The Relation between Population Youth and Level of Development at Provinces in Iran

One of the main characteristics of the undeveloped and developing countries is their population youth. In other word about 40% of the total population in these countries is people aged 15 and less. In long time this situation may have negative impacts on the development plans in these countries. There is a meaningful relation between age structure of population and the level of development in countries. In developed countries the portion of people aged 0-14 years to the total population is less than 20% but this figure in some developing and undeveloped countries is about 40%. The results of the National Housing and population Censuses in Iran in 1986 and 1996 show that Iran as a developing country had a young population. In this paper by using economic, social, and cultural indices the levels of developing of 31 provinces in Iran are measured. By considering the index of population youth in the provinces we can discuss the relation existing between level of development and population youth in the provinces. By using economic, social, and cultural indices and Topsis method the level of development in the provinces is measured and the population youth weight is determined by using Wertheim Test.

Keywords: Development index, Province, People youth,