Population in Iran compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Netherlands	Iran	Netherlands
1960	21,470,434	11,486,631	-	-
1961	22,125,726	11,638,712	3.05%	1.32%
1962	22,807,907	11,805,689	3.08%	1.43%
1963	23,519,005	11,965,966	3.12%	1.36%
1964	24,262,859	12,127,120	3.16%	1.35%
1965	25,036,978	12,294,732	3.19%	1.38%
1966	25,829,270	12,456,251	3.16%	1.31%
1967	26,628,432	12,598,201	3.09%	1.14%
1968	27,437,391	12,729,721	3.04%	1.04%
1969	28,273,482	12,877,984	3.05%	1.16%
1970	29,145,100	13,038,526	3.08%	1.25%
1971	30,029,071	13,194,497	3.03%	1.2%
1972	30,921,179	13,328,593	2.97%	1.02%
1973	31,839,838	13,439,322	2.97%	0.83%
1974	32,796,463	13,545,056	3%	0.79%
1975	33,802,973	13,666,335	3.07%	0.9%
1976	34,837,271	13,774,037	3.06%	0.79%
1977	35,933,181	13,856,185	3.15%	0.6%
1978	37,126,535	13,941,700	3.32%	0.62%
1979	38,424,952	14,038,270	3.5%	0.69%
1980	39,842,324	14,149,800	3.69%	0.79%
1981	41,989,312	14,247,208	5.39%	0.69%
1982	44,272,141	14,312,690	5.44%	0.46%
1983	46,029,535	14,367,070	3.97%	0.38%
1984	47,793,998	14,424,211	3.83%	0.4%
1985	49,582,289	14,491,632	3.74%	0.47%
1986	51,446,045	14,572,278	3.76%	0.56%
1987	53,323,493	14,665,037	3.65%	0.64%
1988	55,072,694	14,760,094	3.28%	0.65%
1989	56,704,914	14,848,907	2.96%	0.6%
1990	58,380,092	14,951,510	2.95%	0.69%
1991	59,986,931	15,069,798	2.75%	0.79%
1992	61,184,983	15,184,166	2%	0.76%
1993	61,403,543	15,290,368	0.36%	0.7%
1994	61,520,598	15,382,838	0.19%	0.6%
1995	62,205,567	15,459,006	1.11%	0.5%
1996	62,881,300	15,530,498	1.09%	0.46%
1997	63,639,638	15,610,650	1.21%	0.52%
1998	64,519,859	15,707,209	1.38%	0.62%
1999	65,445,391	15,812,088	1.43%	0.67%
2000	66,418,659	15,925,513	1.49%	0.72%
2001	67,452,005	16,046,180	1.56%	0.76%
2002	68,011,317	16,148,929	0.83%	0.64%
2003	68,769,340	16,225,302	1.11%	0.47%
2004	70,256,316	16,281,779	2.16%	0.35%
2005	71,828,455	16,319,868	2.24%	0.23%
2006	73,392,747	16,346,101	2.18%	0.16%
2007	74,602,648	16,381,696	1.65%	0.22%
2008	75,514,204	16,445,593	1.22%	0.39%
2009	76,457,825	16,530,388	1.25%	0.52%
2010	77,420,842	16,615,394	1.26%	0.51%
2011	78,383,598	16,693,074	1.24%	0.47%
2012	79,370,580	16,754,962	1.26%	0.37%
2013	80,414,686	16,804,432	1.32%	0.3%
2014	81,502,045	16,865,008	1.35%	0.36%
2015	82,619,362	16,939,923	1.37%	0.44%
2016	83,812,228	17,030,314	1.44%	0.53%
2017	85,026,754	17,131,296	1.45%	0.59%
2018	86,117,998	17,231,624	1.28%	0.59%
2019	87,051,648	17,344,874	1.08%	0.66%
2020	87,723,443	17,441,500	0.77%	0.56%
2021	88,455,488	17,533,044	0.83%	0.52%
2022	89,524,246	17,700,982	1.21%	0.96%
2023	90,608,707	17,877,117	1.21%	1%
2024	91,567,738	17,994,237	1.06%	0.66%
2025	92,417,685	18,110,800	0.93%	0.65%
2026	93,168,494	18,211,436	0.81%	0.56%
2027	93,838,646	18,299,531	0.72%	0.48%
2028	94,440,024	18,379,573	0.64%	0.44%
2029	94,985,102	18,452,044	0.58%	0.39%
2030	95,486,672	18,515,913	0.53%	0.35%
2031	95,960,723	18,571,934	0.5%	0.3%
2032	96,415,457	18,621,087	0.47%	0.26%
2033	96,850,659	18,664,975	0.45%	0.24%
2034	97,271,044	18,702,456	0.43%	0.2%
2035	97,679,258	18,733,223	0.42%	0.16%
2036	98,075,324	18,760,054	0.41%	0.14%
2037	98,458,805	18,781,793	0.39%	0.12%
2038	98,828,318	18,798,283	0.38%	0.09%
2039	99,182,806	18,810,276	0.36%	0.06%
2040	99,524,286	18,817,745	0.34%	0.04%
2041	99,853,719	18,820,870	0.33%	0.02%
2042	100,167,076	18,819,607	0.31%	-0.007%
2043	100,462,092	18,815,261	0.29%	-0.02%
2044	100,737,592	18,807,564	0.27%	-0.04%
2045	100,990,622	18,797,005	0.25%	-0.06%
2046	101,219,689	18,785,724	0.23%	-0.06%
2047	101,424,009	18,771,651	0.2%	-0.07%
2048	101,601,932	18,754,325	0.18%	-0.09%
2049	101,748,544	18,735,299	0.14%	-0.1%
2050	101,862,002	18,714,579	0.11%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.