The latest officially reported population of Iran was 91,567,738 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Iran's population is 93,020,793 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 2.36 times bigger than Ukraine's.
- Iran is ranked the 17th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
- The countries together account for 1.6% of the world: 1.13% for Iran vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
- For the last 10 years, Iran has had an average growth rate of +1.19% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
- Since 2005, the population of Iran has increased from 71.8M people to 93M (29.5% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
- Iran is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 102M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.
Iran vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
93020793
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39426577
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| Population rank | 17/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.13% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
32.9 seconds
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
26.9 seconds
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
1.24 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.76 minutes
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +190,156 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,627 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | +959,031 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.06% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 100/197 | 146/197 |
Iran and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 21,470,434 | 42,824,093 | - | - |
| 1961 | 22,125,726 | 43,399,766 | 3.05% | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 22,807,907 | 43,943,674 | 3.08% | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 23,519,005 | 44,462,372 | 3.12% | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 24,262,859 | 44,951,156 | 3.16% | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 25,036,978 | 45,386,892 | 3.19% | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 25,829,270 | 45,802,519 | 3.16% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 26,628,432 | 46,215,988 | 3.09% | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 27,437,391 | 46,614,325 | 3.04% | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 28,273,482 | 46,976,256 | 3.05% | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 29,145,100 | 47,261,306 | 3.08% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 30,029,071 | 47,573,287 | 3.03% | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 30,921,179 | 47,946,893 | 2.97% | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 31,839,838 | 48,277,121 | 2.97% | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 32,796,463 | 48,576,570 | 3% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 33,802,973 | 48,865,229 | 3.07% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 34,837,271 | 49,120,842 | 3.06% | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 35,933,181 | 49,336,481 | 3.15% | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 37,126,535 | 49,521,243 | 3.32% | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 38,424,952 | 49,721,381 | 3.5% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 39,842,324 | 49,955,152 | 3.69% | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 41,989,312 | 50,189,281 | 5.39% | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 44,272,141 | 50,402,724 | 5.44% | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 46,029,535 | 50,637,029 | 3.97% | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 47,793,998 | 50,887,599 | 3.83% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 49,582,289 | 51,108,770 | 3.74% | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 51,446,045 | 51,318,745 | 3.76% | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 53,323,493 | 51,515,732 | 3.65% | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 55,072,694 | 51,724,853 | 3.28% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 56,704,914 | 51,917,817 | 2.96% | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 58,380,092 | 52,054,092 | 2.95% | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 59,986,931 | 52,170,961 | 2.75% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 61,184,983 | 52,323,671 | 2% | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 61,403,543 | 52,350,126 | 0.36% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 61,520,598 | 52,075,998 | 0.19% | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 62,205,567 | 51,665,539 | 1.11% | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 62,881,300 | 51,226,109 | 1.09% | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 63,639,638 | 50,786,885 | 1.21% | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 64,519,859 | 50,379,731 | 1.38% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 65,445,391 | 49,976,446 | 1.43% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 66,418,659 | 49,556,660 | 1.49% | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 67,452,005 | 49,106,855 | 1.56% | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 68,011,317 | 48,677,281 | 0.83% | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 68,769,340 | 48,315,136 | 1.11% | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 70,256,316 | 47,979,507 | 2.16% | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 71,828,455 | 47,585,556 | 2.24% | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 73,392,747 | 47,278,694 | 2.18% | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 74,602,648 | 47,062,798 | 1.65% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 75,514,204 | 46,819,175 | 1.22% | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 76,457,825 | 46,623,731 | 1.25% | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 77,420,842 | 46,456,003 | 1.26% | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 78,383,598 | 46,307,853 | 1.24% | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 79,370,580 | 46,210,056 | 1.26% | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 80,414,686 | 46,126,770 | 1.32% | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 81,502,045 | 45,972,380 | 1.35% | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 82,619,362 | 45,784,896 | 1.37% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 83,812,228 | 45,616,832 | 1.44% | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 85,026,754 | 45,436,041 | 1.45% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 86,117,998 | 45,208,907 | 1.28% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 87,051,648 | 44,957,458 | 1.08% | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 87,723,443 | 44,680,014 | 0.77% | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 88,455,488 | 44,298,640 | 0.83% | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 89,524,246 | 41,048,766 | 1.21% | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 90,608,707 | 37,732,836 | 1.21% | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 91,567,738 | 37,860,221 | 1.06% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 92,417,685 | 38,980,379 | 0.93% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 93,168,494 | 39,535,850 | 0.81% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 93,838,646 | 39,245,208 | 0.72% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 94,440,024 | 38,952,086 | 0.64% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 94,985,102 | 38,654,416 | 0.58% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 95,486,672 | 38,353,848 | 0.53% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 95,960,723 | 38,050,624 | 0.5% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 96,415,457 | 37,746,688 | 0.47% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 96,850,659 | 37,442,088 | 0.45% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 97,271,044 | 37,135,839 | 0.43% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 97,679,258 | 36,828,149 | 0.42% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 98,075,324 | 36,519,767 | 0.41% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 98,458,805 | 36,209,679 | 0.39% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 98,828,318 | 35,897,705 | 0.38% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 99,182,806 | 35,584,263 | 0.36% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 99,524,286 | 35,270,911 | 0.34% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 99,853,719 | 34,957,580 | 0.33% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 100,167,076 | 34,641,778 | 0.31% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 100,462,092 | 34,324,132 | 0.29% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 100,737,592 | 34,004,074 | 0.27% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 100,990,622 | 33,680,448 | 0.25% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 101,219,689 | 33,351,499 | 0.23% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 101,424,009 | 33,017,828 | 0.2% | -1% |
| 2048 | 101,601,932 | 32,680,968 | 0.18% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 101,748,544 | 32,338,515 | 0.14% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 101,862,002 | 31,990,136 | 0.11% | -1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).
Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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Population differences between Iran and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 74.9 years |
| Average age | 34.3 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 34.3 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.8:49.2 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.7 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 146.2 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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