>>4310978>Have you considered the possibility that for cultural reasons they may be less open to identify as a transgender despite being post-op while in america pre-hrt people still identify as trans?When they are post op, their ID is switched and everything. They are legally now the opposite sex. In america, the vast majority of transgenders are either on HRT or intend to be as such in the near future.
>Have you also considered that the country may not have the ability to accurately conduct a census that represents a sizable enough percentage of the population?Considering it's done by legal means, it's not hard. The number is a bit above 10,000 in Iran, 1.33 people per 100,000. That is the official census. There have also been studies conducted. Particularly, one in Shiraz which put the number at 17-33 per 100,000. This is why I say 30-500x lower. Keep in mind Shiraz is a large metropolitan city where these sorts of faggy things reach their peak, still being orders of magnitude rarer than the west regardless/