This statistic shows Iran's total population from 2019 to 2021, with projections up until 2029. In 2021, the total population of Iran amounted to approximately 84.84 million inhabitants.
The population of Iran
Iran is the second largest nation in the Middle East and one of the founding members of the United Nations, NAM, OIC and OPEC. With a rapidly growing total population of just under 78 million inhabitants, it is the world’s seventeenth most populous nation. Iran’s total population has grown by 10 million inhabitants over the past decade. In 2010, Iran’s population grew by around 1.6 percent in comparison to the previous year, which is partially due to due the high fertility rate. In 2010, the fertility rate of Iran was at almost 2 percent.
Surprisingly, Iran does not have a high life expectancy. In 2010, the life expectancy in Iran was just 73 years. Looking at the age structure of Iran's population shows that the vast majority, more than 71 percent of Iran inhabitants, were aged between 15 and 64 the same year, while only around 5.2 percent of the population in Iran were aged over 65. Therefore, it is assumed that the growing total population is due to an increase in the young population in Iran and immigrants. People migrating from surrounding countries, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, have increased Iran’s total population drastically.
Iran: Total population from 2019 to 2029
(in million inhabitants)
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IMF. (April 22, 2024). Iran: Total population from 2019 to 2029 (in million inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/294102/total-population-of-iran/
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