Demographics of Iran

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	25 Jun 2025

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As of 2025, the population of Iran is projected at 92.42 million, compared to 91.57 million in 2024. It is the ninth-most populous country in Asia and ranks 17th in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.86 percent, the 111th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 46.95 million males and 45.47 million females in Iran. The percentage of the male population is 50.8%, compared to 49.2% of the female population. Iran has 1.48 million more males than females, the 9th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Iran in 2025 will be 103.249 males per 100 females. Iran is in the 202th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Population
Growth
Gender

Iran population
Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	8,406,415	8,104,138	16,510,553	2.46	103.730
1955	9,548,702	9,152,100	18,700,802	2.62	104.333
1960	10,995,827	10,474,607	21,470,434	2.97	104.976
1965	12,857,831	12,179,147	25,036,978	3.16	105.573
1970	14,988,548	14,156,552	29,145,100	3.04	105.877
1975	17,394,169	16,408,804	33,802,973	3.07	106.005
1980	20,500,870	19,341,454	39,842,324	3.68	105.994
1985	25,524,040	24,058,249	49,582,289	3.68	106.093
1990	29,816,071	28,564,021	58,380,092	2.97	104.383
1995	31,671,315	30,534,252	62,205,567	1.06	103.724
2000	33,706,229	32,712,430	66,418,659	1.55	103.038
2005	36,700,649	35,127,806	71,828,455	2.23	104.477
2010	39,544,584	37,876,259	77,420,842	1.25	104.405
2015	42,109,315	40,510,047	82,619,362	1.37	103.948
2020	44,652,495	43,070,948	87,723,443	0.55	103.672
2021	45,006,116	43,449,371	88,455,488	1.11	103.583
2022	45,529,147	43,995,100	89,524,246	1.29	103.487
2023	46,061,601	44,547,105	90,608,707	1.12	103.400
2024	46,532,056	45,035,681	91,567,738	0.99	103.323
2025	46,947,484	45,470,197	92,417,681	0.86	103.249
2026	47,311,566	45,856,931	93,168,497	0.76	103.172

Demographics Indicators
Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	38.193	20.649	6.970
1955	40.623	19.708	7.151
1960	43.297	18.014	7.519
1965	46.372	16.576	7.222
1970	50.222	16.499	6.798
1975	54.819	17.026	5.947
1980	58.369	17.161	6.630
1985	61.537	17.212	6.242
1990	64.066	17.147	4.934
1995	67.904	17.474	2.852
2000	70.166	20.188	1.999
2005	72.446	23.206	1.756
2010	74.390	26.066	1.749
2015	75.907	28.730	2.017
2020	74.141	31.326	1.700
2021	73.752	31.838	1.709
2022	76.799	32.341	1.704
2023	77.654	32.866	1.695
2024	77.854	33.409	1.684
2025	78.051	33.959	1.670
2026	78.249	34.516	1.658

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Iran death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude (per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	471,918	838,122	28.583	50.763
1955	499,375	965,812	26.703	51.646
1960	510,743	1,094,794	23.788	50.991
1965	495,311	1,158,343	19.783	46.265
1970	475,790	1,270,418	16.325	43.589
1975	431,519	1,361,014	12.766	40.263
1980	437,290	1,798,585	10.976	45.143
1985	440,218	2,102,014	8.879	42.394
1990	423,311	1,953,743	7.251	33.466
1995	335,938	1,215,585	5.400	19.541
2000	329,230	1,060,427	4.957	15.966
2005	339,630	1,176,881	4.728	16.385
2010	357,130	1,337,544	4.613	17.276
2015	381,418	1,559,766	4.617	18.879
2020	564,816	1,228,854	6.439	14.008
2021	564,941	1,210,703	6.387	13.687
2022	438,363	1,191,945	4.897	13.314
2023	423,367	1,173,463	4.672	12.951
2024	435,287	1,151,057	4.754	12.571
2025	448,046	1,125,230	4.848	12.175
2026	460,929	1,101,751	4.947	11.825

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Iran
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	4,543,506	11,967,047	27.519
1955	5,708,622	12,992,180	30.526
1960	7,292,611	14,177,823	33.966
1965	9,298,707	15,738,271	37.140
1970	12,103,869	17,041,231	41.530
1975	15,580,056	18,222,917	46.091
1980	19,896,334	19,945,990	49.938
1985	26,558,843	23,023,446	53.565
1990	32,962,050	25,418,042	56.461
1995	37,586,681	24,618,886	60.423
2000	42,825,431	23,593,228	64.478
2005	48,750,605	23,077,850	67.871
2010	54,666,286	22,754,556	70.609
2015	60,606,375	22,012,987	73.356
2020	66,317,730	21,405,713	75.599
2021	67,219,658	21,235,830	75.993
2022	68,337,636	21,186,610	76.334
2023	69,475,093	21,133,614	76.676
2024	70,525,587	21,042,151	77.020
2025	71,509,246	20,908,435	77.376
2026	72,422,939	20,745,558	77.733

Population
Urbanization

Iran population by Age Group (2025)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	2,966,640	2,823,411	5,790,051	6.21	105.073
05-09	3,515,573	3,334,004	6,849,577	7.35	105.446
10-14	3,839,256	3,616,439	7,455,695	8.00	106.161
15-19	3,401,296	3,221,955	6,623,251	7.11	105.566
20-24	3,041,367	2,905,169	5,946,536	6.38	104.688
25-29	3,029,826	2,918,341	5,948,167	6.38	103.820
30-34	3,615,098	3,492,426	7,107,524	7.63	103.513
35-39	4,492,454	4,340,593	8,833,048	9.48	103.499
40-44	4,536,431	4,389,646	8,926,077	9.58	103.344
45-49	3,630,473	3,489,573	7,120,047	7.64	104.038
50-54	2,872,141	2,745,524	5,617,665	6.03	104.612
55-59	2,419,247	2,368,711	4,787,958	5.14	102.133
60-64	1,908,132	1,921,637	3,829,769	4.11	99.297
65-69	1,557,076	1,588,648	3,145,724	3.38	98.013
70-74	1,187,223	1,205,932	2,393,155	2.57	98.449
75-79	777,038	808,501	1,585,539	1.70	96.108
80-84	357,241	425,089	782,331	0.84	84.039
85-89	133,643	195,160	328,803	0.35	68.479
90-94	28,421	57,385	85,805	0.09	49.527
95-99	2,874	8,286	11,160	0.01	34.685
100+	118	499	618	0.00	23.647
Total	47,311,568	45,856,929	93,168,500		103.172

Population pyramid
Gender ratio