Environment-current issues: air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; inadequate supplies of potable water
Environment-international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
@Iran:People
Population: 68,959,931 (July 1998 est.) note: includes 607,252 non-nationals (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 43% (male 15,371,060; female 14,513,782) 15-64 years: 53% (male 18,469,620; female 17,810,596) 65 years and over: 4% (male 1,428,471; female 1,366,402) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.04% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 31.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 6.19 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 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 (1998 est.)