| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 12 Apr 2024 |
There are 45.30 million males and 44.51 million females in Iran. The percentage of the male population is 50.44%, compared to 49.56% of the female population. Iran has 789k more males than females. The sex ratio in Iran in 2024 will be 101.772 males per 100 females. Iran is in the 186th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 16,832,834 | 2.28 |
| 1955 | 18,873,864 | 2.38 |
| 1960 | 21,388,806 | 2.71 |
| 1965 | 24,667,026 | 2.97 |
| 1970 | 28,449,705 | 2.88 |
| 1975 | 32,856,976 | 3.01 |
| 1980 | 38,520,664 | 3.51 |
| 1985 | 47,266,160 | 3.47 |
| 1990 | 55,793,629 | 4.96 |
| 1995 | 60,794,809 | 1.30 |
| 2000 | 65,544,383 | 1.72 |
| 2005 | 70,182,594 | 1.58 |
| 2010 | 75,373,855 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 81,790,841 | 2.22 |
| 2020 | 87,290,193 | 0.69 |
| 2021 | 87,923,432 | 0.76 |
| 2022 | 88,550,570 | 0.66 |
| 2023 | 89,172,767 | 0.74 |
| 2024 | 89,809,781 | 0.69 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 468,811 | 843,927 | 27.853 | 50.139 |
| 1955 | 490,819 | 946,203 | 25.995 | 50.114 |
| 1960 | 492,822 | 1,048,502 | 23.053 | 49.046 |
| 1965 | 482,459 | 1,119,908 | 19.593 | 45.481 |
| 1970 | 468,344 | 1,228,979 | 16.478 | 43.240 |
| 1975 | 428,029 | 1,339,229 | 13.039 | 40.796 |
| 1980 | 421,590 | 1,707,764 | 10.950 | 44.357 |
| 1985 | 414,661 | 1,973,724 | 8.780 | 41.792 |
| 1990 | 395,366 | 1,788,377 | 7.176 | 32.460 |
| 1995 | 335,330 | 1,243,560 | 5.514 | 20.448 |
| 2000 | 336,549 | 1,071,058 | 5.150 | 16.390 |
| 2005 | 348,018 | 1,134,380 | 4.970 | 16.199 |
| 2010 | 384,716 | 1,337,387 | 5.108 | 17.755 |
| 2015 | 394,524 | 1,582,915 | 4.842 | 19.428 |
| 2020 | 486,271 | 1,243,003 | 5.567 | 14.231 |
| 2021 | 565,768 | 1,204,105 | 6.437 | 13.699 |
| 2022 | 544,855 | 1,172,709 | 6.152 | 13.242 |
| 2023 | 448,129 | 1,144,658 | 5.025 | 12.835 |
| 2024 | 459,587 | 1,117,084 | 5.117 | 12.437 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 4,716,127 | 12,403,141 | 27.549 |
| 1955 | 5,895,032 | 13,398,967 | 30.554 |
| 1960 | 7,390,258 | 14,516,645 | 33.735 |
| 1965 | 9,250,486 | 15,704,629 | 37.068 |
| 1970 | 11,751,335 | 16,762,675 | 41.212 |
| 1975 | 14,973,153 | 17,757,401 | 45.747 |
| 1980 | 19,215,536 | 19,452,684 | 49.693 |
| 1985 | 25,278,712 | 22,063,990 | 53.395 |
| 1990 | 31,672,465 | 24,553,720 | 56.330 |
| 1995 | 36,488,609 | 24,087,035 | 60.236 |
| 2000 | 42,352,090 | 23,779,764 | 64.042 |
| 2005 | 47,575,374 | 22,846,437 | 67.558 |
| 2010 | 52,664,138 | 21,903,373 | 70.626 |
| 2015 | 58,217,032 | 21,143,455 | 73.358 |
| 2020 | 63,420,504 | 20,166,625 | 75.874 |
| 2021 | 64,365,273 | 19,942,766 | 76.345 |
| 2022 | 65,271,669 | 19,710,145 | 76.807 |
| 2023 | 66,139,220 | 19,469,648 | 77.257 |
| 2024 | 66,968,458 | 19,222,388 | 77.698 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 3,027,238 | 2,876,510 | 5,903,749 | 6.57 | 105.240 |
| 05-09 | 3,866,345 | 3,663,738 | 7,530,083 | 8.38 | 105.530 |
| 10-14 | 3,642,164 | 3,470,459 | 7,112,623 | 7.92 | 104.948 |
| 15-19 | 3,133,279 | 3,009,767 | 6,143,046 | 6.84 | 104.104 |
| 20-24 | 2,793,517 | 2,699,965 | 5,493,482 | 6.12 | 103.465 |
| 25-29 | 2,916,583 | 2,856,992 | 5,773,575 | 6.43 | 102.086 |
| 30-34 | 3,895,081 | 3,800,880 | 7,695,961 | 8.57 | 102.478 |
| 35-39 | 4,495,989 | 4,413,331 | 8,909,320 | 9.92 | 101.873 |
| 40-44 | 4,153,088 | 4,062,666 | 8,215,754 | 9.15 | 102.226 |
| 45-49 | 3,199,836 | 3,101,823 | 6,301,659 | 7.02 | 103.160 |
| 50-54 | 2,657,709 | 2,575,247 | 5,232,957 | 5.83 | 103.202 |
| 55-59 | 2,185,514 | 2,186,860 | 4,372,373 | 4.87 | 99.938 |
| 60-64 | 1,843,798 | 1,832,871 | 3,676,669 | 4.09 | 100.596 |
| 65-69 | 1,485,498 | 1,504,858 | 2,990,356 | 3.33 | 98.713 |
| 70-74 | 1,046,826 | 1,115,367 | 2,162,193 | 2.41 | 93.855 |
| 75-79 | 560,317 | 683,679 | 1,243,995 | 1.39 | 81.956 |
| 80-84 | 265,670 | 391,100 | 656,770 | 0.73 | 67.929 |
| 85-89 | 102,916 | 194,336 | 297,252 | 0.33 | 52.958 |
| 90-94 | 24,470 | 59,983 | 84,453 | 0.09 | 40.795 |
| 95-99 | 3,216 | 9,440 | 12,656 | 0.01 | 34.068 |
| 100+ | 189 | 664 | 853 | 0.00 | 28.464 |
| Total | 45,299,243 | 44,510,536 | 89,809,779 | 101.772 | |