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Iran

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Iran (Islamic Republic of)".[1]

Capital
Population
92,417,681 in 2025[3]
Land area
1,622,500 km²[4]
Total area
1,648,195 km²[5] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan[9]
Coast
Yes[9]
Continent
Official name
  • جمهوری اسلامی ایران[10]

Parts of Iran

Loading 31 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202592.4M

21,470,434 in 1960, 92,417,681 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196021,470,434
196122,125,726
196222,807,907
196323,519,005
196424,262,859
196525,036,978
196625,829,270
196726,628,432
196827,437,391
196928,273,482
197029,145,100
197130,029,071
197230,921,179
197331,839,838
197432,796,463
197533,802,973
197634,837,271
197735,933,181
197837,126,535
197938,424,952
198039,842,324
198141,989,312
198244,272,141
198346,029,535
198447,793,998
198549,582,289
198651,446,045
198753,323,493
198855,072,694
198956,704,914
199058,380,092
199159,986,931
199261,184,983
199361,403,543
199461,520,598
199562,205,567
199662,881,300
199763,639,638
199864,519,859
199965,445,391
200066,418,659
200167,452,005
200268,011,317
200368,769,340
200470,256,316
200571,828,455
200673,392,747
200774,602,648
200875,514,204
200976,457,825
201077,420,842
201178,383,598
201279,370,580
201380,414,686
201481,502,045
201582,619,362
201683,812,228
201785,026,754
201886,117,998
201987,051,648
202087,723,443
202188,455,488
202289,524,246
202390,608,707
202491,567,738
202592,417,681

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
IR[11]
ISO alpha-3
IRN[12]
ISO numeric
364[13]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), capital: Tehran (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), area (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  6. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), official language: Persian (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Mo'in Encyclopedic Dictionary
    • Cites: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  7. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), currency: Iranian rial (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), continent: Asia (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  10. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), official name (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Iran (Q794), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562957317) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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