!!!Iran: People & Society
||Population|82,801,633 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Iranian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Iranian \\ 
||Ethnic groups|Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes
||Languages|Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, other
||Religions|Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 23.65% (male 10,037,814/female 9,546,710) \\ ''15-24 years'': 16.57% (male 7,041,801/female 6,675,656) \\ ''25-54 years'': 47.59% (male 20,085,331/female 19,319,933) \\ ''55-64 years'': 6.79% (male 2,770,618/female 2,855,362) \\ ''65 years and over'': 5.4% (male 2,052,541/female 2,415,867) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 40.2% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 33.1% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 7.1% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 14.1% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 29.4 years \\ ''male'': 29.1 years \\ ''female'': 29.7 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|1.18% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|17.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Population distribution|population is concentrated in the north, northwest, and west, reflecting the position of the Zagros and Elburz Mountains; the vast dry areas in the center and eastern parts of the country, around the deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, have a much smaller population density
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 73.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.07% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|TEHRAN (capital) 8.432 million; Mashhad 3.014 million; Esfahan 1.88 million; Karaj 1.807 million; Shiraz 1.661 million; Tabriz 1.572 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.97 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.03 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Maternal mortality rate|25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 37.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 37.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 36.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 71.4 years \\ ''male'': 69.8 years \\ ''female'': 73.1 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.83 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|77.4% (2010/11)
||Health expenditures|6.9% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|0.89 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
||Hospital bed density|0.1 beds/1,000 population (2012)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 97.7% of population \\ rural: 92.1% of population \\ total: 96.2% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 2.3% of population \\ rural: 7.9% of population \\ total: 3.8% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 92.8% of population \\ rural: 82.3% of population \\ total: 90% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 7.2% of population \\ rural: 17.7% of population \\ total: 10% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.14% (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|73,200 (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|4,000 (2015 est.)
||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': intermediate \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial diarrhea \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (2016) \\ 
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|24.9% (2014)
||Education expenditures|2.9% of GDP (2015)
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 86.8% \\ ''male'': 91.2% \\ ''female'': 82.5% (2015 est.) \\ 
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 15 years (2014) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 24.8% \\ ''male'': 21% \\ ''female'': 42.8% (2014 est.) \\