1. ForecastsIran

   Iran: births are already as low as the UN expected only only after 2050

   2023: 1.17M. The UN's 2019 projection expected about 1.4M for 2023; only only after 2050 did it fall to this level, at least 27 years later.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Iran now has more people than Germany
• Iran: more and more women go to university, yet only 1 in 7 women work or seek work
• Iran: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• China and Iran: almost equal fertility in 2010 (1.69 and 1.75 children per woman); by 2023, 1.00 and 1.70
• Iran: half as many marriages as in 2010
• Iran: 5 downturns since 2012; the IMF expected none a year ahead

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