Male population — all countries

Male population — Iran

Male population in Iran in 2025 — 46,947,484 people. Ranked 17 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 327%.

2025 46.95M people +0.89% vs 2024
World rank 17of 217
Period maximum 46.95M people2025
Period minimum 11M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Iran, 1960–2025020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10,995,827 people1962: 11,694,090 people1964: 12,453,651 people1966: 13,271,398 people1968: 14,107,832 people1970: 14,988,548 people1972: 15,903,518 people1974: 16,868,835 people1976: 17,933,976 people1978: 19,116,645 people1980: 20,500,870 people1982: 22,902,221 people1984: 24,639,166 people1986: 26,438,828 people1988: 28,192,384 people1990: 29,816,071 people1992: 31,197,796 people1994: 31,341,458 people1996: 31,995,995 people1998: 32,786,211 people2000: 33,706,229 people2002: 34,476,479 people2004: 35,781,536 people2006: 37,608,743 people2008: 38,662,380 people2010: 39,544,583 people2012: 40,473,403 people2014: 41,544,502 people2016: 42,709,537 people2018: 43,861,795 people2020: 44,652,495 people2022: 45,529,146 people2024: 46,532,057 people2025: 46,947,484 people
Change over the period: +35.95M (+326.96%) Average annual rate: 2.26 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iran

Iran 46.95M people
World 4.13B people
Southern Asia computed 1.06B people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 46.95M +415,427 +0.89%
2024 46.53M +470,455 +1.02%
2023 46.06M +532,456 +1.17%
2022 45.53M +523,029 +1.16%
2021 45.01M +353,622 +0.79%
2020 44.65M +327,454 +0.74%
2019 44.33M +463,246 +1.06%
2018 43.86M +544,519 +1.26%
2017 43.32M +607,739 +1.42%
2016 42.71M +600,222 +1.43%
2015 42.11M +564,813 +1.36%
2014 41.54M +547,843 +1.34%
2013 41M +523,256 +1.29%
2012 40.47M +478,723 +1.2%
2011 39.99M +450,097 +1.14%
2010 39.54M +447,670 +1.15%
2009 39.1M +434,533 +1.12%
2008 38.66M +413,352 +1.08%
2007 38.25M +640,285 +1.7%
2006 37.61M +908,094 +2.47%
2005 36.7M +919,113 +2.57%
2004 35.78M +869,547 +2.49%
2003 34.91M +435,510 +1.26%
2002 34.48M +267,806 +0.78%
2001 34.21M +502,444 +1.49%
2000 33.71M +472,116 +1.42%
1999 33.23M +447,902 +1.37%
1998 32.79M +425,233 +1.31%
1997 32.36M +364,983 +1.14%
1996 32M +324,680 +1.03%
1995 31.67M +329,857 +1.05%
1994 31.34M +46,123 +0.15%
1993 31.3M +97,539 +0.31%
1992 31.2M +588,028 +1.92%
1991 30.61M +793,697 +2.66%
1990 29.82M +827,576 +2.85%
1989 28.99M +796,111 +2.82%
1988 28.19M +845,057 +3.09%
1987 27.35M +908,499 +3.44%
1986 26.44M +914,788 +3.58%
1985 25.52M +884,874 +3.59%
1984 24.64M +868,827 +3.66%
1983 23.77M +868,118 +3.79%
1982 22.9M +1.23M +5.68%
1981 21.67M +1.17M +5.71%
1980 20.5M +718,411 +3.63%
1979 19.78M +665,814 +3.48%
1978 19.12M +616,549 +3.33%
1977 18.5M +566,120 +3.16%
1976 17.93M +539,807 +3.1%
1975 17.39M +525,334 +3.11%
1974 16.87M +492,262 +3.01%
1973 16.38M +473,055 +2.97%
1972 15.9M +459,614 +2.98%
1971 15.44M +455,356 +3.04%
1970 14.99M +448,851 +3.09%
1969 14.54M +431,865 +3.06%
1968 14.11M +420,045 +3.07%
1967 13.69M +416,389 +3.14%
1966 13.27M +413,567 +3.22%
1965 12.86M +404,180 +3.25%
1964 12.45M +388,210 +3.22%
1963 12.07M +371,351 +3.18%
1962 11.69M +356,256 +3.14%
1961 11.34M +342,007 +3.11%
1960 11M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.