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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Russia	Iran	Russia
1960	21,470,434	119,897,000	-	-
1961	22,125,726	121,236,000	3.05%	1.12%
1962	22,807,907	122,591,000	3.08%	1.12%
1963	23,519,005	123,960,000	3.12%	1.12%
1964	24,262,859	125,345,000	3.16%	1.12%
1965	25,036,978	126,745,000	3.19%	1.12%
1966	25,829,270	127,468,000	3.16%	0.57%
1967	26,628,432	128,196,000	3.09%	0.57%
1968	27,437,391	128,928,000	3.04%	0.57%
1969	28,273,482	129,664,000	3.05%	0.57%
1970	29,145,100	130,404,000	3.08%	0.57%
1971	30,029,071	131,155,000	3.03%	0.58%
1972	30,921,179	131,909,000	2.97%	0.57%
1973	31,839,838	132,669,000	2.97%	0.58%
1974	32,796,463	133,432,000	3%	0.58%
1975	33,802,973	134,200,000	3.07%	0.58%
1976	34,837,271	135,147,000	3.06%	0.71%
1977	35,933,181	136,100,000	3.15%	0.71%
1978	37,126,535	137,060,000	3.32%	0.71%
1979	38,424,952	138,027,000	3.5%	0.71%
1980	39,842,324	139,010,000	3.69%	0.71%
1981	41,989,312	139,941,000	5.39%	0.67%
1982	44,272,141	140,823,000	5.44%	0.63%
1983	46,029,535	141,668,000	3.97%	0.6%
1984	47,793,998	142,745,000	3.83%	0.76%
1985	49,582,289	143,858,000	3.74%	0.78%
1986	51,446,045	144,894,000	3.76%	0.72%
1987	53,323,493	145,908,000	3.65%	0.7%
1988	55,072,694	146,857,000	3.28%	0.65%
1989	56,704,914	147,721,000	2.96%	0.59%
1990	58,380,092	147,969,406	2.95%	0.17%
1991	59,986,931	148,394,216	2.75%	0.29%
1992	61,184,983	148,538,197	2%	0.1%
1993	61,403,543	148,458,777	0.36%	-0.05%
1994	61,520,598	148,407,912	0.19%	-0.03%
1995	62,205,567	148,375,787	1.11%	-0.02%
1996	62,881,300	148,160,129	1.09%	-0.15%
1997	63,639,638	147,915,361	1.21%	-0.17%
1998	64,519,859	147,670,784	1.38%	-0.17%
1999	65,445,391	147,214,776	1.43%	-0.31%
2000	66,418,659	146,596,869	1.49%	-0.42%
2001	67,452,005	145,976,482	1.56%	-0.42%
2002	68,011,317	145,306,497	0.83%	-0.46%
2003	68,769,340	144,648,618	1.11%	-0.45%
2004	70,256,316	144,067,316	2.16%	-0.4%
2005	71,828,455	143,518,814	2.24%	-0.38%
2006	73,392,747	143,049,637	2.18%	-0.33%
2007	74,602,648	142,805,114	1.65%	-0.17%
2008	75,514,204	142,742,366	1.22%	-0.04%
2009	76,457,825	142,785,348	1.25%	0.03%
2010	77,420,842	142,849,468	1.26%	0.04%
2011	78,383,598	143,018,195	1.24%	0.12%
2012	79,370,580	143,378,447	1.26%	0.25%
2013	80,414,686	143,805,638	1.32%	0.3%
2014	81,502,045	144,237,223	1.35%	0.3%
2015	82,619,362	144,640,716	1.37%	0.28%
2016	83,812,228	145,015,460	1.44%	0.26%
2017	85,026,754	145,293,260	1.45%	0.19%
2018	86,117,998	145,398,106	1.28%	0.07%
2019	87,051,648	145,453,291	1.08%	0.04%
2020	87,723,443	145,245,148	0.77%	-0.14%
2021	88,455,488	144,746,762	0.83%	-0.34%
2022	89,524,246	144,236,933	1.21%	-0.35%
2023	90,608,707	143,826,130	1.21%	-0.28%
2024	91,567,738	143,533,851	1.06%	-0.2%
2025	92,417,685	142,718,132	0.93%	-0.57%
2026	93,168,494	142,120,553	0.81%	-0.42%
2027	93,838,646	141,773,330	0.72%	-0.24%
2028	94,440,024	141,402,326	0.64%	-0.26%
2029	94,985,102	141,021,009	0.58%	-0.27%
2030	95,486,672	140,628,883	0.53%	-0.28%
2031	95,960,723	140,218,596	0.5%	-0.29%
2032	96,415,457	139,807,207	0.47%	-0.29%
2033	96,850,659	139,414,947	0.45%	-0.28%
2034	97,271,044	139,034,543	0.43%	-0.27%
2035	97,679,258	138,666,694	0.42%	-0.26%
2036	98,075,324	138,311,757	0.41%	-0.26%
2037	98,458,805	137,968,177	0.39%	-0.25%
2038	98,828,318	137,643,032	0.38%	-0.24%
2039	99,182,806	137,336,299	0.36%	-0.22%
2040	99,524,286	137,053,347	0.34%	-0.21%
2041	99,853,719	136,795,588	0.33%	-0.19%
2042	100,167,076	136,558,692	0.31%	-0.17%
2043	100,462,092	136,335,849	0.29%	-0.16%
2044	100,737,592	136,124,845	0.27%	-0.15%
2045	100,990,622	135,933,758	0.25%	-0.14%
2046	101,219,689	135,756,848	0.23%	-0.13%
2047	101,424,009	135,574,181	0.2%	-0.13%
2048	101,601,932	135,372,557	0.18%	-0.15%
2049	101,748,544	135,156,911	0.14%	-0.16%
2050	101,862,002	134,923,391	0.11%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.