Iran, Islamic Rep.'s population is 92.4M as of 2025 — the total resident population, all ages and both sexes. That places Iran, Islamic Rep. 17 of 217 countries with recent data. The world figure for the same period is 8.2B. In 1960 the figure was 21.5M — up 330% since then.
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Share of Iran, Islamic Rep.'s population in broad age groups as of 2025. A young age structure raises crude birth rates even at moderate fertility; an older one raises crude death rates even when mortality risk at every age is falling.
UN World Population Prospects medium variant — a projection conditional on assumed fertility, mortality and migration paths, not a forecast of what will happen.
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birthrate.io, "Iran, Islamic Rep. Population (2025)". https://birthrate.io/population/iran-islamic-rep (accessed 25 August 2026). Underlying data: World Bank.
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| 11 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 131.9M | 2025 |
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