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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Mexico	Iran	Mexico
1960	21,470,434	36,724,615	-	-
1961	22,125,726	37,890,118	3.05%	3.17%
1962	22,807,907	39,129,200	3.08%	3.27%
1963	23,519,005	40,424,065	3.12%	3.31%
1964	24,262,859	41,772,049	3.16%	3.33%
1965	25,036,978	43,174,477	3.19%	3.36%
1966	25,829,270	44,629,106	3.16%	3.37%
1967	26,628,432	46,129,608	3.09%	3.36%
1968	27,437,391	47,668,303	3.04%	3.34%
1969	28,273,482	49,233,194	3.05%	3.28%
1970	29,145,100	50,814,953	3.08%	3.21%
1971	30,029,071	52,412,558	3.03%	3.14%
1972	30,921,179	54,030,168	2.97%	3.09%
1973	31,839,838	55,667,284	2.97%	3.03%
1974	32,796,463	57,320,149	3%	2.97%
1975	33,802,973	58,982,400	3.07%	2.9%
1976	34,837,271	60,645,512	3.06%	2.82%
1977	35,933,181	62,308,493	3.15%	2.74%
1978	37,126,535	63,979,046	3.32%	2.68%
1979	38,424,952	65,648,865	3.5%	2.61%
1980	39,842,324	67,300,334	3.69%	2.52%
1981	41,989,312	68,892,108	5.39%	2.37%
1982	44,272,141	70,433,260	5.44%	2.24%
1983	46,029,535	71,971,240	3.97%	2.18%
1984	47,793,998	73,506,846	3.83%	2.13%
1985	49,582,289	75,043,414	3.74%	2.09%
1986	51,446,045	76,585,637	3.76%	2.06%
1987	53,323,493	78,136,651	3.65%	2.03%
1988	55,072,694	79,695,531	3.28%	2%
1989	56,704,914	81,247,182	2.96%	1.95%
1990	58,380,092	82,820,170	2.95%	1.94%
1991	59,986,931	84,430,572	2.75%	1.94%
1992	61,184,983	86,044,809	2%	1.91%
1993	61,403,543	87,653,807	0.36%	1.87%
1994	61,520,598	89,259,205	0.19%	1.83%
1995	62,205,567	90,862,455	1.11%	1.8%
1996	62,881,300	92,452,702	1.09%	1.75%
1997	63,639,638	94,021,207	1.21%	1.7%
1998	64,519,859	95,575,245	1.38%	1.65%
1999	65,445,391	97,115,707	1.43%	1.61%
2000	66,418,659	98,625,552	1.49%	1.55%
2001	67,452,005	100,099,099	1.56%	1.49%
2002	68,011,317	101,548,624	0.83%	1.45%
2003	68,769,340	102,978,515	1.11%	1.41%
2004	70,256,316	104,394,131	2.16%	1.37%
2005	71,828,455	105,811,504	2.24%	1.36%
2006	73,392,747	107,253,666	2.18%	1.36%
2007	74,602,648	108,774,360	1.65%	1.42%
2008	75,514,204	110,374,288	1.22%	1.47%
2009	76,457,825	111,999,721	1.25%	1.47%
2010	77,420,842	113,623,895	1.26%	1.45%
2011	78,383,598	115,243,504	1.24%	1.43%
2012	79,370,580	116,818,208	1.26%	1.37%
2013	80,414,686	118,343,573	1.32%	1.31%
2014	81,502,045	119,784,261	1.35%	1.22%
2015	82,619,362	121,072,306	1.37%	1.08%
2016	83,812,228	122,251,351	1.44%	0.97%
2017	85,026,754	123,400,057	1.45%	0.94%
2018	86,117,998	124,573,711	1.28%	0.95%
2019	87,051,648	125,762,982	1.08%	0.95%
2020	87,723,443	126,799,054	0.77%	0.82%
2021	88,455,488	127,648,148	0.83%	0.67%
2022	89,524,246	128,613,117	1.21%	0.76%
2023	90,608,707	129,739,759	1.21%	0.88%
2024	91,567,738	130,861,007	1.06%	0.86%
2025	92,417,685	131,946,905	0.93%	0.83%
2026	93,168,494	132,997,664	0.81%	0.8%
2027	93,838,646	134,017,711	0.72%	0.77%
2028	94,440,024	135,008,697	0.64%	0.74%
2029	94,985,102	135,970,893	0.58%	0.71%
2030	95,486,672	136,904,747	0.53%	0.69%
2031	95,960,723	137,811,068	0.5%	0.66%
2032	96,415,457	138,690,189	0.47%	0.64%
2033	96,850,659	139,542,087	0.45%	0.61%
2034	97,271,044	140,362,026	0.43%	0.59%
2035	97,679,258	141,150,818	0.42%	0.56%
2036	98,075,324	141,909,168	0.41%	0.54%
2037	98,458,805	142,637,546	0.39%	0.51%
2038	98,828,318	143,336,222	0.38%	0.49%
2039	99,182,806	143,998,296	0.36%	0.46%
2040	99,524,286	144,624,328	0.34%	0.43%
2041	99,853,719	145,217,780	0.33%	0.41%
2042	100,167,076	145,777,459	0.31%	0.39%
2043	100,462,092	146,300,011	0.29%	0.36%
2044	100,737,592	146,787,722	0.27%	0.33%
2045	100,990,622	147,240,096	0.25%	0.31%
2046	101,219,689	147,654,160	0.23%	0.28%
2047	101,424,009	148,030,153	0.2%	0.25%
2048	101,601,932	148,372,233	0.18%	0.23%
2049	101,748,544	148,677,894	0.14%	0.21%
2050	101,862,002	148,946,272	0.11%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.