Two thirds of the country’s population is below the age of 25.
This appears to be incorrect. The CIA’s World Factbook gives the median age as 26.4 years old in 2006. The United Nations Statistics Division shows that approximately 53.7% of the population was below age 25 in 2005. UN Estimates for 2010 vary from ~47% to ~48% of the Iranian population being under age 25 at that time.
Just for the sake of comparison, the July 2008 CIA estimate for the USA’s median age is 36.7 years old, and according to the UN Statistics Division ~33.9% of the USA’s population was under age 25 in 2005.
Two thirds of the country’s population is below the age of 25.
This appears to be incorrect. The CIA’s World Factbook gives the median age as 26.4 years old in 2006. The United Nations Statistics Division shows that approximately 53.7% of the population was below age 25 in 2005. UN Estimates for 2010 vary from ~47% to ~48% of the Iranian population being under age 25 at that time.
Just for the sake of comparison, the July 2008 CIA estimate for the USA’s median age is 36.7 years old, and according to the UN Statistics Division ~33.9% of the USA’s population was under age 25 in 2005.