Urban Population / Iran
Iran Urban Population
Iran urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 77.38%.
COUNTRY: Iran
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-29 18:45:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
Iran · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
60 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
5.1 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Iran · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
77.38%
Previous
77.02%
Range avg.
75.73%
Rank
44
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IndicatorUrban Population
77.38%2025 · Rank 44
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Iran recorded 77.38% for Urban Population in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.36 percentage points, from 77.02% to 77.38%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (75.73%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 73.88% in 2016 and the high was 77.38% in 2025.
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