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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Latvia	Iran	Latvia
1960	21,470,434	2,120,979	-	-
1961	22,125,726	2,152,681	3.05%	1.49%
1962	22,807,907	2,181,586	3.08%	1.34%
1963	23,519,005	2,210,919	3.12%	1.34%
1964	24,262,859	2,240,623	3.16%	1.34%
1965	25,036,978	2,265,919	3.19%	1.13%
1966	25,829,270	2,283,217	3.16%	0.76%
1967	26,628,432	2,301,220	3.09%	0.79%
1968	27,437,391	2,323,619	3.04%	0.97%
1969	28,273,482	2,343,173	3.05%	0.84%
1970	29,145,100	2,359,164	3.08%	0.68%
1971	30,029,071	2,376,389	3.03%	0.73%
1972	30,921,179	2,395,674	2.97%	0.81%
1973	31,839,838	2,415,819	2.97%	0.84%
1974	32,796,463	2,437,186	3%	0.88%
1975	33,802,973	2,456,130	3.07%	0.78%
1976	34,837,271	2,470,989	3.06%	0.6%
1977	35,933,181	2,485,073	3.15%	0.57%
1978	37,126,535	2,497,921	3.32%	0.52%
1979	38,424,952	2,505,953	3.5%	0.32%
1980	39,842,324	2,511,701	3.69%	0.23%
1981	41,989,312	2,519,421	5.39%	0.31%
1982	44,272,141	2,531,080	5.44%	0.46%
1983	46,029,535	2,546,011	3.97%	0.59%
1984	47,793,998	2,562,047	3.83%	0.63%
1985	49,582,289	2,578,873	3.74%	0.66%
1986	51,446,045	2,599,892	3.76%	0.82%
1987	53,323,493	2,626,583	3.65%	1.03%
1988	55,072,694	2,653,434	3.28%	1.02%
1989	56,704,914	2,666,955	2.96%	0.51%
1990	58,380,092	2,663,151	2.95%	-0.14%
1991	59,986,931	2,650,581	2.75%	-0.47%
1992	61,184,983	2,614,338	2%	-1.37%
1993	61,403,543	2,563,290	0.36%	-1.95%
1994	61,520,598	2,520,742	0.19%	-1.66%
1995	62,205,567	2,485,056	1.11%	-1.42%
1996	62,881,300	2,457,222	1.09%	-1.12%
1997	63,639,638	2,432,851	1.21%	-0.99%
1998	64,519,859	2,410,019	1.38%	-0.94%
1999	65,445,391	2,390,482	1.43%	-0.81%
2000	66,418,659	2,367,550	1.49%	-0.96%
2001	67,452,005	2,337,170	1.56%	-1.28%
2002	68,011,317	2,310,173	0.83%	-1.16%
2003	68,769,340	2,287,955	1.11%	-0.96%
2004	70,256,316	2,263,122	2.16%	-1.09%
2005	71,828,455	2,238,799	2.24%	-1.07%
2006	73,392,747	2,218,357	2.18%	-0.91%
2007	74,602,648	2,200,325	1.65%	-0.81%
2008	75,514,204	2,177,322	1.22%	-1.05%
2009	76,457,825	2,141,669	1.25%	-1.64%
2010	77,420,842	2,097,555	1.26%	-2.06%
2011	78,383,598	2,059,709	1.24%	-1.8%
2012	79,370,580	2,034,319	1.26%	-1.23%
2013	80,414,686	2,012,647	1.32%	-1.07%
2014	81,502,045	1,993,782	1.35%	-0.94%
2015	82,619,362	1,977,527	1.37%	-0.82%
2016	83,812,228	1,959,537	1.44%	-0.91%
2017	85,026,754	1,942,248	1.45%	-0.88%
2018	86,117,998	1,927,174	1.28%	-0.78%
2019	87,051,648	1,913,822	1.08%	-0.69%
2020	87,723,443	1,900,449	0.77%	-0.7%
2021	88,455,488	1,884,490	0.83%	-0.84%
2022	89,524,246	1,879,383	1.21%	-0.27%
2023	90,608,707	1,883,710	1.21%	0.23%
2024	91,567,738	1,866,124	1.06%	-0.93%
2025	92,417,685	1,847,866	0.93%	-0.98%
2026	93,168,494	1,830,293	0.81%	-0.95%
2027	93,838,646	1,815,968	0.72%	-0.78%
2028	94,440,024	1,801,521	0.64%	-0.8%
2029	94,985,102	1,786,981	0.58%	-0.81%
2030	95,486,672	1,772,165	0.53%	-0.83%
2031	95,960,723	1,757,453	0.5%	-0.83%
2032	96,415,457	1,743,022	0.47%	-0.82%
2033	96,850,659	1,728,673	0.45%	-0.82%
2034	97,271,044	1,714,716	0.43%	-0.81%
2035	97,679,258	1,701,185	0.42%	-0.79%
2036	98,075,324	1,687,823	0.41%	-0.79%
2037	98,458,805	1,674,629	0.39%	-0.78%
2038	98,828,318	1,661,616	0.38%	-0.78%
2039	99,182,806	1,648,536	0.36%	-0.79%
2040	99,524,286	1,635,604	0.34%	-0.78%
2041	99,853,719	1,622,819	0.33%	-0.78%
2042	100,167,076	1,610,197	0.31%	-0.78%
2043	100,462,092	1,597,712	0.29%	-0.78%
2044	100,737,592	1,585,205	0.27%	-0.78%
2045	100,990,622	1,572,558	0.25%	-0.8%
2046	101,219,689	1,559,919	0.23%	-0.8%
2047	101,424,009	1,547,369	0.2%	-0.8%
2048	101,601,932	1,534,713	0.18%	-0.82%
2049	101,748,544	1,521,945	0.14%	-0.83%
2050	101,862,002	1,509,157	0.11%	-0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iran's population will grow by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people with a rank change from 17th to 18th. The population of Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.