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Iran People 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/iran/iran_people.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population
68,959,931 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure
Population growth rate 2.04% (1998 est.) Birth rate 31.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) Death rate 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate -4.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio
Infant mortality rate 48.95 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 4.31 children born/woman (1998 est.) Nationality
Ethnic groups Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1% Religions Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1% Languages Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2% Literacy
NOTE: The information regarding Iran on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |