The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 2,564 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
- The countries together account for 1.13% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.
Iran vs Marshall Islands: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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36281
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 192/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.0004% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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6.85 hours
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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10.7 hours
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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4.96 hours
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | -1,765 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | -1,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | -3.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 197/197 |
Iran and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 14,703 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 15,219 | 3.05% | 3.51% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 15,755 | 3.08% | 3.52% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 16,302 | 3.12% | 3.47% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 16,852 | 3.16% | 3.37% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 17,402 | 3.19% | 3.26% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 17,927 | 3.16% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 18,655 | 3.09% | 4.06% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 19,862 | 3.04% | 6.47% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 21,305 | 3.05% | 7.27% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 22,530 | 3.08% | 5.75% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 23,366 | 3.03% | 3.71% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 23,992 | 2.97% | 2.68% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 24,581 | 2.97% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 25,296 | 3% | 2.91% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 26,154 | 3.07% | 3.39% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 27,021 | 3.06% | 3.31% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 27,906 | 3.15% | 3.28% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 28,809 | 3.32% | 3.24% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 29,738 | 3.5% | 3.22% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 30,774 | 3.69% | 3.48% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 32,017 | 5.39% | 4.04% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 33,397 | 5.44% | 4.31% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 34,811 | 3.97% | 4.23% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 36,264 | 3.83% | 4.17% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 37,761 | 3.74% | 4.13% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 39,286 | 3.76% | 4.04% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 40,828 | 3.65% | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 42,321 | 3.28% | 3.66% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 43,586 | 2.96% | 2.99% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 44,629 | 2.95% | 2.39% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 45,568 | 2.75% | 2.1% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 46,388 | 2% | 1.8% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 47,093 | 0.36% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 47,712 | 0.19% | 1.31% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 48,266 | 1.11% | 1.16% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 48,775 | 1.09% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 49,259 | 1.21% | 0.99% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 49,717 | 1.38% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 50,202 | 1.43% | 0.98% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 50,706 | 1.49% | 1% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 51,123 | 1.56% | 0.82% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 51,425 | 0.83% | 0.59% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 51,639 | 1.11% | 0.42% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 51,791 | 2.16% | 0.29% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 51,906 | 2.24% | 0.22% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 51,992 | 2.18% | 0.17% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 52,035 | 1.65% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 52,030 | 1.22% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 52,019 | 1.25% | -0.02% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 52,044 | 1.26% | 0.05% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 51,907 | 1.24% | -0.26% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 51,419 | 1.26% | -0.94% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 50,681 | 1.32% | -1.44% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 49,796 | 1.35% | -1.75% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 48,800 | 1.37% | -2% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 47,709 | 1.44% | -2.24% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 46,529 | 1.45% | -2.47% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 45,285 | 1.28% | -2.67% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 44,007 | 1.08% | -2.82% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 42,706 | 0.77% | -2.96% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 41,367 | 0.83% | -3.14% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 40,077 | 1.21% | -3.12% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 38,827 | 1.21% | -3.12% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 37,548 | 1.06% | -3.29% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 36,281 | 0.93% | -3.37% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 35,078 | 0.81% | -3.32% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 33,976 | 0.72% | -3.14% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 32,977 | 0.64% | -2.94% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 32,054 | 0.58% | -2.8% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 31,191 | 0.53% | -2.69% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 30,420 | 0.5% | -2.47% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 29,740 | 0.47% | -2.23% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 29,142 | 0.45% | -2.01% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 28,608 | 0.43% | -1.83% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 28,147 | 0.42% | -1.61% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 27,751 | 0.41% | -1.41% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 27,405 | 0.39% | -1.25% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 27,092 | 0.38% | -1.14% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 26,836 | 0.36% | -0.94% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 26,598 | 0.34% | -0.89% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 26,396 | 0.33% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 26,217 | 0.31% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 26,054 | 0.29% | -0.62% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 25,913 | 0.27% | -0.54% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 25,777 | 0.25% | -0.52% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 25,653 | 0.23% | -0.48% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 25,543 | 0.2% | -0.43% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 25,429 | 0.18% | -0.45% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 25,311 | 0.14% | -0.46% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 25,195 | 0.11% | -0.46% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.
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Population differences between Iran and the Marshall Islands
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 67.2 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 27.5 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 21.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 2.92 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 540 ppl/mi² |
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