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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Kenya	Iran	Kenya
1960	21,470,434	7,695,307	-	-
1961	22,125,726	7,987,770	3.05%	3.8%
1962	22,807,907	8,299,308	3.08%	3.9%
1963	23,519,005	8,627,971	3.12%	3.96%
1964	24,262,859	8,973,535	3.16%	4.01%
1965	25,036,978	9,338,078	3.19%	4.06%
1966	25,829,270	9,717,816	3.16%	4.07%
1967	26,628,432	10,111,057	3.09%	4.05%
1968	27,437,391	10,518,823	3.04%	4.03%
1969	28,273,482	10,939,695	3.05%	4%
1970	29,145,100	11,368,791	3.08%	3.92%
1971	30,029,071	11,788,904	3.03%	3.7%
1972	30,921,179	12,206,060	2.97%	3.54%
1973	31,839,838	12,634,835	2.97%	3.51%
1974	32,796,463	13,070,078	3%	3.44%
1975	33,802,973	13,511,671	3.07%	3.38%
1976	34,837,271	13,957,623	3.06%	3.3%
1977	35,933,181	14,428,819	3.15%	3.38%
1978	37,126,535	14,934,126	3.32%	3.5%
1979	38,424,952	15,460,666	3.5%	3.53%
1980	39,842,324	16,018,459	3.69%	3.61%
1981	41,989,312	16,601,507	5.39%	3.64%
1982	44,272,141	17,206,175	5.44%	3.64%
1983	46,029,535	17,846,374	3.97%	3.72%
1984	47,793,998	18,514,906	3.83%	3.75%
1985	49,582,289	19,201,768	3.74%	3.71%
1986	51,446,045	19,901,646	3.76%	3.64%
1987	53,323,493	20,616,096	3.65%	3.59%
1988	55,072,694	21,356,219	3.28%	3.59%
1989	56,704,914	22,118,434	2.96%	3.57%
1990	58,380,092	22,892,651	2.95%	3.5%
1991	59,986,931	23,646,514	2.75%	3.29%
1992	61,184,983	24,382,460	2%	3.11%
1993	61,403,543	25,117,188	0.36%	3.01%
1994	61,520,598	25,857,130	0.19%	2.95%
1995	62,205,567	26,601,751	1.11%	2.88%
1996	62,881,300	27,344,211	1.09%	2.79%
1997	63,639,638	28,101,768	1.21%	2.77%
1998	64,519,859	28,888,057	1.38%	2.8%
1999	65,445,391	29,733,408	1.43%	2.93%
2000	66,418,659	30,642,890	1.49%	3.06%
2001	67,452,005	31,619,170	1.56%	3.19%
2002	68,011,317	32,629,808	0.83%	3.2%
2003	68,769,340	33,652,223	1.11%	3.13%
2004	70,256,316	34,713,455	2.16%	3.15%
2005	71,828,455	35,796,484	2.24%	3.12%
2006	73,392,747	36,904,008	2.18%	3.09%
2007	74,602,648	38,036,349	1.65%	3.07%
2008	75,514,204	39,206,351	1.22%	3.08%
2009	76,457,825	40,408,891	1.25%	3.07%
2010	77,420,842	41,598,567	1.26%	2.94%
2011	78,383,598	42,758,461	1.24%	2.79%
2012	79,370,580	43,888,303	1.26%	2.64%
2013	80,414,686	44,986,791	1.32%	2.5%
2014	81,502,045	46,051,440	1.35%	2.37%
2015	82,619,362	47,088,526	1.37%	2.25%
2016	83,812,228	48,139,687	1.44%	2.23%
2017	85,026,754	49,197,766	1.45%	2.2%
2018	86,117,998	50,207,107	1.28%	2.05%
2019	87,051,648	51,202,827	1.08%	1.98%
2020	87,723,443	52,217,334	0.77%	1.98%
2021	88,455,488	53,219,166	0.83%	1.92%
2022	89,524,246	54,252,461	1.21%	1.94%
2023	90,608,707	55,339,003	1.21%	2%
2024	91,567,738	56,432,944	1.06%	1.98%
2025	92,417,685	57,532,489	0.93%	1.95%
2026	93,168,494	58,636,403	0.81%	1.92%
2027	93,838,646	59,745,751	0.72%	1.89%
2028	94,440,024	60,860,444	0.64%	1.87%
2029	94,985,102	61,979,186	0.58%	1.84%
2030	95,486,672	63,102,241	0.53%	1.81%
2031	95,960,723	64,230,108	0.5%	1.79%
2032	96,415,457	65,359,031	0.47%	1.76%
2033	96,850,659	66,484,805	0.45%	1.72%
2034	97,271,044	67,604,628	0.43%	1.68%
2035	97,679,258	68,715,909	0.42%	1.64%
2036	98,075,324	69,818,887	0.41%	1.61%
2037	98,458,805	70,910,404	0.39%	1.56%
2038	98,828,318	71,990,929	0.38%	1.52%
2039	99,182,806	73,057,760	0.36%	1.48%
2040	99,524,286	74,108,858	0.34%	1.44%
2041	99,853,719	75,144,357	0.33%	1.4%
2042	100,167,076	76,161,719	0.31%	1.35%
2043	100,462,092	77,159,121	0.29%	1.31%
2044	100,737,592	78,134,979	0.27%	1.26%
2045	100,990,622	79,088,832	0.25%	1.22%
2046	101,219,689	80,022,371	0.23%	1.18%
2047	101,424,009	80,938,635	0.2%	1.15%
2048	101,601,932	81,837,657	0.18%	1.11%
2049	101,748,544	82,721,766	0.14%	1.08%
2050	101,862,002	83,593,232	0.11%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.