Area: 1.648 million sq km
Capital: Tehran time difference: GMT+3.5
Population : 74 Mio
65% Urbanization rate
25% of population in Tehran
Ethnic groups: Persian 51%, Azeri (Turkish) 24%, other 25%
Religions: Muslim 98% (Shi'a 89%, Sunni 9%), other 2%
Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%,
Turkish and Turkic dialects 26%, other 16%
Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR) (1 Euro ≈ 15,000 IRR)
paved: 120,782 km (includes 878 km of expressways)
unpaved: 58,606 km (2003)
GDP (PPP): Total$858,652 billion
Per capita $11,395
GDP (nominal): Total $359.970 billion 2010 estimate
Per capita $4,777
Inflation (CPI): 9.4% (June 2010)
