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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Jordan	Iran	Jordan
1960	21,470,434	853,471	-	-
1961	22,125,726	897,591	3.05%	5.17%
1962	22,807,907	940,554	3.08%	4.79%
1963	23,519,005	984,714	3.12%	4.7%
1964	24,262,859	1,035,640	3.16%	5.17%
1965	25,036,978	1,099,440	3.19%	6.16%
1966	25,829,270	1,178,360	3.16%	7.18%
1967	26,628,432	1,271,183	3.09%	7.88%
1968	27,437,391	1,372,460	3.04%	7.97%
1969	28,273,482	1,473,100	3.05%	7.33%
1970	29,145,100	1,565,163	3.08%	6.25%
1971	30,029,071	1,645,145	3.03%	5.11%
1972	30,921,179	1,714,555	2.97%	4.22%
1973	31,839,838	1,778,094	2.97%	3.71%
1974	32,796,463	1,839,182	3%	3.44%
1975	33,802,973	1,899,055	3.07%	3.26%
1976	34,837,271	1,958,177	3.06%	3.11%
1977	35,933,181	2,019,002	3.15%	3.11%
1978	37,126,535	2,083,595	3.32%	3.2%
1979	38,424,952	2,153,882	3.5%	3.37%
1980	39,842,324	2,234,186	3.69%	3.73%
1981	41,989,312	2,325,517	5.39%	4.09%
1982	44,272,141	2,426,927	5.44%	4.36%
1983	46,029,535	2,537,307	3.97%	4.55%
1984	47,793,998	2,654,688	3.83%	4.63%
1985	49,582,289	2,778,810	3.74%	4.68%
1986	51,446,045	2,909,887	3.76%	4.72%
1987	53,323,493	3,047,634	3.65%	4.73%
1988	55,072,694	3,193,039	3.28%	4.77%
1989	56,704,914	3,349,627	2.96%	4.9%
1990	58,380,092	3,621,908	2.95%	8.13%
1991	59,986,931	3,915,149	2.75%	8.1%
1992	61,184,983	4,127,693	2%	5.43%
1993	61,403,543	4,348,020	0.36%	5.34%
1994	61,520,598	4,561,406	0.19%	4.91%
1995	62,205,567	4,752,096	1.11%	4.18%
1996	62,881,300	4,912,516	1.09%	3.38%
1997	63,639,638	5,046,285	1.21%	2.72%
1998	64,519,859	5,164,284	1.38%	2.34%
1999	65,445,391	5,276,444	1.43%	2.17%
2000	66,418,659	5,386,945	1.49%	2.09%
2001	67,452,005	5,498,894	1.56%	2.08%
2002	68,011,317	5,616,066	0.83%	2.13%
2003	68,769,340	5,741,828	1.11%	2.24%
2004	70,256,316	5,882,061	2.16%	2.44%
2005	71,828,455	6,029,587	2.24%	2.51%
2006	73,392,747	6,427,371	2.18%	6.6%
2007	74,602,648	6,827,227	1.65%	6.22%
2008	75,514,204	6,989,866	1.22%	2.38%
2009	76,457,825	7,141,753	1.25%	2.17%
2010	77,420,842	7,297,043	1.26%	2.17%
2011	78,383,598	7,480,424	1.24%	2.51%
2012	79,370,580	7,587,127	1.26%	1.43%
2013	80,414,686	7,991,809	1.32%	5.33%
2014	81,502,045	8,791,710	1.35%	10%
2015	82,619,362	9,544,729	1.37%	8.57%
2016	83,812,228	10,006,367	1.44%	4.84%
2017	85,026,754	10,234,226	1.45%	2.28%
2018	86,117,998	10,462,306	1.28%	2.23%
2019	87,051,648	10,671,891	1.08%	2%
2020	87,723,443	10,865,228	0.77%	1.81%
2021	88,455,488	11,066,356	0.83%	1.85%
2022	89,524,246	11,256,263	1.21%	1.72%
2023	90,608,707	11,439,213	1.21%	1.63%
2024	91,567,738	11,552,876	1.06%	0.99%
2025	92,417,685	11,520,678	0.93%	-0.28%
2026	93,168,494	11,589,528	0.81%	0.6%
2027	93,838,646	11,819,454	0.72%	1.98%
2028	94,440,024	12,034,459	0.64%	1.82%
2029	94,985,102	12,245,726	0.58%	1.76%
2030	95,486,672	12,448,772	0.53%	1.66%
2031	95,960,723	12,652,545	0.5%	1.64%
2032	96,415,457	12,854,926	0.47%	1.6%
2033	96,850,659	13,050,713	0.45%	1.52%
2034	97,271,044	13,245,158	0.43%	1.49%
2035	97,679,258	13,440,821	0.42%	1.48%
2036	98,075,324	13,638,248	0.41%	1.47%
2037	98,458,805	13,840,237	0.39%	1.48%
2038	98,828,318	14,048,303	0.38%	1.5%
2039	99,182,806	14,256,684	0.36%	1.48%
2040	99,524,286	14,471,288	0.34%	1.51%
2041	99,853,719	14,684,501	0.33%	1.47%
2042	100,167,076	14,883,641	0.31%	1.36%
2043	100,462,092	15,077,789	0.29%	1.3%
2044	100,737,592	15,273,526	0.27%	1.3%
2045	100,990,622	15,471,971	0.25%	1.3%
2046	101,219,689	15,662,312	0.23%	1.23%
2047	101,424,009	15,841,619	0.2%	1.14%
2048	101,601,932	16,021,374	0.18%	1.13%
2049	101,748,544	16,197,518	0.14%	1.1%
2050	101,862,002	16,367,341	0.11%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Jordan gained 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2005 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.