Iran
Region: North Africa and Southwest Asia
People and Society
Total population: 81,824,270
1.03 males/1 female
Makes up 1.08% of the worlds popAverage age of the population: 28.8 years
Birth rate: 18/1000
Death rate: 6/1000
Life expectancy: 71.2 years
Languages: Persian (official), Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and 4 other small languages
Religions: Muslim (official) 99.4%, Sunni 5-10%, other (Christianity, Judaism) <1%
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Population Issue
Middle class citizens are weary of starting families because of the economic and political turmoil that has plagued the country for years. No one has enough money to raise a family or take time off from work to take care of even one child, let alone a large family of 5 or 7. The leader of Iran wants to turn the "steep declines in fertility rates" around soon because if it continues at this rate the country could see a population growth of zero within the next 20 years. This new policy hopes to double the population of Iran by the year 2050.