Iran
Iran
Capital Tehran
1,648,195 km² · 92,417,681 people (2025) · Iranian rial
The Lut Desert has recorded the highest land surface temperatures ever measured from orbit, around 80 °C. Iran is largely a high plateau ringed by mountains — the Zagros and the Alborz, where Damavand reaches 5,610 m, the highest volcano in Asia. The qanat, an underground irrigation tunnel, has been used here for around 3,000 years.
The facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Area
- 1,648,195 km² — 636,371 sq mi
- Population
- 92,417,681 (2025)
- Density
- 56.1 people per km²
- Currency
- Iranian rial (IRR, ﷼)
- Official language
- Persian
- Time zone
- UTC+03:30
- Calling code
- +98
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- IR · IRN
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 18 of 200
- By population
- 17 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 1,861,484 | 51,662,147 |
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 7,458,555 |
| Iran ← | 1,648,195 | 92,417,681 |
| Mongolia | 1,564,116 | 3,568,978 |
| Peru | 1,285,216 | 34,576,665 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Iran?
- Tehran
- What currency does Iran use?
- The Iranian rial (IRR).
- How big is Iran?
- 1,648,195 km², or 636,371 square miles — 18 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Iran drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)