How many people live in Iran right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
93,380,308
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 17 of 237
- Share of world population
- 1.12%
- Median age
- 34.5 years
- Children per woman
- 1.66
- Life expectancy
- 78.2 years
- People per km²
- 57
According to UN estimates, about 93.4 million people live in Iran right now. It ranks 17th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Vietnam and Turkey, and it is home to one in every 89 people on the planet.
Every day, about 3,000 people are born there and about 1,300 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 66,800 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 1,900 people a day (0.76% a year).
In 1950, about 16.5 million people lived there. Today there are 5.7 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2053, at about 102 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 102 million people (9% more than today), and by 2100 about 80.0 million.
Half of its people are younger than 35 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.66 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 78 years (worldwide, 74). There are 57 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Iran in 2026?
- Iran has about 93.4 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 93,168,497.
- How many people are born each day in Iran?
- About 3,000 a day (1.1 million a year). About 1,300 people die each day (461,000 a year).
- Is the population of Iran growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.76% a year, or about 708,000 people.
- What will the population of Iran be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 102 million, with a peak around 2053 at about 102 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Philippines 118,018,954
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 117,605,020
- Vietnam 102,351,363
- Turkey 88,012,288
- Germany 83,580,345
- Tanzania 73,204,344
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,587,005
- China 1,411,888,407
- Indonesia 288,550,415
- Pakistan 260,628,252
- Bangladesh 178,484,556
- Japan 122,206,974
- Philippines 118,018,954
- Vietnam 102,351,363
- Turkey 88,012,288
- Thailand 71,536,965
- Myanmar 55,285,270
- South Korea 51,574,538
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.