September 5th, 2012 / September 3rd, 2018
Iran
Political leadership
Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei (since 4 June 1989)
President Hassan Rouhani (since 3 August 2013)
First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri (since 5 August 2013)
Land
total: 1,648,195 sq km
Boundaries
total: 5,440 km
Border countries
| Afghanistan | 936 km | Armenia | 35 km | Azerbaijan proper | 432 km |
| Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave | 179 km | Iraq | 1,458 km | Pakistan | 909 km |
| Turkey | 499 km | Turkmenistan | 992 km | | |
Coastline
2,440 km Note: Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)
Population
81,824,270 (2015 est.) (country comparison to the world: 17)Age structure
0-14 years: 23.7% 15-64 years: 71% 65+ 5.3% (2015 est.)Population growth rate
1.2 % (2015 est.)Urbanisation
Urban population: 73.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanisation: 2.07% annual rate of change (2010-2015 est.)Major cities
Tehran (capital) 8.4 million; Mashhad 3 million; Esfahan 1.8 million; Karaj 1.8 million; Shiraz 1.7 million; Tabriz 1.6 million (2015)Ethnic groups
Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2 %, other 1%Religions
Muslim (state religion) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (incl. Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i) 0.3% (2011 est.)Languages
Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri , Balochi, Arabic, other 2%Literacy
(Age 15+ Can Read and Write) total population: 86.8% male: 91.2 % female: 82.5 % (2015 est.)GDP
$1.382 trillion (2015 est.) $1.37 trillion (2014 est.)GDP Real growth rate
0.8% (2015 est.) 4.3% (2014 est.)GDP per capita (PPP)
$17,800 (2015 est.) $17,600 (2014 est.)Unemployment rate
total 10.5% (2015 est.), youth (15-24) 28.7% (2010 est.)Population below poverty line
18.7 % (2007 est.)Public debt
13.2% of GDP (2015 est.) 10.7% of GDP (2014 est.)Inflation rate
15.3% (2015 est.)We would like to ask you something …
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