Official name | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Head of State | President H.E. Dr. Hassan Rouhani |
National Day | 11th of February (Islamic Revolution of Iran-1979) |
Capital | Tehran |
Area | 1,648,196 sq. km |
Land boundaries | 4,137 km |
Sea boundaries | 2,700 km (Including the Caspian Sea) |
River boundaries | 1,918 km |
Border countries | Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan), Armenia, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
Climate | Mostly arid or semi-arid, temperate along Caspian coast and mountainous temperate along west and north-west. |
Natural resources | Petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur |
Land use (1998): | |
Arable land | 300,000 sq. Km 18.2% |
Meadows and pastures | 900,000 sq. Km 54.6% |
Forest and woodland | 120,000 sq. Km 7.3% |
Other | 258,000 sq. Km 15.7% |
Irrigated land | 70,000 sq. Km 4.2% |
Agricultural products | Wheat, rice, barley, potato, grains, sugar-beet, cotton, fresh & dried fruits, dates, pistachio, fruits, nuts, poultry, meat, dairy products, wool; caviar, flowers and medicinal plants. |
Population | 79.109.272 million (2015) |
Religions | Muslim 99.56%
Zoroastrian, Christian & Jewish 0.44% |
Languages | Persian and Persian dialects, Azeri, Kurdish, Lori, Baloochi, Arabic |
Literacy (2011) | Total 84.2% |
Currency | Rial (IRR) |
GDP | 425.3 billion US$ (2015) |
GDP per capita | 5516 US$ (2015) |
GDP growth rate | 4.3 % (2015) |
Total Imports | 41.800 million US $ (2015) |
Total Exports | 63.100 million US $ (2015) |
Foreign Direct Investment | 2.050 million US $ (2015) |
Industries | Oil and gas, steel, aluminum, copper, electric and electronic equipment, cement & other building materials, metallurgy, home appliances, iron, textile, rugs and carpets, tapestry, miniature, ceramic, food processing (particularly sugar refining & vegetable oil production), petrochemicals, and car manufacturing & assemblies |
Electricity | Production: 329.7 bilion kwh (2015) |
Transportation: | |
Railways networks | 8.442 km – Rank 24 (2015) in the world |
Road networks | 198.866km – Rank 26(2015) in the world |
Ports | 11 commercial ports |
Airports | 54 |