Iran vs Thailand: Population

Iran

90.61 million people

in 2023

Thailand

71.70 million people

in 2023

Iran rank

17th

Thailand rank

20th

Population over time

Iran currently reports 90.61 million people against 71.70 million people in Thailand, a difference of 18.91 million people.

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

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

Iran ranks 17th and Thailand ranks 20th 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.