Iran's population rose from 62.9M in 1996 to 92.4M in 2025.
Iran · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Iran's population growth fell from 1.1 % in 1996 to 0.9 % in 2025.
Iran's population density rose from 37.8 in 1994 to 55.8 in 2023.
Iran's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.1 % in 1996 to 49.2 % in 2025.
Iran's urbanisation rose from 61.1 % in 1996 to 77.4 % in 2025.
Iran's urban population rose from 38.4M in 1996 to 71.5M in 2025.
Iran's rural population fell from 24.5M in 1996 to 20.9M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.6 %130th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.9 %113th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.8 %200th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.6 %107th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs97th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts109th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts34th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts110th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts184th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts113th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −38.6 %14th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.0 pts122nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −7.3 %1st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs76th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs90th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs63rd of 217