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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iran	Zambia	Iran	Zambia
1960	21,470,434	3,153,729	-	-
1961	22,125,726	3,254,086	3.05%	3.18%
1962	22,807,907	3,358,099	3.08%	3.2%
1963	23,519,005	3,465,907	3.12%	3.21%
1964	24,262,859	3,577,017	3.16%	3.21%
1965	25,036,978	3,692,086	3.19%	3.22%
1966	25,829,270	3,812,003	3.16%	3.25%
1967	26,628,432	3,936,343	3.09%	3.26%
1968	27,437,391	4,065,593	3.04%	3.28%
1969	28,273,482	4,197,116	3.05%	3.24%
1970	29,145,100	4,321,718	3.08%	2.97%
1971	30,029,071	4,442,525	3.03%	2.8%
1972	30,921,179	4,569,309	2.97%	2.85%
1973	31,839,838	4,702,693	2.97%	2.92%
1974	32,796,463	4,842,746	3%	2.98%
1975	33,802,973	4,990,086	3.07%	3.04%
1976	34,837,271	5,143,842	3.06%	3.08%
1977	35,933,181	5,302,480	3.15%	3.08%
1978	37,126,535	5,465,374	3.32%	3.07%
1979	38,424,952	5,631,728	3.5%	3.04%
1980	39,842,324	5,802,833	3.69%	3.04%
1981	41,989,312	5,983,289	5.39%	3.11%
1982	44,272,141	6,178,637	5.44%	3.26%
1983	46,029,535	6,381,038	3.97%	3.28%
1984	47,793,998	6,580,490	3.83%	3.13%
1985	49,582,289	6,780,953	3.74%	3.05%
1986	51,446,045	6,986,471	3.76%	3.03%
1987	53,323,493	7,191,282	3.65%	2.93%
1988	55,072,694	7,391,440	3.28%	2.78%
1989	56,704,914	7,589,216	2.96%	2.68%
1990	58,380,092	7,786,169	2.95%	2.6%
1991	59,986,931	7,981,650	2.75%	2.51%
1992	61,184,983	8,176,680	2%	2.44%
1993	61,403,543	8,373,921	0.36%	2.41%
1994	61,520,598	8,576,269	0.19%	2.42%
1995	62,205,567	8,785,763	1.11%	2.44%
1996	62,881,300	9,004,053	1.09%	2.48%
1997	63,639,638	9,237,063	1.21%	2.59%
1998	64,519,859	9,482,408	1.38%	2.66%
1999	65,445,391	9,740,005	1.43%	2.72%
2000	66,418,659	10,017,631	1.49%	2.85%
2001	67,452,005	10,325,185	1.56%	3.07%
2002	68,011,317	10,647,949	0.83%	3.13%
2003	68,769,340	10,983,595	1.11%	3.15%
2004	70,256,316	11,338,198	2.16%	3.23%
2005	71,828,455	11,718,819	2.24%	3.36%
2006	73,392,747	12,129,553	2.18%	3.5%
2007	74,602,648	12,565,085	1.65%	3.59%
2008	75,514,204	13,021,324	1.22%	3.63%
2009	76,457,825	13,490,389	1.25%	3.6%
2010	77,420,842	13,965,594	1.26%	3.52%
2011	78,383,598	14,437,796	1.24%	3.38%
2012	79,370,580	14,913,629	1.26%	3.3%
2013	80,414,686	15,398,997	1.32%	3.25%
2014	81,502,045	15,895,315	1.35%	3.22%
2015	82,619,362	16,399,089	1.37%	3.17%
2016	83,812,228	16,914,423	1.44%	3.14%
2017	85,026,754	17,441,320	1.45%	3.12%
2018	86,117,998	17,973,569	1.28%	3.05%
2019	87,051,648	18,513,839	1.08%	3.01%
2020	87,723,443	19,059,395	0.77%	2.95%
2021	88,455,488	19,603,607	0.83%	2.86%
2022	89,524,246	20,152,938	1.21%	2.8%
2023	90,608,707	20,723,965	1.21%	2.83%
2024	91,567,738	21,314,956	1.06%	2.85%
2025	92,417,685	21,913,869	0.93%	2.81%
2026	93,168,494	22,521,905	0.81%	2.77%
2027	93,838,646	23,138,716	0.72%	2.74%
2028	94,440,024	23,761,368	0.64%	2.69%
2029	94,985,102	24,389,681	0.58%	2.64%
2030	95,486,672	25,024,887	0.53%	2.6%
2031	95,960,723	25,666,496	0.5%	2.56%
2032	96,415,457	26,311,946	0.47%	2.51%
2033	96,850,659	26,960,073	0.45%	2.46%
2034	97,271,044	27,611,621	0.43%	2.42%
2035	97,679,258	28,266,887	0.42%	2.37%
2036	98,075,324	28,925,103	0.41%	2.33%
2037	98,458,805	29,583,482	0.39%	2.28%
2038	98,828,318	30,240,549	0.38%	2.22%
2039	99,182,806	30,895,586	0.36%	2.17%
2040	99,524,286	31,550,394	0.34%	2.12%
2041	99,853,719	32,204,340	0.33%	2.07%
2042	100,167,076	32,856,596	0.31%	2.03%
2043	100,462,092	33,510,500	0.29%	1.99%
2044	100,737,592	34,165,920	0.27%	1.96%
2045	100,990,622	34,821,101	0.25%	1.92%
2046	101,219,689	35,475,795	0.23%	1.88%
2047	101,424,009	36,129,270	0.2%	1.84%
2048	101,601,932	36,782,260	0.18%	1.81%
2049	101,748,544	37,434,667	0.14%	1.77%
2050	101,862,002	38,083,369	0.11%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iran increased by 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iran gained 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Iran was ranked 17th most populous country in 2005 and is still 17th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.