Population in Iran compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Sierra Leone	Iran	Sierra Leone
1960	21,470,434	2,268,356	-	-
1961	22,125,726	2,304,227	3.05%	1.58%
1962	22,807,907	2,342,242	3.08%	1.65%
1963	23,519,005	2,382,258	3.12%	1.71%
1964	24,262,859	2,424,390	3.16%	1.77%
1965	25,036,978	2,468,666	3.19%	1.83%
1966	25,829,270	2,514,638	3.16%	1.86%
1967	26,628,432	2,562,384	3.09%	1.9%
1968	27,437,391	2,611,532	3.04%	1.92%
1969	28,273,482	2,661,365	3.05%	1.91%
1970	29,145,100	2,712,286	3.08%	1.91%
1971	30,029,071	2,763,222	3.03%	1.88%
1972	30,921,179	2,814,388	2.97%	1.85%
1973	31,839,838	2,866,955	2.97%	1.87%
1974	32,796,463	2,920,459	3%	1.87%
1975	33,802,973	2,974,657	3.07%	1.86%
1976	34,837,271	3,028,820	3.06%	1.82%
1977	35,933,181	3,085,354	3.15%	1.87%
1978	37,126,535	3,145,517	3.32%	1.95%
1979	38,424,952	3,207,499	3.5%	1.97%
1980	39,842,324	3,272,089	3.69%	2.01%
1981	41,989,312	3,338,940	5.39%	2.04%
1982	44,272,141	3,408,183	5.44%	2.07%
1983	46,029,535	3,481,646	3.97%	2.16%
1984	47,793,998	3,558,758	3.83%	2.21%
1985	49,582,289	3,638,438	3.74%	2.24%
1986	51,446,045	3,728,380	3.76%	2.47%
1987	53,323,493	3,829,718	3.65%	2.72%
1988	55,072,694	3,934,517	3.28%	2.74%
1989	56,704,914	4,034,037	2.96%	2.53%
1990	58,380,092	4,196,828	2.95%	4.04%
1991	59,986,931	4,246,267	2.75%	1.18%
1992	61,184,983	4,166,366	2%	-1.88%
1993	61,403,543	4,157,130	0.36%	-0.22%
1994	61,520,598	4,173,105	0.19%	0.38%
1995	62,205,567	4,179,179	1.11%	0.15%
1996	62,881,300	4,199,210	1.09%	0.48%
1997	63,639,638	4,253,716	1.21%	1.3%
1998	64,519,859	4,295,785	1.38%	0.99%
1999	65,445,391	4,318,043	1.43%	0.52%
2000	66,418,659	4,423,611	1.49%	2.44%
2001	67,452,005	4,692,716	1.56%	6.08%
2002	68,011,317	4,971,435	0.83%	5.94%
2003	68,769,340	5,177,687	1.11%	4.15%
2004	70,256,316	5,355,717	2.16%	3.44%
2005	71,828,455	5,501,712	2.24%	2.73%
2006	73,392,747	5,624,466	2.18%	2.23%
2007	74,602,648	5,749,352	1.65%	2.22%
2008	75,514,204	5,894,722	1.22%	2.53%
2009	76,457,825	6,055,646	1.25%	2.73%
2010	77,420,842	6,222,714	1.26%	2.76%
2011	78,383,598	6,387,251	1.24%	2.64%
2012	79,370,580	6,551,080	1.26%	2.56%
2013	80,414,686	6,714,051	1.32%	2.49%
2014	81,502,045	6,876,385	1.35%	2.42%
2015	82,619,362	7,037,655	1.37%	2.35%
2016	83,812,228	7,205,328	1.44%	2.38%
2017	85,026,754	7,379,299	1.45%	2.41%
2018	86,117,998	7,554,563	1.28%	2.38%
2019	87,051,648	7,731,991	1.08%	2.35%
2020	87,723,443	7,912,558	0.77%	2.34%
2021	88,455,488	8,094,602	0.83%	2.3%
2022	89,524,246	8,276,807	1.21%	2.25%
2023	90,608,707	8,460,512	1.21%	2.22%
2024	91,567,738	8,642,022	1.06%	2.15%
2025	92,417,685	8,819,789	0.93%	2.06%
2026	93,168,494	8,996,743	0.81%	2.01%
2027	93,838,646	9,174,695	0.72%	1.98%
2028	94,440,024	9,349,021	0.64%	1.9%
2029	94,985,102	9,520,811	0.58%	1.84%
2030	95,486,672	9,694,851	0.53%	1.83%
2031	95,960,723	9,870,295	0.5%	1.81%
2032	96,415,457	10,047,193	0.47%	1.79%
2033	96,850,659	10,221,006	0.45%	1.73%
2034	97,271,044	10,391,485	0.43%	1.67%
2035	97,679,258	10,563,163	0.42%	1.65%
2036	98,075,324	10,734,341	0.41%	1.62%
2037	98,458,805	10,902,263	0.39%	1.56%
2038	98,828,318	11,066,143	0.38%	1.5%
2039	99,182,806	11,230,060	0.36%	1.48%
2040	99,524,286	11,398,391	0.34%	1.5%
2041	99,853,719	11,566,213	0.33%	1.47%
2042	100,167,076	11,728,787	0.31%	1.41%
2043	100,462,092	11,887,934	0.29%	1.36%
2044	100,737,592	12,049,424	0.27%	1.36%
2045	100,990,622	12,208,872	0.25%	1.32%
2046	101,219,689	12,363,446	0.23%	1.27%
2047	101,424,009	12,512,739	0.2%	1.21%
2048	101,601,932	12,659,609	0.18%	1.17%
2049	101,748,544	12,805,136	0.14%	1.15%
2050	101,862,002	12,948,320	0.11%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.