headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · IRN

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Asia · Southern Asia

Iran (Islamic Republic of) is recorded at 91.57m people in 2024, with total annual change of +905,921 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 364 · IRN

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

IRN · IR
HOLDING
population 91.57m
annual change +905,921
natural change +715,770
fertility 1.68
migrant share 4.2%

Early Warning · peak 2053 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign citizens · stock 3.84m

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Iran (Islamic Republic of) in 2024
Births 1,151,057
Deaths -435,287
Natural change +715,770
Net migration +190,156
Total change +905,921
time anchors

-11,522,447

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
This year +905,921
Since peak -10,428,625 since 2053
Projected 2100 80.05m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

4.2%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 90.61m

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 20.69m, ages 15-64 62.74m, ages 65+ 7.17m.

0-14
20.69m
15-64
62.74m
65+
7.17m
2050 2050 101.86m

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 15.36m, ages 15-64 63.65m, ages 65+ 22.85m.

0-14
15.36m
15-64
63.65m
65+
22.85m
2100 2100 80.05m

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.68m, ages 15-64 42.22m, ages 65+ 28.15m.

0-14
9.68m
15-64
42.22m
65+
28.15m
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 1999.

crossover

2054

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

8.41

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2038.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 91.57m 905,921 1.15m 435.3k 1.68
2030 95.49m 483,113 1.04m 516.2k 1.63
2050 101.86m 98,441 985.6k 856.0k 1.63
2080 90.84m -596,335 753.8k 1.32m 1.63
2100 80.05m -538,400 613.4k 1.13m 1.64