The Peninsula - 29 October, 2006Iranian statisticians yesterday started scouring the country to count the population in a nationwide census that is held every 10 years, state television said.
The census, last held in 1996, will last 20 days but preliminary results are not expected until March next year, the television added.
Iran’s population is thought to be arouund 70 million, having doubled since the Islamic revolution in 1979 when clerical leaders championed the idea of population growth.
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