The current population of Iran is 93,020,793 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 91,567,738 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth in 20 years).
- Iran is ranked 17/197 by population and was ranked 17th in 2005.
- For the last 20 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of 1.48% per year.
- Iran accounts for 1.13% of the world's population.
- Iran is projected to reach 102M people in 2053.
Iran population clock
Iran
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
93020793
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 17/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | N/A |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.24 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +190,156 | N/A |
Iran population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21,470,434 | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 3.05% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 3.08% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 3.12% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 3.16% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 3.19% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 3.16% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 3.09% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 3.04% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 3.05% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 3.08% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 2.97% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 2.97% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 3% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 3.07% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 3.06% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 3.32% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 3.5% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 3.69% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 5.39% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 5.44% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 3.97% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 3.83% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 3.74% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 3.76% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 3.65% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 3.28% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 2.96% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 2.95% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 2% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 0.36% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 0.19% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 1.11% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 1.09% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 1.43% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 1.49% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 1.56% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 0.83% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 1.11% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 2.16% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 2.24% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 2.18% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 1.65% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 1.25% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 1.24% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 1.32% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 1.44% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 1.45% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 1.28% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 1.08% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 0.77% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 1.21% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 1.21% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 1.06% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 0.93% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 0.81% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 0.64% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 0.58% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 0.53% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 0.5% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 0.47% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 0.45% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 0.43% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 0.42% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 0.41% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 0.36% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 0.34% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 0.31% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 0.29% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 0.18% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 0.14% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 0.11% |
Iran has a population of 93M as of 2025, compared to 82.6M in 2015, 71.8M in 2005, and 62.2M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.26% per year. Iran is ranked 100th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Iran will have 100,990,622 people (8.57% growth) with a rank change from 17th to 18th.
By the year 2100, Iran's population is projected to decline by 13.9% to 80M people.
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Iran population statistics
|
Iran
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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