Iran Demographic Profile 2017

The Statistical Center of Iran’s data show the population of elderly women is growing at a faster pace compared with their male peers.

The rate of literacy among Iranians of ages 10 to 49 has reached 96% in the current Iranian year (ending March 19, 2020), indicating a 1.3% growth compared with the year ending March 2017, the…

A new report has drawn on the data released by the National Census and the Statistical Center of Iran to review the pace of population growth and home ownership/tenancy during a 20-year period…

Tehran led as a province where migrants arrived and left between October 2011 and 2016, the Statistical Center of Iran announced. About 517,000 people migrated to Tehran and 315,000 departed…

Looking for a job and finding better employment were the main reasons behind internal migration in Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018) after “following family’s decision”.

There is indeed much to hate about Tehran, including its harrowing traffic jams and persistent air pollution, the polarization of city services between its northern and southern districts, and…

Iran’s population will get increasingly older over the next two decades. Last year (March 2017-18), 6.1% of the population were over 65 years. 

The findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show that between 2011 and 2016, average life expectancy at birth for Iranian men and women improved by 1 and 1.5 years…

Eight Iranian provinces, namely Hormozgan, Semnan, Markazi, North Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, Ardabil, Ilam and Zanjan, registered single-digit unemployment rates (7.5%, 8.3%, 8.5%, 8.7%, 8.8%, 9…

The duration of employment in Iran stood at an average of 12.2 years (11 years for women and 12.5 years for men), while 68.7% stayed in their main jobs for under 15 years in the fiscal 2016-17,…

A sound understanding of Iran’s population dynamics is of paramount importance for understanding its potential for development in the long run.

The size of an average Iranian family has become smaller in recent decades. Iran’s population growth rate is expected to enter negative territory in the next 20-25 years.

“Currently, 70%…

According to the results of the recent National Population and Housing Census released in February, 88% of the Iranian population are literate, having improved from 84.6% and 84.8% in the two…

The recent National Population and Housing Census, conducted nationwide, showed Hamedan and North Khorasan provinces recorded negative population growths compared with the previous round of census…

The recent National Population and Housing Census shows that the median age of the Iranian population has risen to 31.1 years. The figure stood at 25 years in the fiscal March 2006-7, according to…

Iran’s unemployment rate in the current fiscal year (March 2016-17) stood at 12.4%, registering a 1.4% rise compared with the last year, the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran said…

A comparison of the findings of the latest National Population and Housing Census with the previous one conducted in the Iranian year 1390 (March 2011-12) shows that the number of vacant homes in…

The findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show Iran's population is over 79.92 million, which is about 4.77 million more compared to the previous figure registered by the…

Close to 1.1 million households participated online in the eighth round of the National Population and Housing Census since it began on Sept. 24 up to 6 a.m. on Oct. 3, according to the head of…