Iran Population (LIVE)

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Iran Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of the Islamic Republic of Iran is 92,177,346 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Iran 2025 population is estimated at 92,417,681 people at mid-year.
  • Iran population is equivalent to 1.12% of the total world population.
  • Iran ranks number 17 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Iran is 57 per Km² (147 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 1,628,550 Km² (628,786 sq. miles).
  • 73.32% of the population is urban (67,760,281 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Iran is 34 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Iran (2025 and historical)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Iran
Global
Rank
2025 92,417,681 0.93% 849,943 116,786 34 1.67 57 73.3% 67,760,281 1.12% 8,231,613,070 17
2024 91,567,738 1.06% 959,031 190,156 33.4 1.68 56 73.1% 66,968,458 1.12% 8,161,972,572 17
2023 90,608,707 1.21% 1,084,461 262,044 32.9 1.7 56 73% 66,139,220 1.12% 8,091,734,930 17
2022 89,524,246 1.02% 900,402 403,190 32.3 1.7 55 72.9% 65,271,669 1.12% 8,021,407,192 17
2020 87,723,443 1.21% 1,020,816 −180,680 31.3 1.7 54 72.3% 63,420,504 1.11% 7,887,001,292 17
2015 82,619,362 1.31% 1,039,704 −46,239 28.7 2.02 51 70.5% 58,217,032 1.11% 7,470,491,872 16
2010 77,420,842 1.51% 1,118,477 −12,849 26.1 1.75 48 68% 52,664,138 1.10% 7,021,732,148 17
2005 71,828,455 1.58% 1,081,959 765,873 23.2 1.76 44 66.2% 47,575,374 1.09% 6,586,970,132 17
2000 66,418,659 1.32% 842,618 300,133 20.2 2 41 63.8% 42,352,090 1.08% 6,171,702,993 17
1995 62,205,567 1.28% 765,095 −220,258 17.5 2.85 38 58.7% 36,488,609 1.08% 5,758,878,982 16
1990 58,380,092 3.32% 1,759,561 200,711 17.1 4.93 36 54.3% 31,672,465 1.10% 5,327,803,110 16
1985 49,582,289 4.47% 1,947,993 163,999 17.2 6.24 30 51% 25,278,712 1.02% 4,868,943,465 22
1980 39,842,324 3.34% 1,207,870 103,674 17.2 6.63 24 48.2% 19,215,536 0.90% 4,447,606,236 22
1975 33,802,973 3.01% 931,575 106,921 17 5.95 21 44.3% 14,973,153 0.83% 4,070,735,277 25
1970 29,145,100 3.09% 821,624 89,757 16.5 6.8 18 40.3% 11,751,335 0.79% 3,694,683,794 25
1965 25,036,978 3.12% 713,309 127,808 16.6 7.22 15 36.9% 9,250,486 0.75% 3,334,533,703 25
1960 21,470,434 2.8% 553,926 54,041 18 7.52 13 34.4% 7,390,258 0.71% 3,015,470,894 26
1955 18,700,802 2.52% 438,050 23,839 19.7 7.15 11 31.5% 5,895,032 0.68% 2,740,213,792 28

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Iran Population Forecast

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Iran
Global
Rank
2030 95,486,667 0.66% 613,797 −38,565 36.7 1.63 59 74.6% 71,204,909 1.11% 8,569,124,911 17
2035 97,679,252 0.46% 438,517 −37,446 39 1.63 60 75.9% 74,092,307 1.10% 8,885,210,181 17
2040 99,524,277 0.37% 369,005 −35,646 40.8 1.63 61 77% 76,665,787 1.08% 9,177,190,203 18
2045 100,990,613 0.29% 293,267 −35,872 42.2 1.63 62 78.1% 78,860,081 1.07% 9,439,639,668 18
2050 101,861,993 0.17% 174,276 −31,191 43.5 1.63 63 79% 80,441,107 1.05% 9,664,378,587 18

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Iran Demographics

Life Expectancy
78.1 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
8.8

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
10.5

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


Notes

The Iran Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Iran delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Iran (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.