Indicator	Waarde
Totale bevolking	91,600,000 mensenUN DESA WPP [2024] 91,570,000 mensen·World Bank WDI [2024] 91,570,000 mensen
Mediane leeftijd	33.4 jaarUN DESA WPP [2024]
Levensverwachting	77.7–77.9 jaarWorld Bank WDI [2024] 77.85 jaar·UNDP HDI [2023] 77.65 jaar
Etnische groepen	Perzen, Azeri's, Koerden, Luren, Balochi's, Arabieren, Turkmenen en Turkse stammenCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Talen	Perzisch Farsi (officieel), Azeri en andere Turkse dialecten, Koerdisch, Gilaki en Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, ArabischCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religies	Moslim (officieel) 98,5%, Christelijk 0,7%, Baha'i 0,3%, agnosticus 0,3%, overig (inclusief Zoroastrisch, Joods, Hindoe) 0,2% (2020 schatting)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Verstedelijking	77.3% van de totale bevolking (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Bevolkingsgroei	1.05 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Geboortecijfer	12.6 per 1.000World Bank WDI [2024]
Sterftecijfer	4.75 per 1.000World Bank WDI [2024]
Stedelijke bevolking	77 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Talen (gestructureerd)	Aimaq Alamuti Alviri-Vidari Ashtiani Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Avestan Bajelani Bakhtiari Balkan Romani Bashkardi Brahui Caspian and eastern Persia Gypsy Central Kurdish Central-Southern Persian Gypsy Classical Mandaic Dari Dezfuli-Shushtari Eastern Armenian Elamite Eshtehardi Fars Dialects Gazic Georgian Gilaki Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic Gulf Arabic Gurani Gurgani Gutian Harzani-Kilit Hazaragi Hulaulá Jadgali Judeo-Hamadani-Borujerdi Judeo-Persian Kabatei Kajali Karanic Karingani-Kalasuri-Khoynarudi Kavir Kazakh Khalaj Khalaj Turkic Kho'ini Kholosi Khorasan Arabic Khorasan Turkic Khunsaric Koroshi Laki Larestani Lasgerdi Lishán Didán Maraghei Mazanderani Muslim Tat Natanzic Nayinic Neo-Mandaic North Azerbaijani North-Central Talysh Northern Kurdish Northern Luri Northwestern Fars Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.) Pahlavi Parsi-Dari Parthian Qahvehkhaneh Sign Language Qashqa'i Razajerdi Rudbari Salchuq Sangisari Seb Seliyer Semnani-Biyabuneki Shahmirzadi Shahrudi-Southern Talysh Sivandi Soic Sorkhei-Aftari South Azerbaijani Southern Balochi Southern Kurdish Southern Luri Southern Pashto Takestani Turkish Turkmen Tushan Names Upper Taromi Vafsi Western Balochi Western Farsi Zaban Eshareh Irani Zoroastrian Yazdi Glottolog [2026]