Iran

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
82,011,735 1
Urban
74.90% 1
Rural
25.10% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
3.4% 2
Homicides
4.12 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
131 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
139 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
1.69 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.60% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
76 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
83.63% 6
Internet Users
39% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$7,120 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.1% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
9,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.01
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
9
First Communions per Year
44
Confirmations per Year
9
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
714
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
446
Church Marriages per Year
6
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
6
Priests
5
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
12
Catholics per Priest
1,815
Parishes
17
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3