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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Nepal	Iran	Nepal
1960	21,470,434	10,123,658	-	-
1961	22,125,726	10,318,396	3.05%	1.92%
1962	22,807,907	10,521,116	3.08%	1.96%
1963	23,519,005	10,729,818	3.12%	1.98%
1964	24,262,859	10,946,392	3.16%	2.02%
1965	25,036,978	11,173,411	3.19%	2.07%
1966	25,829,270	11,408,710	3.16%	2.11%
1967	26,628,432	11,652,716	3.09%	2.14%
1968	27,437,391	11,906,266	3.04%	2.18%
1969	28,273,482	12,167,036	3.05%	2.19%
1970	29,145,100	12,436,190	3.08%	2.21%
1971	30,029,071	12,710,061	3.03%	2.2%
1972	30,921,179	12,989,099	2.97%	2.2%
1973	31,839,838	13,275,239	2.97%	2.2%
1974	32,796,463	13,568,435	3%	2.21%
1975	33,802,973	13,870,695	3.07%	2.23%
1976	34,837,271	14,177,649	3.06%	2.21%
1977	35,933,181	14,499,175	3.15%	2.27%
1978	37,126,535	14,839,695	3.32%	2.35%
1979	38,424,952	15,190,590	3.5%	2.36%
1980	39,842,324	15,553,105	3.69%	2.39%
1981	41,989,312	15,922,423	5.39%	2.37%
1982	44,272,141	16,297,987	5.44%	2.36%
1983	46,029,535	16,689,119	3.97%	2.4%
1984	47,793,998	17,085,242	3.83%	2.37%
1985	49,582,289	17,477,692	3.74%	2.3%
1986	51,446,045	17,868,124	3.76%	2.23%
1987	53,323,493	18,250,505	3.65%	2.14%
1988	55,072,694	18,638,661	3.28%	2.13%
1989	56,704,914	19,057,807	2.96%	2.25%
1990	58,380,092	19,524,573	2.95%	2.45%
1991	59,986,931	20,036,500	2.75%	2.62%
1992	61,184,983	20,609,707	2%	2.86%
1993	61,403,543	21,180,159	0.36%	2.77%
1994	61,520,598	21,717,479	0.19%	2.54%
1995	62,205,567	22,245,439	1.11%	2.43%
1996	62,881,300	22,741,862	1.09%	2.23%
1997	63,639,638	23,219,463	1.21%	2.1%
1998	64,519,859	23,680,357	1.38%	1.98%
1999	65,445,391	24,125,199	1.43%	1.88%
2000	66,418,659	24,546,509	1.49%	1.75%
2001	67,452,005	24,946,748	1.56%	1.63%
2002	68,011,317	25,328,981	0.83%	1.53%
2003	68,769,340	25,688,758	1.11%	1.42%
2004	70,256,316	26,016,656	2.16%	1.28%
2005	71,828,455	26,309,458	2.24%	1.13%
2006	73,392,747	26,565,425	2.18%	0.97%
2007	74,602,648	26,788,492	1.65%	0.84%
2008	75,514,204	26,990,037	1.22%	0.75%
2009	76,457,825	27,173,035	1.25%	0.68%
2010	77,420,842	27,341,952	1.26%	0.62%
2011	78,383,598	27,464,494	1.24%	0.45%
2012	79,370,580	27,534,915	1.26%	0.26%
2013	80,414,686	27,589,996	1.32%	0.2%
2014	81,502,045	27,672,370	1.35%	0.3%
2015	82,619,362	27,823,629	1.37%	0.55%
2016	83,812,228	27,955,462	1.44%	0.47%
2017	85,026,754	28,011,258	1.45%	0.2%
2018	86,117,998	28,079,689	1.28%	0.24%
2019	87,051,648	28,414,064	1.08%	1.19%
2020	87,723,443	28,966,574	0.77%	1.94%
2021	88,455,488	29,475,010	0.83%	1.76%
2022	89,524,246	29,715,436	1.21%	0.82%
2023	90,608,707	29,694,614	1.21%	-0.07%
2024	91,567,738	29,651,054	1.06%	-0.15%
2025	92,417,685	29,618,120	0.93%	-0.11%
2026	93,168,494	29,629,406	0.81%	0.04%
2027	93,838,646	29,727,164	0.72%	0.33%
2028	94,440,024	29,947,588	0.64%	0.74%
2029	94,985,102	30,232,115	0.58%	0.95%
2030	95,486,672	30,509,999	0.53%	0.92%
2031	95,960,723	30,780,916	0.5%	0.89%
2032	96,415,457	31,045,411	0.47%	0.86%
2033	96,850,659	31,304,035	0.45%	0.83%
2034	97,271,044	31,555,068	0.43%	0.8%
2035	97,679,258	31,798,003	0.42%	0.77%
2036	98,075,324	32,033,714	0.41%	0.74%
2037	98,458,805	32,262,286	0.39%	0.71%
2038	98,828,318	32,484,801	0.38%	0.69%
2039	99,182,806	32,700,695	0.36%	0.66%
2040	99,524,286	32,909,540	0.34%	0.64%
2041	99,853,719	33,112,254	0.33%	0.62%
2042	100,167,076	33,309,062	0.31%	0.59%
2043	100,462,092	33,499,440	0.29%	0.57%
2044	100,737,592	33,683,331	0.27%	0.55%
2045	100,990,622	33,861,058	0.25%	0.53%
2046	101,219,689	34,032,994	0.23%	0.51%
2047	101,424,009	34,197,261	0.2%	0.48%
2048	101,601,932	34,352,077	0.18%	0.45%
2049	101,748,544	34,500,201	0.14%	0.43%
2050	101,862,002	34,642,021	0.11%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.