Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified : Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
@Iran:People
Population: 67,540,002 (July 1997 est.) note: includes 917,078 non-nationals (July 1997 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 44% (male 15,292,783; female 14,423,911) 15-64 years : 52% (male 17,880,617; female 17,254,711) 65 years and over: 4% (male 1,378,395; female 1,309,585) (July 1997 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.12% (1997 est.)
Birth rate: 32.51 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate: 6.39 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years : 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.05 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (1997 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 50.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)