|
Population: 65,619,636 (July 2000 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 34% (male 11,542,446; female 11,035,705)
15-64 years: 61% (male 20,151,083; female 19,879,432)
65 years and over: 5% (male 1,592,753; female 1,418,217)
(2000 est.)
Households Headed by Women: 1,037,331
Percentage households headed by employed women:
15.9%
People living in households headed by unemployed
women: 2,395,096
Population Growth Rate: 0.83% (2000 est.)
Birth Rate: 18.29 births/1,000 population (2000
est.)
Sex Ratio: total population: 1.03 male(s)/female
(2000 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate: 30.02 deaths/1,000 live
births (2000 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
total population: 69.66 years
male: 68.34 years
female: 71.05 years (2000 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 2.2 children born/woman
(2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Persian 51%, Azeri 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 Rate:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
male: 78.4%
female: 65.8% (1994 est.)
GDP - per Capita: purchasing power parity -
$5,300 (1999 est.)
|
