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🇮🇷 Iran

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3IRN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2IR
UN M49 numeric364
IOC codeIRI
Official nameIslamic Republic of Iran
Native name(s)fas: official: جمهوری اسلامی ایران; common: ایران
Alt spellingsIR, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalTehran
Area (km²)1,648,195
Lat / Lng32.0000, 53.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)AFG, ARM, AZE, IRQ, PAK, TUR, TKM
Top-level domain.ir, ایران.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 8

Demographics

Population (World Bank)92,417,681 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)77.854 (2024)
Languagesfas: Persian (Farsi)
Demonymseng: f: Iranian; m: Iranian; fra: f: Iranienne; m: Iranien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)362,682,115,433.364 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,924.38 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)8.301 (2025)
CurrenciesIRR: name: Iranian rial; symbol: ﷼

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195016,510,553
195116,921,274
195217,344,433
195317,778,114
195418,226,199
195518,700,802
195619,204,386
195719,726,842
195820,266,511
195920,846,775
196021,470,434
196122,125,726
196222,807,907
196323,519,005
196424,262,859
196525,036,978
196625,829,270
196726,628,432
196827,437,391
196928,273,482
197029,145,100
197130,029,071
197230,921,179
197331,839,838
197432,796,463
197533,802,973
197634,837,271
197735,933,181
197837,126,535
197938,424,952
198039,842,324
198141,989,312
198244,272,141
198346,029,535
198447,793,998
198549,582,289
198651,446,045
198753,323,493
198855,072,694
198956,704,914
199058,380,092
199159,986,931
199261,184,983
199361,403,543
199461,520,598
199562,205,567
199662,881,300
199763,639,638
199864,519,859
199965,445,391
200066,418,659
200167,452,005
200268,011,317
200368,769,340
200470,256,316
200571,828,455
200673,392,747
200774,602,648
200875,514,204
200976,457,825
201077,420,842
201178,383,598
201279,370,580
201380,414,686
201481,502,045
201582,619,362
201683,812,228
201785,026,754
201886,117,998
201987,051,648
202087,723,443
202188,455,488
202289,524,246
202390,608,707

Full raw record (JSON)

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