Iran, Islamic Republic of

Middle East and North Africa

UPPER MIDDLE INCOME
72.9 1.5 44.2 28.5 69.0 1,745.2 328.6 4,530 4.5 1.5 40.7 Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 200009) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 200509) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)

Migration
EMIGRATION, 2010 Stock of emigrants: 1,295.1 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 1.7% Top destination countries: the United States, Qatar, Canada, Kuwait, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain

SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000

Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 14.5% Emigration of physicians: 6,101 or 8.4% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)

IMMIGRATION, 2010 Stock of immigrants: 2,128.7 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 2.8% Females as percentage of immigrants: 38.8% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 45.4% Top source countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan

Remittances
US$ millions 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010e 1,141 Inward remittance flowsa 1,178 1,032 1,032 1,032 1,115 1,115 1,045 of which Workers remittances Compensation of employees Migrants transfers Outward remittance flows of which Workers remittances Compensation of employees Migrants transfers a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$1.5 bn, net ODA received US$0.1 bn in 2008.

The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 is compiled by Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra, and Ani Silwal, Migration and Remittances Unit, World Bank. More information on other countries and 140 Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 regions are available at www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances.