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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Romania	Iran	Romania
1960	21,470,434	18,406,905	-	-
1961	22,125,726	18,555,250	3.05%	0.81%
1962	22,807,907	18,676,550	3.08%	0.65%
1963	23,519,005	18,797,850	3.12%	0.65%
1964	24,262,859	18,919,126	3.16%	0.65%
1965	25,036,978	19,031,576	3.19%	0.59%
1966	25,829,270	19,215,450	3.16%	0.97%
1967	26,628,432	19,534,242	3.09%	1.66%
1968	27,437,391	19,799,831	3.04%	1.36%
1969	28,273,482	20,009,141	3.05%	1.06%
1970	29,145,100	20,250,398	3.08%	1.21%
1971	30,029,071	20,461,567	3.03%	1.04%
1972	30,921,179	20,657,957	2.97%	0.96%
1973	31,839,838	20,835,681	2.97%	0.86%
1974	32,796,463	21,029,429	3%	0.93%
1975	33,802,973	21,293,583	3.07%	1.26%
1976	34,837,271	21,551,634	3.06%	1.21%
1977	35,933,181	21,756,096	3.15%	0.95%
1978	37,126,535	21,951,464	3.32%	0.9%
1979	38,424,952	22,090,488	3.5%	0.63%
1980	39,842,324	22,207,282	3.69%	0.53%
1981	41,989,312	22,353,070	5.39%	0.66%
1982	44,272,141	22,475,741	5.44%	0.55%
1983	46,029,535	22,560,478	3.97%	0.38%
1984	47,793,998	22,640,547	3.83%	0.35%
1985	49,582,289	22,732,999	3.74%	0.41%
1986	51,446,045	22,836,841	3.76%	0.46%
1987	53,323,493	22,949,430	3.65%	0.49%
1988	55,072,694	23,057,662	3.28%	0.47%
1989	56,704,914	23,161,458	2.96%	0.45%
1990	58,380,092	23,201,835	2.95%	0.17%
1991	59,986,931	23,001,155	2.75%	-0.86%
1992	61,184,983	22,794,284	2%	-0.9%
1993	61,403,543	22,763,280	0.36%	-0.14%
1994	61,520,598	22,730,211	0.19%	-0.15%
1995	62,205,567	22,684,270	1.11%	-0.2%
1996	62,881,300	22,619,004	1.09%	-0.29%
1997	63,639,638	22,553,978	1.21%	-0.29%
1998	64,519,859	22,507,344	1.38%	-0.21%
1999	65,445,391	22,472,040	1.43%	-0.16%
2000	66,418,659	22,442,971	1.49%	-0.13%
2001	67,452,005	22,131,970	1.56%	-1.39%
2002	68,011,317	21,730,496	0.83%	-1.81%
2003	68,769,340	21,574,326	1.11%	-0.72%
2004	70,256,316	21,451,748	2.16%	-0.57%
2005	71,828,455	21,319,685	2.24%	-0.62%
2006	73,392,747	21,193,760	2.18%	-0.59%
2007	74,602,648	20,882,982	1.65%	-1.47%
2008	75,514,204	20,537,875	1.22%	-1.65%
2009	76,457,825	20,367,487	1.25%	-0.83%
2010	77,420,842	20,246,871	1.26%	-0.59%
2011	78,383,598	20,147,528	1.24%	-0.49%
2012	79,370,580	20,058,035	1.26%	-0.44%
2013	80,414,686	19,983,693	1.32%	-0.37%
2014	81,502,045	19,908,979	1.35%	-0.37%
2015	82,619,362	19,815,616	1.37%	-0.47%
2016	83,812,228	19,702,267	1.44%	-0.57%
2017	85,026,754	19,588,715	1.45%	-0.58%
2018	86,117,998	19,473,970	1.28%	-0.59%
2019	87,051,648	19,371,648	1.08%	-0.53%
2020	87,723,443	19,265,250	0.77%	-0.55%
2021	88,455,488	19,122,059	0.83%	-0.74%
2022	89,524,246	19,048,502	1.21%	-0.38%
2023	90,608,707	19,059,479	1.21%	0.06%
2024	91,567,738	19,069,340	1.06%	0.05%
2025	92,417,685	18,962,595	0.93%	-0.56%
2026	93,168,494	18,854,232	0.81%	-0.57%
2027	93,838,646	18,744,883	0.72%	-0.58%
2028	94,440,024	18,634,894	0.64%	-0.59%
2029	94,985,102	18,523,736	0.58%	-0.6%
2030	95,486,672	18,411,878	0.53%	-0.6%
2031	95,960,723	18,299,820	0.5%	-0.61%
2032	96,415,457	18,187,406	0.47%	-0.61%
2033	96,850,659	18,074,282	0.45%	-0.62%
2034	97,271,044	17,960,330	0.43%	-0.63%
2035	97,679,258	17,845,182	0.42%	-0.64%
2036	98,075,324	17,728,480	0.41%	-0.65%
2037	98,458,805	17,611,384	0.39%	-0.66%
2038	98,828,318	17,493,684	0.38%	-0.67%
2039	99,182,806	17,375,991	0.36%	-0.67%
2040	99,524,286	17,258,810	0.34%	-0.67%
2041	99,853,719	17,140,535	0.33%	-0.69%
2042	100,167,076	17,022,168	0.31%	-0.69%
2043	100,462,092	16,904,427	0.29%	-0.69%
2044	100,737,592	16,786,029	0.27%	-0.7%
2045	100,990,622	16,667,734	0.25%	-0.7%
2046	101,219,689	16,550,066	0.23%	-0.71%
2047	101,424,009	16,431,566	0.2%	-0.72%
2048	101,601,932	16,312,099	0.18%	-0.73%
2049	101,748,544	16,192,424	0.14%	-0.73%
2050	101,862,002	16,072,989	0.11%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.