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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Qatar	Iran	Qatar
1960	21,470,434	36,010	-	-
1961	22,125,726	39,680	3.05%	10.2%
1962	22,807,907	44,630	3.08%	12.5%
1963	23,519,005	50,380	3.12%	12.9%
1964	24,262,859	56,867	3.16%	12.9%
1965	25,036,978	64,065	3.19%	12.7%
1966	25,829,270	72,192	3.16%	12.7%
1967	26,628,432	81,439	3.09%	12.8%
1968	27,437,391	91,749	3.04%	12.7%
1969	28,273,482	103,025	3.05%	12.3%
1970	29,145,100	116,350	3.08%	12.9%
1971	30,029,071	131,346	3.03%	12.9%
1972	30,921,179	146,506	2.97%	11.5%
1973	31,839,838	161,841	2.97%	10.5%
1974	32,796,463	177,362	3%	9.59%
1975	33,802,973	193,087	3.07%	8.87%
1976	34,837,271	209,052	3.06%	8.27%
1977	35,933,181	225,285	3.15%	7.77%
1978	37,126,535	241,808	3.32%	7.33%
1979	38,424,952	258,670	3.5%	6.97%
1980	39,842,324	275,913	3.69%	6.67%
1981	41,989,312	293,553	5.39%	6.39%
1982	44,272,141	311,537	5.44%	6.13%
1983	46,029,535	329,709	3.97%	5.83%
1984	47,793,998	347,878	3.83%	5.51%
1985	49,582,289	365,940	3.74%	5.19%
1986	51,446,045	382,422	3.76%	4.5%
1987	53,323,493	397,005	3.65%	3.81%
1988	55,072,694	411,264	3.28%	3.59%
1989	56,704,914	425,646	2.96%	3.5%
1990	58,380,092	440,175	2.95%	3.41%
1991	59,986,931	454,853	2.75%	3.33%
1992	61,184,983	469,657	2%	3.25%
1993	61,403,543	484,545	0.36%	3.17%
1994	61,520,598	499,459	0.19%	3.08%
1995	62,205,567	514,325	1.11%	2.98%
1996	62,881,300	529,019	1.09%	2.86%
1997	63,639,638	550,500	1.21%	4.06%
1998	64,519,859	580,540	1.38%	5.46%
1999	65,445,391	612,500	1.43%	5.51%
2000	66,418,659	644,989	1.49%	5.3%
2001	67,452,005	677,925	1.56%	5.11%
2002	68,011,317	711,205	0.83%	4.91%
2003	68,769,340	744,682	1.11%	4.71%
2004	70,256,316	773,332	2.16%	3.85%
2005	71,828,455	825,408	2.24%	6.73%
2006	73,392,747	972,831	2.18%	17.9%
2007	74,602,648	1,208,595	1.65%	24.2%
2008	75,514,204	1,426,938	1.22%	18.1%
2009	76,457,825	1,608,903	1.25%	12.8%
2010	77,420,842	1,616,832	1.26%	0.49%
2011	78,383,598	1,624,761	1.24%	0.49%
2012	79,370,580	1,722,438	1.26%	6.01%
2013	80,414,686	1,916,426	1.32%	11.3%
2014	81,502,045	2,151,745	1.35%	12.3%
2015	82,619,362	2,344,557	1.37%	8.96%
2016	83,812,228	2,477,113	1.44%	5.65%
2017	85,026,754	2,545,820	1.45%	2.77%
2018	86,117,998	2,580,734	1.28%	1.37%
2019	87,051,648	2,638,657	1.08%	2.24%
2020	87,723,443	2,794,148	0.77%	5.89%
2021	88,455,488	2,504,910	0.83%	-10.4%
2022	89,524,246	2,657,333	1.21%	6.08%
2023	90,608,707	2,656,032	1.21%	-0.05%
2024	91,567,738	2,857,822	1.06%	7.6%
2025	92,417,685	2,921,065	0.93%	2.21%
2026	93,168,494	2,975,134	0.81%	1.85%
2027	93,838,646	3,019,526	0.72%	1.49%
2028	94,440,024	3,057,695	0.64%	1.26%
2029	94,985,102	3,092,803	0.58%	1.15%
2030	95,486,672	3,125,174	0.53%	1.05%
2031	95,960,723	3,156,754	0.5%	1.01%
2032	96,415,457	3,189,188	0.47%	1.03%
2033	96,850,659	3,222,500	0.45%	1.04%
2034	97,271,044	3,256,691	0.43%	1.06%
2035	97,679,258	3,291,711	0.42%	1.08%
2036	98,075,324	3,327,585	0.41%	1.09%
2037	98,458,805	3,364,333	0.39%	1.1%
2038	98,828,318	3,401,906	0.38%	1.12%
2039	99,182,806	3,440,293	0.36%	1.13%
2040	99,524,286	3,479,439	0.34%	1.14%
2041	99,853,719	3,519,302	0.33%	1.15%
2042	100,167,076	3,559,840	0.31%	1.15%
2043	100,462,092	3,601,019	0.29%	1.16%
2044	100,737,592	3,642,784	0.27%	1.16%
2045	100,990,622	3,685,111	0.25%	1.16%
2046	101,219,689	3,727,959	0.23%	1.16%
2047	101,424,009	3,771,287	0.2%	1.16%
2048	101,601,932	3,815,108	0.18%	1.16%
2049	101,748,544	3,859,368	0.14%	1.16%
2050	101,862,002	3,904,074	0.11%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.