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Iran

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  • Population......................................................................................84,923,314 (July 2020 est.)
  • Population growth rate: ................................................................................1.1% (2020 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................................16.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................................5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Net migration rate............................................-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  • Ethnic groups........................Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes

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Profile
September 1, 2006

Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home

Iran has long connected the great civilizations of Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean. But since the Islamic Revolution, hundreds of thousands of highly skilled Iranians have emigrated while millions of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq have entered the country. Shirin Hakimzadeh takes a detailed look at Iran's past and present migration issues.

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