Iran-Geographic+and+Statistics

=Geography=

Here's a map of Iran. The darker the sections the higher the altitude.
===Iran is 1,629,807 sq. km. This is over twice the size of Texas. Most of Iran is covered by a plateau. On this plateau are the 2 main deserts in Iran. These deserts account for about 1/4 of Iran's size. Although Iran is dry, the northern part is fertile.===

Here are some statistics on Iran:
> //permanent crops:// 1% > //other:// 89% (1998 est.) > > **//People//** > (male 10,753,218; female 10,273,015) > //15-64 years:// 63.7% > (male 21,383,542; female 21,096,307) > //65 years and over:// 4.7% > (male 1,633,016; female 1,483,606) > (2002 est.) > //under 15 years:// 1.05 male(s)/female > //15-64 years:// 1.01 male(s)/female > //65 years and over:// 1.1 male(s)/female > //total population:// 1.03 male(s)/female (2002 est.) > //female:// 71.69 years (2002 est.) > //male:// 68.87 years > //total population:// 72.1% > //male:// 78.4% > //female:// 65.8% (1994 est.) > Works Cited
 * 66,622,700 people are estimated to live in Iran
 * About 1 of 40 babies born die
 * The main ethnicity is Persian (51%) followed by Azeri (24%)
 * **Land Use:** //arable land:// 10%
 * **Natural Hazards:** periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes along western border and in the northeast
 * **Environmental Issues:** air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial waste; urbanization
 * **Population:** 66,622,704 (July 2002 est.)
 * **Age Structure:** //0-14 years:// 31.6%
 * **Pop. Growth Rate:** 0.77% (2002 est.)
 * **Birth Rate:** 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
 * **Death Rate:** 5.39 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
 * **Net Migration Rate:** -4.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
 * **Sex Ratio:** //at birth:// 1.05 male(s)/female
 * **Infant Mortality Rate:** 28.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
 * **Life Expectancy at Birth:** //total population:// 70.25 years
 * **Fertility Rate:** 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
 * **HIV/AIDs Rate:** less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
 * **Ethnic Groups:** Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
 * **Religions:** Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
 * **Languages:** Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
 * **Literacy:** //definition:// age 15 and over can read and write

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