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Iran: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
92.4 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.1%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203196.5Forecast
203095.5Forecast
202995.0Forecast
202894.4Forecast
202793.8Forecast
202693.2Forecast
202592.4
202491.6
202390.6
202289.5
202188.5
202087.7
201987.1
201886.1
201785.0
201683.8

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • Penn World Table1955–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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