Iran to have comprehensive national atlas of population dynamics
The CEO of the 15 Khordad Foundation, Hamidreza Alianzadegan, announced the preparation of a comprehensive national atlas of population dynamics, aimed at facilitating the effective management of Iran’s population plans.
Alianzadegan emphasized the necessity of such an atlas for macro and interdisciplinary tasks in the field of population, and to mitigate the challenges posed by Iran’s aging society, Mehr News Agency reported.
“The atlas will be incorporating practical indicators for population management,” he said.
The 15 Khordad Foundation, in collaboration with the National Cartography Center of Iran and other national organizations, will undertake the task of preparing the atlas. The atlas is expected to play a significant role in understanding the size and growth of the population, demographic composition and changes, age structure, marriage and divorce rates, and workforce and employment trends.
Alianzadegan also announced the activation the Secretariat of the National Population Award, with the 15 Khordad Foundation selected as the primary base of the country’s Population Status Chamber, as approved by the Central Council of the National Population Award.
In response to the vice president’s emphasis on women and family during the unveiling of the new version the country’s population atlas, Alianzadegan stressed the need for the comprehensive national atlas of population dynamics to be prepared promptly and made available to organizations responsible for the country’s youth population.
According to the CEO of the foundation, teams will be formed to prepare, evaluate, and process information, converting indicators into graphic content for use in the comprehensive national population dynamic atlas.
Also, Alianzadegan underscored the importance of the youth population, describing it as a national wealth and a cornerstone of the country’s economic and social growth.
He further expressed gratitude to the CEO and members of the Council of Deputies of the National Cartography Center of Iran for their efforts in defining the demographic tasks in the organization. He emphasized that the comprehensive national atlas of population dynamics will include gender statistics as supplements to the country’s statistics.
Ali Javidaneh, the head of the National Cartography Center, stressed the urgency of implementing the results of the synergy joint working group with the 15 Khordad Foundation in compiling the comprehensive national atlas of population dynamics. He noted the declining fertility rate in the country and projected that Iran’s population growth rate will reach one percent in the next decade, a figure he described as concerning.
Javidaneh emphasized that the atlas could serve as an invaluable tool for policy and planning in the field of population.