Editing Demographics of Iran (section)

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref name="UN Demographic Yearbooks">{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|publisher=United Nations|access-date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227194033/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sabteahval.ir/en/default-972.aspx|title=.:: National Organization for Civil Registration-Home ::.|work=sabteahval.ir|access-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114035336/http://www.sabteahval.ir/en/default-972.aspx|archive-date=14 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2016 |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/census/census-2016}}</ref>
Note that registrations may be by year of registration and not by year of occurrence. This was especially the case in the beginning of the 1980s when there were many late registrations. This explains the high number of births during 1980-1986. Before 1980, the registrations were incomplete.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
!
! style="width:70pt;"|Average population 
! style="width:70pt;"|Live births
! style="width:70pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:70pt;"|Total Fertility Rate
|-
| 1959
|
|864,846||176,268||688,578
|||||||
|-
| 1960
|
|876,206||171,040||705,166
|||||||
|-
| 1961
|
|902,260||159,371||742,889
|||||||
|-
| 1962
|
|957,500||165,488||792,012
|||||||
|-
| 1963
|
|920,967||135,912||785,055
|||||||
|-
| 1964
|
|1,118,911||145,174||973,737
|||||||
|-
| 1965
|
|1,139,663||171,940||967,723
|||||||
|-
| 1966
|
|1,101,606||178,991||922,615
|||||||
|-
| 1967
|
|1,019,373||179,159||840,214
|||||||
|-
| 1968
|
|1,037,022||174,201||862,821
|||||||
|-
| 1969
|
|1,091,513||167,660||923,853
|||||||
|-
| 1970
|
|1,189,203||163,430||1,025,773
|||||||
|-
| 1971
|
|1,231,227||149,325||1,081,902
|||||||
|-
| 1972
|
|1,138,843||153,568||985,275
|||||||
|-
| 1973
|
|1,199,777||155,081||1,044,696
|||||||
|-
| 1974
|
|1,248,256||149,785||1,098,471
|||||||
|-
| 1975
|
|1,339,267||148,543||1,190,724
|||||||
|-
| 1976
|
|1,401,426||155,981||1,245,445
|||||||
|-
| 1977
|
|1,399,977||146,369||1,253,608
|||||||
|-
| 1978
|
|1,369,597||127,587||1,242,010
|||||||
|-
| 1979
|
|1,689,908||142,402||1,547,506
|||||||
|-
| 1980
|
|<span style="color:blue">2,450,308</span>||162,176||2,288,132
|||||||
|-
| 1981
|
|2,421,611||178,099||2,243,512
|||||||
|-
| 1982
|
|2,101,894||200,614||1,901,280
|||||||
|-
| 1983
|
|2,203,448||207,228||1,996,220
|||||||
|-
| 1984
|
|2,067,803||186,440||1,881,363
|||||||
|-
| 1985
|
|2,033,285||190,061||1,843,224
|||||||
|-
| 1986
|
|2,259,055||199,511||2,059,544
|||||||
|-
| 1987
|
|1,832,089||204,230||1,627,859
|||||||
|-
| 1988
|
|1,944,149||238,390||1,705,759
|||||||
|-
| 1989
|
|1,784,811||199,645||1,585,166
|||||||
|-
| 1990
|
|1,722,977||217,597||1,505,380
|||||||
|-
| 1991
|
|1,582,931||217,637||1,365,294
|||||||
|-
| 1992
|
|1,433,243||188,647||1,244,596
|||||||
|-
| 1993
|
|1,388,017||208,161||1,179,856
|||||||
|-
| 1994
|
|1,426,784||||
|||||||<span style="color:#0000FF">3.50</span>
|-
| 1995
|
|1,205,372||||
|||||||<span style="color:#0000FF">3.22</span>
|-
| 1996
|
|1,187,903||||
|||||||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.95</span>
|-
| 1997
|
|1,179,260||||
|||||||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.73</span>
|-
| 1998
|
|1,185,639
|<span style="color:red">551,345</span> ||634,294
|||||||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.53</span>
|-
| 1999
|62,738,000
|1,177,557||374,838||802,719
|18.8||6.0||12.8||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.36</span>
|-
| 2000
|63,658,000
|1,095,165||382,674||712,491
|17.2||6.0||11.2||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.19</span>
|-
| 2001
|64,592,000
|1,110,836||421,525||689,311
|17.2||6.5||10.7||2.09
|-
| 2002
|65,540,000
|1,122,104||337,237||784,867
|17.1||5.1||12.0||2.01
|-
| 2003
|66,480,000
|1,171,573||368,518||803,055
|17.6||5.5||12.1||1.92
|-
| 2004
|67,477,000
|1,154,368||355,213||799,155
|17.1||5.3||11.8||1.87
|-
| 2005
|69,672,000
|1,239,408||363,723||875,685
|18.1||5.3||12.8||1.82
|-
| 2006
|70,554,000
|1,253,912||408,566||845,346
|17.8||5.8||12.0||1.79 
|-
| 2007
|71,336,000
|1,286,716||412,736||873,980
|18.0||5.8||12.2||1.81
|-
| 2008
|72,120,000
|1,300,166||417,798||882,368
|17.9||5.8||12.2||1.80
|-
| 2009
|72,924,000
|1,348,546||393,514||955,032
|18.3||5.3||13.0||1.78
|-
| 2010
|73,762,000
|1,363,542||441,042||922,500
|18.3||5.9||12.4||1.77
|-
| 2011
|74,634,000
|1,382,229||422,133||960,096
|18.3||5.6||12.7||1.74
|-
| 2012
|75,539,000
|1,421,689||367,512||1,054,177
|18.7||4.8||13.9||1.73
|-
| 2013
|76,481,000
|1,471,834||372,279||1,099,555
|19.1||4.8||14.3||1.70
|-
| 2014
|77,465,000
|1,534,362||446,333||1,088,029
|19.8||5.8||14.0||1.68
|-
| 2015
|78,492,000
|1,570,219||374,827||1,195,392
|20.0||4.8||15.2||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.16</span>
|-
| 2016
|79,926,000
|1,528,053||388,792||1,139,261
|19.2||4.9||14.3||<span style="color:#0000FF">2.11</span>
|-
| 2017
|80,960,000
|1,487,923||369,751||1,118,172
|19.0||4.6||14.4||2.09
|-
| 2018
|81,865,000
|1,366,519||376,731||989,788
|16.9||4.6||12.3||1.95
|-
| 2019
|82,585,000
|1,196,132||395,319||800,813 
|14.4||4.8||9.6||1.74                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                               1.77
|-
|2020
|83,220,000
|1,114,128||511,881||602,247
|13.4||6.2||7.5||1.65
|-
|2021
|<span style="color:blue">83,935,000</span>
|1,116,212||544,517||<span style="color:red">571,695</span>
|13.2||<span style="color:red">6.4</span>||6.8||1.61
|-
|2022
||||1,075,381||395,727||679,654
|12.7||4.7||8.0||1.55(e)
|-
|2023
||||1,057,948||403,202||654,746
|<span style="color:red">12.4</span>||4.7||7.7||<span style="color:red">1.52(e)</span>
|-
|2024
|
|979,923<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=کاهش تعداد متولدان |url=https://hammihanonline.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-23/37535-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=هم‌میهن |language=fa}}</ref>
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|1.44<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=کاهش موالید در ایران؛ غربالگری‌های دوران بارداری در کانون توجه |url=https://www.etemadonline.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C-23/714138-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=اعتمادآنلاین |language=fa}}</ref>
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{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=year
| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 16.8,17.2,17.6,18,18.4,18.9,19.3,19.8,20.3,20.8,21.4,22,22.6,23.3,23.9,24.7,25.4,26.1,26.9,27.6,28.5,29.3,30.1,31,31.9,32.9,33.8,34.9,36,37.2,38.5,40.5,
42.5,44,45.6,47.3,48.9,50.5,52.1,53.6,55.8,58,59.4,59.8,60,60.8,61.6,62.5,63.5,64.5,65.5,66.7,67.3,68,69.1,70.2,71.3,72.3,73.3,74.3,75.4,76.3,77.3,78.5,
80,81.8,83.3,84.5,85.6,86.6,87.3,87.9

| y1Title= population (million)

}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 22.3,22.2,22.6,23.0,23.6,24.1,24.5,25.2,26.0,26.5,26.0,25.7,25.2,25.7,25.7,25.9,26.2,26.6,26.4,27.0,26.8,26.7,26.0,26.4,27.0,
27.8,29.3,30.2,30.7,33.2,33.4,32.4,33.4,33.5,33.9,33.0,31.7,29.9,28.3,27.4,25.3,24.7,22.5,20.3,17.1,14.9,13.2,12.0,11.5,11.4,11.2,11.1,11.0,10.5,11.1,11.2,11.6,
12.1,12.2,12.4,12.6,13.2,14.0,14.5,14.9,14.6,14.3,13.9,12.5,10.2,8.7,7.3

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 209.0,207.3,203.7,200.5,197.2,192.9,189.5,185.8,181.6,177.8,174.0,170.2,167.3,162.8,159.1,155.4,151.6,147.6,144.0,138.9,134.1,128.9,123.8,118.2,113.0,107.7,
102.3,96.6,92.4,85.1,79.5,74.3,69.3,65.1,61.5,58.2,55.3,52.6,49.8,47.4,46.5,43.1,41.3,39.8,38.2,36.8,35.4,34.0,32.5,31.0,29.5,28.1,26.4,25.6,23.4,21.9,
20.6,19.4,18.2,17.2,16.3,15.5,14.8,14.2,13.6,13.1,12.6,12.2,11.8,11.4,11.0,10.7

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=2.1
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 6.95,6.95,6.96,6.98,7.01,7.04,7.08,7.18,7.28,7.38,7.30,7.23,7.22,7.18,7.13,7.11,7.08,7.05,6.97,6.90,6.71,6.51,6.25,6.11,6.04,6.01,6.14,6.20,6.33,6.53,6.58,
6.56,6.55,6.51,6.44,6.26,6.01,5.69,5.39,5.11,4.86,4.51,4.08,3.68,3.27,2.89,2.57,2.33,2.20,2.10,2.02,1.94,1.87,1.82,1.80,1.78,1.77,1.77,1.77,1.77,1.77,1.80,1.89,1.96,2.04,2.05,2.07,2.07,1.97,1.77,1.71,1.69

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

====Current vital statistics====
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Over 1m births registered in a year |date=8 April 2024 |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/496901/Over-1m-births-registered-in-a-year}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Some 980,000 births registered in a year |date=6 May 2025 |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/512692/Some-980-000-births-registered-in-a-year}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''March 2023—March 2024'''
| 1,057,948
| 
| 
|-
| '''March 2024—March 2025'''
| 979,923
| 
| 
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -78,025 (-7.38%)
| 
|
|-
|}