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Iran's population was estimated to be 68,688,433 in July 2005, with nearly two-fifths of its people being 15 years of age or younger. [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html#People Iran is also ethnically and linguistically diverse, with some cities (such as Tehran ) bringing various ethnic groups together.

About 70% of Iran's peoples speak , Kurd s, Gilaki s, Mazandarani s, Lurs , and Baluchi s. The remainder are primarily Turkic , such as the Azeri , Turkmen , and the Qashqai peoples, as well as Arabs , Armenians , and Assyrians .


MOST POPULOUS CITIES

The following is a list of the five most populous cities in the country.

''See also: List Of Cities In Iran .''


RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION


Most Iranians are Muslims; 90% belong to the Shi'a branch of Islam, the official state religion, and about 9% belong to the Sunni branch, which predominates in neighboring Muslim countries. Non-Muslim minorities include Zoroastrian s, Jews , Bahá'ís , Mandeans and Christian s.

Non-Muslim minorities have been shrinking in the past few decades. Only 11,000 to 40,000 Jews remain in Iran today, of a community that stood at about 100,000 before the Islamic Revolution. Zoroastrian, Bahá'í, and Christian communities are seeing similar contraction. Today, there are about 8,000 Assyria n Christians in Iran, who belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church .


MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

Population:
68,017,860 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:

''0-14 years:''
27.1% (male 9,465,475; female 8,973,828)

''15-64 years:''
68% (male 23,556,970; female 22,701,065)

''65 years and over:''
4.9% (male 1,637,512; female 1,683,010) (2005 est.)

Median age:

''total:''
24.23 years

''male:''
24.03 years

''female:''
24.44 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.86% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
16.83 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
5.55 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-2.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:

''at birth:''
1.05 male(s)/female

''under 15 years:''
1.06 male(s)/female

''15-64 years:''
1.04 male(s)/female

''65 years and over:''
0.97 male(s)/female

''total population:''
1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
41.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

''total population:''
69.96 years

''male:''
68.58 years

''female:''
71.4 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.82 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:

''noun:'' Iranian(s) -- ''adjective:'' Iranian


Ethnic groups: Persians 51%, Azeris 24%, Gilaki - Mazandarani 8%- Kurds 7% Arabs 3%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, Lurs 2%, other 1%(based on CIA data)


Religions: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian , Jewish , Christian , and Bahá'í 2%


Languages: Persian And Persian Dialects 58%, Turkic And Turkic Dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, other 2%




Literacy:


definition: age 15 and over can read and write

''total population:''
79.4%

''male:''
85.6%

''female:''
73.0% (2003 est.)



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