Egypt vs Iran

Egypt vs Iran: Population

Population in 2023: 115 million people in Egypt and 90.6 million people in Iran, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Egypt, by 23.9 million people, or 1.26 times that in Iran.

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Egypt vs Iran: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 115 million people in Egypt and 90.6 million people in Iran, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Egypt, by 23.9 million people, or 1.26 times that in Iran.
EgyptIranEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2023, Egypt ranked 14 and Iran ranked 17 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Egypt at 202 million people and Iran at 80.1 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearEgyptIranWorld
2023115 million90.6 million8.09 billion
2022113 million89.5 million8.02 billion
2021111 million88.5 million7.95 billion
2020109 million87.7 million7.89 billion
2019108 million87.1 million7.81 billion
2018106 million86.1 million7.73 billion
2017104 million85 million7.65 billion
2016102 million83.8 million7.56 billion
201599.6 million82.6 million7.47 billion
201497.5 million81.5 million7.38 billion
201395.3 million80.4 million7.29 billion
201293.2 million79.4 million7.2 billion
201191.1 million78.4 million7.11 billion
201089.2 million77.4 million7.02 billion
200987.5 million76.5 million6.93 billion
200885.9 million75.5 million6.84 billion
200784.3 million74.6 million6.76 billion
200682.7 million73.4 million6.67 billion
200581.1 million71.8 million6.59 billion
200479.5 million70.3 million6.5 billion
200377.9 million68.8 million6.42 billion
200276.2 million68 million6.34 billion
200174.7 million67.5 million6.26 billion
200073.1 million66.4 million6.17 billion
199971.5 million65.5 million6.09 billion
199869.9 million64.5 million6.01 billion
199768.4 million63.6 million5.93 billion
199667 million62.9 million5.84 billion
199565.7 million62.2 million5.76 billion
199464.3 million61.5 million5.68 billion
199362.9 million61.4 million5.59 billion
199261.5 million61.2 million5.51 billion
199160 million60 million5.42 billion
199058.4 million58.4 million5.33 billion
198956.7 million56.7 million5.23 billion
198855.2 million55.1 million5.14 billion
198753.7 million53.3 million5.05 billion
198652.2 million51.5 million4.96 billion
198550.7 million49.6 million4.87 billion
198449.3 million47.8 million4.78 billion
198347.8 million46 million4.7 billion
198246.4 million44.3 million4.61 billion
198145.2 million42 million4.53 billion
198044 million39.8 million4.45 billion
197942.8 million38.4 million4.37 billion
197841.8 million37.1 million4.29 billion
197740.8 million35.9 million4.22 billion
197639.8 million34.8 million4.14 billion
197538.9 million33.8 million4.07 billion
197438 million32.8 million4 billion
197337.1 million31.8 million3.92 billion
197236.3 million30.9 million3.85 billion
197135.4 million30 million3.77 billion
197034.6 million29.2 million3.7 billion
196933.8 million28.3 million3.62 billion
196833 million27.4 million3.55 billion
196732.2 million26.6 million3.47 billion
196631.4 million25.8 million3.4 billion
196530.6 million25 million3.34 billion
196429.9 million24.3 million3.26 billion
196329.1 million23.5 million3.19 billion
196228.3 million22.8 million3.12 billion
196127.6 million22.1 million3.07 billion
196026.9 million21.5 million3.02 billion
195926.2 million20.9 million2.97 billion
195825.6 million20.3 million2.91 billion
195725 million19.7 million2.85 billion
195624.4 million19.2 million2.8 billion
195523.8 million18.7 million2.74 billion
195423.2 million18.2 million2.69 billion
195322.6 million17.8 million2.63 billion
195222.1 million17.3 million2.58 billion
195121.6 million16.9 million2.54 billion
195021.2 million16.5 million2.49 billion
194920.6 million16.6 million–
194820.1 million16.4 million–
194719.6 million16.2 million–
194619.1 million16.1 million–
194518.6 million15.9 million–
194418.1 million15.8 million–
194317.6 million15.7 million–
194217.2 million15.5 million–
194116.8 million15.4 million–
194016.4 million15.2 million–
193916.1 million15 million–
193815.9 million14.7 million–
193715.7 million14.5 million–
193615.4 million14.2 million–
193515.2 million14 million–
193415 million13.7 million–
193314.8 million13.5 million–
193214.6 million13.3 million–
193114.4 million13 million–
193014.3 million12.7 million–
192914.1 million12.4 million–
192813.9 million12 million–
192713.8 million11.6 million–
192613.6 million11.2 million–
192513.5 million10.8 million–
192413.3 million10.5 million–
192313.2 million10.1 million–
192213 million9.8 million–
192112.9 million9.58 million–
192012.7 million9.46 million–
191912.6 million9.44 million–
191812.4 million9.53 million–
191712.3 million9.72 million–
191612.2 million9.92 million–
191512 million10.1 million–
191411.9 million10.3 million–
191311.8 million10.5 million–
191211.6 million10.7 million–
191111.5 million10.9 million–
191011.4 million11 million–
190911.2 million11 million–
190811.1 million11 million–
190710.9 million10.8 million–
190610.8 million10.7 million–
190510.6 million10.6 million–
190410.5 million10.5 million–
190310.4 million10.4 million–
190210.2 million10.3 million–
190110.1 million10.2 million–
19009.94 million10.1 million–
18999.8 million10 million–
18989.67 million9.91 million–
18979.53 million9.81 million–
18969.4 million9.7 million–
18959.27 million9.6 million–
18949.14 million9.49 million–
18939.01 million9.39 million–
18928.89 million9.29 million–
18918.76 million9.21 million–
18908.64 million9.13 million–
18898.53 million9.07 million–
18888.42 million9.03 million–
18878.31 million8.99 million–
18868.2 million8.96 million–
18858.09 million8.93 million–
18847.99 million8.9 million–
18837.88 million8.87 million–
18827.78 million8.83 million–
18817.68 million8.8 million–
18807.6 million8.77 million–
18797.51 million8.74 million–
18787.44 million8.71 million–
18777.36 million8.68 million–
18767.29 million8.64 million–
18757.22 million8.61 million–
18747.16 million8.58 million–
18737.09 million8.55 million–
18727.02 million8.52 million–
18716.95 million8.49 million–
18706.89 million8.45 million–
18696.82 million8.4 million–
18686.76 million8.36 million–
18676.69 million8.31 million–
18666.63 million8.26 million–
18656.56 million8.21 million–
18646.5 million8.16 million–
18636.44 million8.11 million–
18626.38 million8.06 million–
18616.32 million8.01 million–
18606.26 million7.97 million–
18596.2 million7.92 million–
18586.14 million7.87 million–
18576.08 million7.82 million–
18566.02 million7.78 million–
18555.96 million7.73 million–
18545.91 million7.68 million–
18535.85 million7.64 million–
18525.79 million7.59 million–
18515.72 million7.55 million–
18505.64 million7.51 million–
18495.54 million7.47 million–
18485.42 million7.43 million–
18475.29 million7.4 million–
18465.17 million7.37 million–
18455.05 million7.34 million–
18444.93 million7.3 million–
18434.81 million7.27 million–
18424.7 million7.24 million–
18414.61 million7.21 million–
18404.53 million7.17 million–
18394.48 million7.14 million–
18384.45 million7.11 million–
18374.43 million7.08 million–
18364.42 million7.05 million–
18354.4 million7.01 million–
18344.39 million6.98 million–
18334.38 million6.95 million–
18324.36 million6.92 million–
18314.35 million6.89 million–
18304.33 million6.86 million–
18294.32 million6.83 million–
18284.31 million6.8 million–
18274.29 million6.77 million–
18264.28 million6.74 million–
18254.26 million6.71 million–
18244.25 million6.68 million–
18234.24 million6.65 million–
18224.22 million6.62 million–
18214.2 million6.59 million–
18204.18 million6.56 million–
18194.15 million6.53 million–
18184.12 million6.5 million–
18174.08 million6.47 million–
18164.05 million6.44 million–
18154.01 million6.42 million–
18143.97 million6.39 million–
18133.94 million6.36 million–
18123.9 million6.33 million–
18113.87 million6.3 million–
18103.83 million6.27 million–
18093.8 million6.25 million–
18083.76 million6.22 million–
18073.73 million6.19 million–
18063.7 million6.16 million–
18053.66 million6.14 million–
18043.63 million6.11 million–
18033.6 million6.08 million–
18023.56 million6.05 million–
18013.53 million6.03 million–
18003.5 million6 million–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearEgyptIranWorld
2024117 million116 million–117 million91.6 million91 million–92 million8.16 billion
2025118 million117 million–119 million92.4 million90.9 million–93.7 million8.23 billion
2026120 million119 million–122 million93.2 million91 million–95.2 million8.3 billion
2027122 million120 million–124 million93.8 million91 million–96.4 million8.37 billion
2028124 million121 million–126 million94.4 million90.8 million–97.5 million8.44 billion
2029125 million122 million–129 million95 million90.8 million–98.7 million8.5 billion
2030127 million124 million–132 million95.5 million90.8 million–99.8 million8.57 billion
2031129 million125 million–134 million96 million90.8 million–101 million8.63 billion
2032131 million126 million–137 million96.4 million90.6 million–102 million8.7 billion
2033133 million127 million–139 million96.9 million90.6 million–103 million8.76 billion
2034134 million128 million–142 million97.3 million90.7 million–104 million8.82 billion
2035136 million129 million–145 million97.7 million90.8 million–105 million8.89 billion
2036138 million130 million–147 million98.1 million90.6 million–106 million8.95 billion
2037140 million131 million–150 million98.5 million90.4 million–106 million9.01 billion
2038142 million132 million–153 million98.8 million90.1 million–107 million9.06 billion
2039143 million133 million–156 million99.2 million89.8 million–109 million9.12 billion
2040145 million134 million–158 million99.5 million89.8 million–109 million9.18 billion
2041147 million135 million–161 million99.9 million89.8 million–110 million9.23 billion
2042149 million136 million–164 million100 million89.6 million–111 million9.29 billion
2043151 million137 million–167 million101 million89.5 million–112 million9.34 billion
2044152 million138 million–169 million101 million89.3 million–113 million9.39 billion
2045154 million138 million–172 million101 million88.9 million–113 million9.44 billion
2046156 million139 million–175 million101 million88.8 million–114 million9.49 billion
2047157 million140 million–178 million101 million88.7 million–115 million9.54 billion
2048159 million140 million–180 million102 million88.5 million–116 million9.58 billion
2049160 million141 million–183 million102 million88.2 million–116 million9.62 billion
2050162 million142 million–186 million102 million87.8 million–117 million9.66 billion
2051163 million142 million–189 million102 million87.3 million–118 million9.7 billion
2052165 million143 million–192 million102 million87 million–119 million9.74 billion
2053166 million143 million–194 million102 million86.5 million–119 million9.78 billion
2054167 million144 million–197 million102 million85.9 million–119 million9.81 billion
2055169 million144 million–200 million102 million85.3 million–120 million9.85 billion
2056170 million144 million–203 million102 million84.5 million–120 million9.88 billion
2057171 million145 million–206 million102 million83.9 million–121 million9.91 billion
2058172 million145 million–209 million102 million83.2 million–121 million9.94 billion
2059174 million145 million–212 million101 million82.5 million–122 million9.96 billion
2060175 million145 million–215 million101 million81.8 million–122 million9.99 billion
2061176 million145 million–218 million101 million81 million–122 million10 billion
2062177 million145 million–222 million100 million80 million–122 million10 billion
2063178 million146 million–225 million100 million79.1 million–123 million10.1 billion
2064180 million146 million–228 million99.6 million78.5 million–123 million10.1 billion
2065181 million146 million–231 million99.2 million77.6 million–123 million10.1 billion
2066182 million145 million–234 million98.7 million76.6 million–123 million10.1 billion
2067183 million145 million–237 million98.3 million75.8 million–123 million10.1 billion
2068184 million145 million–240 million97.8 million75.1 million–123 million10.2 billion
2069185 million145 million–244 million97.2 million74.1 million–124 million10.2 billion
2070186 million144 million–247 million96.7 million72.9 million–124 million10.2 billion
2071187 million144 million–251 million96.2 million71.8 million–124 million10.2 billion
2072188 million144 million–255 million95.6 million70.7 million–124 million10.2 billion
2073189 million144 million–258 million95 million69.6 million–124 million10.2 billion
2074190 million144 million–262 million94.4 million68.4 million–123 million10.2 billion
2075191 million143 million–265 million93.8 million67.4 million–123 million10.3 billion
2076191 million143 million–268 million93.2 million66.2 million–124 million10.3 billion
2077192 million142 million–272 million92.6 million64.9 million–124 million10.3 billion
2078193 million141 million–275 million92 million64 million–124 million10.3 billion
2079194 million141 million–278 million91.4 million63 million–125 million10.3 billion
2080194 million140 million–281 million90.8 million62 million–125 million10.3 billion
2081195 million140 million–284 million90.3 million61 million–125 million10.3 billion
2082196 million139 million–286 million89.7 million60.2 million–125 million10.3 billion
2083196 million139 million–289 million89.1 million59.5 million–125 million10.3 billion
2084197 million138 million–293 million88.5 million58.4 million–125 million10.3 billion
2085197 million137 million–296 million88 million57.3 million–124 million10.3 billion
2086198 million136 million–299 million87.4 million56.4 million–124 million10.3 billion
2087198 million136 million–303 million86.9 million55.5 million–125 million10.3 billion
2088199 million135 million–308 million86.3 million54.5 million–125 million10.3 billion
2089199 million134 million–313 million85.8 million53.6 million–125 million10.3 billion
2090200 million133 million–316 million85.3 million52.9 million–125 million10.3 billion
2091200 million132 million–319 million84.7 million52 million–125 million10.3 billion
2092200 million131 million–323 million84.2 million51 million–125 million10.3 billion
2093201 million130 million–326 million83.7 million50.2 million–125 million10.3 billion
2094201 million129 million–330 million83.2 million49.5 million–126 million10.2 billion
2095201 million128 million–332 million82.7 million48.7 million–126 million10.2 billion
2096201 million127 million–335 million82.2 million47.8 million–127 million10.2 billion
2097202 million126 million–339 million81.6 million46.8 million–127 million10.2 billion
2098202 million125 million–341 million81.1 million45.8 million–127 million10.2 billion
2099202 million124 million–344 million80.6 million45 million–128 million10.2 billion
2100202 million123 million–347 million80.1 million44.3 million–128 million10.2 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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