Iran's once-youthful population is aging fast, fuelling economic fears as cash-strapped couples resist a government push for more children. Driven by rising life expectancy and dramatically ...

Comparatively, there was a 6.3 percent elderly population in 2023, up from a 4.5 percent in 2014. Raisi previously said that he believes that Iran's population will decrease by nearly 50 percent ...

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