People (Iran)
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     Population:
         61,183,138 (July 1992), growth rate 3.5% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         44 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         8 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         64 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         64 years male, 66 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.5 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Iranian(s); adjective - Iranian
     Ethnic divisions:
         Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 25%, Kurd 9%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Lur 2%,
         Baloch 1%, Arab 1%, other 3%
     Religions:
         Shi`a Muslim 95%, Sunni Muslim 4%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and
         Baha'i 1%
     Languages:
         58% Persian and Persian dialects, 26% Turkic and Turkic dialects, 9%
         Kurdish, 2% Luri, 1% Baloch, 1% Arabic, 1% Turkish, 2% other
     Literacy:
         54% (male 64%, female 43%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         15,400,000; agriculture 33%, manufacturing 21%; shortage of skilled labor
         (1988 est.)
     Organized labor:
         none