Population in Iran compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	South Korea	Iran	South Korea
1960	21,470,434	25,012,374	-	-
1961	22,125,726	25,765,673	3.05%	3.01%
1962	22,807,907	26,513,030	3.08%	2.9%
1963	23,519,005	27,261,747	3.12%	2.82%
1964	24,262,859	27,984,155	3.16%	2.65%
1965	25,036,978	28,704,674	3.19%	2.57%
1966	25,829,270	29,435,571	3.16%	2.55%
1967	26,628,432	30,130,983	3.09%	2.36%
1968	27,437,391	30,838,302	3.04%	2.35%
1969	28,273,482	31,544,266	3.05%	2.29%
1970	29,145,100	32,240,827	3.08%	2.21%
1971	30,029,071	32,882,704	3.03%	1.99%
1972	30,921,179	33,505,406	2.97%	1.89%
1973	31,839,838	34,103,149	2.97%	1.78%
1974	32,796,463	34,692,266	3%	1.73%
1975	33,802,973	35,280,725	3.07%	1.7%
1976	34,837,271	35,848,523	3.06%	1.61%
1977	35,933,181	36,411,795	3.15%	1.57%
1978	37,126,535	36,969,185	3.32%	1.53%
1979	38,424,952	37,534,236	3.5%	1.53%
1980	39,842,324	38,123,775	3.69%	1.57%
1981	41,989,312	38,723,248	5.39%	1.57%
1982	44,272,141	39,326,352	5.44%	1.56%
1983	46,029,535	39,910,403	3.97%	1.49%
1984	47,793,998	40,405,956	3.83%	1.24%
1985	49,582,289	40,805,744	3.74%	0.99%
1986	51,446,045	41,213,674	3.76%	1%
1987	53,323,493	41,621,690	3.65%	0.99%
1988	55,072,694	42,031,247	3.28%	0.98%
1989	56,704,914	42,449,038	2.96%	0.99%
1990	58,380,092	42,869,283	2.95%	0.99%
1991	59,986,931	43,295,704	2.75%	0.99%
1992	61,184,983	43,747,962	2%	1.04%
1993	61,403,543	44,194,628	0.36%	1.02%
1994	61,520,598	44,641,540	0.19%	1.01%
1995	62,205,567	45,092,991	1.11%	1.01%
1996	62,881,300	45,524,681	1.09%	0.96%
1997	63,639,638	45,953,580	1.21%	0.94%
1998	64,519,859	46,286,503	1.38%	0.72%
1999	65,445,391	46,616,677	1.43%	0.71%
2000	66,418,659	47,008,111	1.49%	0.84%
2001	67,452,005	47,370,164	1.56%	0.77%
2002	68,011,317	47,644,736	0.83%	0.58%
2003	68,769,340	47,892,330	1.11%	0.52%
2004	70,256,316	48,082,519	2.16%	0.4%
2005	71,828,455	48,184,561	2.24%	0.21%
2006	73,392,747	48,438,292	2.18%	0.53%
2007	74,602,648	48,683,638	1.65%	0.51%
2008	75,514,204	49,054,708	1.22%	0.76%
2009	76,457,825	49,307,835	1.25%	0.52%
2010	77,420,842	49,554,112	1.26%	0.5%
2011	78,383,598	49,936,638	1.24%	0.77%
2012	79,370,580	50,199,853	1.26%	0.53%
2013	80,414,686	50,428,893	1.32%	0.46%
2014	81,502,045	50,746,659	1.35%	0.63%
2015	82,619,362	51,014,947	1.37%	0.53%
2016	83,812,228	51,217,803	1.44%	0.4%
2017	85,026,754	51,361,911	1.45%	0.28%
2018	86,117,998	51,585,058	1.28%	0.43%
2019	87,051,648	51,764,822	1.08%	0.35%
2020	87,723,443	51,836,239	0.77%	0.14%
2021	88,455,488	51,769,539	0.83%	-0.13%
2022	89,524,246	51,672,569	1.21%	-0.19%
2023	90,608,707	51,712,619	1.21%	0.08%
2024	91,567,738	51,751,065	1.06%	0.07%
2025	92,417,685	51,700,480	0.93%	-0.1%
2026	93,168,494	51,633,793	0.81%	-0.13%
2027	93,838,646	51,552,198	0.72%	-0.16%
2028	94,440,024	51,456,707	0.64%	-0.19%
2029	94,985,102	51,347,230	0.58%	-0.21%
2030	95,486,672	51,221,713	0.53%	-0.24%
2031	95,960,723	51,081,220	0.5%	-0.27%
2032	96,415,457	50,924,233	0.47%	-0.31%
2033	96,850,659	50,747,132	0.45%	-0.35%
2034	97,271,044	50,549,508	0.43%	-0.39%
2035	97,679,258	50,333,286	0.42%	-0.43%
2036	98,075,324	50,098,951	0.41%	-0.47%
2037	98,458,805	49,845,669	0.39%	-0.51%
2038	98,828,318	49,573,234	0.38%	-0.55%
2039	99,182,806	49,283,770	0.36%	-0.58%
2040	99,524,286	48,980,369	0.34%	-0.62%
2041	99,853,719	48,661,905	0.33%	-0.65%
2042	100,167,076	48,331,004	0.31%	-0.68%
2043	100,462,092	47,990,085	0.29%	-0.71%
2044	100,737,592	47,634,183	0.27%	-0.74%
2045	100,990,622	47,263,526	0.25%	-0.78%
2046	101,219,689	46,881,228	0.23%	-0.81%
2047	101,424,009	46,482,133	0.2%	-0.85%
2048	101,601,932	46,063,595	0.18%	-0.9%
2049	101,748,544	45,626,805	0.14%	-0.95%
2050	101,862,002	45,172,356	0.11%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.