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Population: 65,397,521 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 23.2% (male 7,783,794/female 7,385,721) 15-64 years: 71.4% (male 23,636,883/female 23,088,934) 65 years and over: 5.4% (male 1,701,727/female 1,800,462) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.663% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 16.57 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 5.65 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -4.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.054 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.024 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.945 male(s)/female total population: 1.026 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 38.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 38.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.56 years male: 69.12 years female: 72.07 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.71 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 31,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 800 (2003 est.).

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: Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%.

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: 77% male: 83.5% female: 70.4% (2002 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $599.2 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 4.3% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,700 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11.2% industry: 41.7% services: 47.1% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 24.36 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 30% industry: 25% services: 45% (2001 est.).

Population below poverty line: 40% (2002 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15.8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 15% according to the Iranian government (2007 est.).

Budget: revenues: $104.6 billion expenditures: $100.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $7.6 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar.

Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals, fertilizers, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments.

Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% excluding oil (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 155.7 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 145.1 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 1.837 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 2.17 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $63.18 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets.

Exports - partners: Japan 16.9%, China 11.2%, Italy 6%, South Korea 5.8%, Turkey 5.7%, Netherlands 4.6%, France 4.4%, South Africa 4.1%, Taiwan 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $45.48 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies.

Imports - partners: Germany 13.9%, UAE 8.4%, China 8.3%, Italy 7.1%, France 6.3%, South Korea 5.4%, Russia 4.9% (2005).

Debt - external: $14.8 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $408 million (2002 est.).

Currency (code): Iranian rial (IRR).

Exchange rates: rials per US dollar - 9,227.1 (2006), 8,964 (2005), 8,614 (2004), 8,193.9 (2003), 6,907 (2002) note: Iran has been using a managed floating exchange rate regime since unifying multiple exchange rates in March 2002.

Fiscal year: 21 March - 20 March.

Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.

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