Egypt vs Iran: Population

Egypt

114.54 million people

in 2023

Iran

90.61 million people

in 2023

Egypt rank

14th

Iran rank

17th

Population over time

Egypt currently reports 114.54 million people against 90.61 million people in Iran, a difference of 23.93 million people.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 14th and Iran ranks 17th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.