Tehran – In past Iranian years (March 2024 – March 2025), a total of 38,463 multiple births were registered nationally, according to the civil registry body.
Of the 979,923 registered births, 18,196 are twins, 651 are third grade, 27 are squares, and two are higher-order births, Mehr’s news agency reported.
Tehran, which has 120,562 births and ILAM, which has 6,534 births, had the highest and lowest births.
In past Iranian calendar years, which ended March 20th, the average age of Iranian women was 27.5 years old, according to a report by the Civil Registry.
The average age for men to become fathers was 32.3, the report added. The average age of first-time mothers in urban areas was 28.2 and in rural areas was 24.4. The average age of first-time fathers in urban areas was 32.8, and in rural areas was 30, the IRNA reported.
The mean ages of first-time fathers and mothers were highest in Tehran (34.8 and 30.6) and lowest in Cistanbaruchestan (27.2 and 22.6).
Iran’s transition to an aging country: “Inevitable”
Given the fact that Iran’s birth rate is stable at around 1.6 children per woman, a transition from young to middle-aged is inevitable, as it is much lower than the rate required to replace this aging population.
According to the first five-year National Development Plan (1989-1993), the policy focused on reducing the total fertility rate from 6.4 children in 1365 (1986) to four children in 1390 (2011), reducing the population growth rate over the same period from 3.2 to 2.3%, and the IRNA cited a national survey.
However, the measures at the time have led to widespread changes and changes in population indicators, as well as significant declines in population growth and fertility rates well beyond the set targets of the country’s first development plan, officials noted.
According to the latest census, the number of senior citizens in the country has increased by 3.62%, five times faster than the total population growth rate, or 1.24%.
In 1385 (2006-2007) in Iran, there were 5,121,043 men and women over the age of 60. In 2015, 10% of the population was over 60 years old.
Over the next 30 years, the population over the age of 60 is projected to own 32% of the total population. In other words, older people will make up a third of Iran’s population by 2050, officials noted.
Currently, men and women over 60 years old make up about 11.5% of Iran’s population.
For the time being, older women account for 52.3% of the total population, outweighing men (47.7%), quoted Saber Jabbari as saying.
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