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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Pakistan	Iran	Pakistan
1960	21,470,434	45,709,310	-	-
1961	22,125,726	46,921,277	3.05%	2.65%
1962	22,807,907	48,156,128	3.08%	2.63%
1963	23,519,005	49,447,776	3.12%	2.68%
1964	24,262,859	50,799,999	3.16%	2.73%
1965	25,036,978	52,209,010	3.19%	2.77%
1966	25,829,270	53,678,667	3.16%	2.81%
1967	26,628,432	55,214,768	3.09%	2.86%
1968	27,437,391	56,810,507	3.04%	2.89%
1969	28,273,482	58,460,939	3.05%	2.91%
1970	29,145,100	60,166,719	3.08%	2.92%
1971	30,029,071	61,847,899	3.03%	2.79%
1972	30,921,179	63,583,194	2.97%	2.81%
1973	31,839,838	65,461,912	2.97%	2.95%
1974	32,796,463	67,415,487	3%	2.98%
1975	33,802,973	69,461,175	3.07%	3.03%
1976	34,837,271	71,620,254	3.06%	3.11%
1977	35,933,181	73,901,827	3.15%	3.19%
1978	37,126,535	76,307,379	3.32%	3.26%
1979	38,424,952	78,997,039	3.5%	3.52%
1980	39,842,324	82,291,010	3.69%	4.17%
1981	41,989,312	85,802,049	5.39%	4.27%
1982	44,272,141	89,089,246	5.44%	3.83%
1983	46,029,535	92,227,711	3.97%	3.52%
1984	47,793,998	95,164,936	3.83%	3.18%
1985	49,582,289	98,229,285	3.74%	3.22%
1986	51,446,045	101,606,764	3.76%	3.44%
1987	53,323,493	105,130,717	3.65%	3.47%
1988	55,072,694	108,724,739	3.28%	3.42%
1989	56,704,914	112,336,629	2.96%	3.32%
1990	58,380,092	116,155,576	2.95%	3.4%
1991	59,986,931	120,060,406	2.75%	3.36%
1992	61,184,983	123,546,848	2%	2.9%
1993	61,403,543	127,020,117	0.36%	2.81%
1994	61,520,598	130,748,083	0.19%	2.93%
1995	62,205,567	134,582,253	1.11%	2.93%
1996	62,881,300	138,557,092	1.09%	2.95%
1997	63,639,638	142,531,804	1.21%	2.87%
1998	64,519,859	146,522,356	1.38%	2.8%
1999	65,445,391	150,565,377	1.43%	2.76%
2000	66,418,659	154,879,127	1.49%	2.87%
2001	67,452,005	159,270,907	1.56%	2.84%
2002	68,011,317	163,222,549	0.83%	2.48%
2003	68,769,340	167,110,248	1.11%	2.38%
2004	70,256,316	171,286,000	2.16%	2.5%
2005	71,828,455	175,453,212	2.24%	2.43%
2006	73,392,747	179,682,690	2.18%	2.41%
2007	74,602,648	184,493,231	1.65%	2.68%
2008	75,514,204	189,499,113	1.22%	2.71%
2009	76,457,825	194,376,534	1.25%	2.57%
2010	77,420,842	199,239,047	1.26%	2.5%
2011	78,383,598	203,746,065	1.24%	2.26%
2012	79,370,580	207,667,125	1.26%	1.92%
2013	80,414,686	211,073,978	1.32%	1.64%
2014	81,502,045	214,264,647	1.35%	1.51%
2015	82,619,362	217,290,883	1.37%	1.41%
2016	83,812,228	220,138,869	1.44%	1.31%
2017	85,026,754	223,273,967	1.45%	1.42%
2018	86,117,998	226,928,892	1.28%	1.64%
2019	87,051,648	230,800,899	1.08%	1.71%
2020	87,723,443	235,001,746	0.77%	1.82%
2021	88,455,488	239,477,801	0.83%	1.9%
2022	89,524,246	243,700,667	1.21%	1.76%
2023	90,608,707	247,504,495	1.21%	1.56%
2024	91,567,738	251,269,164	1.06%	1.52%
2025	92,417,685	255,219,564	0.93%	1.57%
2026	93,168,494	259,299,796	0.81%	1.6%
2027	93,838,646	263,515,827	0.72%	1.63%
2028	94,440,024	267,881,923	0.64%	1.66%
2029	94,985,102	272,337,520	0.58%	1.66%
2030	95,486,672	276,883,261	0.53%	1.67%
2031	95,960,723	281,528,070	0.5%	1.68%
2032	96,415,457	286,241,141	0.47%	1.67%
2033	96,850,659	291,012,268	0.45%	1.67%
2034	97,271,044	295,820,153	0.43%	1.65%
2035	97,679,258	300,643,518	0.42%	1.63%
2036	98,075,324	305,491,504	0.41%	1.61%
2037	98,458,805	310,353,293	0.39%	1.59%
2038	98,828,318	315,227,709	0.38%	1.57%
2039	99,182,806	320,105,882	0.36%	1.55%
2040	99,524,286	324,937,703	0.34%	1.51%
2041	99,853,719	329,746,478	0.33%	1.48%
2042	100,167,076	334,551,874	0.31%	1.46%
2043	100,462,092	339,334,851	0.29%	1.43%
2044	100,737,592	344,095,467	0.27%	1.4%
2045	100,990,622	348,837,732	0.25%	1.38%
2046	101,219,689	353,552,859	0.23%	1.35%
2047	101,424,009	358,207,159	0.2%	1.32%
2048	101,601,932	362,796,532	0.18%	1.28%
2049	101,748,544	367,344,429	0.14%	1.25%
2050	101,862,002	371,863,804	0.11%	1.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iran's population will grow by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people with a rank change from 17th to 18th. The population of Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.