Iran
Asia · Capital: Tehran · Population: 66,094,264
Country profile
Key facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Population
- 66,094,264
- Area
- 1,648,000
- Government
- theocratic republic
- Population growth
- 2.21%
- Infant mortality
- 52.7
Overview
Open on world map →- Country code
- IR
- Capital province
- Tehran
- Independence
- —
- GDP
- 323,500
- Agriculture
- 21
- Industry
- 42
- Services
- 37
- Inflation
- 60
Economic and demographic values are reproduced from the legacy WorldMaps dataset.
Provinces & states
All in Iran →| Name | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azarbayian e Gharbt | Orumiyeh | 2,284,208 | 38,850 |
| Azarbayian e Sharqi | Tabriz | 4,420,343 | 67,102 |
| Bakhtaran | Bakhtaran | 1,622,159 | 23,667 |
| Boyer Ahmad e Kohkiluyeh | Yasuj | 496,739 | 14,261 |
| Bushehr | Bushehr | 694,252 | 27,653 |
| Chahar Mahal e Bakhtiari | Shahr e Kord | 747,297 | 14,870 |
| Esfahan | Esfahan | 3,682,444 | 104,650 |
| Fars | Shiraz | 3,543,828 | 133,298 |
| Gilan | Rasht | 2,204,047 | 14,709 |
| Hamadan | Hamadan | 1,651,320 | 19,784 |
| Hormozgan | Bandar Abbas | 924,433 | 66,780 |
| Ilam | Ilam | 440,693 | 19,044 |
| Kerman | Kerman | 1,862,542 | 179,916 |
| Khorasan | Mashhad | 6,013,200 | 313,337 |
| Khuzestan | Ahvaz | 3,175,852 | 67,282 |
| Kordestan | Sanandaj | 1,233,480 | 24,998 |
| Lorestan | Khorramabad | 1,501,778 | 28,803 |
| Markazi | Arak | 1,182,611 | 29,080 |
| Mazandaran | Sari | 3,793,149 | 46,456 |
| Semnan | Semnan | 458,125 | 90,905 |
| Sistan e Baluchestan | Zahedan | 1,455,102 | 181,578 |
| Tehran | Tehran | 9,982,309 | 29,993 |
| Yazd | Yazd | 691,119 | 70,011 |
| Zanjan | Zanjan | 1,776,133 | 36,398 |
Cities
All cities →| City | Province | Population | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehran | Tehran | 6,750,043 | 35.68, 51.42 |
| Mashhad | Khorasan | 1,964,489 | 36.20, 59.40 |
| Esfahan | Esfahan | 1,220,595 | 32.40, 51.40 |
| Tabriz | Azarbayian e Sharqi | 1,166,203 | 38.10, 46.20 |
| Shiraz | Fars | 1,042,801 | 29.40, 52.30 |
| Ahvaz | Khuzestan | 828,380 | 31.20, 48.40 |
| Qom | Tehran | 780,453 | 34.40, 50.50 |
| Bakhtaran | Bakhtaran | 665,636 | 34.20, 47.10 |
| Karaj | Tehran | 588,287 | — |
| Zahedan | Sistan e Baluchestan | 419,886 | — |
| Hamadan | Hamadan | 406,070 | 34.50, 48.30 |
| Orumiyeh | Azarbayian e Gharbt | 396,392 | 37.30, 45.00 |
| Bandar Abbas | Hormozgan | 383,515 | — |
| Arak | Markazi | 378,597 | — |
| Rasht | Gilan | 374,475 | 37.20, 49.40 |
| Kerman | Kerman | 349,626 | — |
| Ardabil | Azarbayian e Sharqi | 329,869 | — |
| Yazd | Yazd | 306,268 | — |
| Qazvin | Tehran | 298,705 | — |
| Zanjan | Zanjan | 280,691 | — |
| Khorramabad | Lorestan | 277,370 | — |
| Sanandaj | Kordestan | 277,314 | — |
| Borujerd | Lorestan | 201,016 | — |
| Khorramshahr | Khuzestan | 197,241 | — |
| Dezful | Khuzestan | 181,309 | — |
| Sari | Mazandaran | 167,602 | — |
| Gorgan | Mazandaran | 162,468 | — |
| Najafabad | Esfahan | 160,004 | — |
| Kashan | Tehran | 155,188 | — |
| Sabzevar | Khorasan | 148,065 | — |
| Amol | Mazandaran | 139,923 | — |
| Khvoy | Azarbayian e Gharbt | 137,885 | — |
| Babol | Mazandaran | 137,348 | — |
| Neyshabur | Khorasan | 135,681 | — |
| Bandar e Bushehr | Bushehr | 132,824 | — |
| Malayer | Hamadan | 130,458 | — |
| Qaemshahr | Mazandaran | 123,684 | — |
| Khomeynishahr | Esfahan | 118,348 | — |
| Maragheh | Azarbayian e Gharbt | 117,388 | — |
| Ilam | Ilam | 116,428 | — |
| Bojnurd | Khorasan | 112,426 | — |
| Sirjan | Kerman | 107,887 | — |
| Masjed e Soleyman | Khuzestan | 107,539 | — |
| Gonbad e Kavus | Mazandaran | 102,768 | — |
| Birjand | Khorasan | 101,177 | — |
| Bushehr | Bushehr | — | — |
| Semnan | Semnan | — | — |
| Shahr e Kord | Chahar Mahal e Bakhtiari | — | — |
| Yasuj | Boyer Ahmad e Kohkiluyeh | — | — |
Organizations based here
Memberships
- Colombo Plan member
- Customs Cooperation Council member
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific member
- Economic Cooperation Organization member
- Food and Agriculture Organization member
- Group of 19 member
- Group of 24 member
- Group of 77 member
- International Atomic Energy Agency member
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development member
- International Chamber of Commerce member
- International Civil Aviation Organization member
- International Criminal Police Organization member
- International Development Association Part II
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies member
- International Finance Corporation member
- International Fund for Agricultural Development Category II
- International Labor Organization member
- International Maritime Organization member
- International Mobile Satellite Organization member
- International Monetary Fund member
- International Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee
- International Organization for Migration observer
- International Organization for Standardization member
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement National Society
- International Telecommunication Union member
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization member
- Islamic Development Bank member
- Nonaligned Movement member
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries member
- Organization of the Islamic Conference member
- Permanent Court of Arbitration member
- United Nations member
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization member
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization member
- United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees member
- Universal Postal Union member
- World Confederation of Labor member
- World Federation of Trade Unions member
- World Health Organization member
- World Intellectual Property Organization member
- World Meteorological Organization member
- World Tourism Organization member