In 1991, the total population of Qeshm was
estimated at 60,117, which corresponds to an average annual growth rate since
1986 of 3.0 percent. This may be compared with the period 1976-86 when the
average growth rate was 3.2 percent. The total labour force in 1991 amounted to
14,371, of whom 12,510 were economically active and 1,861 were unemployed. The
number of people recorded as economically active increased by, on average, 7.0
prcent. Per annum between 1986 and 1991.
The economically active population in Qeshm (1991)
was distributed between agriculture (27 percent), construction (22
