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The Demographics of Iran
Since 1979, the population of Iran has doubled to 83 million. The birth rate is now 1.1%, down from 2.8 or 3% in the 1980s and 1990s. This means that Iranians are living an urban life rather than a traditional agrarian one. And they don't want to be subjected to "the old pattern of agrarian society," he says.