Population in Iran compared to Tajikistan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Tajikistan	Iran	Tajikistan
1960	21,470,434	2,112,131	-	-
1961	22,125,726	2,181,805	3.05%	3.3%
1962	22,807,907	2,255,026	3.08%	3.36%
1963	23,519,005	2,331,736	3.12%	3.4%
1964	24,262,859	2,411,260	3.16%	3.41%
1965	25,036,978	2,492,998	3.19%	3.39%
1966	25,829,270	2,577,184	3.16%	3.38%
1967	26,628,432	2,664,130	3.09%	3.37%
1968	27,437,391	2,753,848	3.04%	3.37%
1969	28,273,482	2,845,273	3.05%	3.32%
1970	29,145,100	2,936,779	3.08%	3.22%
1971	30,029,071	3,028,837	3.03%	3.13%
1972	30,921,179	3,123,691	2.97%	3.13%
1973	31,839,838	3,222,290	2.97%	3.16%
1974	32,796,463	3,324,499	3%	3.17%
1975	33,802,973	3,430,425	3.07%	3.19%
1976	34,837,271	3,540,076	3.06%	3.2%
1977	35,933,181	3,653,265	3.15%	3.2%
1978	37,126,535	3,768,508	3.32%	3.15%
1979	38,424,952	3,882,691	3.5%	3.03%
1980	39,842,324	3,995,256	3.69%	2.9%
1981	41,989,312	4,109,022	5.39%	2.85%
1982	44,272,141	4,227,171	5.44%	2.88%
1983	46,029,535	4,350,874	3.97%	2.93%
1984	47,793,998	4,480,026	3.83%	2.97%
1985	49,582,289	4,619,003	3.74%	3.1%
1986	51,446,045	4,772,139	3.76%	3.32%
1987	53,323,493	4,939,059	3.65%	3.5%
1988	55,072,694	5,114,989	3.28%	3.56%
1989	56,704,914	5,267,249	2.96%	2.98%
1990	58,380,092	5,398,768	2.95%	2.5%
1991	59,986,931	5,541,205	2.75%	2.64%
1992	61,184,983	5,649,400	2%	1.95%
1993	61,403,543	5,724,993	0.36%	1.34%
1994	61,520,598	5,825,368	0.19%	1.75%
1995	62,205,567	5,948,584	1.11%	2.12%
1996	62,881,300	6,066,523	1.09%	1.98%
1997	63,639,638	6,139,829	1.21%	1.21%
1998	64,519,859	6,176,397	1.38%	0.6%
1999	65,445,391	6,208,370	1.43%	0.52%
2000	66,418,659	6,284,735	1.49%	1.23%
2001	67,452,005	6,407,377	1.56%	1.95%
2002	68,011,317	6,531,669	0.83%	1.94%
2003	68,769,340	6,658,575	1.11%	1.94%
2004	70,256,316	6,790,547	2.16%	1.98%
2005	71,828,455	6,924,720	2.24%	1.98%
2006	73,392,747	7,057,566	2.18%	1.92%
2007	74,602,648	7,194,477	1.65%	1.94%
2008	75,514,204	7,338,403	1.22%	2%
2009	76,457,825	7,490,230	1.25%	2.07%
2010	77,420,842	7,652,141	1.26%	2.16%
2011	78,383,598	7,824,785	1.24%	2.26%
2012	79,370,580	8,014,084	1.26%	2.42%
2013	80,414,686	8,216,724	1.32%	2.53%
2014	81,502,045	8,425,552	1.35%	2.54%
2015	82,619,362	8,643,840	1.37%	2.59%
2016	83,812,228	8,865,631	1.44%	2.57%
2017	85,026,754	9,085,946	1.45%	2.49%
2018	86,117,998	9,307,333	1.28%	2.44%
2019	87,051,648	9,529,966	1.08%	2.39%
2020	87,723,443	9,749,310	0.77%	2.3%
2021	88,455,488	9,966,908	0.83%	2.23%
2022	89,524,246	10,182,222	1.21%	2.16%
2023	90,608,707	10,389,799	1.21%	2.04%
2024	91,567,738	10,590,927	1.06%	1.94%
2025	92,417,685	10,786,735	0.93%	1.85%
2026	93,168,494	10,978,598	0.81%	1.78%
2027	93,838,646	11,168,387	0.72%	1.73%
2028	94,440,024	11,356,920	0.64%	1.69%
2029	94,985,102	11,545,276	0.58%	1.66%
2030	95,486,672	11,733,066	0.53%	1.63%
2031	95,960,723	11,920,472	0.5%	1.6%
2032	96,415,457	12,110,150	0.47%	1.59%
2033	96,850,659	12,302,290	0.45%	1.59%
2034	97,271,044	12,496,888	0.43%	1.58%
2035	97,679,258	12,695,586	0.42%	1.59%
2036	98,075,324	12,899,096	0.41%	1.6%
2037	98,458,805	13,104,339	0.39%	1.59%
2038	98,828,318	13,308,237	0.38%	1.56%
2039	99,182,806	13,511,372	0.36%	1.53%
2040	99,524,286	13,713,948	0.34%	1.5%
2041	99,853,719	13,915,192	0.33%	1.47%
2042	100,167,076	14,115,137	0.31%	1.44%
2043	100,462,092	14,311,598	0.29%	1.39%
2044	100,737,592	14,504,865	0.27%	1.35%
2045	100,990,622	14,694,858	0.25%	1.31%
2046	101,219,689	14,879,388	0.23%	1.26%
2047	101,424,009	15,059,869	0.2%	1.21%
2048	101,601,932	15,236,594	0.18%	1.17%
2049	101,748,544	15,408,032	0.14%	1.13%
2050	101,862,002	15,574,643	0.11%	1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Iran's population will grow by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people with a rank change from 17th to 18th. The population of Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.