Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran
1,648,000 sq km
636,300 sq mi
636,300 sq mi
- Population Growth Rate
- Projected Population in 2023
- Projected Population in 2050
68,278,826 (2003 estimate)
1.08% (2003 Estimate)
85,480,125 (2025 estimate)
92,460,873 (2050 estimate)
1.08% (2003 Estimate)
85,480,125 (2025 estimate)
92,460,873 (2050 estimate)
41 persons per sq km (2003 estimate)
107 persons per sq mi (2003 estimate)
107 persons per sq mi (2003 estimate)
- Share Urban
- Share Rural
65% (2001 estimate)
35% (2001 estimate)
- Tehran
- Mashhad
- Esfahan
6,758,845 (1996)
1,887,405 (1996)
1,266,072 (1996)
- Persian 60%
- Azarbaijani & Other Turkic
- Kurdish
- Lur
- Baluchi, Turkmen, & Other
- Persian(Farsi) and Persian Dialects.
- Turkic and Turkic Dialects
- Kurdish
- Luri, Baluchi, Arabic, Turkmen and Other
- Shia Muslims
- Sunni Muslims
- Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian
93%
6%
1%
HEALTH & EDUCATION
- Total
- Female
- Male
69.3 years (2003 estimate)
70.7 years (2003 estimate)
68 years (2003 estimate)
44 deaths per 1,000 births (2003 estimate)
1,176 people (1996)
625 people (1996)
- Total
- Female
- Male
79.4 percent (2003 estimate)
73 percent (2003 estimate)
85.6 percent (2003 estimate
4.6 percent (1999-2000)
5 years (2000)
26 students per teacher (1999-2000)
GOVERNMENT
Islamic republic
supreme religious leader
President
Consultative Assembly
age 15
1979; revised 1989 to expand powers of the presidency
and to eliminate the prime ministry
Supreme Court
Army, Navy, Air Force, Revolutionary Guard
ECONOMY
$114.1 billion (2001))
$1,770 (2001)
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
- Industry
- Services
18.6 percent (2001)
32.9 percent (2001)
48.4 percent (2001)
1 Iranian rial (IR)
Agriculture
- Wheat, barley, potatoes, rice, grapes, fresh and dried fruit, sugar beets, sugarcane, vegetables, pulses, maize, tea, tobacco, oilseeds, pistachio nuts, mutton and poultry
- Wheat, barley, potatoes, rice, grapes, fresh and dried fruit, sugar beets, sugarcane, vegetables, pulses, maize, tea, tobacco, oilseeds, pistachio nuts, mutton and poultry
Mining
- Petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, manganese
- Petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, manganese
Manufacturing
- Textiles, food products, construction material, non electrical machinery, iron and steel, petrochemicals
- Textiles, food products, construction material, non electrical machinery, iron and steel, petrochemicals
Major exports
- Crude petroleum and petroleum products, carpets, fruits, nuts, animal hides
- Crude petroleum and petroleum products, carpets, fruits, nuts, animal hides
Major imports
- Machinery, iron and steel, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, refined petroleum products
- Machinery, iron and steel, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, refined petroleum products
Major trade partners for exports
- Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Italy, and China
- Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Italy, and China
Major trade partners for imports
- Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Italy, and France
- Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Italy, and France
statistical bureau of Iran
World Health Organization (WHO) (www.who.int)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (www.unesco.org)
World Bank database (www.worldbank.org)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications
www.undp.org.ir
Figures may not total 100% due to rounding.
