Editing Demographics of Iran (section)

==Population==
According to the 2016 population census the population of Iran was 79.9&nbsp;million,<ref name="Iran Census Results 2016"/> a fourfold increase since 1956. Between 1976 and 1986, an average annual population growth of almost 4% was reached, but due to decreasing fertility levels the growth decreased to 1.2% between 2011 and 2016.

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'''Population census results<ref name="Iran Census Results 2011">[http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Iran/Iran-2011-Census-Results.pdf Iran Census Results 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223181433/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Iran/Iran-2011-Census-Results.pdf |date=23 December 2015 }} United Nations</ref>'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Census date
! Population
! Average annual<br /> growth (%)
! Population<br />density/km<sup>2</sup>
! Proportion<br />urban (%)
! Household size <br />
|-
|align=right|1956-11-01||18,954,704||—||12||31.4||
|-
|align=right|1966-11-01||25,785,210||3.13||16||37.5||
|-
|align=right|1976-11-01||33,708,744||2.71||20||47.0||5.02
|-
|align=right|1986-11-22||49,445,010||3.91||30||54.0||5.11
|-
|align=right|1996-11-01||60,055,488||2.0||37||61.0||4.84
|-
|align=right|2006-11-01||70,495,782||1.62||43||68.5||4.03
|-
|align=right|2011-11-01||75,149,669||1.29||46||71.4||3.55
|-
|align=right|2016-11-01||79,926,270||1.24||49||74.0||3.3
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Number (2006)
! width="80pt"|Percentage (2006)
! width="80pt"|Number (2011)
! width="80pt"|Percentage (2011)
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 70,495,782
| align="right" | 100
| align="right" | 75,149,669
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 5,463,978
| align="right" | 7.75
| align="right" | 6,232,552
| align="right" | 8.29
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 5,509,057
| align="right" | 7.81
| align="right" | 5,657,791
| align="right" | 7.53
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 6,708,591
| align="right" | 9.52
| align="right" | 5,671,435
| align="right" | 7.55
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 8,726,761
| align="right" | 12.38
| align="right" | 6,607,043
| align="right" | 8.79
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 9,011,422
| align="right" | 12.78
| align="right" | 8,414,497
| align="right" | 11.20
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 7,224,952
| align="right" | 10.25
| align="right" | 8,672,654
| align="right" | 11.54
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 5,553,531
| align="right" | 7.88
| align="right" | 6,971,924
| align="right" | 9.28
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 4,921,124
| align="right" | 6.98
| align="right" | 5,571,018
| align="right" | 7.41
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 4,089,158
| align="right" | 5.80
| align="right" | 4,906,749
| align="right" | 6.53
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 3,522,761
| align="right" | 5.00
| align="right" | 4,030,481
| align="right" | 5.36
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2,755,420
| align="right" | 3.91
| align="right" | 3,527,408
| align="right" | 4.69
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1,887,981
| align="right" | 2.68
| align="right" | 2,680,119
| align="right" | 3.57
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1,464,452
| align="right" | 2.08
| align="right" | 1,862,907
| align="right" | 2.48
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1,197,550
| align="right" | 1.70
| align="right" | 1,343,731
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 1,119,318
| align="right" | 1.59
| align="right" | 1,119,968
| align="right" | 1.49
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 694,122
| align="right" | 0.98
| align="right" | 913,531
| align="right" | 1.22
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 645,601
| align="right" | 0.92
| align="right" | 919,539
| align="right" | 1.22
|-
| align="right" | Unclear
| align="right" | –
| align="right" | –
| align="right" | 46,322
| align="right" | 0.06
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="110" | Number of children 0–14 
! width="110" | Number of people 15–49 
! width="70"  | Proportion
! width="110" | Number of women 15–49
! width="70"  | Proportion
|-
| align="right" | 17,681,629 (2006)
| align="right" | 43,049,709 (2006)
| align="right" | 0.4107 (2006)
| align="right" | ~21,524,855 (2006)
| align="right" | 0.8215 (2006)
|-
| align="right" | 17,561,778 (2011)
| align="right" | 45,174,366 (2011)
| align="right" | 0.3888 (2011)
| align="right" | ~22,587,183 (2011)
| align="right" | 0.7775 (2011)
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Data refer to the Iranian Year which begins on 21 March and ends on 20 March of the following year.):<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2020 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |place=New York |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 42,484,186
| align="right" | 41,553,414
| align="right" | 84,037,600
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 3,751,160
| align="right" | 3,584,640
| align="right" | 7,335,800
| align="right" | 8.73
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 3,644,823 
| align="right" | 3,453,109
| align="right" | 7,097,932
| align="right" | 8.45
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 3,195,837
| align="right" | 3,043,160
| align="right" | 6,238,997
| align="right" | 7.42
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 2,850,201
| align="right" | 2,723,069
| align="right" | 5,573,270
| align="right" | 6.63
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 2,817,236
| align="right" | 2,715,743
| align="right" | 5,532,979
| align="right" | 6.58
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 3,398,106
| align="right" | 3,322,934
| align="right" | 6,721,040
| align="right" | 8.00
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 4,246,233
| align="right" | 4,166,179
| align="right" | 8,412,412
| align="right" | 10.01
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 4,226,366
| align="right" | 4,147,771
| align="right" | 8,374,137
| align="right" | 9.96
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 3,375,662
| align="right" | 3,271,031
| align="right" | 6,646,693
| align="right" | 7.91
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 2,687,892
| align="right" | 2,591,386
| align="right" | 5,279,278
| align="right" | 6.28
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 2,321,552
| align="right" | 2,270,429
| align="right" | 4,591,981
| align="right" | 5.46
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1,841,337
| align="right" | 1,847,872
| align="right" | 3,689,209
| align="right" | 4.39
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 1,510,299
| align="right" | 1,557,919
| align="right" | 3,068,218
| align="right" | 3.65
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 1,058,091
| align="right" | 1,138,129
| align="right" | 2,196,220
| align="right" | 2.61
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 640 098
| align="right" | 748 890
| align="right" | 1,388,988
| align="right" | 1.65
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 415 623
| align="right" | 459 393
| align="right" | 875 016
| align="right" | 1.04
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 503 670
| align="right" | 511 760
| align="right" | 1,015,430
| align="right" | 1.21
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 10,591,820
| align="right" | 10,080,909
| align="right" | 20,672,729
| align="right" | 24.60
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 29,274,884
| align="right" | 28,614,333
| align="right" | 57,889,217
| align="right" | 68.88
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 2,617,482
| align="right" | 2,858,172
| align="right" | 5,475,654
| align="right" | 6.52
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="70"  | Year
! width="120" | 0–14  
! width="120" | 15–64
! width="120" | 65+
|-
| align="right" | 1976 
| align="right" | 44.5
| align="right" | 52
| align="right" | 3.5
|-
| align="right" | 1985
| align="right" | 45.5
| align="right" | 51.5
| align="right" | 3
|-
| align="right" | 1996
| align="right" | 39.5
| align="right" | 56.1
| align="right" | 4.3
|-
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" | 25.1 (17,681,629)
| align="right" | 69.7 (49,157,562)
| align="right" | 5.2 (3,656,591)
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" | 23.4 (17,561,778)
| align="right" | 70.9 (53,297,122)
| align="right" | 5.7 (4,290,769)
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" | 24.0 (19,192,665)
| align="right" | 69.9 (55,862,087)
| align="right" | 6.1 (4,871,518)
|}

Table 9 – Population and Average Annual Growth by Provinces: 2006 and 2011

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="160" | Province
! width="120" | 2006
! width="120" | 2011
! width="120" | Average annual growth
|-
| align="left"  | Alborz
| align="right" | 2,076,991
| align="right" | 2,412,513
| align="right" | 3.04
|-
| align="left"  | Ardabil
| align="right" | 1,228,155
| align="right" | 1,248,488
| align="right" | 0.33
|-
| align="left"  | Bushehr
| align="right" | 886,267
| align="right" | 1,032,949
| align="right" | 3.11
|-
| align="left"  | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
| align="right" | 857,910
| align="right" | 895,263
| align="right" | 0.86
|-
| align="left"  | East Azerbaijan
| align="right" | 3,603,456
| align="right" | 3,724,620
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
| align="left"  | Fars
| align="right" | 4,336,878
| align="right" | 4,596,658
| align="right" | 1.17
|-
| align="left"  | Gilan
| align="right" | 2,404,861
| align="right" | 2,480,874
| align="right" | 0.62
|-
| align="left"  | Golestan
| align="right" | 1,617,087
| align="right" | 1,777,014
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| align="left"  | Hamadan
| align="right" | 1,703,267
| align="right" | 1,758,268
| align="right" | 0.64
|-
| align="left"  | Hormozgan
| align="right" | 1,403,674
| align="right" | 1,578,183
| align="right" | 2.37
|-
| align="left"  | Ilam
| align="right" | 545,787
| align="right" | 557,599
| align="right" | 0.43
|-
| align="left"  | Isfahan
| align="right" | 4,559,256
| align="right" | 4,879,312
| align="right" | 1.37
|-
| align="left"  | Kerman
| align="right" | 2,652,413
| align="right" | 2,938,988
| align="right" | 2.07
|-
| align="left"  | Kermanshah
| align="right" | 1,879,385
| align="right" | 1,945,227
| align="right" | 0.69
|-
| align="left"  | Khuzestan
| align="right" | 4,274,979
| align="right" | 4,531,720
| align="right" | 1.17
|-
| align="left"  | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
| align="right" | 634,299
| align="right" | 658,629
| align="right" | 0.76
|-
| align="left"  | Kurdistan
| align="right" | 1,440,156
| align="right" | 1,493,645
| align="right" | 0.73
|-
| align="left"  | Lorestan
| align="right" | 1,716,527
| align="right" | 1,754,243
| align="right" | 0.44
|-
| align="left"  | Markazi
| align="right" | 1,351,257
| align="right" | 1,413,959
| align="right" | 0.91
|-
| align="left"  | Mazandaran
| align="right" | 2,922,432
| align="right" | 3,073,943
| align="right" | 1.02
|-
| align="left"  | North Khorasan
| align="right" | 811,572
| align="right" | 867,727
| align="right" | 1.35
|-
| align="left"  | Qazvin
| align="right" | 1,143,200
| align="right" | 1,201,565
| align="right" | 1.00
|-
| align="left"  | Qom 
| align="right" | 1,046,737
| align="right" | 1,151,672
| align="right" | 1.93
|-
| align="left"  | Razavi Khorasan
| align="right" | 5,593,079
| align="right" | 5,994,402
| align="right" | 1.40
|-
| align="left"  | Semnan
| align="right" | 589,742
| align="right" | 631,218
| align="right" | 1.37
|-
| align="left"  | Sistan and Baluchestan
| align="right" | 2,405,742
| align="right" | 2,534,327
| align="right" | 1.05
|-
| align="left"  | South Khorasan
| align="right" | 636,420
| align="right" | 662,534
| align="right" | 0.81
|-
| align="left"  | Tehran
| align="right" | 11,345,375
| align="right" | 12,183,391
| align="right" | 1.44
|-
| align="left"  | West Azerbaijan
| align="right" | 2,873,459
| align="right" | 3,080,576
| align="right" | 1.40
|-
| align="left"  | Yazd
| align="right" | 990,818
| align="right" | 1,074,428
| align="right" | 1.63
|-
| align="left"  | Zanjan
| align="right" | 964,601
| align="right" | 1,015,734
| align="right" | 1.04
|-
| align="left" | Total
| align="right" | 70,495,782
| align="right" | 75,149,669
| align="right" | 1.29
|-
|}

1 The population of the provinces of Alborz and Tehran for 2006 and their average annual growth have been calculated based on the data of 2011.

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Table 10 – Population Percentages by Province: 2006 and 2011 (Percentage)
[[File:Provinces of Iran by population density.svg|thumb|250px|Provinces of Iran by population density in 2013]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="160" | Province
! width="100" | 2006
! width="100" | 2011
|-
| align="left" | Alborz
| align="right" | 2.95
| align="right" | 3.21
|-
| align="left" | Ardabil
| align="right" | 1.74
| align="right" | 1.66
|-
| align="left" | Bushehr
| align="right" | 1.26
| align="right" | 1.37
|-
| align="left" | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
| align="right" | 1.22
| align="right" | 1.19
|-
| align="left" | East Azerbaijan
| align="right" | 5.11
| align="right" | 4.96
|-
| align="left" | Fars
| align="right" | 6.15
| align="right" | 6.12
|-
| align="left" | Gilan
| align="right" | 3.41
| align="right" | 3.30
|-
| align="left" | Golestan
| align="right" | 2.29
| align="right" | 2.36
|-
| align="left" | Hamadan
| align="right" | 2.42
| align="right" | 2.34
|-
| align="left" | Hormozgan
| align="right" | 1.99
| align="right" | 2.10
|-
| align="left" | Ilam
| align="right" | 0.77
| align="right" | 0.74
|-
| align="left" | Isfahan
| align="right" | 6.47
| align="right" | 6.49
|-
| align="left" | Kerman
| align="right" | 3.76
| align="right" | 3.91
|-
| align="left" | Kermanshah
| align="right" | 2.67
| align="right" | 2.59
|-
| align="left" | Khuzestan
| align="right" | 6.06
| align="right" | 6.03
|-
| align="left" | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
| align="right" | 0.90
| align="right" | 0.88
|-
| align="left" | Kurdistan
| align="right" | 2.04
| align="right" | 1.99
|-
| align="left" | Lorestan
| align="right" | 2.43
| align="right" | 2.33
|-
| align="left" | Markazi
| align="right" | 1.92
| align="right" | 1.88
|-
| align="left" | Mazandaran
| align="right" | 4.15
| align="right" | 4.09
|-
| align="left" | North Khorasan
| align="right" | 1.15
| align="right" | 1.15
|-
| align="left" | Qazvin
| align="right" | 1.62
| align="right" | 1.60
|-
| align="left" | Qom
| align="right" | 1.48
| align="right" | 1.53
|-
| align="left" | Razavi Khorasan
| align="right" | 7.93
| align="right" | 7.98
|-
| align="left" | Semnan
| align="right" | 0.84
| align="right" | 0.84
|-
| align="left" | Sistan and Baluchestan
| align="right" | 3.41
| align="right" | 3.37
|-
| align="left" | South Khorasan
| align="right" | 0.90
| align="right" | 0.88
|-
| align="left" | Tehran
| align="right" | 16.09
| align="right" | 16.21
|-
| align="left" | West Azerbaijan
| align="right" | 4.08
| align="right" | 4.10
|-
| align="left" | Yazd
| align="right" | 1.41
| align="right" | 1.43
|-
| align="left" | Zanjan
| align="right" | 1.37
| align="right" | 1.35
|-
| align="left" | Total
| align="right" | 100
| align="right" | 100
|-
|}

1 The population of the provinces of Alborz and Tehran for 2006 and their average annual growth have been calculated based on the data of 2011.


=== Urban population ===
{{See also|List of largest cities of Iran|List of cities in Iran}}
[[File:Iran Population-Urban vs Rural.png|thumb|250px|Evolution of Iran population divided into urban and rural population]]
In addition to its international migration pattern, Iran also exhibits one of the steepest urban growth rates in the world according to the UN humanitarian information unit. According to 2015 population estimates, approximately 73.4 per cent of Iran's population lives in urban areas, up from 27 per cent in 1950.<ref name="migrationinformation.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/english|title=Statistical Center of Iran|publisher=Migrationinformation.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234935/http://www.amar.org.ir/english/|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref>

The following is a list of the eight most populous cities in the country:
{| class="wikitable"
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Rank
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| City
!scope="col" rowspan="2"| Province
!scope="col" colspan="2"| population
|-
! scope="col" |City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/english|title = Statistical Center of Iran > Home}}</ref>
! scope="col" |Metro<ref>{{Cite web | website=citypopulation.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913144137/http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |url=http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |archive-date=13 September 2018 |title = Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps | date= 13 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
! 1
| [[Tehran]]
| [[Tehran province|Tehran]]
| 8,693,706
| 14,700,000
|-
! 2
| [[Mashhad]] 
| [[Razavi Khorasan]]
| 3,001,184
| 3,100,000
|-
! 3
| [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]] 
| [[Isfahan province|Isfahan]]
| 1,961,260
| 3,100,000
|-
! 4
| [[Karaj]] 
|[[Alborz province|Alborz]]
| 1,592,492
| 2,500,000
|-
! 5
| [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]] 
| [[Fars province|Fars]]
| 1,565,572
| 1,700,000
|-
! 6
| [[Tabriz]] 
| [[East Azarbaijan]]
| 1,588,693
| 1,760,000
|-
! 7
| [[Qom]] 
| [[Qom province|Qom]]
| 1,201,158
| 1,240,000
|-
! 8
| [[Ahvaz]] 
| [[Khuzestan]]
| 1,184,788
| 1,320,000
|}