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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Iran	India	Iran
1960	435,990,338	21,470,434	-	-
1961	446,564,729	22,125,726	2.43%	3.05%
1962	457,283,090	22,807,907	2.4%	3.08%
1963	468,138,575	23,519,005	2.37%	3.12%
1964	479,229,598	24,262,859	2.37%	3.16%
1965	490,140,146	25,036,978	2.28%	3.19%
1966	500,740,247	25,829,270	2.16%	3.16%
1967	511,606,372	26,628,432	2.17%	3.09%
1968	522,716,889	27,437,391	2.17%	3.04%
1969	533,880,544	28,273,482	2.14%	3.05%
1970	545,864,268	29,145,100	2.24%	3.08%
1971	558,096,387	30,029,071	2.24%	3.03%
1972	570,482,142	30,921,179	2.22%	2.97%
1973	583,465,598	31,839,838	2.28%	2.97%
1974	597,041,391	32,796,463	2.33%	3%
1975	611,309,535	33,802,973	2.39%	3.07%
1976	625,861,883	34,837,271	2.38%	3.06%
1977	640,801,103	35,933,181	2.39%	3.15%
1978	655,728,229	37,126,535	2.33%	3.32%
1979	671,155,747	38,424,952	2.35%	3.5%
1980	687,354,025	39,842,324	2.41%	3.69%
1981	703,696,250	41,989,312	2.38%	5.39%
1982	720,313,473	44,272,141	2.36%	5.44%
1983	737,372,681	46,029,535	2.37%	3.97%
1984	754,875,449	47,793,998	2.37%	3.83%
1985	772,647,793	49,582,289	2.35%	3.74%
1986	790,689,978	51,446,045	2.34%	3.76%
1987	808,931,270	53,323,493	2.31%	3.65%
1988	827,342,990	55,072,694	2.28%	3.28%
1989	846,039,529	56,704,914	2.26%	2.96%
1990	864,972,221	58,380,092	2.24%	2.95%
1991	883,927,600	59,986,931	2.19%	2.75%
1992	902,957,070	61,184,983	2.15%	2%
1993	922,118,387	61,403,543	2.12%	0.36%
1994	941,163,767	61,520,598	2.07%	0.19%
1995	960,301,044	62,205,567	2.03%	1.11%
1996	979,678,458	62,881,300	2.02%	1.09%
1997	999,133,762	63,639,638	1.99%	1.21%
1998	1,018,665,080	64,519,859	1.95%	1.38%
1999	1,038,225,823	65,445,391	1.92%	1.43%
2000	1,057,922,733	66,418,659	1.9%	1.49%
2001	1,077,898,575	67,452,005	1.89%	1.56%
2002	1,097,600,380	68,011,317	1.83%	0.83%
2003	1,116,803,006	68,769,340	1.75%	1.11%
2004	1,135,991,513	70,256,316	1.72%	2.16%
2005	1,154,676,322	71,828,455	1.64%	2.24%
2006	1,172,878,890	73,392,747	1.58%	2.18%
2007	1,190,676,021	74,602,648	1.52%	1.65%
2008	1,207,930,964	75,514,204	1.45%	1.22%
2009	1,225,524,753	76,457,825	1.46%	1.25%
2010	1,243,481,564	77,420,842	1.47%	1.26%
2011	1,261,224,954	78,383,598	1.43%	1.24%
2012	1,278,674,502	79,370,580	1.38%	1.26%
2013	1,295,829,511	80,414,686	1.34%	1.32%
2014	1,312,277,191	81,502,045	1.27%	1.35%
2015	1,328,024,498	82,619,362	1.2%	1.37%
2016	1,343,944,296	83,812,228	1.2%	1.44%
2017	1,359,657,400	85,026,754	1.17%	1.45%
2018	1,374,659,064	86,117,998	1.1%	1.28%
2019	1,389,030,312	87,051,648	1.05%	1.08%
2020	1,402,617,695	87,723,443	0.98%	0.77%
2021	1,414,203,896	88,455,488	0.83%	0.83%
2022	1,425,423,212	89,524,246	0.79%	1.21%
2023	1,438,069,596	90,608,707	0.89%	1.21%
2024	1,450,935,791	91,567,738	0.89%	1.06%
2025	1,463,865,531	92,417,685	0.89%	0.93%
2026	1,476,625,576	93,168,494	0.87%	0.81%
2027	1,489,164,679	93,838,646	0.85%	0.72%
2028	1,501,432,748	94,440,024	0.82%	0.64%
2029	1,513,423,737	94,985,102	0.8%	0.58%
2030	1,525,138,852	95,486,672	0.77%	0.53%
2031	1,536,540,604	95,960,723	0.75%	0.5%
2032	1,547,607,126	96,415,457	0.72%	0.47%
2033	1,558,324,087	96,850,659	0.69%	0.45%
2034	1,568,688,356	97,271,044	0.67%	0.43%
2035	1,578,694,799	97,679,258	0.64%	0.42%
2036	1,588,325,366	98,075,324	0.61%	0.41%
2037	1,597,537,009	98,458,805	0.58%	0.39%
2038	1,606,300,646	98,828,318	0.55%	0.38%
2039	1,614,639,243	99,182,806	0.52%	0.36%
2040	1,622,580,052	99,524,286	0.49%	0.34%
2041	1,630,119,374	99,853,719	0.46%	0.33%
2042	1,637,235,363	100,167,076	0.44%	0.31%
2043	1,643,915,269	100,462,092	0.41%	0.29%
2044	1,650,186,610	100,737,592	0.38%	0.27%
2045	1,656,067,585	100,990,622	0.36%	0.25%
2046	1,661,548,400	101,219,689	0.33%	0.23%
2047	1,666,628,151	101,424,009	0.31%	0.2%
2048	1,671,309,727	101,601,932	0.28%	0.18%
2049	1,675,619,893	101,748,544	0.26%	0.14%
2050	1,679,589,268	101,862,002	0.24%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.