TEHRAN – A total of 11,169 births were registered in the country in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began in March 2025, the private registration agency announced.
Of the registered births, 1,086 were twins, 352 were triplets and 11 were quadruplets, according to Mehr news agency.
The average age of Iranian women who gave birth to their first child in the past Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, was 27.5 years old, according to a report by the National Civil Registration Authority.
The average age at which men became fathers was 32.3 years, the report added. The average age of first-time mothers was 28.2 years in urban areas and 24.4 years in rural areas. IRNA reported that the average age of first-time mothers in urban areas was 32.8 years, while in rural areas it was 30 years.
The average age of mothers and fathers at first birth was highest in Tehran (34.8 and 30.6 years) and lowest in Sistan-Baluchestan (27.2 and 22.6 years).
Transition to an aging nation is ‘inevitable’
Given the fact that Iran’s birth rate remains stable at around 1.6 children per woman, much lower than the birth rate needed to replace the aging population, the transition of society from youth to middle age has become inevitable.
IRNA quoted Mohammad Javad Mahmoudi, an official at the National Population Research Institute, as saying that according to the First Five-Year National Development Plan (1989-1993), Iran’s policy was 13 The focus was on reducing the total fertility rate from 6.4 children in 1986 to 4 children in 2011, and reducing the population growth rate from 3.2% to 2.3% over the same period. As they say, do your research.
However, the officials pointed out that the measures taken at that time led to significant transformations and changes in population indicators, resulting in population growth that far exceeded the goals set in the country’s first development plan and a marked decline in the birth rate.
According to the latest census, the number of elderly people in the country is growing by 3.62 percent, five times faster than the total population growth rate of 1.24 percent.
In 1385 (2006-2007) in Iran, there were 5,121,043 men and women aged 60 and above. In 2015, 10 percent of the country’s population was over 60 years old, ISNA quoted Mohammad Javad Mahmoudi, an official at the National Population Institute.
Over the next 30 years, people aged 60 and over are projected to account for 32 percent of the total population. This means that by 2050, older people will account for one-third of Iran’s population, the official said.
Currently, men and women over the age of 60 make up about 11.5 percent of Iran’s population, ISNA quoted Health Ministry official Saber Jabari as saying.
For the time being, elderly women account for 52.3% of the total population, outnumbering men (47.7%), Jabari added.
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