Population in Iran compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	United Kingdom	Iran	United Kingdom
1960	21,470,434	52,400,000	-	-
1961	22,125,726	52,800,000	3.05%	0.76%
1962	22,807,907	53,250,000	3.08%	0.85%
1963	23,519,005	53,650,000	3.12%	0.75%
1964	24,262,859	54,000,000	3.16%	0.65%
1965	25,036,978	54,348,050	3.19%	0.64%
1966	25,829,270	54,648,500	3.16%	0.55%
1967	26,628,432	54,943,600	3.09%	0.54%
1968	27,437,391	55,211,700	3.04%	0.49%
1969	28,273,482	55,441,750	3.05%	0.42%
1970	29,145,100	55,663,250	3.08%	0.4%
1971	30,029,071	55,896,223	3.03%	0.42%
1972	30,921,179	56,086,065	2.97%	0.34%
1973	31,839,838	56,194,527	2.97%	0.19%
1974	32,796,463	56,229,974	3%	0.06%
1975	33,802,973	56,225,800	3.07%	-0.007%
1976	34,837,271	56,211,968	3.06%	-0.02%
1977	35,933,181	56,193,492	3.15%	-0.03%
1978	37,126,535	56,196,504	3.32%	0.005%
1979	38,424,952	56,246,951	3.5%	0.09%
1980	39,842,324	56,314,216	3.69%	0.12%
1981	41,989,312	56,333,829	5.39%	0.03%
1982	44,272,141	56,313,641	5.44%	-0.04%
1983	46,029,535	56,332,848	3.97%	0.03%
1984	47,793,998	56,422,072	3.83%	0.16%
1985	49,582,289	56,550,268	3.74%	0.23%
1986	51,446,045	56,681,396	3.76%	0.23%
1987	53,323,493	56,802,050	3.65%	0.21%
1988	55,072,694	56,928,327	3.28%	0.22%
1989	56,704,914	57,076,711	2.96%	0.26%
1990	58,380,092	57,247,586	2.95%	0.3%
1991	59,986,931	57,424,897	2.75%	0.31%
1992	61,184,983	57,580,402	2%	0.27%
1993	61,403,543	57,718,614	0.36%	0.24%
1994	61,520,598	57,865,745	0.19%	0.25%
1995	62,205,567	58,019,030	1.11%	0.26%
1996	62,881,300	58,166,950	1.09%	0.25%
1997	63,639,638	58,316,954	1.21%	0.26%
1998	64,519,859	58,487,141	1.38%	0.29%
1999	65,445,391	58,682,466	1.43%	0.33%
2000	66,418,659	58,892,514	1.49%	0.36%
2001	67,452,005	59,119,673	1.56%	0.39%
2002	68,011,317	59,370,479	0.83%	0.42%
2003	68,769,340	59,647,577	1.11%	0.47%
2004	70,256,316	59,987,905	2.16%	0.57%
2005	71,828,455	60,401,206	2.24%	0.69%
2006	73,392,747	60,846,820	2.18%	0.74%
2007	74,602,648	61,322,463	1.65%	0.78%
2008	75,514,204	61,806,995	1.22%	0.79%
2009	76,457,825	62,276,270	1.25%	0.76%
2010	77,420,842	62,766,365	1.26%	0.79%
2011	78,383,598	63,258,810	1.24%	0.78%
2012	79,370,580	63,711,000	1.26%	0.71%
2013	80,414,686	64,139,000	1.32%	0.67%
2014	81,502,045	64,620,000	1.35%	0.75%
2015	82,619,362	65,088,000	1.37%	0.72%
2016	83,812,228	65,607,000	1.44%	0.8%
2017	85,026,754	65,966,000	1.45%	0.55%
2018	86,117,998	66,289,000	1.28%	0.49%
2019	87,051,648	66,631,000	1.08%	0.52%
2020	87,723,443	66,744,000	0.77%	0.17%
2021	88,455,488	66,984,000	0.83%	0.36%
2022	89,524,246	67,604,000	1.21%	0.93%
2023	90,608,707	68,492,000	1.21%	1.31%
2024	91,567,738	69,226,000	1.06%	1.07%
2025	92,417,685	69,639,673	0.93%	0.6%
2026	93,168,494	70,020,350	0.81%	0.55%
2027	93,838,646	70,382,853	0.72%	0.52%
2028	94,440,024	70,732,699	0.64%	0.5%
2029	94,985,102	71,061,482	0.58%	0.46%
2030	95,486,672	71,377,535	0.53%	0.44%
2031	95,960,723	71,678,351	0.5%	0.42%
2032	96,415,457	71,959,934	0.47%	0.39%
2033	96,850,659	72,234,509	0.45%	0.38%
2034	97,271,044	72,497,650	0.43%	0.36%
2035	97,679,258	72,749,096	0.42%	0.35%
2036	98,075,324	72,990,847	0.41%	0.33%
2037	98,458,805	73,218,850	0.39%	0.31%
2038	98,828,318	73,441,349	0.38%	0.3%
2039	99,182,806	73,658,392	0.36%	0.3%
2040	99,524,286	73,868,334	0.34%	0.29%
2041	99,853,719	74,074,316	0.33%	0.28%
2042	100,167,076	74,275,779	0.31%	0.27%
2043	100,462,092	74,475,035	0.29%	0.27%
2044	100,737,592	74,667,284	0.27%	0.26%
2045	100,990,622	74,848,605	0.25%	0.24%
2046	101,219,689	75,020,949	0.23%	0.23%
2047	101,424,009	75,184,478	0.2%	0.22%
2048	101,601,932	75,337,543	0.18%	0.2%
2049	101,748,544	75,476,141	0.14%	0.18%
2050	101,862,002	75,600,588	0.11%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.