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Show 23 subject to invasions and conquests which led to the blending of physical characteristics, notably Mediterranean, Alpine and Mongoloid. In the past, Iran but, successive The century. 16th was explorer Chardin estimated the Information, 1971:32). a a countries in the 1850 and of Iran during the 1900, Dr. F. Go than six million no more world; toll until the last heavy population million, but between Pollack estimated the population to be been populous wars, famines and disease took to be about 40 century of the most one (Ministry of However, since the turn of the century there has steady increase in the population of Iran (Ministry of Information, 1971:33). Demographers, based onthe census of 1956 and the structure and features of the population of Iran, estimated that in 1900, 1906 and 1911 the population of Iran was, respectively, 10.72, 10.84 and 10.94 million (Amani 1973:10). D( Persians may be divided into three groups residence. The largest approximately group, 65 on the basis of type of percent of the total popula tion, consists of these people who live in the 50,000 rural villages through out Iran. dwellers. there over are Another 25 percent of the These those people who live approximately 100, 50,000. people are The who live a population remaining and the 10 nomadic life. some may be classified in the small as city towns, of which 25 cities with a population of percent of the population consists of those , |
