The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 1.33 times bigger than Iran's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.62% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Iran vs Japan: live population counter
Iran
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Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
93020793
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123324642
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 182/197 |
Iran and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Iran
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Iran
|
Japan
|
Iran
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 94,055,000 | 3.05% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 94,933,000 | 3.08% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 95,900,000 | 3.12% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 96,903,000 | 3.16% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 97,952,000 | 3.19% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 98,851,000 | 3.16% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 99,879,000 | 3.09% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 101,011,000 | 3.04% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 102,219,000 | 3.05% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 103,403,000 | 3.08% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 105,697,000 | 3.03% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 107,188,000 | 2.97% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 108,707,000 | 2.97% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 110,162,000 | 3% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 111,573,000 | 3.07% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 112,775,000 | 3.06% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 113,872,000 | 3.15% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 114,913,000 | 3.32% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 115,890,000 | 3.5% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 116,807,000 | 3.69% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 117,661,000 | 5.39% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 118,480,000 | 5.44% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 119,307,000 | 3.97% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 120,083,000 | 3.83% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 120,837,000 | 3.74% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 121,482,000 | 3.76% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 122,069,000 | 3.65% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 122,578,000 | 3.28% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 123,069,000 | 2.96% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 123,478,000 | 2.95% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 123,964,000 | 2.75% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 124,425,000 | 2% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 124,829,000 | 0.36% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 125,178,000 | 0.19% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 125,472,000 | 1.11% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 125,757,000 | 1.09% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 126,057,000 | 1.21% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 126,400,000 | 1.38% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 126,631,000 | 1.43% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 126,843,000 | 1.49% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 127,149,000 | 1.56% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 127,445,000 | 0.83% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 127,718,000 | 1.11% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 127,761,000 | 2.16% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 127,773,000 | 2.24% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 127,854,000 | 2.18% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 128,001,000 | 1.65% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 128,063,000 | 1.22% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 128,047,000 | 1.25% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 128,070,000 | 1.26% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 127,833,000 | 1.24% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 127,629,000 | 1.26% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 127,445,000 | 1.32% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 127,276,000 | 1.35% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 127,141,000 | 1.37% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 127,076,000 | 1.44% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 126,972,000 | 1.45% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 126,811,000 | 1.28% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 126,633,000 | 1.08% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 126,261,000 | 0.77% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 125,681,593 | 0.83% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 125,124,989 | 1.21% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 124,516,650 | 1.21% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 123,975,371 | 1.06% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 123,324,642 | 0.93% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 122,647,678 | 0.81% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 121,951,038 | 0.72% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 121,241,776 | 0.64% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 120,524,230 | 0.58% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 119,798,959 | 0.53% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 119,065,610 | 0.5% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 118,326,333 | 0.47% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 117,583,337 | 0.45% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 116,836,274 | 0.43% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 116,084,328 | 0.42% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 115,332,395 | 0.41% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 114,582,890 | 0.39% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 113,837,760 | 0.38% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 113,097,352 | 0.36% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 112,359,802 | 0.34% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 111,622,622 | 0.33% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 110,891,223 | 0.31% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 110,169,955 | 0.29% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 109,455,823 | 0.27% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 108,747,012 | 0.25% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 108,044,346 | 0.23% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 107,350,486 | 0.2% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 106,665,616 | 0.18% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 105,986,908 | 0.14% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 105,312,022 | 0.11% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Iran and Japan
|
Iran
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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