The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 104,175 people in Tonga in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 103,744 in Tonga.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 897 times bigger than Tonga's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Tonga is the 183rd.
- The countries together account for 1.13% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.001% for Tonga.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs -0.25% in Tonga.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Tonga has declined from 106K to 104K (1.82% decline).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people compared to the peak of 118K people in 2100 for Tonga.
Iran vs Tonga: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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103744
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 183/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.001% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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20.8 hours
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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3.62 hours
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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13 hours
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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4.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | -2,149 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | -1 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | -422 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | -0.4% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 181/197 |
Iran and Tonga: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 66,170 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 68,037 | 3.05% | 2.82% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 69,940 | 3.08% | 2.8% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 71,885 | 3.12% | 2.78% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 73,879 | 3.16% | 2.77% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 75,924 | 3.19% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 78,002 | 3.16% | 2.74% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 79,814 | 3.09% | 2.32% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 81,353 | 3.04% | 1.93% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 82,885 | 3.05% | 1.88% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 84,401 | 3.08% | 1.83% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 85,896 | 3.03% | 1.77% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 87,356 | 2.97% | 1.7% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 88,805 | 2.97% | 1.66% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 90,683 | 3% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 93,017 | 3.07% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 95,325 | 3.06% | 2.48% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 96,725 | 3.15% | 1.47% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 97,204 | 3.32% | 0.5% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 97,544 | 3.5% | 0.35% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 97,769 | 3.69% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 97,909 | 5.39% | 0.14% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 97,980 | 5.44% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 97,998 | 3.97% | 0.02% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 97,990 | 3.83% | -0.008% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 97,984 | 3.74% | -0.006% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 98,010 | 3.76% | 0.03% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 98,376 | 3.65% | 0.37% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 98,969 | 3.28% | 0.6% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 99,403 | 2.96% | 0.44% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 99,700 | 2.95% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 99,895 | 2.75% | 0.2% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 100,022 | 2% | 0.13% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 100,103 | 0.36% | 0.08% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 100,166 | 0.19% | 0.06% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 100,225 | 1.11% | 0.06% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 100,275 | 1.09% | 0.05% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 100,674 | 1.21% | 0.4% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 101,388 | 1.38% | 0.71% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 102,046 | 1.43% | 0.65% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 102,677 | 1.49% | 0.62% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 103,288 | 1.56% | 0.6% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 103,874 | 0.83% | 0.57% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 104,464 | 1.11% | 0.57% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 105,071 | 2.16% | 0.58% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 105,671 | 2.24% | 0.57% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 106,253 | 2.18% | 0.55% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 106,726 | 1.65% | 0.45% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 107,020 | 1.22% | 0.28% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 107,203 | 1.25% | 0.17% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 107,400 | 1.26% | 0.18% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 107,570 | 1.24% | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 107,460 | 1.26% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 107,078 | 1.32% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 106,609 | 1.35% | -0.44% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 106,095 | 1.37% | -0.48% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 105,524 | 1.44% | -0.54% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 105,356 | 1.45% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 105,567 | 1.28% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 105,669 | 1.08% | 0.1% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 105,704 | 0.77% | 0.03% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 105,490 | 0.83% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 105,042 | 1.21% | -0.42% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 104,597 | 1.21% | -0.42% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 104,175 | 1.06% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 103,744 | 0.93% | -0.41% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 103,290 | 0.81% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 102,899 | 0.72% | -0.38% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 102,568 | 0.64% | -0.32% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 102,280 | 0.58% | -0.28% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 102,069 | 0.53% | -0.21% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 101,927 | 0.5% | -0.14% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 101,837 | 0.47% | -0.09% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 101,807 | 0.45% | -0.03% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 101,806 | 0.43% | -0.001% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 101,833 | 0.42% | 0.03% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 101,895 | 0.41% | 0.06% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 101,993 | 0.39% | 0.1% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 102,173 | 0.38% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 102,367 | 0.36% | 0.19% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 102,568 | 0.34% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 102,805 | 0.33% | 0.23% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 103,038 | 0.31% | 0.23% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 103,306 | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 103,612 | 0.27% | 0.3% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 103,928 | 0.25% | 0.3% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 104,232 | 0.23% | 0.29% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 104,502 | 0.2% | 0.26% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 104,744 | 0.18% | 0.23% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 104,975 | 0.14% | 0.22% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 105,193 | 0.11% | 0.21% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.
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Population differences between Iran and Tonga
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 27.9 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 21.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 47.2:52.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 3.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 375 ppl/mi² |
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