The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 6,929,153 people in Paraguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 7,079,103 in Paraguay.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 13.1 times bigger than Paraguay's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Paraguay is the 108th.
- The countries together account for 1.21% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.09% for Paraguay.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs +1.34% in Paraguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Paraguay has grown from 5.45M to 7.08M (29.9% growth).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people compared to the peak of 9.29M people in 2078 for Paraguay.
Iran vs Paraguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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7079103
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 108/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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6.18 minutes
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| One birth every |
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3.84 minutes
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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13.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | -12,451 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +233 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +85,007 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +1.24% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 89/197 |
Iran and Paraguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 1,883,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 1,927,394 | 3.05% | 2.33% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 1,973,130 | 3.08% | 2.37% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 2,021,909 | 3.12% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 2,073,119 | 3.16% | 2.53% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 2,125,177 | 3.19% | 2.51% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 2,177,584 | 3.16% | 2.47% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 2,229,994 | 3.09% | 2.41% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 2,282,391 | 3.04% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 2,334,992 | 3.05% | 2.3% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 2,388,028 | 3.08% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 2,442,537 | 3.03% | 2.28% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 2,499,881 | 2.97% | 2.35% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 2,561,102 | 2.97% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 2,625,621 | 3% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 2,691,648 | 3.07% | 2.51% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 2,758,836 | 3.06% | 2.5% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 2,827,874 | 3.15% | 2.5% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 2,899,269 | 3.32% | 2.52% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 2,973,968 | 3.5% | 2.58% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 3,053,235 | 3.69% | 2.67% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 3,137,604 | 5.39% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 3,226,189 | 5.44% | 2.82% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 3,318,068 | 3.97% | 2.85% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 3,412,936 | 3.83% | 2.86% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 3,510,671 | 3.74% | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 3,611,474 | 3.76% | 2.87% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 3,714,889 | 3.65% | 2.86% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 3,820,546 | 3.28% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 3,927,802 | 2.96% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 4,035,747 | 2.95% | 2.75% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 4,144,364 | 2.75% | 2.69% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 4,253,600 | 2% | 2.64% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 4,362,696 | 0.36% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 4,471,417 | 0.19% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 4,579,806 | 1.11% | 2.42% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 4,687,543 | 1.09% | 2.35% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 4,794,412 | 1.21% | 2.28% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 4,900,025 | 1.38% | 2.2% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 5,003,135 | 1.43% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 5,100,868 | 1.49% | 1.95% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 5,187,689 | 1.56% | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 5,261,328 | 0.83% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 5,326,436 | 1.11% | 1.24% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 5,388,175 | 2.16% | 1.16% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 5,448,097 | 2.24% | 1.11% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 5,505,148 | 2.18% | 1.05% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 5,559,386 | 1.65% | 0.99% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 5,613,574 | 1.22% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 5,671,236 | 1.25% | 1.03% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 5,737,971 | 1.26% | 1.18% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 5,814,626 | 1.24% | 1.34% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 5,897,008 | 1.26% | 1.42% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 5,982,445 | 1.32% | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 6,069,811 | 1.35% | 1.46% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 6,159,103 | 1.37% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 6,249,126 | 1.44% | 1.46% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 6,338,660 | 1.45% | 1.43% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 6,427,382 | 1.28% | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 6,515,058 | 1.08% | 1.36% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 6,603,739 | 0.77% | 1.36% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 6,684,182 | 0.83% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 6,760,464 | 1.21% | 1.14% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 6,844,146 | 1.21% | 1.24% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 6,929,153 | 1.06% | 1.24% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 7,013,079 | 0.93% | 1.21% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 7,095,273 | 0.81% | 1.17% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 7,175,671 | 0.72% | 1.13% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 7,254,526 | 0.64% | 1.1% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 7,331,909 | 0.58% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 7,407,622 | 0.53% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 7,481,641 | 0.5% | 1% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 7,554,221 | 0.47% | 0.97% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 7,625,459 | 0.45% | 0.94% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 7,695,120 | 0.43% | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 7,763,524 | 0.42% | 0.89% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 7,830,885 | 0.41% | 0.87% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 7,896,975 | 0.39% | 0.84% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 7,961,863 | 0.38% | 0.82% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 8,025,487 | 0.36% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 8,087,571 | 0.34% | 0.77% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 8,148,407 | 0.33% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 8,208,318 | 0.31% | 0.74% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 8,267,008 | 0.29% | 0.72% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 8,324,330 | 0.27% | 0.69% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 8,380,533 | 0.25% | 0.68% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 8,435,754 | 0.23% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 8,489,460 | 0.2% | 0.64% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 8,541,342 | 0.18% | 0.61% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 8,591,710 | 0.14% | 0.59% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 8,640,471 | 0.11% | 0.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Paraguay gained 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Paraguay's population increased by 920,000 (a 14.9% growth).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Paraguay was ranked 107th in 2005 and ranked 108th 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 Paraguay will increase by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people and rank change from 108th to 110th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tehran | 8.69M |
| Mashhad | 3M |
| Isfahan | 1.96M |
| Karaj | 1.59M |
| Shiraz | 1.57M |
| Tabriz | 1.56M |
| Qom | 1.2M |
| Ahvaz | 1.18M |
| Kermanshah | 947K |
| Urmia | 736K |
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| City | Population |
| Asuncion | 462K |
| Ciudad del Este | 350K |
| Luque | 260K |
| San Lorenzo | 225K |
| Pedro Juan Caballero | 127K |
| Caaguazu | 127K |
| Encarnacion | 107K |
| Coronel Oviedo | 52.4K |
| Concepcion | 45.1K |
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Population differences between Iran and Paraguay
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 74.1 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 27.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 45.3 ppl/mi² |
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