Iran's population passes 87 million and reaches 87,006,037

According to the Statistical Centre of Iran, in figures carried by the IRNA news agency and reported by EcoIran on Sunday 2 August 2026 (11 Mordad 1405), the country's population has passed 87 million to reach 87,006,037.

The centre's previous estimate had put the population at 86,562,000. It projects that Iran's population will reach 87,134,000 by the end of the Iranian year 1405 (March 2027), of which more than 67 million will be urban and about 20 million rural.

In the Iranian year 1404, which ended in March 2026, registered births numbered 892,227 and deaths numbered 459,984. The highest number of births fell in the summer of that year and the highest number of deaths in the spring.