🇮🇷 Iran Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Iran is 93,168,497, ranking #17 in the world (1.12% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.76% per year. The biggest city is Tehran with 7,153,309 inhabitants.

Live estimate

93,184,107

Growth rate

0.76%

Density

people / km² (148 / mi²)

Median age

34.5

Fertility rate

1.66

births per woman

Life expectancy

78.2

years

Iran population 1950–2100

Population of Iran, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Iran is projected to reach 101,861,993, and 80,045,291 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2053 at 101,996,363, then decline.

Iran population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	93,168,497	0.76%	57.2	34.5
2025	92,417,681	0.86%	56.7	34.0
2024	91,567,738	0.99%	56.2	33.4
2023	90,608,707	1.12%	55.6	32.9
2022	89,524,246	1.29%	55.0	32.3
2021	88,455,488	1.11%	54.3	31.8
2020	87,723,443	0.55%	53.9	31.3
2019	87,051,648	0.99%	53.4	30.8
2018	86,117,998	1.17%	52.9	30.2
2017	85,026,754	1.38%	52.2	29.7
2016	83,812,228	1.50%	51.5	29.2
2015	82,619,362	1.37%	50.7	28.7
2014	81,502,045	1.35%	50.0	28.2
2013	80,414,686	1.33%	49.4	27.7
2012	79,370,580	1.28%	48.7	27.2
2011	78,383,598	1.22%	48.1	26.6
2010	77,420,842	1.25%	47.5	26.1
2009	76,457,825	1.25%	46.9	25.5
2008	75,514,204	1.23%	46.4	25.0
2007	74,602,648	1.20%	45.8	24.4
2006	73,392,747	2.08%	45.1	23.8
2005	71,828,455	2.23%	44.1	23.2
2004	70,256,316	2.19%	43.1	22.6
2003	68,769,340	2.08%	42.2	22.0
2002	68,011,317	0.12%	41.8	21.4
2001	67,452,005	1.53%	41.4	20.8
2000	66,418,659	1.55%	40.8	20.2
1999	65,445,390	1.40%	40.2	19.6
1998	64,519,859	1.45%	39.6	19.0
1997	63,639,638	1.30%	39.1	18.4
1996	62,881,300	1.10%	38.6	17.9
1995	62,205,567	1.06%	38.2	17.5
1994	61,520,598	1.16%	37.8	17.1
1993	61,403,544	-0.78%	37.7	17.1
1992	61,184,983	1.49%	37.6	17.3
1991	59,986,931	2.47%	36.8	17.2
1990	58,380,092	2.97%	35.8	17.1
1989	56,704,914	2.86%	34.8	17.1
1988	55,072,694	2.99%	33.8	17.1
1987	53,323,492	3.48%	32.7	17.1
1986	51,446,045	3.70%	31.6	17.2
1985	49,582,289	3.68%	30.4	17.2
1984	47,793,998	3.66%	29.3	17.3
1983	46,029,535	3.86%	28.3	17.4
1982	44,272,140	3.92%	27.2	17.5
1981	41,989,312	6.74%	25.8	17.4
1980	39,842,324	3.68%	24.5	17.2
1979	38,424,952	3.56%	23.6	17.2
1978	37,126,534	3.31%	22.8	17.2
1977	35,933,181	3.23%	22.1	17.2
1976	34,837,271	2.96%	21.4	17.1
1975	33,802,973	3.07%	20.8	17.0
1974	32,796,463	2.98%	20.1	16.9
1973	31,839,838	2.94%	19.5	16.8
1972	30,921,179	2.91%	19.0	16.6
1971	30,029,071	2.94%	18.4	16.6
1970	29,145,100	3.04%	17.9	16.5
1969	28,273,482	3.04%	17.4	16.5
1968	27,437,391	2.96%	16.8	16.4
1967	26,628,432	3.02%	16.3	16.4
1966	25,829,270	3.07%	15.9	16.5
1965	25,036,978	3.16%	15.4	16.6
1964	24,262,859	3.12%	14.9	16.7
1963	23,519,005	3.10%	14.4	17.0
1962	22,807,907	3.03%	14.0	17.3
1961	22,125,726	3.04%	13.6	17.6
1960	21,470,434	2.97%	13.2	18.0
1959	20,846,775	2.92%	12.8	18.4
1958	20,266,511	2.72%	12.4	18.8
1957	19,726,842	2.68%	12.1	19.2
1956	19,204,386	2.69%	11.8	19.4
1955	18,700,802	2.62%	11.5	19.7
1954	18,226,199	2.52%	11.2	19.9
1953	17,778,114	2.46%	10.9	20.1
1952	17,344,433	2.48%	10.6	20.3
1951	16,921,274	2.46%	10.4	20.5
1950	16,510,553	2.46%	10.1	20.6

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	93,838,646	0.67%	57.6	35.1
2028	94,440,023	0.60%	58.0	35.6
2029	94,985,098	0.55%	58.3	36.2
2030	95,486,667	0.51%	58.6	36.7
2031	95,960,728	0.48%	58.9	37.2
2032	96,415,461	0.46%	59.2	37.7
2033	96,850,652	0.44%	59.5	38.2
2034	97,271,049	0.43%	59.7	38.6
2035	97,679,252	0.41%	60.0	39.0
2036	98,075,326	0.40%	60.2	39.4
2037	98,458,806	0.38%	60.5	39.8
2038	98,828,319	0.37%	60.7	40.2
2039	99,182,803	0.35%	60.9	40.5
2040	99,524,277	0.34%	61.1	40.8
2041	99,853,718	0.32%	61.3	41.1
2042	100,167,076	0.30%	61.5	41.4
2043	100,462,092	0.28%	61.7	41.7
2044	100,737,592	0.26%	61.8	41.9
2045	100,990,613	0.24%	62.0	42.2
2046	101,219,689	0.21%	62.1	42.4
2047	101,424,012	0.19%	62.3	42.7
2048	101,601,929	0.16%	62.4	42.9
2049	101,748,542	0.13%	62.5	43.2
2050	101,861,993	0.10%	62.5	43.5
2051	101,942,322	0.06%	62.6	43.7
2052	101,987,298	0.03%	62.6	44.0
2053	101,996,363	-0.01%	62.6	44.3
2054	101,966,932	-0.05%	62.6	44.6
2055	101,897,116	-0.09%	62.6	44.9
2056	101,787,159	-0.13%	62.5	45.2
2057	101,639,333	-0.16%	62.4	45.5
2058	101,455,669	-0.20%	62.3	45.9
2059	101,232,338	-0.24%	62.2	46.2
2060	100,970,579	-0.28%	62.0	46.5
2061	100,674,594	-0.31%	61.8	46.9
2062	100,343,932	-0.35%	61.6	47.2
2063	99,981,548	-0.38%	61.4	47.6
2064	99,588,133	-0.41%	61.1	47.9
2065	99,165,442	-0.44%	60.9	48.3
2066	98,718,190	-0.47%	60.6	48.6
2067	98,249,290	-0.49%	60.3	49.0
2068	97,756,932	-0.52%	60.0	49.3
2069	97,241,437	-0.54%	59.7	49.5
2070	96,707,311	-0.56%	59.4	49.7
2071	96,157,564	-0.58%	59.0	49.9
2072	95,594,692	-0.59%	58.7	50.0
2073	95,018,419	-0.61%	58.3	50.1
2074	94,432,637	-0.62%	58.0	50.2
2075	93,840,626	-0.64%	57.6	50.2
2076	93,243,269	-0.64%	57.2	50.3
2077	92,642,999	-0.65%	56.9	50.3
2078	92,041,434	-0.65%	56.5	50.3
2079	91,441,398	-0.66%	56.1	50.3
2080	90,843,859	-0.66%	55.8	50.3
2081	90,250,516	-0.65%	55.4	50.3
2082	89,664,117	-0.65%	55.1	50.2
2083	89,085,579	-0.65%	54.7	50.2
2084	88,513,988	-0.64%	54.3	50.2
2085	87,949,724	-0.64%	54.0	50.2
2086	87,393,169	-0.63%	53.7	50.3
2087	86,845,190	-0.63%	53.3	50.3
2088	86,306,231	-0.62%	53.0	50.4
2089	85,774,132	-0.62%	52.7	50.5
2090	85,248,590	-0.61%	52.3	50.6
2091	84,728,152	-0.61%	52.0	50.7
2092	84,211,455	-0.61%	51.7	50.8
2093	83,697,024	-0.61%	51.4	50.9
2094	83,183,018	-0.62%	51.1	51.1
2095	82,667,544	-0.63%	50.8	51.2
2096	82,148,757	-0.63%	50.4	51.3
2097	81,627,538	-0.64%	50.1	51.5
2098	81,105,634	-0.64%	49.8	51.6
2099	80,579,652	-0.66%	49.5	51.8
2100	80,045,291	-0.67%	49.1	51.9

States & provinces of Iran by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Tehran	13,267,637	14.2%
2	Razavi Khorasan	6,434,501	6.9%
3	Esfahan	5,343,000	5.7%
4	Fars	5,051,000	5.4%
5	Khuzestan	4,710,509	5.1%
6	East Azarbaijan	3,909,652	4.2%
7	Mazandaran	3,283,582	3.5%
8	West Azarbaijan	3,265,219	3.5%
9	Kerman	3,164,718	3.4%
10	Sistan and Baluchestan	2,775,014	3.0%
11	Alborz	2,712,400	2.9%
12	Gilan	2,530,696	2.7%
13	Kermanshah	1,952,434	2.1%
14	Golestan	1,868,819	2.0%
15	Hormozgan	1,776,415	1.9%
16	Lorestan	1,760,649	1.9%
17	Hamadan	1,738,234	1.9%
18	Kordestan	1,603,011	1.7%
19	Markazi	1,429,475	1.5%
20	Qom	1,292,283	1.4%
21	Qazvin	1,273,761	1.4%
22	Ardebil	1,270,420	1.4%
23	Bushehr	1,163,400	1.2%
24	Yazd	1,138,533	1.2%
25	Zanjan	1,057,461	1.1%
26	Chahar Mahall and Bakhtiari	947,763	1.0%
27	North Khorasan	863,092	0.9%
28	South Khorasan	768,898	0.8%
29	Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad	713,052	0.8%
30	Semnan	702,360	0.8%
31	Ilam	580,158	0.6%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Iran

#	City	Region	Population
1	Tehran capital	Tehran	7,153,309
2	Mashhad	Razavi Khorasan	2,307,177
3	Isfahan	Isfahan	1,547,164
4	Karaj	Alborz Province	1,448,075
5	Tabriz	East Azerbaijan	1,424,641
6	Shiraz	Fars	1,249,942
7	Qom	Qom Province	900,000
8	Ahvaz	Khuzestan	841,145
9	Kermanshah	Kermanshah Province	621,100
10	Rasht	Gilan Province	594,590
11	Kerman	Kerman	577,514
12	Orūmīyeh	West Azerbaijan	577,307
13	Zahedan	Sistan and Baluchestan	551,980
14	Hamadān	Hamadan Province	528,256
15	Arāk	Markazi	503,647

FAQ

What is the population of Iran in 2026?

The population of Iran is 93,168,497 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Iran?

Tehran is the biggest city in Iran with 7,153,309 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Iran growing or shrinking?

The population of Iran is growing at 0.76% per year, and is projected to peak in 2053 at 101,996,363.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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