33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

5 Languages Justin Dodge Persian more commonly referred to as Farsi, is the only official language in Iran as it is spoken natively by most ethnic Persians, which is a bit over half the people. Farsi is a fairly unique language as it is in the Iranian language family, primarily consists of languages spoken in small numbers. Tajik and Dari are arguably the same language, but if not are mutually intelligible and Persian's closest relative. Persian is written in the Arabic script. Azerbaijani and other Turkic languages are also commonly spoken among minority groups in Iran. Azerbaijani is one of the most widely spoken languages in the country next to Persian, but there are also significant numbers of illiterate. Literacy rate for adult male population is 91.19% (28,251,045 persons). 2,729,375 are illiterate. Literacy rate for adult female population is 82.52% (24,964,043 persons). 5,289,902 are illiterate. Youth literacy rates are 98.53% and 98.17% for males and females accordingly. The overall youth literacy rate is 98.36%. Youth literacy rate definition covers the population between the ages of 15 to 24 years. Literacy of population According to our estimates 53,215,088 persons or 86.9% of adult population (aged 15 years and above) in Iran are able to read and write. Accordingly about 8,019,277 adults are