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Source Information
Iran
Last updated on IDB: June 2010
Base Population
| Item |
Base year |
Data source |
Data collection years |
Notes |
Ref. No. |
| Base Population
| 1986
| census
| 1986
| Census population adjusted to include the estimated populations of Afghan and Iraqi refugees, moved to midyear.
| 1, 2
|
Latest Data Used in the Estimates and Projections
| Item |
Reference years |
Data source |
Data collection years |
Notes |
Ref. No. |
| Population
| 2006
| census
| 2006
| Census population was used to evaluate the estimates and projections.
| 3
|
| Fertility
| 2000
| survey
| 2000
| Indirect estimates of age-specific and total fertility rates. Indirect estimate of total fertility rate based on contraceptive prevalence for Afghani refugee population using the 2006 Afghanistan Health Survey
| 4, 5
|
| Mortality
| 2003
| official estimate
| 2003
| Official estimate of total deaths due to 2003 earthquake.
| 6
|
| Migration
| 2008
| refugee statistics
| 2009
| Based on estimates of refugee stocks and flows.
| 7
|
References
| Ref. No. |
Citations |
| 1
| Islamic Republic of Iran, Plan and Budget Organization, Statistical Centre of Iran. 1990. National census of population and housing, October 1986. Tehran.
|
| 2
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2001. Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Centre for Documentation and Research.
|
| 3
| Statistical Centre of Iran. 1999. National Census of Population and Housing, 1996. Tehran.
|
| 4
| Abbasi-Shavazi and Peter McDonald. 2005. "National and Provincial-Level Fertility Trends in Iran 1972-2000." Australian National University, Working Papers in Demography No. 94.
|
| 5
| Central Statistics Office. 2006. Afghanistan Health Survey. Kabul: Ministry of Public Health, Transitional Islamic Government of Afghanistan.
|
| 6
| FarsiNet, Inc. n.d. Bam: Iran's Ancient City. Accessed 11/28/05 at <http://www.farsinet.com/bam/>.
|
| 7
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 2009. Statistical Yearbook 2008: Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions. Geneva.
|
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