Population of Iran

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Iran is 87,263,735 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Iran is projected at 85,028,759 or 85.029 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Iran is projected at 83,992,949 or 83.993 million people for the year 2020. Iran ranks number 18th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Iran is ranked 10th among 51 countries in Asia.

Iran's population peak will be 2061 with 105.23 mn people after Iran's population will be decreased year by year. The Iran population is projected to reach 92.66 million in 2030, increase further to 103.10 million in 2050 and decrease by 98.59 million by 2100. Iran accounts for 1.08 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 1.07% in 2038 and is projected to decline at 0.91% by 2100.

Iran was at 27th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 24th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Iran population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	17,119,265	-	-	0.67
1951	17,516,679	397,414	2.32	0.68
1952	17,933,502	416,823	2.38	0.68
1953	18,369,051	435,549	2.43	0.69
1954	18,822,757	453,706	2.47	0.69
1955	19,294,127	471,370	2.50	0.70
1956	19,782,824	488,697	2.53	0.70
1957	20,288,539	505,715	2.56	0.71
1958	20,811,144	522,605	2.58	0.71
1959	21,350,574	539,430	2.59	0.72
1960	21,906,914	556,340	2.61	0.72
1961	22,480,372	573,458	2.62	0.73
1962	23,071,315	590,943	2.63	0.73
1963	23,680,258	608,943	2.64	0.74
1964	24,307,860	627,602	2.65	0.74
1965	24,954,873	647,013	2.66	0.75
1966	25,624,373	669,500	2.68	0.75
1967	26,317,783	693,410	2.71	0.76
1968	27,032,571	714,788	2.72	0.76
1969	27,764,924	732,353	2.71	0.77
1970	28,513,866	748,942	2.70	0.77
1971	29,281,591	767,725	2.69	0.78
1972	30,075,297	793,706	2.71	0.78
1973	30,905,707	830,410	2.76	0.79
1974	31,786,471	880,764	2.85	0.79
1975	32,729,772	943,301	2.97	0.80
1976	33,733,961	1,004,189	3.07	0.81
1977	34,803,045	1,069,084	3.17	0.82
1978	35,960,805	1,157,760	3.33	0.84
1979	37,237,137	1,276,332	3.55	0.85
1980	38,650,246	1,413,109	3.79	0.87
1981	40,199,906	1,549,660	4.01	0.89
1982	41,869,236	1,669,330	4.15	0.91
1983	43,636,837	1,767,601	4.22	0.93
1984	45,472,791	1,835,954	4.21	0.95
1985	47,347,186	1,874,395	4.12	0.97
1986	49,260,255	1,913,069	4.04	0.99
1987	51,193,782	1,933,527	3.93	1.01
1988	53,077,313	1,883,531	3.68	1.03
1989	54,822,003	1,744,690	3.29	1.05
1990	56,366,217	1,544,214	2.82	1.06
1991	57,679,034	1,312,817	2.33	1.07
1992	58,780,370	1,101,336	1.91	1.07
1993	59,723,764	943,394	1.60	1.07
1994	60,590,614	866,850	1.45	1.07
1995	61,442,664	852,050	1.41	1.07
1996	62,294,920	852,256	1.39	1.07
1997	63,136,312	841,392	1.35	1.07
1998	63,971,836	835,524	1.32	1.07
1999	64,800,880	829,044	1.30	1.07
2000	65,623,405	822,525	1.27	1.07
2001	66,449,112	825,707	1.26	1.07
2002	67,284,796	835,684	1.26	1.07
2003	68,122,938	838,142	1.25	1.07
2004	68,951,281	828,343	1.22	1.07
2005	69,762,347	811,066	1.18	1.07
2006	70,554,760	792,413	1.14	1.07
2007	71,336,475	781,715	1.11	1.06
2008	72,120,604	784,129	1.10	1.06
2009	72,924,837	804,233	1.12	1.06
2010	73,762,519	837,682	1.15	1.06
2011	74,634,957	872,438	1.18	1.06
2012	75,539,878	904,921	1.21	1.06
2013	76,481,961	942,083	1.25	1.06
2014	77,465,770	983,809	1.29	1.06
2015	78,492,215	1,026,445	1.33	1.06
2016	79,563,989	1,071,774	1.37	1.07
2017	80,673,883	1,109,894	1.39	1.07
2018	81,800,188	1,126,305	1.40	1.07
2019	82,913,906	1,113,718	1.36	1.07

Iran population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	83,992,949	1,079,043	1.30	1.08
2021	85,028,759	1,035,810	1.23	1.08
2022	86,022,837	994,078	1.17	1.08
2023	86,975,807	952,970	1.11	1.08
2024	87,892,017	916,210	1.05	1.08
2025	88,774,776	882,759	1.00	1.08
2026	89,622,541	847,765	0.95	1.09
2027	90,432,904	810,363	0.90	1.09
2028	91,207,892	774,988	0.86	1.09
2029	91,950,575	742,683	0.81	1.08
2030	92,663,708	713,133	0.78	1.08
2031	93,348,222	684,514	0.74	1.08
2032	94,005,187	656,965	0.70	1.08
2033	94,637,752	632,565	0.67	1.08
2034	95,249,663	611,911	0.65	1.08
2035	95,843,973	594,310	0.62	1.08
2036	96,422,178	578,205	0.60	1.08
2037	96,985,054	562,876	0.58	1.08
2038	97,533,916	548,862	0.57	1.07
2039	98,069,851	535,935	0.55	1.07
2040	98,593,620	523,769	0.53	1.07
2041	99,105,644	512,024	0.52	1.07
2042	99,605,974	500,330	0.50	1.07
2043	100,094,299	488,325	0.49	1.07
2044	100,569,990	475,691	0.48	1.07
2045	101,032,191	462,201	0.46	1.07
2046	101,480,282	448,091	0.44	1.06
2047	101,913,161	432,879	0.43	1.06
2048	102,328,760	415,599	0.41	1.06
2049	102,724,513	395,753	0.39	1.06
2050	103,098,075	373,562	0.36	1.06
2051	103,448,331	350,256	0.34	1.06
2052	103,773,924	325,593	0.31	1.06
2053	104,071,930	298,006	0.29	1.05
2054	104,338,974	267,044	0.26	1.05
2055	104,572,438	233,464	0.22	1.05
2056	104,771,309	198,871	0.19	1.05
2057	104,935,339	164,030	0.16	1.05
2058	105,063,838	128,499	0.12	1.04
2059	105,156,358	92,520	0.09	1.04
2060	105,212,958	56,600	0.05	1.04
2061	105,233,877	20,919	0.02	1.03
2062	105,220,148	-13,729	-0.01	1.03
2063	105,173,673	-46,475	-0.04	1.03
2064	105,096,973	-76,700	-0.07	1.02
2065	104,992,568	-104,405	-0.10	1.02
2066	104,862,188	-130,380	-0.12	1.01
2067	104,707,811	-154,377	-0.15	1.01
2068	104,532,627	-175,184	-0.17	1.00
2069	104,340,263	-192,364	-0.18	1.00
2070	104,134,090	-206,173	-0.20	1.00
2071	103,916,406	-217,684	-0.21	0.99
2072	103,689,476	-226,930	-0.22	0.99
2073	103,456,606	-232,870	-0.22	0.98
2074	103,221,310	-235,296	-0.23	0.98
2075	102,986,650	-234,660	-0.23	0.97
2076	102,754,530	-232,120	-0.23	0.97
2077	102,526,492	-228,038	-0.22	0.97
2078	102,304,577	-221,915	-0.22	0.96
2079	102,090,696	-213,881	-0.21	0.96
2080	101,886,278	-204,418	-0.20	0.95
2081	101,692,093	-194,185	-0.19	0.95
2082	101,508,344	-183,749	-0.18	0.95
2083	101,334,987	-173,357	-0.17	0.95
2084	101,171,570	-163,417	-0.16	0.94
2085	101,017,346	-154,224	-0.15	0.94
2086	100,871,946	-145,400	-0.14	0.94
2087	100,734,239	-137,707	-0.14	0.93
2088	100,601,671	-132,568	-0.13	0.93
2089	100,470,939	-130,732	-0.13	0.93
2090	100,339,175	-131,764	-0.13	0.93
2091	100,204,262	-134,913	-0.13	0.93
2092	100,064,722	-139,540	-0.14	0.92
2093	99,919,412	-145,310	-0.15	0.92
2094	99,767,150	-152,262	-0.15	0.92
2095	99,606,431	-160,719	-0.16	0.92
2096	99,435,255	-171,176	-0.17	0.92
2097	99,251,137	-184,118	-0.19	0.91
2098	99,051,015	-200,122	-0.20	0.91
2099	98,831,335	-219,680	-0.22	0.91
2100	98,587,984	-243,351	-0.25	0.91