Iran

• Area: 1,648,195 sq. km (636,371 sq. mi.)
• Population: 82,801,633 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.18% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 71.4 years (2016)
• Languages: Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
• Religions: Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4%
• Formal name: Islamic Republic of Iran
• Alternate names: Empire of Iran, Īrān, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān, Keshvar-e Shāhanshāhī-ye Īrān, Persia
• Government type: theocratic republic
• Leaders: chief of state: Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI; head of government: President Hasan Fereidun RUHANI
• Capital: Tehran
• Administrative divisions: 31 provinces
• GDP per capita (PPP): $17,300 (2015 est.)
• Exports: petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, cement, ore
• Imports: industrial supplies, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services
• Currency: Iranian rial (IRR)

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