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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Nauru	Iran	Nauru
1960	21,470,434	4,607	-	-
1961	22,125,726	4,774	3.05%	3.62%
1962	22,807,907	4,979	3.08%	4.29%
1963	23,519,005	5,226	3.12%	4.96%
1964	24,262,859	5,515	3.16%	5.53%
1965	25,036,978	5,832	3.19%	5.75%
1966	25,829,270	6,043	3.16%	3.62%
1967	26,628,432	6,135	3.09%	1.52%
1968	27,437,391	6,328	3.04%	3.15%
1969	28,273,482	6,581	3.05%	4%
1970	29,145,100	6,710	3.08%	1.96%
1971	30,029,071	6,762	3.03%	0.77%
1972	30,921,179	6,812	2.97%	0.74%
1973	31,839,838	6,866	2.97%	0.79%
1974	32,796,463	6,923	3%	0.83%
1975	33,802,973	6,987	3.07%	0.92%
1976	34,837,271	7,064	3.06%	1.1%
1977	35,933,181	7,163	3.15%	1.4%
1978	37,126,535	7,298	3.32%	1.88%
1979	38,424,952	7,468	3.5%	2.33%
1980	39,842,324	7,649	3.69%	2.42%
1981	41,989,312	7,839	5.39%	2.48%
1982	44,272,141	8,040	5.44%	2.56%
1983	46,029,535	8,216	3.97%	2.19%
1984	47,793,998	8,377	3.83%	1.96%
1985	49,582,289	8,551	3.74%	2.08%
1986	51,446,045	8,742	3.76%	2.23%
1987	53,323,493	8,946	3.65%	2.33%
1988	55,072,694	9,165	3.28%	2.45%
1989	56,704,914	9,390	2.96%	2.45%
1990	58,380,092	9,622	2.95%	2.47%
1991	59,986,931	9,850	2.75%	2.37%
1992	61,184,983	10,021	2%	1.74%
1993	61,403,543	10,102	0.36%	0.81%
1994	61,520,598	10,137	0.19%	0.35%
1995	62,205,567	10,165	1.11%	0.28%
1996	62,881,300	10,183	1.09%	0.18%
1997	63,639,638	10,197	1.21%	0.14%
1998	64,519,859	10,198	1.38%	0.01%
1999	65,445,391	10,187	1.43%	-0.11%
2000	66,418,659	10,168	1.49%	-0.19%
2001	67,452,005	10,130	1.56%	-0.37%
2002	68,011,317	10,082	0.83%	-0.47%
2003	68,769,340	10,059	1.11%	-0.23%
2004	70,256,316	10,060	2.16%	0.01%
2005	71,828,455	10,049	2.24%	-0.11%
2006	73,392,747	10,034	2.18%	-0.15%
2007	74,602,648	10,020	1.65%	-0.14%
2008	75,514,204	10,009	1.22%	-0.11%
2009	76,457,825	10,016	1.25%	0.07%
2010	77,420,842	10,043	1.26%	0.27%
2011	78,383,598	10,098	1.24%	0.55%
2012	79,370,580	10,267	1.26%	1.67%
2013	80,414,686	10,517	1.32%	2.43%
2014	81,502,045	10,742	1.35%	2.14%
2015	82,619,362	10,954	1.37%	1.97%
2016	83,812,228	11,150	1.44%	1.79%
2017	85,026,754	11,324	1.45%	1.56%
2018	86,117,998	11,477	1.28%	1.35%
2019	87,051,648	11,587	1.08%	0.96%
2020	87,723,443	11,643	0.77%	0.48%
2021	88,455,488	11,709	0.83%	0.57%
2022	89,524,246	11,801	1.21%	0.79%
2023	90,608,707	11,875	1.21%	0.63%
2024	91,567,738	11,947	1.06%	0.61%
2025	92,417,685	12,030	0.93%	0.7%
2026	93,168,494	12,103	0.81%	0.61%
2027	93,838,646	12,196	0.72%	0.77%
2028	94,440,024	12,296	0.64%	0.82%
2029	94,985,102	12,403	0.58%	0.87%
2030	95,486,672	12,519	0.53%	0.94%
2031	95,960,723	12,645	0.5%	1%
2032	96,415,457	12,785	0.47%	1.11%
2033	96,850,659	12,921	0.45%	1.06%
2034	97,271,044	13,071	0.43%	1.16%
2035	97,679,258	13,230	0.42%	1.22%
2036	98,075,324	13,391	0.41%	1.21%
2037	98,458,805	13,541	0.39%	1.12%
2038	98,828,318	13,697	0.38%	1.16%
2039	99,182,806	13,857	0.36%	1.17%
2040	99,524,286	14,041	0.34%	1.33%
2041	99,853,719	14,220	0.33%	1.27%
2042	100,167,076	14,402	0.31%	1.28%
2043	100,462,092	14,579	0.29%	1.23%
2044	100,737,592	14,754	0.27%	1.2%
2045	100,990,622	14,920	0.25%	1.13%
2046	101,219,689	15,098	0.23%	1.19%
2047	101,424,009	15,268	0.2%	1.12%
2048	101,601,932	15,431	0.18%	1.07%
2049	101,748,544	15,595	0.14%	1.06%
2050	101,862,002	15,751	0.11%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.