🇮🇷 Iran Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇮🇷 Iran IR / IRN #17

Nomad Score 50.0

Cities 21

Region BRICS, Middle East, Silk Road, OPEC, Caspian Region, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Next Eleven

Currency IRR

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 92.4M

Density 56.1/km²

HDI 0.799 (High)

Gini Index (2018) 42.0

Life Expectancy (2023) 77.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.70

Urban Population (2024) 77.0%

Literacy Rate (2023) 88.9%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Persian (Farsi)	فارسی

Demonym (male) Iranian

Demonym (female) Iranian

National Anthem National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		22.4%
15-64 Working		69.3%
65+ Elderly		8.2%

Dependency Ratio 44.3%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 77.0%

Birth Rate (2023) 13.0 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 4.7 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.70

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.7 /1000

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 77.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 64.0 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 6.0% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 10.7/1000

UHC Index (2021) 74/100

Hospital Beds (2019) 1.9/1000

Physicians (2023) 1.81/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2023) 88.9%

Education Spending (2023) 2.8% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 432

Internet Users (2023) 79.6%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 166.3/100

Broadband (2023) 12.0/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 12.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 1,648,195 km²

Capital Tehran 📍

Continent Asia

Region Asia

Subregion Southern Asia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+03:30

Calling Codes +98

Postal Code ##########

TLD .ir

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇮🇶 Iraq, 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Iran is composed of three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red. A red emblem of Iran is centered in the white band and Arabic inscriptions in white span the bottom edge of the green band and the top edge of the red band.