Population in Iran compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Saudi Arabia
1960	21,470,434	2,435,403	-	-
1961	22,125,726	2,526,347	3.05%	3.73%
1962	22,807,907	2,620,910	3.08%	3.74%
1963	23,519,005	2,719,341	3.12%	3.76%
1964	24,262,859	2,821,968	3.16%	3.77%
1965	25,036,978	2,928,771	3.19%	3.78%
1966	25,829,270	3,039,887	3.16%	3.79%
1967	26,628,432	3,157,242	3.09%	3.86%
1968	27,437,391	3,282,711	3.04%	3.97%
1969	28,273,482	3,417,114	3.05%	4.09%
1970	29,145,100	3,562,470	3.08%	4.25%
1971	30,029,071	3,724,031	3.03%	4.54%
1972	30,921,179	3,905,722	2.97%	4.88%
1973	31,839,838	4,106,344	2.97%	5.14%
1974	32,796,463	4,323,632	3%	5.29%
1975	33,802,973	4,556,287	3.07%	5.38%
1976	34,837,271	4,807,933	3.06%	5.52%
1977	35,933,181	5,083,048	3.15%	5.72%
1978	37,126,535	5,381,902	3.32%	5.88%
1979	38,424,952	5,703,698	3.5%	5.98%
1980	39,842,324	6,047,997	3.69%	6.04%
1981	41,989,312	6,420,551	5.39%	6.16%
1982	44,272,141	6,824,486	5.44%	6.29%
1983	46,029,535	7,252,941	3.97%	6.28%
1984	47,793,998	7,697,307	3.83%	6.13%
1985	49,582,289	8,151,779	3.74%	5.9%
1986	51,446,045	8,628,639	3.76%	5.85%
1987	53,323,493	9,130,194	3.65%	5.81%
1988	55,072,694	9,629,165	3.28%	5.47%
1989	56,704,914	10,128,394	2.96%	5.18%
1990	58,380,092	10,640,691	2.95%	5.06%
1991	59,986,931	11,160,744	2.75%	4.89%
1992	61,184,983	11,686,676	2%	4.71%
1993	61,403,543	12,215,862	0.36%	4.53%
1994	61,520,598	12,750,040	0.19%	4.37%
1995	62,205,567	13,289,245	1.11%	4.23%
1996	62,881,300	13,831,009	1.09%	4.08%
1997	63,639,638	14,374,943	1.21%	3.93%
1998	64,519,859	14,922,185	1.38%	3.81%
1999	65,445,391	15,472,075	1.43%	3.69%
2000	66,418,659	16,177,722	1.49%	4.56%
2001	67,452,005	17,041,397	1.56%	5.34%
2002	68,011,317	17,910,910	0.83%	5.1%
2003	68,769,340	18,786,767	1.11%	4.89%
2004	70,256,316	19,669,480	2.16%	4.7%
2005	71,828,455	20,559,890	2.24%	4.53%
2006	73,392,747	21,459,144	2.18%	4.37%
2007	74,602,648	22,368,313	1.65%	4.24%
2008	75,514,204	23,287,877	1.22%	4.11%
2009	76,457,825	24,217,654	1.25%	3.99%
2010	77,420,842	23,978,487	1.26%	-0.99%
2011	78,383,598	25,091,867	1.24%	4.64%
2012	79,370,580	26,168,861	1.26%	4.29%
2013	80,414,686	27,624,004	1.32%	5.56%
2014	81,502,045	28,309,273	1.35%	2.48%
2015	82,619,362	29,816,382	1.37%	5.32%
2016	83,812,228	30,954,198	1.44%	3.82%
2017	85,026,754	30,977,355	1.45%	0.07%
2018	86,117,998	30,196,281	1.28%	-2.52%
2019	87,051,648	30,063,799	1.08%	-0.44%
2020	87,723,443	31,552,510	0.77%	4.95%
2021	88,455,488	30,784,383	0.83%	-2.43%
2022	89,524,246	32,175,224	1.21%	4.52%
2023	90,608,707	33,702,731	1.21%	4.75%
2024	91,567,738	35,300,280	1.06%	4.74%
2025	92,417,685	35,927,625	0.93%	1.78%
2026	93,168,494	36,550,694	0.81%	1.73%
2027	93,838,646	37,167,513	0.72%	1.69%
2028	94,440,024	37,775,810	0.64%	1.64%
2029	94,985,102	38,364,377	0.58%	1.56%
2030	95,486,672	38,918,375	0.53%	1.44%
2031	95,960,723	39,450,880	0.5%	1.37%
2032	96,415,457	39,983,934	0.47%	1.35%
2033	96,850,659	40,517,599	0.45%	1.33%
2034	97,271,044	41,052,423	0.43%	1.32%
2035	97,679,258	41,588,429	0.42%	1.31%
2036	98,075,324	42,125,184	0.41%	1.29%
2037	98,458,805	42,661,908	0.39%	1.27%
2038	98,828,318	43,198,420	0.38%	1.26%
2039	99,182,806	43,734,316	0.36%	1.24%
2040	99,524,286	44,269,571	0.34%	1.22%
2041	99,853,719	44,804,338	0.33%	1.21%
2042	100,167,076	45,338,111	0.31%	1.19%
2043	100,462,092	45,870,896	0.29%	1.18%
2044	100,737,592	46,403,116	0.27%	1.16%
2045	100,990,622	46,934,822	0.25%	1.15%
2046	101,219,689	47,465,267	0.23%	1.13%
2047	101,424,009	47,993,976	0.2%	1.11%
2048	101,601,932	48,521,364	0.18%	1.1%
2049	101,748,544	49,047,461	0.14%	1.08%
2050	101,862,002	49,572,202	0.11%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.