Iran - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Iran was 51.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.57 in 2020 and a minimum value of 13.80 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 13.80
1962 14.16
1963 14.54
1964 14.92
1965 15.32
1966 15.73
1967 16.16
1968 16.60
1969 17.05
1970 17.51
1971 17.98
1972 18.47
1973 18.98
1974 19.52
1975 20.09
1976 20.71
1977 21.37
1978 22.08
1979 22.86
1980 23.73
1981 24.68
1982 25.71
1983 26.79
1984 27.92
1985 29.07
1986 30.24
1987 31.43
1988 32.59
1989 33.66
1990 34.61
1991 35.41
1992 36.09
1993 36.67
1994 37.20
1995 37.72
1996 38.25
1997 38.76
1998 39.28
1999 39.79
2000 40.29
2001 40.80
2002 41.31
2003 41.83
2004 42.33
2005 42.83
2006 43.32
2007 43.80
2008 44.28
2009 44.77
2010 45.29
2011 45.82
2012 46.38
2013 46.96
2014 47.56
2015 48.19
2016 48.85
2017 49.53
2018 50.22
2019 50.91
2020 51.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization