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<text id=93CT0663>
<title>
Iran--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Iran
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 63,369,809 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 3.49% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 8.06 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 62.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 65.26 years</l>
<l> male: 64.37 years</l>
<l> female: 66.19 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 6.4 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Iranian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Iranian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and
Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%,
other 1%
</p>
<p>Religions: Shi'a Muslim 95%, Sunni Muslim 4%, Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 1%
</p>
<p>Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic
dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Baloch 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%,
other 2%
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 54%</l>
<l> male: 64%</l>
<l> female: 43%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 15.4 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 33%, manufacturing 21%
</p>
<p>note: shortage of skilled labor (1988 est.)
</p></body></article></text>