CAIS
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies
[ Home ]
[ About CAIS ]
[ Articles ]
[ Daily News ]
[ News Archive ]
[ Announcements ]
[ CAIS Seminars ]
[ Image Library ]
[ Copyright ]
[ Disclaimer ]
[ Submission ]
[ Search ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Links ]
IRAN
BASIC STATISTICS
November 2000
Country
Country name:
conventional short form: Iran
local short form: Iran
Area
total:
1.648 million sq km
land: 1.636 million sq km
water: 12,000 sq km
Data code: IR
Capital: Tehran
Land boundaries
total:
5,440 km
Border countries:
 |
Afghanistan 936 km, |
|
Armenia 35 km, Arran (Republic of Azerbaijan) 432 km, |
|
Naxcivan exclave 179 km, |
|
Iraq 1,458 km, |
|
Pakistan 909 km, |
|
Turkey 499 km, |
|
Turkmenistan 992 km |
Coastline:
Persian Gulf 1,700 km
Caspian Sea 740 km
Elevation extremes:
lowest
point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Mount Damavand 5,671 m
Administrative divisions: 28 provinces (pl. ostanha, sg. ostan);
-
Ardebil,
-
Azarbaijan-e Gharbi,
-
Azarbaijan-e Sharqi,
-
Bushehr,
-
Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari,
-
Esfahan,
-
Fars,
-
Gilan,
-
Golestan,
-
Hamadan,
-
Hormozgan,
-
Ilam,
-
Kerman,
-
Kermanshahan,
-
Khorasan,
-
Khuzestan,
-
Kohkiluyeh va Buyer Ahmadi,
-
Kordestan,
-
Lorestan,
-
Markazi,
-
Mazandaran,
-
Qazvin,
-
Qom,
-
Semnan,
-
Sistan va Baluchestan,
-
Tehran,
-
Yazd,
-
Zanjan
Independence / Formation: 728 BCE
People
Population: 65,619,636 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 34% (male 11,542,446; female 11,035,705)
15-64 years: 61% (male 20,151,083; female 19,879,432)
65 years and over: 5% (male 1,592,753; female 1,418,217) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.83% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 18.29 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 5.45 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male/female
65 years and over: 1.12 male/female
total population: 1.03 male/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 30.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 69.66 years
male: 68.34 years
female: 71.05 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Iranian / Persian
adjective: Iranian / Persian
Ethnic groups: Persian 51%, Azari 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Lur 2%, Baluch 2%, Torkaman 2%, non-Iranians including Arab settlers 4%.
Religions: Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 10%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Azari and Turkic dialects 26%, Kordi (Kurdish) 9%, Luri 2%, Baluchi 1%, Turkish 1%, Arabic 1%, other 2%
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 72.1%
male: 78.4%
female: 65.8% (1994 est.)
|
|
|
"History is the Light on the Path to Future" |
|
Encyclopaedia Iranica
The British Institute of Persian Studies "Persepolis Reconstructed"
The British Museum
The Royal Asiatic Society
|
