Population ages 20-24, male in Iran
Iran: Population ages 20-24, male was 3.00 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population ages 20-24, male in Iran, 1960–2025
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.
Analysis
In 2025, population ages 20-24, male in Iran stood at 3.00 million.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 20-24, male in Iran peaked at 4.78 million in 2008 and was at its lowest, 853,922, in 1960.
Iran ranks 19th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 913,391 | 853,922 | 1.06 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.52 million | 1.15 million | 1.84 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.26 million | 1.91 million | 2.47 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.68 million | 2.48 million | 3.19 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.31 million | 3.45 million | 4.78 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.88 million | 3.07 million | 4.66 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.97 million | 2.94 million | 3.00 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More health data for Iran
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 654,438 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 606,752 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 64.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 69.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 32.64 million (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 667,754 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 632,755 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 69.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 638,155 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 621,001 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 20-24, male in Iran?
- Population ages 20-24, male in Iran was 3.00 million in 2025, according to World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.
- What is the highest population ages 20-24, male recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 4.78 million in 2008.
- What is the lowest population ages 20-24, male recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 853,922 in 1960.
- How does Iran rank for population ages 20-24, male?
- Iran ranks 19th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 20-24, male rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as part of Population ages 20-24, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Male population between the ages 20 to 24.