Capital of Iran:
TehranArea of Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,372 mi²) (
18th)
Population of Iran: 91,567,738 (
17th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Southwestern Asia, Middle East
Languages of Iran: Persian Farsi (official),
Azeri and other
Turkic dialects,
Kurdish,
Gilaki and
Mazandarani,
Luri,
Balochi,
Arabic Religions of Iran: Muslim (official) 98.5%,
Christian 0.7%,
Baháʼí 0.3%, agnostic 0.3%, other (includes
Zoroastrian,
Jewish,
Hindu) 0.2% (2020 est.)
Currency:
Iranian Rial (
ریال) (
IRR)
Organizations: United Nations, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Border countries (7):
Afghanistan 921 km (572 mi),
Armenia 44 km (27 mi),
Azerbaijan-proper 432 km (268 mi),
Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan exclave 179 km (111 mi),
Iraq 1,599 km (994 mi),
Pakistan 909 km (565 mi),
Turkey 534 km (332 mi),
Turkmenistan 1,148 km (713 mi).
Coastline: 2,815 kilometres (1,749 mi) —
note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea, for 740 kilometres (460 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Caspian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf
Administrative divisions of Iran
31 provinces (ostanha, singular - ostan):
Alborz, Ardabil, Azarbayjan-e Gharbi (West Azerbaijan), Azarbayjan-e Sharqi (East Azerbaijan), Bushehr, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorasan-e Jonubi (South Khorasan), Khorasan-e Razavi (Razavi Khorasan), Khorasan-e Shomali (North Khorasan), Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh va Bowyer Ahmad, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Qom, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan, Tehran, Yazd, Zanjan.
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal,
chromium, copper, iron ore, lead,
manganese,
zinc,
sulfur.