The growth of towns and villages in Iran, 1900–66

Bibliographic Data

ID10280665
AuthorsJulian Bharier (corresponding author)
Year1972
Volume8
Issue1
Pages51-61
Publication date1972-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263207208700193
OpenAlexW2011958745
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

Little information is readily available on the growth of towns and villages in Iran during the twentieth century. Before the first national census of 1956, population statistics were mainly a matter of conjecture and the total inhabitants of individual towns, though often 'guestimated' by their respective municipal officials, were rarely published. There was knowledge of internal movements of population, but no attempts were made to quantify these movements. Most discussions on the subject were vague and until recent years often implied that the movements were solely unidirectional between rural and urban places. The purpose of this paper is to construct an outline of the rural/urban structure of population growth in Iran during the period 1900-66. The results to be presented include an estimation of the urban and rural components of total population for each year in the period, the size distribution of towns and villages at intervals throughout the period, and a quantitative analysis of internal migration of population

Census · Demographic statistics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Internal migration · Period (music · Political science · Population · Population growth · Population statistics · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Historical and Architectural Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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