Iran Population

• The current population of the Islamic Republic of Iran is 82,000,396 as of Thursday, June 28, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Iran population is equivalent to 1.07% of the total world population.
• Iran ranks number 18 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Iran is 50 per Km2 (130 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 1,628,550 Km2 (628,786 sq. miles)
• 75.2 % of the population is urban (61,640,105 people in 2018)
• The median age in Iran is 30.1 years.

Population of Iran (2018 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
2018	82,011,735	1.05 %	848,947	-55,000	30.1	1.72	50	73.8 %	61,640,105	1.07 %	7,632,819,325	18
2017	81,162,788	1.10 %	885,360	-55,000	30.1	1.72	50	74.6 %	60,552,800	1.07 %	7,550,262,101	18
2016	80,277,428	1.16 %	916,941	-55,000	30.1	1.72	49	74.0 %	59,443,534	1.08 %	7,466,964,280	17
2015	79,360,487	1.25 %	958,595	-80,000	29.5	1.75	49	73.5 %	58,315,802	1.07 %	7,383,008,820	17
2010	74,567,511	1.15 %	829,140	-109,853	26.9	1.79	46	70.5 %	52,589,842	1.07 %	6,958,169,159	17
2005	70,421,811	1.26 %	857,991	-14,061	24.1	1.97	43	67.3 %	47,393,356	1.08 %	6,542,159,383	17
2000	66,131,854	1.77 %	1,111,242	123,059	20.8	2.63	41	63.8 %	42,210,684	1.08 %	6,145,006,989	17
1995	60,575,644	1.50 %	869,892	-419,201	18.5	3.95	37	60.1 %	36,423,980	1.05 %	5,751,474,416	16
1990	56,226,185	3.50 %	1,776,697	268,875	17.2	5.62	35	56.5 %	31,748,896	1.05 %	5,330,943,460	20
1985	47,342,702	4.13 %	1,734,896	403,884	17.3	6.53	29	53.6 %	25,379,649	0.97 %	4,873,781,796	22
1980	38,668,220	3.39 %	1,187,533	83,999	18.1	6.28	24	50.0 %	19,325,507	0.87 %	4,458,411,534	22
1975	32,730,554	2.80 %	843,309	15,527	18.1	6.24	20	46.0 %	15,040,458	0.80 %	4,079,087,198	25
1970	28,514,010	2.70 %	711,779	10,351	17.7	6.68	18	41.3 %	11,789,487	0.77 %	3,700,577,650	25
1965	24,955,115	2.64 %	609,642	-218	20.9	6.91	15	37.2 %	9,275,865	0.75 %	3,339,592,688	26
1960	21,906,903	2.57 %	522,581	-389	19.6	6.91	13	33.8 %	7,407,650	0.72 %	3,033,212,527	26
1955	19,293,999	2.42 %	434,946	-218	20.9	6.91	12	30.6 %	5,903,540	0.70 %	2,772,242,535	26

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
2020	83,587,129	1.04 %	845,328	-55,000	32.4	1.62	51	76.3 %	63,738,744	1.07 %	7,795,482,309	18
2025	86,729,781	0.74 %	628,530	-40,000	35.5	1.53	53	78.9 %	68,472,823	1.06 %	8,185,613,757	17
2030	88,863,308	0.49 %	426,705	-40,000	38.4	1.50	55	81.6 %	72,543,820	1.04 %	8,551,198,644	17
2035	90,478,779	0.36 %	323,094	-40,000	41.0	1.52	56	84.1 %	76,105,956	1.02 %	8,892,701,940	19
2040	91,899,463	0.31 %	284,137	-40,000	42.9	1.55	56	86.2 %	79,230,575	1.00 %	9,210,337,004	19
2045	93,045,086	0.25 %	229,125	-40,000	44.2	1.59	57	88.1 %	82,017,008	0.98 %	9,504,209,572	20
2050	93,553,454	0.11 %	101,674	-40,000	45.2	1.62	57	90.2 %	84,357,725	0.96 %	9,771,822,753	21