How many babies are born in Iran each year?

An estimated 1.1 million babies are born in Iran in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 3,015 a day and 0.83% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Iran?

Iran has an estimated 11.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.66 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Iran?

1.1 million babies born in Iran in 2026 — 0.83% of all births worldwide, and the 27th largest of any country. UN projection

3,015births per day
126per hour
2per minute
11.8births per 1,000 people
1.66children per woman
93.17 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Iran through history

Estimated annual births in Iran, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Iran's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1 CE	~160K	~4M	40.4	Modelled estimate
1000	~180K	~4.5M	40.5	Modelled estimate
1500	~170K	~4M	41.3	Modelled estimate
1800	~292K	~6M	48.6	Historical reconstruction
1900	~492K	~10.1M	48.6	Historical reconstruction
1950	838K	16.5M	50.8	UN estimate
2000	1.06M	66.4M	16.0	UN estimate
2024	1.15M	91.6M	12.6	UN projection
2026	1.1M	93.2M	11.8	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Iran are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1985, at about 2.1M. That is roughly 6.8 times the estimated ~162K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.66 children per woman, fertility in Iran is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.