| People | Iran |
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Population:
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77,891,220 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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51 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 71% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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TEHRAN (capital) 7.19 million; Mashhad 2.592 million; Esfahan 1.704 million; Karaj 1.531 million; Tabriz 1.459 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 24.1% (male 9,608,342/female 9,128,427)
15-64 years: 70.9% (male 28,083,193/female 27,170,445)
65 years and over: 5% (male 1,844,967/female 2,055,846) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 26.8 years
male: 26.6 years
female: 27.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.248% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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18.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.94 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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30 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 42.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 42.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 70.06 years
male: 68.58 years
female: 71.61 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.88 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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3.9% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.89 physicians/1,000 population (2005) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.38 beds/1,000 population (2006) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 83% of population
total: 93% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 17% of population
total: 7% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 86% of population
rural: 78% of population
total: 83% of population
unimproved:
urban: 14% of population
rural: 22% of population
total: 17% of population (2000) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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92,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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6,400 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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14.2% (2005) |
Nationality:
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noun: Iranian(s)
adjective: Iranian |
Ethnic groups:
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Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1% (2008 est.) |
Religions:
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Muslim (official) 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% |
Languages:
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Persian (official) 53%, Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects 18%, Kurdish 10%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 7%, Luri 6%, Balochi 2%, Arabic 2%, other 2% (2008 est.) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77%
male: 83.5%
female: 70.4% (2002 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.7% of GDP (2009) |
People - note:
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void |
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