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| People of Iran
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| Population: |
68,959,931 (July 1998 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
2.04% (1998 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
31.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.) |
| Death rate: |
6.19 deaths/1,000 population (1998 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: 1.05 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
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| Infant
mortality rate: |
48.95 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
4.31 children born/woman (1998 est.)
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| Life
expectancy at birth: |
total population:68.25 years
male: 66.83 years
female: 69.74 years (1998 est.)
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| Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:72.1%
male:78.4%
female:65.8% (1994 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun: Iranian(s)
adjective:Iranian
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| Languages: |
Persian, Turkic, Kurdish, Luri, Balochi, Arabic and many more...
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