Population in Iran compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Vatican	Iran	Vatican
1960	21,470,434	-	-	-
1961	22,125,726	-	3.05%	-
1962	22,807,907	-	3.08%	-
1963	23,519,005	-	3.12%	-
1964	24,262,859	-	3.16%	-
1965	25,036,978	-	3.19%	-
1966	25,829,270	-	3.16%	-
1967	26,628,432	-	3.09%	-
1968	27,437,391	-	3.04%	-
1969	28,273,482	-	3.05%	-
1970	29,145,100	-	3.08%	-
1971	30,029,071	-	3.03%	-
1972	30,921,179	-	2.97%	-
1973	31,839,838	-	2.97%	-
1974	32,796,463	-	3%	-
1975	33,802,973	-	3.07%	-
1976	34,837,271	-	3.06%	-
1977	35,933,181	-	3.15%	-
1978	37,126,535	-	3.32%	-
1979	38,424,952	-	3.5%	-
1980	39,842,324	-	3.69%	-
1981	41,989,312	-	5.39%	-
1982	44,272,141	-	5.44%	-
1983	46,029,535	-	3.97%	-
1984	47,793,998	-	3.83%	-
1985	49,582,289	-	3.74%	-
1986	51,446,045	-	3.76%	-
1987	53,323,493	-	3.65%	-
1988	55,072,694	-	3.28%	-
1989	56,704,914	-	2.96%	-
1990	58,380,092	-	2.95%	-
1991	59,986,931	-	2.75%	-
1992	61,184,983	-	2%	-
1993	61,403,543	-	0.36%	-
1994	61,520,598	-	0.19%	-
1995	62,205,567	-	1.11%	-
1996	62,881,300	-	1.09%	-
1997	63,639,638	-	1.21%	-
1998	64,519,859	-	1.38%	-
1999	65,445,391	-	1.43%	-
2000	66,418,659	880	1.49%	-
2001	67,452,005	890	1.56%	1.14%
2002	68,011,317	900	0.83%	1.12%
2003	68,769,340	911	1.11%	1.22%
2004	70,256,316	921	2.16%	1.1%
2005	71,828,455	921	2.24%	0%
2006	73,392,747	932	2.18%	1.19%
2007	74,602,648	821	1.65%	-11.9%
2008	75,514,204	824	1.22%	0.37%
2009	76,457,825	826	1.25%	0.24%
2010	77,420,842	829	1.26%	0.36%
2011	78,383,598	832	1.24%	0.36%
2012	79,370,580	836	1.26%	0.48%
2013	80,414,686	839	1.32%	0.36%
2014	81,502,045	842	1.35%	0.36%
2015	82,619,362	1,000	1.37%	18.8%
2016	83,812,228	-	1.44%	0%
2017	85,026,754	1,000	1.45%	0%
2018	86,117,998	-	1.28%	0%
2019	87,051,648	1,000	1.08%	0%
2020	87,723,443	987	0.77%	-1.29%
2021	88,455,488	970	0.83%	-1.68%
2022	89,524,246	944	1.21%	-2.66%
2023	90,608,707	922	1.21%	-2.34%
2024	91,567,738	933	1.06%	1.2%
2025	92,417,685	939	0.93%	0.59%
2026	93,168,494	952	0.81%	1.37%
2027	93,838,646	974	0.72%	2.32%
2028	94,440,024	985	0.64%	1.13%
2029	94,985,102	983	0.58%	-0.19%
2030	95,486,672	976	0.53%	-0.75%
2031	95,960,723	968	0.5%	-0.75%
2032	96,415,457	968	0.47%	0%
2033	96,850,659	988	0.45%	2.09%
2034	97,271,044	992	0.43%	0.37%
2035	97,679,258	1,000	0.42%	0.74%
2036	98,075,324	998	0.41%	-0.18%
2037	98,458,805	1,003	0.39%	0.55%
2038	98,828,318	1,022	0.38%	1.83%
2039	99,182,806	1,060	0.36%	3.78%
2040	99,524,286	1,095	0.34%	3.3%
2041	99,853,719	1,127	0.33%	2.86%
2042	100,167,076	1,149	0.31%	1.96%
2043	100,462,092	1,169	0.29%	1.76%
2044	100,737,592	1,186	0.27%	1.42%
2045	100,990,622	1,209	0.25%	2.02%
2046	101,219,689	1,224	0.23%	1.22%
2047	101,424,009	1,248	0.2%	1.95%
2048	101,601,932	1,272	0.18%	1.92%
2049	101,748,544	1,296	0.14%	1.88%
2050	101,862,002	1,325	0.11%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.