Southern Asia
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Core facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Population
- 85,961,000
- Area
- 1,648,195 km^2
- Country code
- IRN
- Flag emoji
- 🇮🇷
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 52.2 per km^2
- Calling code
- +98
Culture and society
- Languages
- Persian (Farsi)
- Religions
- Islam (99.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- ایران
- Demonyms (EN)
- Iranian / Iranian
- Start of week
- saturday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+03:30
- Alternative spellings
- IR, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 32.00, 53.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- AFG, ARM, AZE, IRQ, PAK, TUR, TKM
- Border countries count
- 7
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Iranian rial (﷼)
- Top-level domain
- .ir, ایران.
- FIFA code
- IRN
- Capital coordinates
- 35.70, 51.42
- Postal code format
- ##########
- Gini index
- 42 (2018)
- Coat of arms