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Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Southern AsiaIRNDemonym: Iranian
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Population
83.99M
83,992,953 people
Area
1.65M km²
1,648,195 km²
Density
51.0 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Tehran
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Asia
Subregion
Southern Asia
Coordinates
32.00° N, 53.00° E
Area
1.65M km²
Neighbours
7
Regional blocs
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Tehran
ISO alpha-2
IR
ISO alpha-3
IRN
Numeric code
364
Calling code
+98
Internet TLD
.ir
Languages

Spoken here

Persian (Farsi) · فارسی
Currency

Money

Iranian rial
﷼ · IRR
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
38.3%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

7 neighbouring countries

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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.