Iran
Urban population in Iran
Urban population in Iran: 27.5% in 1950 and 77.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 77.4%
- Since 1950
- +49.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 75 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 86.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 86.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Iran |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.4 |
| 2024 | 77 |
| 2023 | 76.7 |
| 2022 | 76.3 |
| 2021 | 76 |
| 2020 | 75.6 |
| 2019 | 75.2 |
| 2018 | 74.8 |
| 2017 | 74.4 |
| 2016 | 73.9 |
| 2015 | 73.4 |
| 2014 | 72.8 |
| 2013 | 72.3 |
| 2012 | 71.8 |
| 2011 | 71.2 |
| 2010 | 70.6 |
| 2009 | 70 |
| 2008 | 69.4 |
| 2007 | 68.8 |
| 2006 | 68.3 |
| 2005 | 67.9 |
| 2004 | 67.3 |
| 2003 | 66.6 |
| 2002 | 65.9 |
| 2001 | 65.2 |
| 2000 | 64.5 |
| 1999 | 63.7 |
| 1998 | 62.9 |
| 1997 | 62.1 |
| 1996 | 61.1 |
| 1995 | 60.4 |
| 1994 | 59.6 |
| 1993 | 58.7 |
| 1992 | 57.9 |
| 1991 | 56.9 |
| 1990 | 56.5 |
| 1989 | 55.9 |
| 1988 | 55.4 |
| 1987 | 54.8 |
| 1986 | 54.2 |
| 1985 | 53.6 |
| 1984 | 52.8 |
| 1983 | 52.1 |
| 1982 | 51.4 |
| 1981 | 50.7 |
| 1980 | 49.9 |
| 1979 | 49.2 |
| 1978 | 48.5 |
| 1977 | 47.8 |
| 1976 | 46.8 |
| 1975 | 46.1 |
| 1974 | 45.2 |
| 1973 | 44.3 |
| 1972 | 43.3 |
| 1971 | 42.4 |
| 1970 | 41.5 |
| 1969 | 40.6 |
| 1968 | 39.7 |
| 1967 | 38.9 |
| 1966 | 37.7 |
| 1965 | 37.1 |
| 1964 | 36.6 |
| 1963 | 36 |
| 1962 | 35.3 |
| 1961 | 34.6 |
| 1960 | 34 |
| 1959 | 33.3 |
| 1958 | 32.6 |
| 1957 | 31.9 |
| 1956 | 31.2 |
| 1955 | 30.5 |
| 1954 | 29.9 |
| 1953 | 29.3 |
| 1952 | 28.7 |
| 1951 | 28.1 |
| 1950 | 27.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Iran |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 77.7 |
| 2027 | 78.1 |
| 2028 | 78.5 |
| 2029 | 78.8 |
| 2030 | 79.2 |
| 2031 | 79.5 |
| 2032 | 79.9 |
| 2033 | 80.3 |
| 2034 | 80.6 |
| 2035 | 81 |
| 2036 | 81.4 |
| 2037 | 81.8 |
| 2038 | 82.1 |
| 2039 | 82.5 |
| 2040 | 82.9 |
| 2041 | 83.3 |
| 2042 | 83.7 |
| 2043 | 84.1 |
| 2044 | 84.5 |
| 2045 | 84.8 |
| 2046 | 85.2 |
| 2047 | 85.6 |
| 2048 | 86.1 |
| 2049 | 86.5 |
| 2050 | 86.9 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per person$80 in 2025
- Military share of state spending11.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel650,000 people in 2020
- National power1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports80 million TIV in 2025