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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Maldives	Iran	Maldives
1960	21,470,434	91,189	-	-
1961	22,125,726	93,450	3.05%	2.48%
1962	22,807,907	95,802	3.08%	2.52%
1963	23,519,005	98,222	3.12%	2.53%
1964	24,262,859	100,662	3.16%	2.48%
1965	25,036,978	104,102	3.19%	3.42%
1966	25,829,270	108,507	3.16%	4.23%
1967	26,628,432	112,528	3.09%	3.71%
1968	27,437,391	116,075	3.04%	3.15%
1969	28,273,482	119,564	3.05%	3.01%
1970	29,145,100	123,219	3.08%	3.06%
1971	30,029,071	127,035	3.03%	3.1%
1972	30,921,179	130,968	2.97%	3.1%
1973	31,839,838	134,952	2.97%	3.04%
1974	32,796,463	138,978	3%	2.98%
1975	33,802,973	143,158	3.07%	3.01%
1976	34,837,271	147,525	3.06%	3.05%
1977	35,933,181	151,930	3.15%	2.99%
1978	37,126,535	156,159	3.32%	2.78%
1979	38,424,952	160,360	3.5%	2.69%
1980	39,842,324	164,835	3.69%	2.79%
1981	41,989,312	169,532	5.39%	2.85%
1982	44,272,141	174,333	5.44%	2.83%
1983	46,029,535	179,128	3.97%	2.75%
1984	47,793,998	184,198	3.83%	2.83%
1985	49,582,289	190,169	3.74%	3.24%
1986	51,446,045	196,935	3.76%	3.56%
1987	53,323,493	203,944	3.65%	3.56%
1988	55,072,694	210,885	3.28%	3.4%
1989	56,704,914	217,738	2.96%	3.25%
1990	58,380,092	224,762	2.95%	3.23%
1991	59,986,931	231,802	2.75%	3.13%
1992	61,184,983	238,543	2%	2.91%
1993	61,403,543	244,884	0.36%	2.66%
1994	61,520,598	250,822	0.19%	2.42%
1995	62,205,567	256,649	1.11%	2.32%
1996	62,881,300	262,347	1.09%	2.22%
1997	63,639,638	267,707	1.21%	2.04%
1998	64,519,859	272,723	1.38%	1.87%
1999	65,445,391	277,412	1.43%	1.72%
2000	66,418,659	282,019	1.49%	1.66%
2001	67,452,005	286,767	1.56%	1.68%
2002	68,011,317	291,616	0.83%	1.69%
2003	68,769,340	296,491	1.11%	1.67%
2004	70,256,316	301,413	2.16%	1.66%
2005	71,828,455	306,429	2.24%	1.66%
2006	73,392,747	313,851	2.18%	2.42%
2007	74,602,648	324,479	1.65%	3.39%
2008	75,514,204	336,170	1.22%	3.6%
2009	76,457,825	348,275	1.25%	3.6%
2010	77,420,842	360,792	1.26%	3.59%
2011	78,383,598	373,674	1.24%	3.57%
2012	79,370,580	386,818	1.26%	3.52%
2013	80,414,686	400,070	1.32%	3.43%
2014	81,502,045	413,617	1.35%	3.39%
2015	82,619,362	428,154	1.37%	3.51%
2016	83,812,228	443,308	1.44%	3.54%
2017	85,026,754	458,287	1.45%	3.38%
2018	86,117,998	473,099	1.28%	3.23%
2019	87,051,648	487,731	1.08%	3.09%
2020	87,723,443	502,118	0.77%	2.95%
2021	88,455,488	516,154	0.83%	2.8%
2022	89,524,246	524,106	1.21%	1.54%
2023	90,608,707	525,994	1.21%	0.36%
2024	91,567,738	527,799	1.06%	0.34%
2025	92,417,685	529,677	0.93%	0.36%
2026	93,168,494	531,514	0.81%	0.35%
2027	93,838,646	533,433	0.72%	0.36%
2028	94,440,024	535,502	0.64%	0.39%
2029	94,985,102	537,574	0.58%	0.39%
2030	95,486,672	539,667	0.53%	0.39%
2031	95,960,723	541,929	0.5%	0.42%
2032	96,415,457	544,288	0.47%	0.44%
2033	96,850,659	546,723	0.45%	0.45%
2034	97,271,044	549,162	0.43%	0.45%
2035	97,679,258	551,599	0.42%	0.44%
2036	98,075,324	554,092	0.41%	0.45%
2037	98,458,805	556,637	0.39%	0.46%
2038	98,828,318	559,231	0.38%	0.47%
2039	99,182,806	561,958	0.36%	0.49%
2040	99,524,286	564,800	0.34%	0.51%
2041	99,853,719	567,606	0.33%	0.5%
2042	100,167,076	570,381	0.31%	0.49%
2043	100,462,092	573,138	0.29%	0.48%
2044	100,737,592	575,811	0.27%	0.47%
2045	100,990,622	578,459	0.25%	0.46%
2046	101,219,689	581,026	0.23%	0.44%
2047	101,424,009	583,393	0.2%	0.41%
2048	101,601,932	585,720	0.18%	0.4%
2049	101,748,544	587,988	0.14%	0.39%
2050	101,862,002	589,960	0.11%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.