🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.

Tehran

Middle East & North Africa

Upper middle income

IRN

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Population

92.4M

0.9%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.68

births/woman

Life Expectancy

77.9y

GDP / capita

$3.9K

Pop. Growth

0.92%

Net Migration

116.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Iran, Islamic Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇦🇫Afghanistan3.8M(98.0%)

+46%

🇮🇶Iraq55.5K(1.4%)

−44%

🇵🇰

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male46.9MTotal 92.4M45.5MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

2.4

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Where the Iran, Islamic Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Iran, Islamic Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇸United States431.4K(24.9%)

+17%

🇩🇪Germany283.5K(16.4%)

+135%

🇨🇦Canada205.3K(11.8%)

+71%

🇹🇷Turkiye199.7K(11.5%)

+585%

🇬🇧United Kingdom124.2K(7.2%)

+54%

🇸🇪Sweden89K(5.1%)

+46%

🇦🇺Australia88.7K(5.1%)

+143%

🇮🇱Israel61.6K(3.6%)

+23%

🇳🇱Netherlands44.9K(2.6%)

+74%

🇦🇹Austria29.6K(1.7%)

+124%

🇮🇹Italy24K(1.4%)

+138%

🇩🇰Denmark21.2K(1.2%)

+74%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024