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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Thailand	Iran	Thailand
1960	21,470,434	26,851,747	-	-
1961	22,125,726	27,650,334	3.05%	2.97%
1962	22,807,907	28,481,040	3.08%	3%
1963	23,519,005	29,342,322	3.12%	3.02%
1964	24,262,859	30,232,141	3.16%	3.03%
1965	25,036,978	31,149,337	3.19%	3.03%
1966	25,829,270	32,086,071	3.16%	3.01%
1967	26,628,432	33,037,801	3.09%	2.97%
1968	27,437,391	34,002,560	3.04%	2.92%
1969	28,273,482	34,973,782	3.05%	2.86%
1970	29,145,100	35,954,408	3.08%	2.8%
1971	30,029,071	36,937,387	3.03%	2.73%
1972	30,921,179	37,933,929	2.97%	2.7%
1973	31,839,838	38,947,787	2.97%	2.67%
1974	32,796,463	39,952,891	3%	2.58%
1975	33,802,973	40,940,005	3.07%	2.47%
1976	34,837,271	41,896,504	3.06%	2.34%
1977	35,933,181	42,843,974	3.15%	2.26%
1978	37,126,535	43,788,976	3.32%	2.21%
1979	38,424,952	44,718,434	3.5%	2.12%
1980	39,842,324	45,650,022	3.69%	2.08%
1981	41,989,312	46,575,855	5.39%	2.03%
1982	44,272,141	47,494,577	5.44%	1.97%
1983	46,029,535	48,423,309	3.97%	1.96%
1984	47,793,998	49,351,708	3.83%	1.92%
1985	49,582,289	50,270,753	3.74%	1.86%
1986	51,446,045	51,177,834	3.76%	1.8%
1987	53,323,493	52,074,105	3.65%	1.75%
1988	55,072,694	52,969,595	3.28%	1.72%
1989	56,704,914	53,848,956	2.96%	1.66%
1990	58,380,092	54,738,329	2.95%	1.65%
1991	59,986,931	55,637,434	2.75%	1.64%
1992	61,184,983	56,528,834	2%	1.6%
1993	61,403,543	57,408,198	0.36%	1.56%
1994	61,520,598	58,260,854	0.19%	1.49%
1995	62,205,567	59,098,232	1.11%	1.44%
1996	62,881,300	59,920,064	1.09%	1.39%
1997	63,639,638	60,724,584	1.21%	1.34%
1998	64,519,859	61,522,630	1.38%	1.31%
1999	65,445,391	62,299,043	1.43%	1.26%
2000	66,418,659	63,007,815	1.49%	1.14%
2001	67,452,005	63,651,141	1.56%	1.02%
2002	68,011,317	64,266,437	0.83%	0.97%
2003	68,769,340	64,868,166	1.11%	0.94%
2004	70,256,316	65,452,047	2.16%	0.9%
2005	71,828,455	66,017,420	2.24%	0.86%
2006	73,392,747	66,567,687	2.18%	0.83%
2007	74,602,648	67,102,394	1.65%	0.8%
2008	75,514,204	67,619,830	1.22%	0.77%
2009	76,457,825	68,121,080	1.25%	0.74%
2010	77,420,842	68,579,447	1.26%	0.67%
2011	78,383,598	69,007,208	1.24%	0.62%
2012	79,370,580	69,436,098	1.26%	0.62%
2013	80,414,686	69,845,114	1.32%	0.59%
2014	81,502,045	70,216,367	1.35%	0.53%
2015	82,619,362	70,540,795	1.37%	0.46%
2016	83,812,228	70,859,841	1.44%	0.45%
2017	85,026,754	71,160,187	1.45%	0.42%
2018	86,117,998	71,376,079	1.28%	0.3%
2019	87,051,648	71,522,271	1.08%	0.2%
2020	87,723,443	71,641,484	0.77%	0.17%
2021	88,455,488	71,727,332	0.83%	0.12%
2022	89,524,246	71,735,329	1.21%	0.01%
2023	90,608,707	71,702,435	1.21%	-0.05%
2024	91,567,738	71,668,011	1.06%	-0.05%
2025	92,417,685	71,619,867	0.93%	-0.07%
2026	93,168,494	71,559,621	0.81%	-0.08%
2027	93,838,646	71,488,156	0.72%	-0.1%
2028	94,440,024	71,406,996	0.64%	-0.11%
2029	94,985,102	71,316,195	0.58%	-0.13%
2030	95,486,672	71,215,017	0.53%	-0.14%
2031	95,960,723	71,104,025	0.5%	-0.16%
2032	96,415,457	70,982,286	0.47%	-0.17%
2033	96,850,659	70,847,947	0.45%	-0.19%
2034	97,271,044	70,701,651	0.43%	-0.21%
2035	97,679,258	70,540,884	0.42%	-0.23%
2036	98,075,324	70,366,496	0.41%	-0.25%
2037	98,458,805	70,180,031	0.39%	-0.26%
2038	98,828,318	69,979,034	0.38%	-0.29%
2039	99,182,806	69,763,928	0.36%	-0.31%
2040	99,524,286	69,535,003	0.34%	-0.33%
2041	99,853,719	69,288,477	0.33%	-0.35%
2042	100,167,076	69,025,348	0.31%	-0.38%
2043	100,462,092	68,748,075	0.29%	-0.4%
2044	100,737,592	68,456,533	0.27%	-0.42%
2045	100,990,622	68,150,148	0.25%	-0.45%
2046	101,219,689	67,827,309	0.23%	-0.47%
2047	101,424,009	67,489,358	0.2%	-0.5%
2048	101,601,932	67,136,737	0.18%	-0.52%
2049	101,748,544	66,767,316	0.14%	-0.55%
2050	101,862,002	66,382,732	0.11%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.