The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 677,012 people in Luxembourg in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,175,818 people compared to 691,571 in Luxembourg.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 134.7 times bigger than Luxembourg's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Luxembourg is the 164th.
- The countries together account for 1.13% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.008% for Luxembourg.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs +2.02% in Luxembourg.
- Since 2006, the population of Iran has increased from 73.4M people to 93.2M (27% growth), while Luxembourg has grown from 473K to 692K (46.3% growth).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people compared to the peak of 806K people in 2061 for Luxembourg.
Iran vs Luxembourg: live population counter
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| Current population |
93175818
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691571
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 164/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.008% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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49.7 minutes
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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1.38 hours
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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1.99 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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1.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | +5,677 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +29 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +10,582 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +1.59% |
| Population growth rate rank | 99/197 | 67/197 |
Iran and Luxembourg: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 313,970 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 316,845 | 3.05% | 0.92% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 320,750 | 3.08% | 1.23% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 324,100 | 3.12% | 1.04% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 327,750 | 3.16% | 1.13% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 331,500 | 3.19% | 1.14% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 333,895 | 3.16% | 0.72% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 334,995 | 3.09% | 0.33% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 335,850 | 3.04% | 0.26% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 337,500 | 3.05% | 0.49% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 339,171 | 3.08% | 0.5% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 342,421 | 3.03% | 0.96% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 346,600 | 2.97% | 1.22% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 350,450 | 2.97% | 1.11% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 355,050 | 3% | 1.31% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 358,950 | 3.07% | 1.1% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 360,731 | 3.06% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 361,358 | 3.15% | 0.17% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 362,007 | 3.32% | 0.18% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 362,856 | 3.5% | 0.23% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 364,150 | 3.69% | 0.36% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 365,225 | 5.39% | 0.3% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 365,525 | 5.44% | 0.08% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 365,622 | 3.97% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 365,998 | 3.83% | 0.1% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 366,706 | 3.74% | 0.19% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 368,355 | 3.76% | 0.45% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 370,750 | 3.65% | 0.65% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 373,450 | 3.28% | 0.73% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 377,100 | 2.96% | 0.98% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 381,850 | 2.95% | 1.26% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 387,000 | 2.75% | 1.35% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 392,175 | 2% | 1.34% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 397,475 | 0.36% | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 402,925 | 0.19% | 1.37% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 408,625 | 1.11% | 1.41% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 414,225 | 1.09% | 1.37% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 419,450 | 1.21% | 1.26% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 424,700 | 1.38% | 1.25% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 430,475 | 1.43% | 1.36% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 436,300 | 1.49% | 1.35% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 441,525 | 1.56% | 1.2% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 446,175 | 0.83% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 451,630 | 1.11% | 1.22% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 458,095 | 2.16% | 1.43% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 465,158 | 2.24% | 1.54% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 472,637 | 2.18% | 1.61% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 479,993 | 1.65% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 488,650 | 1.22% | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 497,783 | 1.25% | 1.87% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 506,953 | 1.26% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 518,347 | 1.24% | 2.25% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 530,946 | 1.26% | 2.43% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 543,360 | 1.32% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 556,319 | 1.35% | 2.38% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 569,604 | 1.37% | 2.39% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 582,014 | 1.44% | 2.18% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 596,336 | 1.45% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 607,950 | 1.28% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 620,001 | 1.08% | 1.98% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 630,419 | 0.77% | 1.68% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 640,064 | 0.83% | 1.53% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 653,103 | 1.21% | 2.04% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 666,430 | 1.21% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 677,012 | 1.06% | 1.59% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 684,467 | 0.93% | 1.1% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 691,496 | 0.81% | 1.03% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 698,375 | 0.72% | 0.99% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 705,222 | 0.64% | 0.98% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 711,761 | 0.58% | 0.93% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 717,879 | 0.53% | 0.86% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 723,679 | 0.5% | 0.81% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 729,358 | 0.47% | 0.78% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 734,839 | 0.45% | 0.75% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 739,997 | 0.43% | 0.7% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 745,000 | 0.42% | 0.68% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 749,815 | 0.41% | 0.65% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 754,334 | 0.39% | 0.6% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 758,761 | 0.38% | 0.59% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 763,128 | 0.36% | 0.58% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 767,173 | 0.34% | 0.53% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 770,954 | 0.33% | 0.49% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 774,612 | 0.31% | 0.47% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 778,001 | 0.29% | 0.44% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 781,123 | 0.27% | 0.4% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 784,141 | 0.25% | 0.39% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 786,968 | 0.23% | 0.36% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 789,534 | 0.2% | 0.33% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 791,997 | 0.18% | 0.31% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 794,237 | 0.14% | 0.28% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 796,129 | 0.11% | 0.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Luxembourg gained 109,377 people (a 23.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 109,557 (a 18.8% growth).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2006 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.1% to 796,129 people and will still be ranked 164th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tehran | 8.69M |
| Mashhad | 3M |
| Isfahan | 1.96M |
| Karaj | 1.59M |
| Shiraz | 1.57M |
| Tabriz | 1.56M |
| Qom | 1.2M |
| Ahvaz | 1.18M |
| Kermanshah | 947K |
| Urmia | 736K |
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| City | Population |
| Luxembourg | 136K |
| Esch-sur-Alzette | 37.5K |
| Differdange | 30.4K |
| Dudelange | 22K |
| Petange | 20.9K |
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Population differences between Iran and Luxembourg
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| Life expectancy | 78.2 years | 82.6 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 40.6 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 40.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 1.25 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 681 ppl/mi² |
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