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Iran People 2000 Population: 65,619,636 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.83% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 18.29 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: -4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 30.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
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:
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