The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 674 times bigger than Kiribati's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
- The countries together account for 1.13% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.
Iran vs Kiribati: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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138067
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 180/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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4.41 hours
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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2.56 hours
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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9.39 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | -471 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +5 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +1,988 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +1.5% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 74/197 |
Iran and Kiribati: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 47,157 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 48,323 | 3.05% | 2.47% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 49,538 | 3.08% | 2.51% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 50,791 | 3.12% | 2.53% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 52,088 | 3.16% | 2.55% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 53,439 | 3.19% | 2.59% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 54,425 | 3.16% | 1.85% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 54,996 | 3.09% | 1.05% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 55,529 | 3.04% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 56,360 | 3.05% | 1.5% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 57,510 | 3.08% | 2.04% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 58,652 | 3.03% | 1.99% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 59,778 | 2.97% | 1.92% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 60,824 | 2.97% | 1.75% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 61,219 | 3% | 0.65% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 60,987 | 3.07% | -0.38% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 60,661 | 3.06% | -0.53% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 60,267 | 3.15% | -0.65% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 59,864 | 3.32% | -0.67% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 60,172 | 3.5% | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 61,148 | 3.69% | 1.62% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 62,121 | 5.39% | 1.59% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 63,134 | 5.44% | 1.63% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 64,169 | 3.97% | 1.64% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 65,228 | 3.83% | 1.65% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 66,496 | 3.74% | 1.94% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 68,059 | 3.76% | 2.35% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 69,733 | 3.65% | 2.46% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 71,427 | 3.28% | 2.43% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 73,147 | 2.96% | 2.41% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 74,855 | 2.95% | 2.34% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 76,367 | 2.75% | 2.02% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 77,641 | 2% | 1.67% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 78,841 | 0.36% | 1.55% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 80,021 | 0.19% | 1.5% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 81,234 | 1.11% | 1.52% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 82,623 | 1.09% | 1.71% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 84,147 | 1.21% | 1.84% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 85,657 | 1.38% | 1.79% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 87,126 | 1.43% | 1.71% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 88,613 | 1.49% | 1.71% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 90,335 | 1.56% | 1.94% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 92,264 | 0.83% | 2.14% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 94,175 | 1.11% | 2.07% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 96,085 | 2.16% | 2.03% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 98,035 | 2.24% | 2.03% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 100,017 | 2.18% | 2.02% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 102,068 | 1.65% | 2.05% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 104,222 | 1.22% | 2.11% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 106,467 | 1.25% | 2.15% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 108,704 | 1.26% | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 110,647 | 1.24% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 112,284 | 1.26% | 1.48% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 113,838 | 1.32% | 1.38% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 115,326 | 1.35% | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 116,815 | 1.37% | 1.29% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 118,478 | 1.44% | 1.42% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 120,275 | 1.45% | 1.52% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 122,084 | 1.28% | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 123,921 | 1.08% | 1.5% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 126,099 | 0.77% | 1.76% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 128,377 | 0.83% | 1.81% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 130,469 | 1.21% | 1.63% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 132,530 | 1.21% | 1.58% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 134,518 | 1.06% | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 136,501 | 0.93% | 1.47% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 138,451 | 0.81% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 140,405 | 0.72% | 1.41% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 142,335 | 0.64% | 1.37% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 144,231 | 0.58% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 146,130 | 0.53% | 1.32% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 148,028 | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 149,915 | 0.47% | 1.27% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 151,768 | 0.45% | 1.24% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 153,602 | 0.43% | 1.21% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 155,447 | 0.42% | 1.2% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 157,316 | 0.41% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 159,188 | 0.39% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 161,050 | 0.38% | 1.17% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 162,895 | 0.36% | 1.15% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 164,711 | 0.34% | 1.11% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 166,508 | 0.33% | 1.09% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 168,325 | 0.31% | 1.09% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 170,182 | 0.29% | 1.1% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 172,012 | 0.27% | 1.08% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 173,818 | 0.25% | 1.05% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 175,629 | 0.23% | 1.04% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 177,392 | 0.2% | 1% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 179,152 | 0.18% | 0.99% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 180,915 | 0.14% | 0.98% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 182,629 | 0.11% | 0.95% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.
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Population differences between Iran and Kiribati
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 27 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 23.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 3.15 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 430 ppl/mi² |
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