The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 3.99 times bigger than Taiwan's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 1.41% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Iran vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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23308308
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 150/197 |
Iran and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 11,030,385 | 3.05% | - |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 11,392,513 | 3.08% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 11,762,101 | 3.12% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 12,137,143 | 3.16% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 12,511,863 | 3.19% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 12,874,153 | 3.16% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 13,210,344 | 3.09% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 13,548,537 | 3.04% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 14,068,984 | 3.05% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 14,582,944 | 3.08% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 14,913,564 | 3.03% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 15,220,495 | 2.97% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 15,505,121 | 2.97% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 15,784,817 | 3% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 16,075,128 | 3.07% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 16,401,413 | 3.06% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 16,730,895 | 3.15% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 17,042,272 | 3.32% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 17,372,779 | 3.5% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 17,704,538 | 3.69% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 18,029,982 | 5.39% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 18,354,855 | 5.44% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 18,653,146 | 3.97% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 18,929,866 | 3.83% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 19,191,510 | 3.74% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 19,411,454 | 3.76% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 19,617,046 | 3.65% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 19,839,704 | 3.28% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 20,055,492 | 2.96% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 20,278,946 | 2.95% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 20,503,568 | 2.75% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 20,704,227 | 2% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 20,899,019 | 0.36% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 21,086,645 | 0.19% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 21,267,653 | 1.11% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 21,441,432 | 1.09% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 21,634,124 | 1.21% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 21,835,703 | 1.38% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 22,010,489 | 1.43% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 22,184,530 | 1.49% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 22,341,120 | 1.56% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 22,463,172 | 0.83% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 22,562,663 | 1.11% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 22,646,836 | 2.16% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 22,729,753 | 2.24% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 22,823,455 | 2.18% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 22,917,444 | 1.65% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 22,997,696 | 1.22% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 23,078,402 | 1.25% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 23,140,948 | 1.26% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 23,193,518 | 1.24% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 23,270,367 | 1.26% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 23,344,670 | 1.32% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 23,403,635 | 1.35% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 23,462,914 | 1.37% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 23,515,945 | 1.44% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 23,555,522 | 1.45% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 23,580,080 | 1.28% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 23,596,027 | 1.08% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 23,582,179 | 0.77% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 23,468,275 | 0.83% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 23,319,977 | 1.21% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 23,342,541 | 1.21% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 23,410,331 | 1.06% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 23,308,308 | 0.93% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 23,205,944 | 0.81% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 23,102,120 | 0.72% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 22,996,693 | 0.64% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 22,890,335 | 0.58% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 22,781,040 | 0.53% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 22,667,327 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 22,549,689 | 0.47% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 22,428,721 | 0.45% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 22,302,402 | 0.43% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 22,170,689 | 0.42% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 22,034,775 | 0.41% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 21,893,029 | 0.39% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 21,746,001 | 0.38% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 21,594,236 | 0.36% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 21,436,947 | 0.34% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 21,274,187 | 0.33% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 21,105,682 | 0.31% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 20,932,105 | 0.29% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 20,754,623 | 0.27% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 20,571,741 | 0.25% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 20,384,903 | 0.23% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 20,194,425 | 0.2% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 19,999,753 | 0.18% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 19,801,293 | 0.14% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 19,598,997 | 0.11% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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Population differences between Iran and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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