Population in Iran compared to Yemen: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iran and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Yemen	Iran	Yemen
1960	21,470,434	5,532,301	-	-
1961	22,125,726	5,655,232	3.05%	2.22%
1962	22,807,907	5,782,221	3.08%	2.25%
1963	23,519,005	5,911,135	3.12%	2.23%
1964	24,262,859	6,048,006	3.16%	2.32%
1965	25,036,978	6,195,593	3.19%	2.44%
1966	25,829,270	6,351,494	3.16%	2.52%
1967	26,628,432	6,516,444	3.09%	2.6%
1968	27,437,391	6,690,524	3.04%	2.67%
1969	28,273,482	6,875,859	3.05%	2.77%
1970	29,145,100	7,065,279	3.08%	2.75%
1971	30,029,071	7,257,462	3.03%	2.72%
1972	30,921,179	7,460,068	2.97%	2.79%
1973	31,839,838	7,672,796	2.97%	2.85%
1974	32,796,463	7,896,783	3%	2.92%
1975	33,802,973	8,133,598	3.07%	3%
1976	34,837,271	8,384,113	3.06%	3.08%
1977	35,933,181	8,648,222	3.15%	3.15%
1978	37,126,535	8,926,586	3.32%	3.22%
1979	38,424,952	9,224,194	3.5%	3.33%
1980	39,842,324	9,543,358	3.69%	3.46%
1981	41,989,312	9,882,362	5.39%	3.55%
1982	44,272,141	10,241,006	5.44%	3.63%
1983	46,029,535	10,621,499	3.97%	3.72%
1984	47,793,998	11,025,597	3.83%	3.8%
1985	49,582,289	11,453,825	3.74%	3.88%
1986	51,446,045	11,901,040	3.76%	3.9%
1987	53,323,493	12,369,912	3.65%	3.94%
1988	55,072,694	12,859,708	3.28%	3.96%
1989	56,704,914	13,364,174	2.96%	3.92%
1990	58,380,092	13,887,862	2.95%	3.92%
1991	59,986,931	14,430,201	2.75%	3.91%
1992	61,184,983	14,989,494	2%	3.88%
1993	61,403,543	15,563,914	0.36%	3.83%
1994	61,520,598	16,149,147	0.19%	3.76%
1995	62,205,567	16,740,058	1.11%	3.66%
1996	62,881,300	17,313,177	1.09%	3.42%
1997	63,639,638	17,873,936	1.21%	3.24%
1998	64,519,859	18,446,013	1.38%	3.2%
1999	65,445,391	19,029,420	1.43%	3.16%
2000	66,418,659	19,624,141	1.49%	3.13%
2001	67,452,005	20,226,147	1.56%	3.07%
2002	68,011,317	20,835,086	0.83%	3.01%
2003	68,769,340	21,456,379	1.11%	2.98%
2004	70,256,316	22,095,167	2.16%	2.98%
2005	71,828,455	22,790,085	2.24%	3.15%
2006	73,392,747	23,543,083	2.18%	3.3%
2007	74,602,648	24,318,082	1.65%	3.29%
2008	75,514,204	25,111,941	1.22%	3.26%
2009	76,457,825	25,927,724	1.25%	3.25%
2010	77,420,842	26,754,387	1.26%	3.19%
2011	78,383,598	27,582,897	1.24%	3.1%
2012	79,370,580	28,433,647	1.26%	3.08%
2013	80,414,686	29,312,952	1.32%	3.09%
2014	81,502,045	30,226,309	1.35%	3.12%
2015	82,619,362	31,159,379	1.37%	3.09%
2016	83,812,228	32,109,010	1.44%	3.05%
2017	85,026,754	33,090,921	1.45%	3.06%
2018	86,117,998	34,085,182	1.28%	3%
2019	87,051,648	35,111,408	1.08%	3.01%
2020	87,723,443	36,134,863	0.77%	2.91%
2021	88,455,488	37,140,230	0.83%	2.78%
2022	89,524,246	38,222,876	1.21%	2.92%
2023	90,608,707	39,390,799	1.21%	3.06%
2024	91,567,738	40,583,164	1.06%	3.03%
2025	92,417,685	41,773,871	0.93%	2.93%
2026	93,168,494	42,961,650	0.81%	2.84%
2027	93,838,646	44,145,620	0.72%	2.76%
2028	94,440,024	45,323,685	0.64%	2.67%
2029	94,985,102	46,497,573	0.58%	2.59%
2030	95,486,672	47,667,649	0.53%	2.52%
2031	95,960,723	48,827,503	0.5%	2.43%
2032	96,415,457	49,979,089	0.47%	2.36%
2033	96,850,659	51,129,867	0.45%	2.3%
2034	97,271,044	52,279,989	0.43%	2.25%
2035	97,679,258	53,429,308	0.42%	2.2%
2036	98,075,324	54,578,046	0.41%	2.15%
2037	98,458,805	55,724,259	0.39%	2.1%
2038	98,828,318	56,872,152	0.38%	2.06%
2039	99,182,806	58,024,713	0.36%	2.03%
2040	99,524,286	59,181,514	0.34%	1.99%
2041	99,853,719	60,345,667	0.33%	1.97%
2042	100,167,076	61,517,965	0.31%	1.94%
2043	100,462,092	62,696,517	0.29%	1.92%
2044	100,737,592	63,880,172	0.27%	1.89%
2045	100,990,622	65,066,344	0.25%	1.86%
2046	101,219,689	66,253,578	0.23%	1.82%
2047	101,424,009	67,438,796	0.2%	1.79%
2048	101,601,932	68,620,844	0.18%	1.75%
2049	101,748,544	69,799,794	0.14%	1.72%
2050	101,862,002	70,976,389	0.11%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Iran increased by 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Iran gained 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2006 and is still 17th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.