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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Malta	Iran	Malta
1960	21,470,434	326,550	-	-
1961	22,125,726	325,250	3.05%	-0.4%
1962	22,807,907	323,900	3.08%	-0.42%
1963	23,519,005	322,550	3.12%	-0.42%
1964	24,262,859	321,250	3.16%	-0.4%
1965	25,036,978	318,800	3.19%	-0.76%
1966	25,829,270	315,200	3.16%	-1.13%
1967	26,628,432	311,550	3.09%	-1.16%
1968	27,437,391	307,900	3.04%	-1.17%
1969	28,273,482	304,300	3.05%	-1.17%
1970	29,145,100	302,650	3.08%	-0.54%
1971	30,029,071	302,700	3.03%	0.02%
1972	30,921,179	302,450	2.97%	-0.08%
1973	31,839,838	302,200	2.97%	-0.08%
1974	32,796,463	301,996	3%	-0.07%
1975	33,802,973	304,222	3.07%	0.74%
1976	34,837,271	305,774	3.06%	0.51%
1977	35,933,181	306,970	3.15%	0.39%
1978	37,126,535	310,182	3.32%	1.05%
1979	38,424,952	313,342	3.5%	1.02%
1980	39,842,324	316,645	3.69%	1.05%
1981	41,989,312	318,982	5.39%	0.74%
1982	44,272,141	325,898	5.44%	2.17%
1983	46,029,535	330,524	3.97%	1.42%
1984	47,793,998	330,593	3.83%	0.02%
1985	49,582,289	336,452	3.74%	1.77%
1986	51,446,045	342,121	3.76%	1.68%
1987	53,323,493	344,485	3.65%	0.69%
1988	55,072,694	347,325	3.28%	0.82%
1989	56,704,914	350,722	2.96%	0.98%
1990	58,380,092	354,170	2.95%	0.98%
1991	59,986,931	363,845	2.75%	2.73%
1992	61,184,983	367,618	2%	1.04%
1993	61,403,543	371,308	0.36%	1%
1994	61,520,598	374,797	0.19%	0.94%
1995	62,205,567	377,419	1.11%	0.7%
1996	62,881,300	379,905	1.09%	0.66%
1997	63,639,638	382,791	1.21%	0.76%
1998	64,519,859	385,287	1.38%	0.65%
1999	65,445,391	387,578	1.43%	0.59%
2000	66,418,659	390,087	1.49%	0.65%
2001	67,452,005	393,028	1.56%	0.75%
2002	68,011,317	395,969	0.83%	0.75%
2003	68,769,340	398,582	1.11%	0.66%
2004	70,256,316	401,268	2.16%	0.67%
2005	71,828,455	403,834	2.24%	0.64%
2006	73,392,747	405,308	2.18%	0.37%
2007	74,602,648	406,724	1.65%	0.35%
2008	75,514,204	409,379	1.22%	0.65%
2009	76,457,825	412,477	1.25%	0.76%
2010	77,420,842	414,508	1.26%	0.49%
2011	78,383,598	416,268	1.24%	0.42%
2012	79,370,580	420,028	1.26%	0.9%
2013	80,414,686	424,810	1.32%	1.14%
2014	81,502,045	433,481	1.35%	2.04%
2015	82,619,362	444,220	1.37%	2.48%
2016	83,812,228	454,505	1.44%	2.32%
2017	85,026,754	467,106	1.45%	2.77%
2018	86,117,998	483,903	1.28%	3.6%
2019	87,051,648	503,912	1.08%	4.13%
2020	87,723,443	515,490	0.77%	2.3%
2021	88,455,488	518,150	0.83%	0.52%
2022	89,524,246	531,113	1.21%	2.5%
2023	90,608,707	552,747	1.21%	4.07%
2024	91,567,738	568,847	1.06%	2.91%
2025	92,417,685	574,955	0.93%	1.07%
2026	93,168,494	578,756	0.81%	0.66%
2027	93,838,646	580,829	0.72%	0.36%
2028	94,440,024	582,657	0.64%	0.31%
2029	94,985,102	584,129	0.58%	0.25%
2030	95,486,672	585,315	0.53%	0.2%
2031	95,960,723	586,254	0.5%	0.16%
2032	96,415,457	586,948	0.47%	0.12%
2033	96,850,659	587,297	0.45%	0.06%
2034	97,271,044	587,151	0.43%	-0.02%
2035	97,679,258	586,661	0.42%	-0.08%
2036	98,075,324	586,003	0.41%	-0.11%
2037	98,458,805	585,174	0.39%	-0.14%
2038	98,828,318	584,125	0.38%	-0.18%
2039	99,182,806	582,893	0.36%	-0.21%
2040	99,524,286	581,634	0.34%	-0.22%
2041	99,853,719	580,285	0.33%	-0.23%
2042	100,167,076	578,871	0.31%	-0.24%
2043	100,462,092	577,384	0.29%	-0.26%
2044	100,737,592	575,789	0.27%	-0.28%
2045	100,990,622	574,143	0.25%	-0.29%
2046	101,219,689	572,420	0.23%	-0.3%
2047	101,424,009	570,534	0.2%	-0.33%
2048	101,601,932	568,553	0.18%	-0.35%
2049	101,748,544	566,709	0.14%	-0.32%
2050	101,862,002	564,751	0.11%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.