Population in Iran compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Sao Tome	Iran	Sao Tome
1960	21,470,434	68,012	-	-
1961	22,125,726	68,707	3.05%	1.02%
1962	22,807,907	69,403	3.08%	1.01%
1963	23,519,005	70,112	3.12%	1.02%
1964	24,262,859	70,865	3.16%	1.07%
1965	25,036,978	71,680	3.19%	1.15%
1966	25,829,270	72,576	3.16%	1.25%
1967	26,628,432	73,596	3.09%	1.41%
1968	27,437,391	74,765	3.04%	1.59%
1969	28,273,482	76,083	3.05%	1.76%
1970	29,145,100	77,626	3.08%	2.03%
1971	30,029,071	79,330	3.03%	2.2%
1972	30,921,179	81,041	2.97%	2.16%
1973	31,839,838	82,798	2.97%	2.17%
1974	32,796,463	84,672	3%	2.26%
1975	33,802,973	86,708	3.07%	2.4%
1976	34,837,271	88,922	3.06%	2.55%
1977	35,933,181	91,301	3.15%	2.68%
1978	37,126,535	93,794	3.32%	2.73%
1979	38,424,952	96,252	3.5%	2.62%
1980	39,842,324	98,544	3.69%	2.38%
1981	41,989,312	100,615	5.39%	2.1%
1982	44,272,141	102,508	5.44%	1.88%
1983	46,029,535	104,380	3.97%	1.83%
1984	47,793,998	106,394	3.83%	1.93%
1985	49,582,289	108,658	3.74%	2.13%
1986	51,446,045	111,150	3.76%	2.29%
1987	53,323,493	113,919	3.65%	2.49%
1988	55,072,694	116,939	3.28%	2.65%
1989	56,704,914	119,979	2.96%	2.6%
1990	58,380,092	122,980	2.95%	2.5%
1991	59,986,931	125,697	2.75%	2.21%
1992	61,184,983	128,110	2%	1.92%
1993	61,403,543	130,467	0.36%	1.84%
1994	61,520,598	132,732	0.19%	1.74%
1995	62,205,567	134,895	1.11%	1.63%
1996	62,881,300	136,962	1.09%	1.53%
1997	63,639,638	138,922	1.21%	1.43%
1998	64,519,859	140,751	1.38%	1.32%
1999	65,445,391	142,442	1.43%	1.2%
2000	66,418,659	144,018	1.49%	1.11%
2001	67,452,005	146,375	1.56%	1.64%
2002	68,011,317	149,922	0.83%	2.42%
2003	68,769,340	153,814	1.11%	2.6%
2004	70,256,316	157,705	2.16%	2.53%
2005	71,828,455	161,639	2.24%	2.49%
2006	73,392,747	165,638	2.18%	2.47%
2007	74,602,648	169,700	1.65%	2.45%
2008	75,514,204	173,793	1.22%	2.41%
2009	76,457,825	177,853	1.25%	2.34%
2010	77,420,842	181,802	1.26%	2.22%
2011	78,383,598	185,649	1.24%	2.12%
2012	79,370,580	189,439	1.26%	2.04%
2013	80,414,686	193,148	1.32%	1.96%
2014	81,502,045	196,767	1.35%	1.87%
2015	82,619,362	200,291	1.37%	1.79%
2016	83,812,228	203,689	1.44%	1.7%
2017	85,026,754	206,970	1.45%	1.61%
2018	86,117,998	210,187	1.28%	1.55%
2019	87,051,648	213,392	1.08%	1.52%
2020	87,723,443	217,435	0.77%	1.89%
2021	88,455,488	221,961	0.83%	2.08%
2022	89,524,246	226,305	1.21%	1.96%
2023	90,608,707	230,871	1.21%	2.02%
2024	91,567,738	235,536	1.06%	2.02%
2025	92,417,685	240,251	0.93%	2%
2026	93,168,494	244,987	0.81%	1.97%
2027	93,838,646	249,783	0.72%	1.96%
2028	94,440,024	254,657	0.64%	1.95%
2029	94,985,102	259,597	0.58%	1.94%
2030	95,486,672	264,560	0.53%	1.91%
2031	95,960,723	269,566	0.5%	1.89%
2032	96,415,457	274,643	0.47%	1.88%
2033	96,850,659	279,761	0.45%	1.86%
2034	97,271,044	284,911	0.43%	1.84%
2035	97,679,258	290,082	0.42%	1.81%
2036	98,075,324	295,269	0.41%	1.79%
2037	98,458,805	300,439	0.39%	1.75%
2038	98,828,318	305,590	0.38%	1.71%
2039	99,182,806	310,729	0.36%	1.68%
2040	99,524,286	315,833	0.34%	1.64%
2041	99,853,719	320,875	0.33%	1.6%
2042	100,167,076	325,888	0.31%	1.56%
2043	100,462,092	330,908	0.29%	1.54%
2044	100,737,592	335,919	0.27%	1.51%
2045	100,990,622	340,911	0.25%	1.49%
2046	101,219,689	345,883	0.23%	1.46%
2047	101,424,009	350,758	0.2%	1.41%
2048	101,601,932	355,569	0.18%	1.37%
2049	101,748,544	360,353	0.14%	1.35%
2050	101,862,002	365,103	0.11%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.