Population of Iran

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Mar 2026

Iran Population (LIVE)

93,016,690

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As of April 14, 2026, Iran’s population is estimated at 93,016,016, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of Iran is projected at 93,168,497, or 93.17 million, compared to 92,417,681, or 92.42 million, on July 1, 2025.

Iran is the ninth-most populous country in Asia and is in the 17th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Iran population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	16,307,928	16,510,553	405,249	2.455	0.66
1951	16,713,177	16,921,274	416,195	2.460	0.67
1952	17,129,372	17,344,433	430,123	2.480	0.67
1953	17,559,495	17,778,114	437,239	2.460	0.67
1954	17,996,734	18,226,199	458,930	2.518	0.68
1955	18,455,664	18,700,802	490,276	2.622	0.68
1956	18,945,940	19,204,386	516,892	2.692	0.69
1957	19,462,832	19,726,842	528,020	2.677	0.69
1958	19,990,852	20,266,511	551,317	2.721	0.70
1959	20,542,169	20,846,775	609,213	2.923	0.70
1960	21,151,382	21,470,434	638,104	2.972	0.71
1961	21,789,486	22,125,726	672,479	3.040	0.72
1962	22,461,965	22,807,907	691,884	3.034	0.73
1963	23,153,849	23,519,005	730,313	3.105	0.74
1964	23,884,162	24,262,859	757,394	3.122	0.74
1965	24,641,556	25,036,978	790,844	3.159	0.75
1966	25,432,400	25,829,270	793,740	3.073	0.76
1967	26,226,140	26,628,432	804,585	3.022	0.77
1968	27,030,725	27,437,391	813,331	2.965	0.77
1969	27,844,056	28,273,482	858,851	3.038	0.78
1970	28,702,907	29,145,100	884,385	3.035	0.79
1971	29,587,292	30,029,071	883,557	2.943	0.80
1972	30,470,849	30,921,179	900,659	2.913	0.80
1973	31,371,508	31,839,838	936,659	2.942	0.81
1974	32,308,167	32,796,463	976,592	2.978	0.82
1975	33,284,759	33,802,973	1,036,428	3.066	0.83
1976	34,321,187	34,837,271	1,032,168	2.963	0.84
1977	35,353,355	35,933,181	1,159,651	3.228	0.85
1978	36,513,006	37,126,535	1,227,057	3.305	0.86
1979	37,740,063	38,424,952	1,369,779	3.565	0.88
1980	39,109,842	39,842,324	1,464,964	3.677	0.90
1981	40,574,806	41,989,312	2,829,012	6.740	0.93
1982	43,403,818	44,272,141	1,736,645	3.923	0.96
1983	45,140,463	46,029,535	1,778,144	3.864	0.98
1984	46,918,607	47,793,998	1,750,782	3.664	1.00
1985	48,669,389	49,582,289	1,825,800	3.683	1.02
1986	50,495,189	51,446,045	1,901,712	3.697	1.04
1987	52,396,901	53,323,493	1,853,183	3.476	1.06
1988	54,250,084	55,072,694	1,645,221	2.988	1.07
1989	55,895,305	56,704,914	1,619,217	2.856	1.08
1990	57,514,522	58,380,092	1,731,139	2.966	1.10
1991	59,245,661	59,986,931	1,482,539	2.472	1.11
1992	60,728,200	61,184,983	913,566	1.493	1.11
1993	61,641,766	61,403,543	-476,445	-0.776	1.10
1994	61,165,321	61,520,598	710,554	1.155	1.08
1995	61,875,875	62,205,567	659,384	1.060	1.08
1996	62,535,259	62,881,300	692,081	1.101	1.08
1997	63,227,340	63,639,638	824,596	1.296	1.07
1998	64,051,936	64,519,859	935,846	1.451	1.07
1999	64,987,782	65,445,391	915,217	1.398	1.07
2000	65,902,999	66,418,659	1,031,320	1.553	1.08
2001	66,934,319	67,452,005	1,035,372	1.535	1.08
2002	67,969,691	68,011,317	83,252	0.122	1.07
2003	68,052,943	68,769,340	1,432,794	2.084	1.07
2004	69,485,737	70,256,316	1,541,158	2.194	1.08
2005	71,026,895	71,828,455	1,603,120	2.232	1.09
2006	72,630,015	73,392,747	1,525,464	2.079	1.10
2007	74,155,479	74,602,648	894,337	1.199	1.10
2008	75,049,816	75,514,204	928,775	1.230	1.10
2009	75,978,591	76,457,825	958,468	1.254	1.10
2010	76,937,059	77,420,842	967,567	1.250	1.10
2011	77,904,626	78,383,598	957,945	1.222	1.10
2012	78,862,571	79,370,580	1,016,017	1.280	1.10
2013	79,878,588	80,414,686	1,072,195	1.333	1.10
2014	80,950,783	81,502,045	1,102,525	1.353	1.10
2015	82,053,308	82,619,362	1,132,108	1.370	1.11
2016	83,185,416	83,812,228	1,253,624	1.496	1.11
2017	84,439,040	85,026,754	1,175,428	1.382	1.11
2018	85,614,468	86,117,998	1,007,060	1.169	1.11
2019	86,621,528	87,051,648	860,239	0.988	1.11
2020	87,481,767	87,723,443	483,352	0.551	1.11
2021	87,965,119	88,455,488	980,737	1.109	1.11
2022	88,945,856	89,524,246	1,156,781	1.292	1.12
2023	90,102,637	90,608,707	1,012,140	1.117	1.12

Iran population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	91,114,777	91,567,738	905,921	0.989	1.12
2025	92,020,698	92,417,681	793,966	0.859	1.12
2026	92,814,664	93,168,497	707,667	0.760	1.12
2027	93,522,331	93,838,645	632,629	0.674	1.12
2028	94,154,960	94,440,023	570,127	0.604	1.12
2029	94,725,087	94,985,098	520,023	0.547	1.12
2030	95,245,110	95,486,667	483,113	0.506	1.11
2031	95,728,223	95,960,728	465,010	0.485	1.11
2032	96,193,233	96,415,461	444,456	0.461	1.11
2033	96,637,689	96,850,652	425,925	0.440	1.11
2034	97,063,614	97,271,049	414,871	0.427	1.10
2035	97,478,485	97,679,252	401,534	0.411	1.10
2036	97,880,019	98,075,326	390,613	0.398	1.10
2037	98,270,632	98,458,806	376,347	0.382	1.09
2038	98,646,979	98,828,319	362,681	0.367	1.09
2039	99,009,660	99,182,803	346,285	0.349	1.09
2040	99,355,945	99,524,277	336,665	0.338	1.08
2041	99,692,610	99,853,718	322,216	0.323	1.08
2042	100,014,826	100,167,076	304,500	0.304	1.08
2043	100,319,326	100,462,092	285,533	0.284	1.08
2044	100,604,859	100,737,592	265,467	0.264	1.07
2045	100,870,326	100,990,613	240,574	0.238	1.07
2046	101,110,900	101,219,689	217,577	0.215	1.07
2047	101,328,477	101,424,012	191,070	0.188	1.06
2048	101,519,547	101,601,929	164,764	0.162	1.06
2049	101,684,311	101,748,542	128,462	0.126	1.06
2050	101,812,773	101,861,993	98,441	0.097	1.05
2051	101,911,214	101,942,322	62,217	0.061	1.05
2052	101,973,431	101,987,298	27,734	0.027	1.05
2053	102,001,165	101,996,363	-9,604	-0.009	1.04
2054	101,991,561	101,966,932	-49,257	-0.048	1.04
2055	101,942,304	101,897,116	-90,376	-0.089	1.03
2056	101,851,928	101,787,159	-129,537	-0.127	1.03
2057	101,722,391	101,639,333	-166,116	-0.163	1.03
2058	101,556,275	101,455,669	-201,212	-0.198	1.02
2059	101,355,063	101,232,338	-245,450	-0.242	1.02
2060	101,109,613	100,970,579	-278,069	-0.275	1.01
2061	100,831,544	100,674,594	-313,901	-0.312	1.01
2062	100,517,643	100,343,932	-347,422	-0.346	1.00
2063	100,170,221	99,981,548	-377,346	-0.377	0.99
2064	99,792,875	99,588,133	-409,484	-0.411	0.99
2065	99,383,391	99,165,442	-435,899	-0.440	0.98
2066	98,947,492	98,718,190	-458,603	-0.465	0.98
2067	98,488,889	98,249,289	-479,199	-0.488	0.97
2068	98,009,690	97,756,932	-505,517	-0.517	0.96
2069	97,504,173	97,241,437	-525,472	-0.540	0.96
2070	96,978,701	96,707,311	-542,780	-0.561	0.95
2071	96,435,921	96,157,564	-556,714	-0.579	0.94
2072	95,879,207	95,594,692	-569,030	-0.595	0.94
2073	95,310,177	95,018,419	-583,516	-0.614	0.93
2074	94,726,661	94,432,637	-588,047	-0.623	0.92
2075	94,138,614	93,840,626	-595,975	-0.635	0.92
2076	93,542,639	93,243,269	-598,739	-0.642	0.91
2077	92,943,900	92,642,999	-601,802	-0.650	0.90
2078	92,342,098	92,041,433	-601,329	-0.653	0.90
2079	91,740,769	91,441,398	-598,743	-0.655	0.89
2080	91,142,026	90,843,859	-596,335	-0.656	0.88
2081	90,545,691	90,250,516	-590,350	-0.654	0.88
2082	89,955,341	89,664,117	-582,448	-0.650	0.87
2083	89,372,893	89,085,579	-574,628	-0.645	0.87
2084	88,798,265	88,513,988	-568,554	-0.642	0.86
2085	88,229,711	87,949,724	-559,974	-0.637	0.85
2086	87,669,737	87,393,169	-553,136	-0.633	0.85
2087	87,116,601	86,845,190	-542,822	-0.625	0.84
2088	86,573,779	86,306,231	-535,096	-0.620	0.84
2089	86,038,683	85,774,132	-529,103	-0.617	0.83
2090	85,509,580	85,248,590	-521,981	-0.612	0.83
2091	84,987,599	84,728,152	-518,894	-0.612	0.83
2092	84,468,705	84,211,455	-514,499	-0.611	0.82
2093	83,954,206	83,697,024	-514,364	-0.615	0.82
2094	83,439,842	83,183,018	-513,648	-0.617	0.81
2095	82,926,194	82,667,544	-517,300	-0.626	0.81
2096	82,408,894	82,148,757	-520,274	-0.633	0.80
2097	81,888,620	81,627,538	-522,165	-0.640	0.80
2098	81,366,455	81,105,634	-521,642	-0.643	0.79
2099	80,844,813	80,579,652	-530,322	-0.658	0.79
2100	80,314,491	80,045,291	-538,400	-0.673	0.79