Iran fast facts

• Official name of the country: ‘Islamic Republic of Iran’.
• The ancient name of Iran was Persia.
• The word Iran means the ‘Land of the Aryan’s.
• Demonym: Iranian
• Tehran is the capital city of Iran.
• Area - Total 1,648,195 km² (636,372 sq mi)
• Currency: Iranian Rial.
• Population: 76,923,300
• The country ranks 2nd in the world in natural gas and 3rd in oil reserves.
• Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations.
• The largest ethnic group of Iran is Persian (51 %).
• Religion: Shiite Muslim.
• Iran is bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Turkey.
• Official language: Persian, other languages Armenian, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Azeri, Kurdish, Luri, Balochi, Arabic, Turkmens.
• Iran is the 18th largest country in the world.