| Population | 85,888,910 (July 2021 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): ????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ??? ???? (Persian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 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: 45.6 youth dependency ratio: 36 elderly dependency ratio: 9.6 potential support ratio: 14.2 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 31.7 years male: 31.5 years female: 32 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.03% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 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: 76.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 9.259 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.264 million Mashhad, 2.177 million Esfahan, 1.675 million Shiraz, 1.627 million Tabriz, 1.582 million Karaj (2021) |
| 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: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.06 years male: 73.71 years female: 76.48 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.93 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 77.4% (2010/11) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 93.1% of population total: 97.2% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 6.9% of population total: 2.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 98.9% of population rural: 95.7% of population total: 98.1% of population unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population (2015 est.) rural: 4.3% of population total: 1.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 54,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 3,200 (2020 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 20 July 2021, Iran has reported a total of 3,548,704 cases of COVID-19 or 4,225 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 104.03 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 6.98% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.8% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.1% (2010/11) |
| Education expenditures | 4% of GDP (2018) |
| 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 (2017) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
