Population in Iran compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Sri Lanka	Iran	Sri Lanka
1960	21,470,434	9,661,389	-	-
1961	22,125,726	9,899,372	3.05%	2.46%
1962	22,807,907	10,143,754	3.08%	2.47%
1963	23,519,005	10,395,040	3.12%	2.48%
1964	24,262,859	10,653,397	3.16%	2.49%
1965	25,036,978	10,916,965	3.19%	2.47%
1966	25,829,270	11,183,928	3.16%	2.45%
1967	26,628,432	11,457,328	3.09%	2.44%
1968	27,437,391	11,736,088	3.04%	2.43%
1969	28,273,482	12,013,858	3.05%	2.37%
1970	29,145,100	12,287,110	3.08%	2.27%
1971	30,029,071	12,551,910	3.03%	2.16%
1972	30,921,179	12,809,205	2.97%	2.05%
1973	31,839,838	13,060,916	2.97%	1.97%
1974	32,796,463	13,305,693	3%	1.87%
1975	33,802,973	13,548,984	3.07%	1.83%
1976	34,837,271	13,796,770	3.06%	1.83%
1977	35,933,181	14,049,371	3.15%	1.83%
1978	37,126,535	14,310,128	3.32%	1.86%
1979	38,424,952	14,579,614	3.5%	1.88%
1980	39,842,324	14,847,974	3.69%	1.84%
1981	41,989,312	15,099,414	5.39%	1.69%
1982	44,272,141	15,286,567	5.44%	1.24%
1983	46,029,535	15,388,794	3.97%	0.67%
1984	47,793,998	15,441,860	3.83%	0.34%
1985	49,582,289	15,544,154	3.74%	0.66%
1986	51,446,045	15,731,256	3.76%	1.2%
1987	53,323,493	15,916,576	3.65%	1.18%
1988	55,072,694	16,078,621	3.28%	1.02%
1989	56,704,914	16,248,557	2.96%	1.06%
1990	58,380,092	16,352,458	2.95%	0.64%
1991	59,986,931	16,475,354	2.75%	0.75%
1992	61,184,983	16,739,284	2%	1.6%
1993	61,403,543	17,025,918	0.36%	1.71%
1994	61,520,598	17,275,773	0.19%	1.47%
1995	62,205,567	17,564,068	1.11%	1.67%
1996	62,881,300	17,905,018	1.09%	1.94%
1997	63,639,638	18,248,200	1.21%	1.92%
1998	64,519,859	18,596,003	1.38%	1.91%
1999	65,445,391	18,944,731	1.43%	1.88%
2000	66,418,659	19,293,054	1.49%	1.84%
2001	67,452,005	19,600,362	1.56%	1.59%
2002	68,011,317	19,805,752	0.83%	1.05%
2003	68,769,340	19,951,521	1.11%	0.74%
2004	70,256,316	20,087,605	2.16%	0.68%
2005	71,828,455	20,216,524	2.24%	0.64%
2006	73,392,747	20,352,411	2.18%	0.67%
2007	74,602,648	20,492,545	1.65%	0.69%
2008	75,514,204	20,629,378	1.22%	0.67%
2009	76,457,825	20,756,435	1.25%	0.62%
2010	77,420,842	20,879,089	1.26%	0.59%
2011	78,383,598	21,009,048	1.24%	0.62%
2012	79,370,580	21,169,458	1.26%	0.76%
2013	80,414,686	20,585,000	1.32%	-2.76%
2014	81,502,045	20,778,000	1.35%	0.94%
2015	82,619,362	20,970,000	1.37%	0.92%
2016	83,812,228	21,209,000	1.44%	1.14%
2017	85,026,754	21,453,000	1.45%	1.15%
2018	86,117,998	21,670,000	1.28%	1.01%
2019	87,051,648	21,803,000	1.08%	0.61%
2020	87,723,443	21,919,000	0.77%	0.53%
2021	88,455,488	22,156,000	0.83%	1.08%
2022	89,524,246	22,181,000	1.21%	0.11%
2023	90,608,707	22,037,000	1.21%	-0.65%
2024	91,567,738	21,916,000	1.06%	-0.55%
2025	92,417,685	22,035,440	0.93%	0.54%
2026	93,168,494	22,148,172	0.81%	0.51%
2027	93,838,646	22,255,601	0.72%	0.49%
2028	94,440,024	22,357,682	0.64%	0.46%
2029	94,985,102	22,453,922	0.58%	0.43%
2030	95,486,672	22,546,245	0.53%	0.41%
2031	95,960,723	22,635,106	0.5%	0.39%
2032	96,415,457	22,720,118	0.47%	0.38%
2033	96,850,659	22,802,043	0.45%	0.36%
2034	97,271,044	22,879,527	0.43%	0.34%
2035	97,679,258	22,952,739	0.42%	0.32%
2036	98,075,324	23,022,027	0.41%	0.3%
2037	98,458,805	23,088,877	0.39%	0.29%
2038	98,828,318	23,152,480	0.38%	0.28%
2039	99,182,806	23,211,633	0.36%	0.26%
2040	99,524,286	23,265,986	0.34%	0.23%
2041	99,853,719	23,315,260	0.33%	0.21%
2042	100,167,076	23,359,578	0.31%	0.19%
2043	100,462,092	23,398,752	0.29%	0.17%
2044	100,737,592	23,433,096	0.27%	0.15%
2045	100,990,622	23,464,943	0.25%	0.14%
2046	101,219,689	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	101,424,009	23,512,629	0.2%	0.08%
2048	101,601,932	23,525,953	0.18%	0.06%
2049	101,748,544	23,533,940	0.14%	0.03%
2050	101,862,002	23,538,230	0.11%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.