Iran Population

Population now

88,302,257

World: 17th
Asia: 9th

Male:	44,517,993	(50.42 %)
Female:	43,784,263	(49.58 %)

Births in 2024:	1,994,117
Deaths in 2024:	619,741

Life expectancy & Rates (2024)

Male:	76.50 years
Female:	78.82 years
Total:	77.61 years
Median Age:	32.77 years

Birth Rate:	15.67
Death Rate:	4.87
Growth Rate:	2.22 %
Fertility Rate:	2.08

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Median Age
Population structure (mid 2024)
Urbanization

Iran Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	22M	11M	11M	1.05	1.18%	47.77	21.93	6.93	44.95	45.71	44.15	18.57	33.74%	13.29
1961	22M	12M	11M	1.06	1.22%	47.23	21.28	6.92	45.51	46.17	44.82	18.23	34.39%	13.64
1962	23M	12M	11M	1.06	1.26%	46.66	20.63	6.91	46.07	46.62	45.49	17.85	35.05%	14.00
1963	24M	12M	12M	1.06	1.31%	46.08	19.99	6.90	46.62	47.06	46.15	17.48	35.72%	14.37
1964	24M	12M	12M	1.06	1.35%	45.49	19.37	6.87	47.17	47.50	46.82	17.19	36.39%	14.75
1965	25M	13M	12M	1.06	1.39%	44.90	18.75	6.83	47.73	47.95	47.49	17.00	37.07%	15.14
1966	26M	13M	12M	1.06	1.44%	44.30	18.15	6.77	48.30	48.43	48.16	16.80	37.75%	15.55
1967	26M	14M	13M	1.06	1.49%	43.70	17.54	6.70	48.89	48.94	48.84	16.70	38.56%	15.97
1968	27M	14M	13M	1.06	1.54%	43.11	16.94	6.62	49.50	49.49	49.53	16.67	39.44%	16.40
1969	28M	14M	13M	1.06	1.61%	42.57	16.34	6.53	50.15	50.09	50.22	16.68	40.32%	16.85
1970	29M	15M	14M	1.06	1.68%	42.09	15.73	6.44	50.86	50.78	50.94	16.73	41.21%	17.30
1971	29M	15M	14M	1.06	1.76%	41.73	15.10	6.36	51.66	51.63	51.69	16.76	42.11%	17.77
1972	30M	15M	15M	1.06	1.87%	41.51	14.45	6.29	52.56	52.60	52.48	16.82	43.01%	18.25
1973	31M	16M	15M	1.06	2.00%	41.42	13.81	6.24	53.51	53.65	53.29	16.90	43.92%	18.75
1974	32M	16M	15M	1.06	2.14%	41.48	13.19	6.21	54.46	54.67	54.13	16.99	44.83%	19.29
1975	33M	17M	16M	1.06	2.29%	41.69	12.66	6.21	55.26	55.41	55.00	17.05	45.75%	19.86
1976	34M	17M	16M	1.06	2.42%	42.07	12.31	6.24	55.74	55.59	55.88	17.08	46.67%	20.47
1977	35M	18M	17M	1.06	2.50%	42.57	12.15	6.29	55.83	55.07	56.76	17.09	47.47%	21.12
1978	36M	19M	17M	1.06	2.54%	43.13	12.19	6.35	55.51	53.88	57.63	17.09	48.21%	21.82
1979	37M	19M	18M	1.06	2.53%	43.67	12.37	6.42	54.88	52.14	58.49	17.07	48.95%	22.60
1980	39M	20M	19M	1.06	2.50%	44.11	12.62	6.48	54.11	50.18	59.33	17.01	49.69%	23.45
1981	40M	21M	20M	1.06	2.46%	44.35	12.81	6.52	53.45	48.40	60.14	16.84	50.43%	24.39
1982	42M	22M	20M	1.06	2.45%	44.33	12.84	6.52	53.13	47.20	60.93	16.65	51.18%	25.41
1983	44M	22M	21M	1.05	2.48%	43.99	12.63	6.48	53.29	46.85	61.70	16.45	51.92%	26.48
1984	45M	23M	22M	1.05	2.56%	43.31	12.18	6.39	53.98	47.42	62.44	16.28	52.66%	27.59
1985	47M	24M	23M	1.04	2.68%	42.24	11.48	6.24	55.20	48.92	63.16	16.15	53.40%	28.73
1986	49M	25M	24M	1.04	2.84%	40.75	10.62	6.02	56.83	51.19	63.84	16.00	54.13%	29.89
1987	51M	26M	25M	1.04	3.02%	38.91	9.68	5.75	58.67	53.87	64.49	15.93	54.72%	31.06
1988	53M	27M	26M	1.04	3.20%	36.82	8.77	5.43	60.52	56.63	65.11	15.94	55.26%	32.21
1989	55M	28M	27M	1.04	3.36%	34.54	7.93	5.07	62.27	59.28	65.70	16.03	55.79%	33.27
1990	56M	29M	28M	1.04	3.46%	32.18	7.21	4.69	63.84	61.65	66.26	16.20	56.33%	34.20
1991	58M	29M	28M	1.04	3.50%	29.82	6.63	4.30	65.15	63.63	66.79	16.39	56.87%	35.00
1992	59M	30M	29M	1.04	3.46%	27.54	6.18	3.92	66.24	65.22	67.30	16.64	57.65%	35.67
1993	60M	30M	29M	1.04	3.37%	25.42	5.82	3.56	67.14	66.47	67.79	16.95	58.52%	36.24
1994	61M	31M	30M	1.04	3.24%	23.52	5.55	3.23	67.84	67.38	68.27	17.28	59.38%	36.77
1995	61M	31M	30M	1.04	3.08%	21.90	5.37	2.94	68.38	67.98	68.75	17.64	60.24%	37.28
1996	62M	32M	31M	1.04	2.91%	20.58	5.26	2.70	68.79	68.34	69.22	18.10	61.09%	37.80
1997	63M	32M	31M	1.04	2.76%	19.53	5.19	2.49	69.14	68.58	69.69	18.54	61.85%	38.31
1998	64M	33M	31M	1.04	2.64%	18.70	5.14	2.32	69.47	68.78	70.17	18.98	62.59%	38.82
1999	65M	33M	32M	1.04	2.54%	18.08	5.11	2.18	69.81	69.00	70.65	19.56	63.32%	39.32
2000	66M	33M	32M	1.04	2.47%	17.65	5.08	2.07	70.18	69.26	71.13	20.16	64.04%	39.82
2001	66M	34M	33M	1.04	2.45%	17.40	5.05	1.98	70.55	69.54	71.62	20.78	64.76%	40.32
2002	67M	34M	33M	1.04	2.44%	17.28	5.03	1.92	70.92	69.80	72.10	21.39	65.47%	40.83
2003	68M	35M	33M	1.04	2.43%	17.26	5.03	1.88	71.27	70.02	72.58	21.99	66.17%	41.34
2004	69M	35M	34M	1.04	2.43%	17.31	5.04	1.85	71.59	70.23	73.05	22.56	66.87%	41.84
2005	70M	35M	34M	1.04	2.45%	17.40	5.04	1.83	71.92	70.44	73.50	23.13	67.56%	42.33
2006	71M	36M	35M	1.03	2.48%	17.52	5.04	1.81	72.26	70.70	73.93	23.65	68.24%	42.81
2007	71M	36M	35M	1.03	2.51%	17.66	5.03	1.81	72.63	71.03	74.34	24.22	68.86%	43.29
2008	72M	36M	36M	1.02	2.56%	17.82	5.00	1.81	73.03	71.44	74.73	24.84	69.46%	43.76
2009	73M	37M	36M	1.02	2.63%	17.99	4.96	1.82	73.46	71.93	75.09	25.42	70.05%	44.25
2010	74M	37M	37M	1.02	2.70%	18.15	4.91	1.84	73.91	72.48	75.43	25.96	70.63%	44.76
2011	75M	38M	37M	1.02	2.77%	18.34	4.86	1.87	74.35	73.04	75.75	26.52	71.20%	45.29
2012	76M	38M	37M	1.02	2.84%	18.53	4.82	1.90	74.78	73.57	76.06	27.07	71.76%	45.84
2013	76M	39M	38M	1.02	2.90%	18.74	4.80	1.95	75.16	74.04	76.36	27.62	72.30%	46.41
2014	77M	39M	38M	1.02	2.94%	18.93	4.80	1.99	75.50	74.44	76.65	28.16	72.83%	47.01
2015	78M	40M	39M	1.02	2.96%	19.07	4.81	2.04	75.80	74.76	76.92	28.69	73.36%	47.63
2016	80M	40M	39M	1.03	2.96%	19.10	4.82	2.08	76.05	75.01	77.19	29.19	73.88%	48.28
2017	81M	41M	40M	1.02	2.93%	19.01	4.84	2.12	76.27	75.22	77.44	29.67	74.39%	48.95
2018	82M	41M	40M	1.02	2.88%	18.78	4.84	2.14	76.48	75.41	77.67	30.11	74.90%	49.64
2019	83M	42M	41M	1.02	2.81%	18.42	4.84	2.15	76.68	75.59	77.89	30.55	75.39%	50.31
2020	84M	42M	42M	1.02	2.71%	17.94	4.84	2.14	76.87	75.78	78.09	30.97	75.87%	50.97
2021	85M	43M	42M	1.02	2.71%	17.94	4.84	2.14	76.87	75.78	78.09	31.37	76.35%	51.60
2022	86M	43M	43M	1.02	2.71%	17.94	4.84	2.14	76.87	75.78	78.09	31.81	76.81%	52.20
2023	87M	44M	43M	1.02	2.34%	16.24	4.86	2.10	77.43	76.32	78.64	32.28	77.26%	52.78
2024	88M	44M	44M	1.02	2.22%	15.67	4.87	2.08	77.61	76.50	78.82	32.77	77.70%	53.33

Iran Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2025	89M	45M	44M	1.02	2.09%	15.10	4.88	2.07	77.80	76.68	79.00	33.24	78.13%	53.87
2026	90M	45M	44M	1.02	1.97%	14.73	4.96	2.06	77.98	76.86	79.17	33.75	78.55%	54.38
2027	90M	46M	45M	1.02	1.85%	14.36	5.03	2.05	78.16	77.04	79.35	34.16	78.96%	54.87
2028	91M	46M	45M	1.02	1.74%	13.98	5.11	2.04	78.34	77.22	79.52	34.49	79.36%	55.34
2029	92M	46M	46M	1.01	1.63%	13.61	5.18	2.03	78.52	77.40	79.70	34.82	79.75%	55.80
2030	93M	47M	46M	1.01	1.52%	13.24	5.26	2.02	78.70	77.58	79.87	35.16	80.13%	56.23
2031	93M	47M	46M	1.01	1.43%	13.07	5.38	2.01	78.87	77.76	80.03	35.47	80.50%	56.64
2032	94M	47M	47M	1.01	1.34%	12.91	5.51	2.01	79.04	77.94	80.19	35.77	80.86%	57.04
2033	95M	48M	47M	1.01	1.26%	12.74	5.63	2.00	79.21	78.11	80.34	36.07	81.21%	57.43
2034	95M	48M	47M	1.01	1.18%	12.58	5.76	2.00	79.38	78.29	80.50	36.36	81.56%	57.80
2035	96M	48M	48M	1.01	1.11%	12.41	5.88	1.99	79.55	78.47	80.66	36.65	81.89%	58.16
2036	96M	49M	48M	1.01	1.05%	12.38	6.03	1.98	79.71	78.64	80.81	36.88	82.21%	58.51
2037	97M	49M	48M	1.01	1.00%	12.36	6.18	1.97	79.88	78.82	80.96	37.08	82.53%	58.85
2038	98M	49M	48M	1.01	0.95%	12.33	6.32	1.97	80.04	78.99	81.12	37.27	82.84%	59.18
2039	98M	49M	49M	1.01	0.90%	12.31	6.47	1.96	80.21	79.17	81.27	37.45	83.13%	59.51
2040	99M	50M	49M	1.01	0.85%	12.28	6.62	1.95	80.37	79.34	81.42	37.64	83.42%	59.83
2041	99M	50M	49M	1.01	0.81%	12.29	6.78	1.95	80.53	79.51	81.57	37.77	83.70%	60.14
2042	100M	50M	50M	1.01	0.77%	12.29	6.94	1.94	80.69	79.68	81.71	37.91	83.98%	60.44
2043	100M	50M	50M	1.01	0.73%	12.30	7.10	1.94	80.85	79.86	81.86	38.05	84.24%	60.74
2044	101M	51M	50M	1.01	0.69%	12.30	7.26	1.93	81.01	80.03	82.00	38.20	84.50%	61.03
2045	101M	51M	50M	1.01	0.66%	12.31	7.42	1.93	81.17	80.20	82.15	38.36	84.76%	61.31
2046	101M	51M	50M	1.01	0.62%	12.28	7.59	1.93	81.32	80.37	82.29	38.50	85.01%	61.58
2047	102M	51M	51M	1.01	0.58%	12.24	7.75	1.92	81.47	80.54	82.43	38.65	85.26%	61.84
2048	102M	51M	51M	1.01	0.54%	12.21	7.92	1.92	81.63	80.70	82.57	38.82	85.50%	62.09
2049	103M	52M	51M	1.01	0.51%	12.17	8.08	1.91	81.78	80.87	82.71	39.01	85.75%	62.33
2050	103M	52M	51M	1.01	0.47%	12.14	8.25	1.91	81.93	81.04	82.85	39.23	85.98%	62.56

Highest City Populations in Iran

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Rank	City	Population, Urban Area	Population, City
1	Tehran	9,437,240	7,153,309
2	Mashhad	3,342,252	2,307,177
3	Esfahan	2,237,862	1,547,164
4	Shiraz	1,709,779	1,249,942
5	Tabriz	1,651,635	1,424,641
6	Karaj	1,589,246	1,448,075
7	Qom	1,342,880	900,000
8	Ahvaz	1,285,635	841,145
9	Kermanshah	1,074,533	621,100
10	Orumiyeh	829,737	577,307
11	Rasht	735,042	594,590
12	Bandar Abbas	654,533	352,173
13	Zahedan	625,695	551,980
14	Hamadan	595,144	528,256
15	Ardabil	592,491	410,753
16	Yazd	588,042	477,905
17	Arak	570,593	503,647
18	Kerman	548,347	547,000
19	Eslamshahr	528,389	-
20	Zanjan	490,042	357,471
21	Sanandaj	464,593	349,176
22	Qazvin	432,246	333,635
23	Khorramabad	407,246	329,825
24	Shahriyar	395,389	58,849
25	Gorgan	380,246	244,937
26	Qods	344,246	-
27	Kashan	343,695	-
28	Sari	329,796	255,396

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India1432M

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Philippines115M

Iran88M

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