Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Iran

Number of immigrants in Iran in 2024 — 3,840,654 people. Ranked 17 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 10.5%.

2024 3.84M people +37.3% vs 2020
World rank 17of 215
Period maximum 4.29M people1990
Period minimum 2.48M people2000

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Iran, 1990–20242M2.5M3M3.5M4M4.5M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 4,291,601 people1995: 2,937,668 people2000: 2,476,469 people2005: 2,552,206 people2010: 2,722,397 people2015: 2,729,939 people2020: 2,797,235 people2024: 3,840,654 people
Change over the period: −450,947 (−10.51%) Average annual rate: -0.33 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iran 3.84M people
World 303M people
Southern Asia computed 16.46M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 42.16M people
Number of immigrants — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 3.84M
2020 2.8M
2015 2.73M
2010 2.72M
2005 2.55M
2000 2.48M
1995 2.94M
1990 4.29M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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