| Population: |
66,128,965 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
32.97% (male 11,150,053; female 10,654,884)
15-64 years:
62.38% (male 20,765,001; female 20,488,672)
65 years and over:
4.65% (male 1,617,045; female 1,453,310) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.72% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
17.1 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-4.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.11 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
29.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
69.95 years
male:
68.61 years
female:
71.37 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Iranian(s)
adjective:
Iranian
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| Ethnic groups: |
Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
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| Religions: |
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
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| Languages: |
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
72.1%
male:
78.4%
female:
65.8% (1994 est.)
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