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Iran in Three Censuses
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Iran counted 18.95 million people in 1956, 25.79 million in 1966 and 33.71 million in 1976, and the urban share rose from 31% to 47%. The median age in 1976 was 16.5.
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Tehran's population in successive censuses: 1,560,934 in 1956, 2,719,730 in 1966 and 4,530,223 in 1976. The capital nearly tripled in twenty years.
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The 1976 census was taken in what the new Imperial calendar called the year 2535, counted from the accession of Cyrus the Great. The calendar became official that March.
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