Facts and Figures:
Islamic Republic of Iran
National name: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye
Iran
Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
(1989)
President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(2005)
Area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 68,017,860
(growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate:
16.8/1000; infant mortality rate:
41.6/1000; life expectancy: 70.0;
density per sq mi: 107
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Teheran, 11,224,800 (metro. area),
7,893,700 (city proper)
Other large cities: Mashad, 2,061,100;
Isfahan, 1,378,600; Tabriz, 1,213,400
Monetary unit: Rial
Languages: Persian and Persian
dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic
dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%,
Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%,
other 2%
Ethnicity/race: Persian 51%,
Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and
Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%,
Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%,
other 1%
Religions: Islam 98% (Shi'a 89%,
Sunni 9%); Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 2%
Literacy rate: 79% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $516.7 billion; per capita $7,700.
Real growth rate: 6.3%. Inflation:
15.5%. Unemployment: 11.2%. Arable
land: 9%. Agriculture: wheat, rice,
other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts,
cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar.
Labor force: 23 million; note: shortage
of skilled labor; agriculture 30%,
industry 25%, services 45% (2001
est.). Industries: petroleum,
petrochemicals, textiles, cement and
other construction materials, food
processing (particularly sugar refining
and vegetable oil production), metal
fabrication, armaments. Natural
resources: petroleum, natural gas,
coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead,
manganese, zinc, sulfur. Exports:
$38.79 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.):
petroleum 80%, chemical and
petrochemical products, fruits and
nuts, carpets. Imports: $31.3 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): industrial raw
materials and intermediate goods,
capital goods, foodstuffs and other
consumer goods, technical services,
military supplies. Major trading
partners: Japan, China, Italy, Taiwan,
Turkey, South Korea, Germany,
France, UAE, Russia (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 14,571,100 (2003);
mobile cellular: 3,376,500 (2003).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM
5, shortwave 5 (1998). Television
broadcast stations: 28 (plus 450
low-power repeaters) (1997). Internet
hosts: 5,269 (2004). Internet users: 4.3
million (2003).
Transportation: Railways: 7,203 km
(2004). Highways: total: 167,157 km;
paved: 94,109 km (including 890 km
of expressways); unpaved: 73,048 km
(1998). Waterways: 850 km (on Karun
River and Lake Urmia) (2004). Ports
and harbors: Assaluyeh, Bushehr.
Airports: 305 (2004 est.).
International disputes: Iran protests
Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed
tributaries to the Helmand River in
periods of drought; Iraq's lack of a
maritime boundary with Iran prompts
jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth
of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf;
Iran and UAE engage in direct talks
and solicit Arab League support to
resolve disputes over Iran's occupation
of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island;
Iran stands alone among littoral states
in insisting upon a division of the
Caspian Sea into five equal sectors.
Islamic Republic of Iran
National name: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye
Iran
Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
(1989)
President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(2005)
Area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq
km)
Population (2005 est.): 68,017,860
(growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate:
16.8/1000; infant mortality rate:
41.6/1000; life expectancy: 70.0;
density per sq mi: 107
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Teheran, 11,224,800 (metro. area),
7,893,700 (city proper)
Other large cities: Mashad, 2,061,100;
Isfahan, 1,378,600; Tabriz, 1,213,400
Monetary unit: Rial
Languages: Persian and Persian
dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic
dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%,
Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%,
other 2%
Ethnicity/race: Persian 51%,
Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and
Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%,
Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%,
other 1%
Religions: Islam 98% (Shi'a 89%,
Sunni 9%); Zoroastrian, Jewish,
Christian, and Baha'i 2%
Literacy rate: 79% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $516.7 billion; per capita $7,700.
Real growth rate: 6.3%. Inflation:
15.5%. Unemployment: 11.2%. Arable
land: 9%. Agriculture: wheat, rice,
other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts,
cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar.
Labor force: 23 million; note: shortage
of skilled labor; agriculture 30%,
industry 25%, services 45% (2001
est.). Industries: petroleum,
petrochemicals, textiles, cement and
other construction materials, food
processing (particularly sugar refining
and vegetable oil production), metal
fabrication, armaments. Natural
resources: petroleum, natural gas,
coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead,
manganese, zinc, sulfur. Exports:
$38.79 billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.):
petroleum 80%, chemical and
petrochemical products, fruits and
nuts, carpets. Imports: $31.3 billion
(f.o.b., 2004 est.): industrial raw
materials and intermediate goods,
capital goods, foodstuffs and other
consumer goods, technical services,
military supplies. Major trading
partners: Japan, China, Italy, Taiwan,
Turkey, South Korea, Germany,
France, UAE, Russia (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use: 14,571,100 (2003);
mobile cellular: 3,376,500 (2003).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM
5, shortwave 5 (1998). Television
broadcast stations: 28 (plus 450
low-power repeaters) (1997). Internet
hosts: 5,269 (2004). Internet users: 4.3
million (2003).
Transportation: Railways: 7,203 km
(2004). Highways: total: 167,157 km;
paved: 94,109 km (including 890 km
of expressways); unpaved: 73,048 km
(1998). Waterways: 850 km (on Karun
River and Lake Urmia) (2004). Ports
and harbors: Assaluyeh, Bushehr.
Airports: 305 (2004 est.).
International disputes: Iran protests
Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed
tributaries to the Helmand River in
periods of drought; Iraq's lack of a
maritime boundary with Iran prompts
jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth
of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf;
Iran and UAE engage in direct talks
and solicit Arab League support to
resolve disputes over Iran's occupation
of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island;
Iran stands alone among littoral states
in insisting upon a division of the
Caspian Sea into five equal sectors.
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