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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	United States	Iran	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	21,470,434	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	22,125,726	183,691,481	3.05%	1.67%
1962	22,807,907	186,537,737	3.08%	1.55%
1963	23,519,005	189,241,798	3.12%	1.45%
1964	24,262,859	191,888,791	3.16%	1.4%
1965	25,036,978	194,302,963	3.19%	1.26%
1966	25,829,270	196,560,338	3.16%	1.16%
1967	26,628,432	198,712,056	3.09%	1.09%
1968	27,437,391	200,706,052	3.04%	1%
1969	28,273,482	202,676,946	3.05%	0.98%
1970	29,145,100	205,052,174	3.08%	1.17%
1971	30,029,071	207,660,677	3.03%	1.27%
1972	30,921,179	209,896,021	2.97%	1.08%
1973	31,839,838	211,908,788	2.97%	0.96%
1974	32,796,463	213,853,928	3%	0.92%
1975	33,802,973	215,973,199	3.07%	0.99%
1976	34,837,271	218,035,164	3.06%	0.95%
1977	35,933,181	220,239,425	3.15%	1.01%
1978	37,126,535	222,584,545	3.32%	1.06%
1979	38,424,952	225,055,487	3.5%	1.11%
1980	39,842,324	226,542,250	3.69%	0.66%
1981	41,989,312	229,465,744	5.39%	1.29%
1982	44,272,141	231,664,432	5.44%	0.96%
1983	46,029,535	233,792,014	3.97%	0.92%
1984	47,793,998	235,824,908	3.83%	0.87%
1985	49,582,289	237,923,734	3.74%	0.89%
1986	51,446,045	240,132,831	3.76%	0.93%
1987	53,323,493	242,288,936	3.65%	0.9%
1988	55,072,694	244,499,004	3.28%	0.91%
1989	56,704,914	246,819,222	2.96%	0.95%
1990	58,380,092	250,131,894	2.95%	1.34%
1991	59,986,931	253,492,503	2.75%	1.34%
1992	61,184,983	256,894,189	2%	1.34%
1993	61,403,543	260,255,352	0.36%	1.31%
1994	61,520,598	263,435,673	0.19%	1.22%
1995	62,205,567	266,557,091	1.11%	1.18%
1996	62,881,300	269,667,391	1.09%	1.17%
1997	63,639,638	272,911,760	1.21%	1.2%
1998	64,519,859	276,115,288	1.38%	1.17%
1999	65,445,391	279,294,713	1.43%	1.15%
2000	66,418,659	282,162,411	1.49%	1.03%
2001	67,452,005	284,968,955	1.56%	0.99%
2002	68,011,317	287,625,193	0.83%	0.93%
2003	68,769,340	290,107,933	1.11%	0.86%
2004	70,256,316	292,805,298	2.16%	0.93%
2005	71,828,455	295,516,599	2.24%	0.93%
2006	73,392,747	298,379,912	2.18%	0.97%
2007	74,602,648	301,231,207	1.65%	0.96%
2008	75,514,204	304,093,966	1.22%	0.95%
2009	76,457,825	306,771,529	1.25%	0.88%
2010	77,420,842	309,327,143	1.26%	0.83%
2011	78,383,598	311,583,481	1.24%	0.73%
2012	79,370,580	313,877,662	1.26%	0.74%
2013	80,414,686	316,059,947	1.32%	0.7%
2014	81,502,045	318,386,329	1.35%	0.74%
2015	82,619,362	320,738,994	1.37%	0.74%
2016	83,812,228	323,071,755	1.44%	0.73%
2017	85,026,754	325,122,128	1.45%	0.63%
2018	86,117,998	326,838,199	1.28%	0.53%
2019	87,051,648	328,329,953	1.08%	0.46%
2020	87,723,443	331,526,933	0.77%	0.97%
2021	88,455,488	331,893,745	0.83%	0.11%
2022	89,524,246	333,271,411	1.21%	0.42%
2023	90,608,707	334,914,895	1.21%	0.49%
2024	91,567,738	340,110,988	1.06%	1.55%
2025	92,417,685	341,931,772	0.93%	0.54%
2026	93,168,494	343,664,369	0.81%	0.51%
2027	93,838,646	345,331,185	0.72%	0.49%
2028	94,440,024	346,981,137	0.64%	0.48%
2029	94,985,102	348,601,982	0.58%	0.47%
2030	95,486,672	350,176,974	0.53%	0.45%
2031	95,960,723	351,725,612	0.5%	0.44%
2032	96,415,457	353,249,060	0.47%	0.43%
2033	96,850,659	354,749,644	0.45%	0.42%
2034	97,271,044	356,234,239	0.43%	0.42%
2035	97,679,258	357,694,316	0.42%	0.41%
2036	98,075,324	359,119,002	0.41%	0.4%
2037	98,458,805	360,517,853	0.39%	0.39%
2038	98,828,318	361,895,407	0.38%	0.38%
2039	99,182,806	363,229,908	0.36%	0.37%
2040	99,524,286	364,512,364	0.34%	0.35%
2041	99,853,719	365,753,139	0.33%	0.34%
2042	100,167,076	366,969,419	0.31%	0.33%
2043	100,462,092	368,146,925	0.29%	0.32%
2044	100,737,592	369,258,123	0.27%	0.3%
2045	100,990,622	370,318,770	0.25%	0.29%
2046	101,219,689	371,328,255	0.23%	0.27%
2047	101,424,009	372,299,116	0.2%	0.26%
2048	101,601,932	373,230,539	0.18%	0.25%
2049	101,748,544	374,119,803	0.14%	0.24%
2050	101,862,002	374,986,259	0.11%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.