Iran 
Facts
Population:
66,128,965 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
32.97% (male 11,150,053; female 10,654,884)
15-64 years:
62.38% (male 20,765,001; female 20,488,672)
65 years and over:
4.65% (male 1,617,045; female 1,453,310) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.72% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
17.1 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-4.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.11 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
29.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.95 years
male:
68.61 years
female:
71.37 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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:
Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
Languages:
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
72.1%
male:
78.4%
female:
65.8% (1994 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $413 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $6,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
24%
industry:
28%
services:
48% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
53% (1996 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
16% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
17.3 million
note:
shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 33%, industry 25%, services 42% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
14% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$27 billion
expenditures:
$27 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999)
Industries:
petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments
Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (nonoil) (1999)
Electricity - production:
103.054 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
93.16%
hydro:
6.84%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
95.84 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar
Exports:
$25 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum 85%, carpets, fruits and nuts, iron and steel, chemicals
Exports - partners:
Japan, Italy, UAE, South Korea, France, China
Imports:
$15 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies
Imports - partners:
Germany, South Korea, Italy, UAE, France, Japan
Debt - external:
$7.5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$116.5 million (1995)
Currency:
Iranian rial (IRR)
Currency code:
IRR
Exchange rates:
Iranian rials per US dollar - 1,754.71 (January 2001), 1,764.43 (2000), 1,725.93 (1999), 1,751.86 (1998), 1,752.92 (1997), 1,750.76 (1996)
note:
Iran has three officially recognized exchange rates; the averages for 1999 are as follows: the official floating rate of 1,750 rials per US dollar, the "export" rate of 3,000 rials per US dollar, and the variable Tehran Stock Exchange rate, which averages 7,863 rials per US dollar; the market rate averages 8,615 rials per US dollar
Fiscal year:
21 March - 20 March
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Abrar
(Pro-government), Tehran
Aftab
(Reformist monthly), Tehran
Aftab-eh Yazd
(Reformist), Tehran
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(Reformist), Tehran
Akhbar-eh Eghtesadi
(Reformist, economic), Tehran
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Tehran
Asr-e-Azadegan
(Independent), Tehran
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In an interview, Francis A. Boyle urged Iran to begin drafting lawsuits for presentation to the International Court of Justice in The Hague before Washington's two-week ultimatum expires.
Nearly a month after jailing women's rights activist Mahboubeh Karami and nine other women, the Iranian judiciary still has not presented the legal basis on which they are being held.
Leftist Iranian university students live under the theocracy of the Islamic Republic, where Marxism is considered blasphemy and criticizing Tehran's ruling system can come at a price.
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