The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 17 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 1.19% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people compared to the peak of 6.12M people in 2053 for Ireland.
Iran vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
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7.23 minutes
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| One birth every |
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| One death every |
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 78/197 |
Iran and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 2,824,400 | 3.05% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 2,836,050 | 3.08% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 2,852,650 | 3.12% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 2,866,550 | 3.16% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 2,877,300 | 3.19% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 2,888,800 | 3.16% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 2,902,450 | 3.09% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 2,915,550 | 3.04% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 2,932,650 | 3.05% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 2,957,250 | 3.08% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 2,992,050 | 3.03% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 3,036,850 | 2.97% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 3,085,950 | 2.97% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 3,137,500 | 3% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 3,189,550 | 3.07% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 3,238,050 | 3.06% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 3,282,200 | 3.15% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 3,329,100 | 3.32% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 3,373,750 | 3.5% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 3,412,800 | 3.69% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 3,453,000 | 5.39% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 3,485,800 | 5.44% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 3,510,600 | 3.97% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 3,532,423 | 3.83% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 3,538,082 | 3.74% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 3,539,690 | 3.76% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 3,540,057 | 3.65% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 3,524,949 | 3.28% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 3,511,009 | 2.96% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 3,513,974 | 2.95% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 3,534,235 | 2.75% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 3,558,430 | 2% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 3,576,261 | 0.36% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 3,590,386 | 0.19% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 3,608,841 | 1.11% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 3,637,510 | 1.09% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 3,674,171 | 1.21% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 3,712,696 | 1.38% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 3,754,786 | 1.43% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 3,805,174 | 1.49% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 3,866,243 | 1.56% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 3,931,947 | 0.83% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 3,996,521 | 1.11% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 4,070,262 | 2.16% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 4,159,914 | 2.24% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 4,273,591 | 2.18% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 4,398,942 | 1.65% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 4,489,544 | 1.22% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 4,535,375 | 1.25% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 4,560,155 | 1.26% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 4,580,084 | 1.24% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 4,599,533 | 1.26% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 4,623,816 | 1.32% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 4,657,740 | 1.35% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 4,701,957 | 1.37% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 4,762,722 | 1.44% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 4,827,445 | 1.45% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 4,898,022 | 1.28% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 4,976,456 | 1.08% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 5,039,747 | 0.77% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 5,110,585 | 0.83% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 5,212,836 | 1.21% | 2% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 5,307,600 | 1.21% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 5,380,257 | 1.06% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 5,434,538 | 0.93% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 5,484,615 | 0.81% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 5,531,657 | 0.72% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 5,576,425 | 0.64% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 5,618,258 | 0.58% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 5,656,768 | 0.53% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 5,693,185 | 0.5% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 5,728,435 | 0.47% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 5,761,833 | 0.45% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 5,793,145 | 0.43% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 5,822,398 | 0.42% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 5,850,388 | 0.41% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 5,878,309 | 0.39% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 5,905,728 | 0.38% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 5,931,438 | 0.36% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 5,956,212 | 0.34% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 5,980,704 | 0.33% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 6,002,968 | 0.31% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 6,022,662 | 0.29% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 6,041,053 | 0.27% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 6,057,952 | 0.25% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 6,072,174 | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 6,084,484 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 6,096,077 | 0.18% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 6,105,740 | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 6,112,322 | 0.11% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Iran's population will grow by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people with a rank change from 17th to 18th. The population of Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
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Population differences between Iran and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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