Iran’s Population Aging

The number of older persons in the world is growing faster than the number of people in all younger age groups and Iran is no exception.
According to the data released by the Statistical Center of Iran in the fiscal 2016-17, Iran's population stood at 79,926,270 – 9,430,488 more than the fiscal 2006-07. 
SCI conducts a population census every 10 years.
The rise in population from the fiscal 2006-07 to fiscal 2011-12 reached 4,653,887 with an average growth of 1.29% and the increase from the fiscal 2011-12 to fiscal 2016-17 stood at 4,776,601 with an average growth of 1.24%, according to Javad Hosseinzadeh, the head of SCI.