Iran
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 92.4M (2025). World rank 17 of 216; in Asia, 9 of 49. Area: 1,648,195 km². World rank 19 of 249; in Asia, 6 of 50. GDP: $362.7B (2025). World rank 44 of 210; in Asia, 18 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 82.6M → 92.4M, GDP $409.2B → $362.7B, and GDP per person $4,953 → $3,924.
State
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Local name
- ایران
- Capital
- Tehran
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Theocracy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mojtaba Khamenei
- Head of government
- Masoud Pezeshkian
- Women in parliament
- 4.9% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 92,417,681 2025
- Area
- 1,648,195 km²
- GDP
- $362.7B 2025
- GDP per person
- $3,924 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Persian
- Currency
- Iranian Rial (IRR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3:30
- Calling code
- +98
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 115, 125
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,440
- Neighbours
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan
- Agricultural land
- 29% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Damavand, 5,625 m
- Lowest point
- Caspian Sea, -28 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,305
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 17
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 31°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 3°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 228 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 56.1 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 77.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +116.8K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 22% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 76 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.7 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 12.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 4.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 98.5% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 38.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 25 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 34.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 29.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 27.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $19,699 2025
- GDP growth per year
- -2.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $4,650 2025
- Inflation
- +42.2% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 224 2023
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 10.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 39.6% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 47.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 8.3% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 21.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 14% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 25.8% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 34.5% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +11.4% 2000
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2004
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 7.4% 2009
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 35.9 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 2.5% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 88.9% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 85.2% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 58.7% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.8% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $267 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 43.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.8 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 2.9 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2019
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 10.3 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 11.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 16 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 60.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 11.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 90.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.4 2014
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 21.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.1 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 36 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, droughts, and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 40.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 9.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 11.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 6.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,435 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 81.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 85.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 174 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 12.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .ir ایران.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 3,910 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 4.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 93.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 18,067,403 2023
- Airports
- 177 2025
- Railways, km
- 8,483 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2021
- Researchers per million people
- 2,240 2021
- Scientific articles per year
- 55,085 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 8,314 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.8% 2022