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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Nigeria	Iran	Nigeria
1960	21,470,434	45,053,782	-	-
1961	22,125,726	45,989,310	3.05%	2.08%
1962	22,807,907	46,965,292	3.08%	2.12%
1963	23,519,005	47,973,575	3.12%	2.15%
1964	24,262,859	49,012,016	3.16%	2.16%
1965	25,036,978	50,086,764	3.19%	2.19%
1966	25,829,270	51,188,234	3.16%	2.2%
1967	26,628,432	52,293,065	3.09%	2.16%
1968	27,437,391	53,432,783	3.04%	2.18%
1969	28,273,482	54,631,914	3.05%	2.24%
1970	29,145,100	55,893,838	3.08%	2.31%
1971	30,029,071	57,214,684	3.03%	2.36%
1972	30,921,179	58,601,748	2.97%	2.42%
1973	31,839,838	60,082,139	2.97%	2.53%
1974	32,796,463	61,679,144	3%	2.66%
1975	33,802,973	63,410,815	3.07%	2.81%
1976	34,837,271	65,258,009	3.06%	2.91%
1977	35,933,181	67,234,590	3.15%	3.03%
1978	37,126,535	69,326,532	3.32%	3.11%
1979	38,424,952	71,498,242	3.5%	3.13%
1980	39,842,324	73,764,641	3.69%	3.17%
1981	41,989,312	76,068,103	5.39%	3.12%
1982	44,272,141	78,378,701	5.44%	3.04%
1983	46,029,535	80,438,260	3.97%	2.63%
1984	47,793,998	82,526,443	3.83%	2.6%
1985	49,582,289	84,897,973	3.74%	2.87%
1986	51,446,045	87,235,953	3.76%	2.75%
1987	53,323,493	89,591,716	3.65%	2.7%
1988	55,072,694	92,020,090	3.28%	2.71%
1989	56,704,914	94,531,014	2.96%	2.73%
1990	58,380,092	97,120,925	2.95%	2.74%
1991	59,986,931	99,720,162	2.75%	2.68%
1992	61,184,983	102,372,770	2%	2.66%
1993	61,403,543	105,122,069	0.36%	2.69%
1994	61,520,598	107,935,714	0.19%	2.68%
1995	62,205,567	110,819,428	1.11%	2.67%
1996	62,881,300	113,754,779	1.09%	2.65%
1997	63,639,638	116,754,792	1.21%	2.64%
1998	64,519,859	119,846,254	1.38%	2.65%
1999	65,445,391	123,047,320	1.43%	2.67%
2000	66,418,659	126,382,494	1.49%	2.71%
2001	67,452,005	129,862,595	1.56%	2.75%
2002	68,011,317	133,471,989	0.83%	2.78%
2003	68,769,340	137,202,644	1.11%	2.8%
2004	70,256,316	141,057,045	2.16%	2.81%
2005	71,828,455	145,017,253	2.24%	2.81%
2006	73,392,747	149,077,334	2.18%	2.8%
2007	74,602,648	153,267,261	1.65%	2.81%
2008	75,514,204	157,595,014	1.22%	2.82%
2009	76,457,825	162,049,464	1.25%	2.83%
2010	77,420,842	166,642,886	1.26%	2.83%
2011	78,383,598	171,379,598	1.24%	2.84%
2012	79,370,580	176,200,625	1.26%	2.81%
2013	80,414,686	181,049,443	1.32%	2.75%
2014	81,502,045	185,896,915	1.35%	2.68%
2015	82,619,362	190,671,878	1.37%	2.57%
2016	83,812,228	195,443,700	1.44%	2.5%
2017	85,026,754	200,254,579	1.45%	2.46%
2018	86,117,998	204,938,755	1.28%	2.34%
2019	87,051,648	209,485,641	1.08%	2.22%
2020	87,723,443	213,996,181	0.77%	2.15%
2021	88,455,488	218,529,286	0.83%	2.12%
2022	89,524,246	223,150,896	1.21%	2.11%
2023	90,608,707	227,882,945	1.21%	2.12%
2024	91,567,738	232,679,478	1.06%	2.1%
2025	92,417,685	237,527,783	0.93%	2.08%
2026	93,168,494	242,431,830	0.81%	2.06%
2027	93,838,646	247,374,258	0.72%	2.04%
2028	94,440,024	252,346,128	0.64%	2.01%
2029	94,985,102	257,352,638	0.58%	1.98%
2030	95,486,672	262,380,975	0.53%	1.95%
2031	95,960,723	267,421,079	0.5%	1.92%
2032	96,415,457	272,483,635	0.47%	1.89%
2033	96,850,659	277,555,116	0.45%	1.86%
2034	97,271,044	282,622,388	0.43%	1.83%
2035	97,679,258	287,685,757	0.42%	1.79%
2036	98,075,324	292,739,390	0.41%	1.76%
2037	98,458,805	297,773,236	0.39%	1.72%
2038	98,828,318	302,782,350	0.38%	1.68%
2039	99,182,806	307,764,754	0.36%	1.65%
2040	99,524,286	312,710,403	0.34%	1.61%
2041	99,853,719	317,607,237	0.33%	1.57%
2042	100,167,076	322,450,302	0.31%	1.52%
2043	100,462,092	327,243,941	0.29%	1.49%
2044	100,737,592	331,983,354	0.27%	1.45%
2045	100,990,622	336,662,502	0.25%	1.41%
2046	101,219,689	341,281,757	0.23%	1.37%
2047	101,424,009	345,844,004	0.2%	1.34%
2048	101,601,932	350,347,757	0.18%	1.3%
2049	101,748,544	354,792,418	0.14%	1.27%
2050	101,862,002	359,185,550	0.11%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.