Iran People 2008

Population:
65,397,521 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23.2% (male 7,783,794/female 7,385,721)
15-64 years: 71.4% (male 23,636,883/female 23,088,934)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 1,701,727/female 1,800,462) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 25.8 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 26 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.663% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
16.57 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
5.65 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
-4.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.024 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.945 male(s)/female
total population: 1.026 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 38.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 38.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 37.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.56 years
male: 69.12 years
female: 72.07 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.71 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
66,000 (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,600 (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Iranian(s)
adjective: Iranian

Ethnic groups:
Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Religions:
Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%

Languages:
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%