Iran, historically Persia, is one of the world's oldest civilizations, home to magnificent mosques, ancient ruins at Persepolis, and the literary tradition of Rumi and Hafez.
Persian (Farsi)
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 55 people per km² rank 130 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 1.1 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 1.9% of its people, 5.1% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 636,371 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Mongolia (1,564,116 km²) |
| Closest in population | Turkey (87,270,501 people) |
Iran is the only country in our list that uses IRR.