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Iran

32.0N 53.0E · 35 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
FOUNDING OF THE ACHAEMENID (PERSIAN) EMPIRE BY CYRUS THE GREAT · C. 550 BCE
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1979 – present · The Islamic Republic
6 EVENTS
Feb 1979 · The Islamic Revolution 2 REFS
1 Apr 1979 · Proclamation of the Islamic Republic 2 REFS
1789 – 1979 CE · The Qajars, Constitutional Revolution and the Pahlavi Shahs
7 EVENTS
1906 CE · Persian Constitutional Revolution 2 REFS
1925 CE · Reza Khan founds the Pahlavi dynasty 2 REFS
1219 – 1736 CE · Turkic and Mongol Rule and the Safavids
5 EVENTS
1219 CE · Mongol invasion of Iran 2 REFS
1501 CE · Ismail I founds the Safavid dynasty and Shia Iran 2 REFS
651 – 1219 CE · The Arab Conquest and Islamic Persia — the Golden Age
4 EVENTS
651 CE · Islamisation of Persia begins 2 REFS
750 CE · Abbasid Revolution and the rise of Baghdad 2 REFS
330 BCE – 651 CE · Hellenistic, Parthian and Sasanian Persia
6 EVENTS
247 BCE · The Parthian (Arsacid) Empire 2 REFS
224 CE · Ardashir I founds the Sasanian Empire 2 REFS
c. 3200 BCE – 330 BCE · Elam and the Achaemenid Empire
7 EVENTS
c. 3200 BCE · The kingdom of Elam and the city of Susa 2 REFS
c. 550 BCE · Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Tehran
Population
82 m
Area
1,648,195 km²
Region
Southern Asia
Languages
Persian (Farsi)
Currency
Iranian rial (﷼)
Demonym
Iranian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$363 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,924’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-2.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
42.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
60.2%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
92 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
77.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
77.4%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.7’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
88.9%’23 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
29.7’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
38.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
37.6’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
31.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
35.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
24.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.81’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
11.3’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
99.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
94.4%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
88.9%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
2.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
102.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
85.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
58.7%’22 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.7%’21 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
2,240’21 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
85.3%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
174’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.8%’22 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
1,622,500 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
6.6%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
29.0%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
9.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
30.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
18.3%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
3.4%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Iron ore
93 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$7.9 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
650,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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