Iran
Population 2026
93,168,492
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.81%
- Density
- 57 per km²
- Land area
- 1,622,500 km²
- Capital
- Tehran
- Currency
- Rial (IRR)
- Official languages
- FA-IR, KU
- Urban population
- 77.4%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 1,101,7512026
- Deaths
- 460,9332026
- Birth rate
- 12.6per 1,000
- Death rate
- 4.8per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.68
- Life expectancy
- 77.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 34.5
- Net migration
- 116,786
Age distribution
- 0–1422.0%
- 15–6469.4%
- 65+8.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $363B
- GDP per capita
- $3.9K
- GDP growth
- -2.8%
- Inflation
- 42.2%
- Unemployment
- 8.3%
- Exports
- $93.4B
- Imports
- $125B
- Tourism receipts
- 2.3%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture10.6%
- Industry39.6%
- Manufacturing20.6%
- Services47.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture13.6%
- Industry34.7%
- Services51.7%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TehranTehran | 7,153,3092026 |
| 2 | MashhadRazavi Khorasan | 2,307,1772025 |
| 3 | IsfahanIsfahan | 1,547,1642026 |
| 4 | KarajAlborz Province | 1,448,0752021 |
| 5 | TabrizEast Azerbaijan | 1,424,6412026 |
| 6 | ShirazFars | 1,249,9422024 |
| 7 | QomQom Province | 900,0002026 |
| 8 | AhvazKhuzestan | 841,1452024 |
| 9 | KermanshahKermanshah Province | 621,1002026 |
| 10 | RashtGilan Province | 594,5902019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93,168,492 | 1.1M | 461K |
| 2020 | 87,723,448 | 1.2M | 565K |
| 2010 | 77,420,851 | 1.3M | 357K |
| 2000 | 66,418,661 | 1.1M | 329K |
| 1990 | 58,380,098 | 2.0M | 423K |
| 1980 | 39,842,323 | 1.8M | 437K |
| 1970 | 29,145,099 | 1.3M | 476K |
| 1960 | 21,470,433 | 1.1M | 511K |
| 1950 | 16,510,553 | 838K | 472K |