%	0.23%
2047	157,114,404	101,424,009	1.01%	0.2%
2048	158,657,392	101,601,932	0.98%	0.18%
2049	160,161,615	101,748,544	0.95%	0.14%
2050	161,630,197	101,862,002	0.92%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.