🇮🇷 Migration to & from Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Historic Net Migration for Iran (Islamic Republic of) (1950-2023)

Iran (Islamic Republic of) has seen a decrease in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
1950	9,068	384,176
1951	7,745	389,411
1952	2,427	400,242
1953	-7,872	405,940
1954	-5,607	428,733
1955	-6,159	449,232
1956	-6,399	467,869
1957	-19,490	479,126
1958	-28,359	499,284
1959	2,699	554,177
1960	24,066	579,741
1961	45,680	609,889
1962	64,099	632,968
1963	77,744	675,120
1964	89,360	703,940
1965	95,420	732,864
1966	66,156	730,484
1967	44,993	738,799
1968	36,935	745,121
1969	45,481	791,647
1970	59,763	820,392
1971	47,734	827,563
1972	66,558	848,220
1973	74,729	892,428
1974	73,218	934,844
1975	76,834	988,039
1976	-11,275	980,129
1977	38,058	1,090,745
1978	40,073	1,143,584
1979	45,412	1,279,120
1980	66,006	1,352,183
1981	1,266,083	2,558,991
1982	69,511	1,488,566
1983	95,824	1,567,345
1984	87,876	1,633,489
1985	82,961	1,642,027
1986	104,653	1,652,126
1987	97,248	1,604,381
1988	63,143	1,536,375
1989	59,563	1,529,360
1990	1,375,419	2,768,426
1991	194,979	1,626,082
1992	-203,400	1,136,184
1993	-1,595,940	-369,356
1994	-197,490	829,993
1995	-120,114	788,128
1996	7,728	819,011
1997	198,135	945,297
1998	288,994	1,016,480
1999	277,986	1,010,167
2000	394,594	1,129,109
2001	393,336	1,131,828
2002	-568,950	172,703
2003	370,945	1,082,462
2004	369,535	1,131,489
2005	323,987	1,110,349
2006	252,053	1,075,983
2007	139,826	1,011,335
2008	90,815	986,615
2009	99,224	1,021,967
2010	127,703	1,080,374
2011	-150,029	857,858
2012	19,635	1,105,102
2013	23,351	1,163,851
2014	653,255	1,841,638
2015	628,310	1,816,699
2016	23,759	1,214,081
2017	7,709	1,183,611
2018	-29,981	1,041,359
2019	-34,571	851,920
2020	-156,669	600,061
2021	28,080	666,419
2022	-39,998	587,856
2023	-39,998	656,538

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Iran (Islamic Republic of) for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2023-2100)

Iran (Islamic Republic of) will see a decrease of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year	Net Migration	Overall Population +/-
2023	-39,998	656,538
2024	-39,998	617,491
2025	-39,998	584,265
2026	-39,998	546,858
2027	-39,998	514,405
2028	-39,998	482,095
2029	-39,998	458,425
2030	-39,998	432,884
2031	-39,998	412,169
2032	-39,998	392,337
2033	-39,998	377,038
2034	-39,998	365,516
2035	-39,998	353,338
2036	-39,998	343,237
2037	-39,998	334,724
2038	-39,998	327,902
2039	-39,998	318,698
2040	-39,998	312,356
2041	-39,998	303,516
2042	-39,998	298,586
2043	-39,998	289,236
2044	-39,998	281,363
2045	-39,998	267,049
2046	-39,998	251,964
2047	-39,998	225,088
2048	-39,998	194,471
2049	-39,998	158,963
2050	-39,998	124,387
2051	-39,998	86,006
2052	-39,998	44,320
2053	-39,998	2,914
2054	-39,998	-40,746
2055	-39,998	-84,619
2056	-39,998	-124,971
2057	-39,998	-164,192
2058	-39,998	-203,496
2059	-39,998	-237,999
2060	-39,998	-271,987
2061	-39,998	-298,853
2062	-39,998	-328,798
2063	-39,998	-352,494
2064	-39,998	-377,215
2065	-39,998	-401,838
2066	-39,998	-421,016
2067	-39,998	-438,326
2068	-39,998	-452,557
2069	-39,998	-466,769
2070	-39,998	-477,670
2071	-39,998	-486,176
2072	-39,998	-494,136
2073	-39,998	-500,574
2074	-39,998	-507,741
2075	-39,998	-511,199
2076	-39,998	-512,183
2077	-39,998	-512,329
2078	-39,998	-511,364
2079	-39,998	-508,769
2080	-39,998	-507,316
2081	-39,998	-501,683
2082	-39,998	-495,834
2083	-39,998	-491,742
2084	-39,998	-486,922
2085	-39,998	-476,591
2086	-39,998	-470,464
2087	-39,998	-465,485
2088	-39,998	-460,854
2089	-39,998	-453,654
2090	-39,998	-453,725
2091	-39,998	-449,062
2092	-39,998	-446,184
2093	-39,998	-448,523
2094	-39,998	-447,944
2095	-39,998	-452,030
2096	-39,998	-458,745
2097	-39,998	-463,055
2098	-39,998	-468,356
2099	-39,998	-471,206
2100	-39,998	-477,709

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Causes of Emigration from Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Common Questions

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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