Iran March 13, 2020 Abadan , Ahvaz , Arvandroud , Asia , Caspian Sea , Central Asia , Chiraz , conflicts , desert , dictatorship , earthquakes , farsi , gas , golfe d'Oman , Hormuz , human rights , hydrocarbons , Iran , islam , Islamic Republic , Islamic Republic of Iran , islamism , Ispahan , Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân , Kurdistan , langue persane , Mashhad , Méched , Mechhed , Middle East , Monde iranien , mountains , nuclear , oil , OPEC , persan , Perse , Persian Gulf , Qom , religion , Shatt al-Arab , Shiraz , Strait of Hormuz , Tabriz , Téhéran , war , wars , Western Asia , جمهوری اسلامی ايران Official name Islamic Republic of Iran Name in local language جمهوری اسلامی ايران - Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân (prs) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 19e ) 81,920,730 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.24 % / year Area 1,629,771 km² Density 50.27 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 29e )454.013 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 5,628 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.80 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.50 years (2018) Birth rate 17.99 ‰ (2015) Fertility rate 1.66 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 5.94 ‰ (2015) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 38.04 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 87.60 % (2016) Official languages Persian Currency Rial (IRR) HDI (ranking: 91e )0.797 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )58.16 (2018) Government Unitary Khomeinist presidential Islamic republic (de jure) ; Theocratic-republican authoritarian unitary presidential republic subject to a Supreme Leader (de facto) Head of State President Hassan Rouhani ; Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei National Day 1st April (Iranian Islamic Republic Day, establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979) ISO Codes IR, IRN Demonym Iranian Tourists (ranking ) 4,867,000 people (2017)
Iran is a country in West Asia. It shares borders with Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iraq , Pakistan , Turkmenistan and Turkey .
Iran – Lake Amir Kabir Tehran – panorama. Photo: Maryam Ashoori Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Tehran 15,980,037 inhabitants Isfahan 3,569,639 inhabitants Mashhad 3,001,184 inhabitants Shiraz 1,565,572 inhabitants Tabriz 1,558,693 inhabitants Qom 1,201,158 inhabitants Ahvaz 1,184,788 inhabitants Kermanshah 946,651 inhabitants Orumieh 662,734 inhabitants Zāhedān 640,031 inhabitants Resht 612,516 inhabitants Kermān 573,449 inhabitants Hamadān 498,672 inhabitants Arāk 471,770 inhabitants Bandar-e Abbas 426,353 inhabitants Ābādān 242,730 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Alborz 2,412,513 inhabitants 5,122 km² Ardabil 1,270,420 inhabitants 17,800 km² Bushehr 1,163,400 inhabitants 22,743 km² Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari 947,763 inhabitants 16,328 km² East Azerbaijan 3,909,652 inhabitants 45,651 km² Fars 4,851,274 inhabitants 122,608 km² Gilan 2,530,696 inhabitants 14,042 km² Golestan 1,868,819 inhabitants 20,367 km² Hamadan 1,738,234 inhabitants 19,368 km² Hormozgân 1,776,415 inhabitants 70,697 km² Ilam 580,158 inhabitants 20,133 km² Isfahan 5,120,850 inhabitants 107,018 km² Kerman 3,164,718 inhabitants 180,726 km² Kermanshah 1,952,434 inhabitants 25,009 km² Khuzestan 4,710,509 inhabitants 64,055 km² Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad 713,052 inhabitants 15,504 km² Kurdistan 1,603,011 inhabitants 29,137 km² Lorestan 1,760,649 inhabitants 28,294 km² Markazi 1,429,475 inhabitants 29,127 km² Mazandaran 3,283,582 inhabitants 23,842 km² North Khorasan 863,092 inhabitants 28,434 km² Qazvin 1,273,761 inhabitants 15,567 km² Qom 1,151,672 inhabitants 11,526 km² Razavi Khorasan 6,434,501 inhabitants 118,851 km² Semnan 702,360 inhabitants 97,491 km²
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