Iran People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
86,758,304 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Iranian(s)
adjective: Iranian
Ethnic groups
Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes
Languages
Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
major-language sample(s):
چکیده نامه جهان، منبعی ضروری برای کسب اطلاعات کلی جهان (Persian)
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Religions
Muslim (official) 99.6% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2016 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 24.11% (male 10,472,844/female 10,000,028)
15-24 years: 13.36% (male 5,806,034/female 5,537,561)
25-54 years: 48.94% (male 21,235,038/female 20,327,384)
55-64 years: 7.72% (male 3,220,074/female 3,337,420)
65 years and over: 5.87% (male 2,316,677/female 2,670,254) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 45.3
youth dependency ratio: 34.6
elderly dependency ratio: 10.7
potential support ratio: 9.3 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 31.7 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 32 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.98% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
15.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
5.17 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
population is concentrated in the north, northwest, and west, reflecting the position of the Zagros and Elburz Mountains; the vast dry areas in the center and eastern parts of the country, around the deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, have a much lower population density
Urbanization
urban population: 77.3% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
9.382 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.318 million Mashhad, 2.219 million Esfahan, 1.699 million Shiraz, 1.644 million Tabriz, 1.587 million Karaj (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 14.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.97 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.25 years
male: 73.89 years
female: 76.67 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.8% of population
rural: 98.1% of population
total: 99.4% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population
rural: 1.9% of population
total: 0.6% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
6.7% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density
1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
(2021 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: intermediate (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 9 December 2022, Iran has reported a total of 7,559,999 cases of COVID-19 or 9,000.75 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 144,649 cumulative deaths or a rate 172.2 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 4 December 2022, 73.52% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
25.8% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 13.6% (2020 est.)
male: 24.1% (2020 est.)
female: 3.1% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
4.1% (2010/11)
Education expenditures
3.6% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.5%
male: 90.4%
female: 80.8% (2016)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 23.7%
male: 21.2%
female: 36% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Iran on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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