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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Palau	Iran	Palau
1960	21,470,434	9,328	-	-
1961	22,125,726	9,555	3.05%	2.43%
1962	22,807,907	9,793	3.08%	2.49%
1963	23,519,005	10,037	3.12%	2.49%
1964	24,262,859	10,292	3.16%	2.54%
1965	25,036,978	10,547	3.19%	2.48%
1966	25,829,270	10,805	3.16%	2.45%
1967	26,628,432	10,988	3.09%	1.69%
1968	27,437,391	11,080	3.04%	0.84%
1969	28,273,482	11,159	3.05%	0.71%
1970	29,145,100	11,368	3.08%	1.87%
1971	30,029,071	11,759	3.03%	3.44%
1972	30,921,179	12,194	2.97%	3.7%
1973	31,839,838	12,552	2.97%	2.94%
1974	32,796,463	12,687	3%	1.08%
1975	33,802,973	12,655	3.07%	-0.25%
1976	34,837,271	12,598	3.06%	-0.45%
1977	35,933,181	12,525	3.15%	-0.58%
1978	37,126,535	12,440	3.32%	-0.68%
1979	38,424,952	12,337	3.5%	-0.83%
1980	39,842,324	12,271	3.69%	-0.53%
1981	41,989,312	12,402	5.39%	1.07%
1982	44,272,141	12,694	5.44%	2.35%
1983	46,029,535	13,006	3.97%	2.46%
1984	47,793,998	13,337	3.83%	2.54%
1985	49,582,289	13,688	3.74%	2.63%
1986	51,446,045	14,024	3.76%	2.45%
1987	53,323,493	14,334	3.65%	2.21%
1988	55,072,694	14,645	3.28%	2.17%
1989	56,704,914	14,945	2.96%	2.05%
1990	58,380,092	15,259	2.95%	2.1%
1991	59,986,931	15,614	2.75%	2.33%
1992	61,184,983	15,989	2%	2.4%
1993	61,403,543	16,372	0.36%	2.4%
1994	61,520,598	16,770	0.19%	2.43%
1995	62,205,567	17,195	1.11%	2.53%
1996	62,881,300	17,654	1.09%	2.67%
1997	63,639,638	18,108	1.21%	2.57%
1998	64,519,859	18,524	1.38%	2.3%
1999	65,445,391	18,901	1.43%	2.04%
2000	66,418,659	19,178	1.49%	1.47%
2001	67,452,005	19,352	1.56%	0.91%
2002	68,011,317	19,503	0.83%	0.78%
2003	68,769,340	19,659	1.11%	0.8%
2004	70,256,316	19,820	2.16%	0.82%
2005	71,828,455	19,819	2.24%	-0.005%
2006	73,392,747	19,593	2.18%	-1.14%
2007	74,602,648	19,302	1.65%	-1.49%
2008	75,514,204	19,009	1.22%	-1.52%
2009	76,457,825	18,709	1.25%	-1.58%
2010	77,420,842	18,396	1.26%	-1.67%
2011	78,383,598	18,078	1.24%	-1.73%
2012	79,370,580	17,765	1.26%	-1.73%
2013	80,414,686	17,648	1.32%	-0.66%
2014	81,502,045	17,715	1.35%	0.38%
2015	82,619,362	17,770	1.37%	0.31%
2016	83,812,228	17,797	1.44%	0.15%
2017	85,026,754	17,812	1.45%	0.08%
2018	86,117,998	17,814	1.28%	0.01%
2019	87,051,648	17,798	1.08%	-0.09%
2020	87,723,443	17,792	0.77%	-0.03%
2021	88,455,488	17,783	0.83%	-0.05%
2022	89,524,246	17,759	1.21%	-0.13%
2023	90,608,707	17,727	1.21%	-0.18%
2024	91,567,738	17,695	1.06%	-0.18%
2025	92,417,685	17,663	0.93%	-0.18%
2026	93,168,494	17,618	0.81%	-0.25%
2027	93,838,646	17,564	0.72%	-0.31%
2028	94,440,024	17,504	0.64%	-0.34%
2029	94,985,102	17,436	0.58%	-0.39%
2030	95,486,672	17,376	0.53%	-0.34%
2031	95,960,723	17,299	0.5%	-0.44%
2032	96,415,457	17,228	0.47%	-0.41%
2033	96,850,659	17,163	0.45%	-0.38%
2034	97,271,044	17,092	0.43%	-0.41%
2035	97,679,258	17,012	0.42%	-0.47%
2036	98,075,324	16,940	0.41%	-0.43%
2037	98,458,805	16,858	0.39%	-0.48%
2038	98,828,318	16,779	0.38%	-0.47%
2039	99,182,806	16,689	0.36%	-0.54%
2040	99,524,286	16,604	0.34%	-0.51%
2041	99,853,719	16,510	0.33%	-0.57%
2042	100,167,076	16,403	0.31%	-0.65%
2043	100,462,092	16,302	0.29%	-0.61%
2044	100,737,592	16,202	0.27%	-0.62%
2045	100,990,622	16,097	0.25%	-0.65%
2046	101,219,689	15,977	0.23%	-0.74%
2047	101,424,009	15,863	0.2%	-0.71%
2048	101,601,932	15,749	0.18%	-0.72%
2049	101,748,544	15,632	0.14%	-0.74%
2050	101,862,002	15,515	0.11%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.