Asia · Southern Asia
Capital: Tehran
Iran
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Iran in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #23
Iran's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
92.4M
#17 of 196
92nd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$362.68B
#43 of 196
78th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$7.89B
#35 of 196
83rd percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$2.96B
#40 of 196
80th percentile
2021 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$97.86B
#27 of 196
87th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Country code
- IRN
Three interesting facts
Iran shares land borders with 7 countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan.
Iran spans roughly 1,648,195 square kilometers, placing it around 17th by area in this factbook.
Its 7 land neighbors give Iran one of the most connected positions on its regional map.
Geography
Iran on the map
Iran is located in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. Its terrain is rugged, mountainous rim, high, central basin with deserts, mountains, small, discontinuous plains along both coasts. The climate is mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast. In area, the country is almost 2.5 times the size of Texas, slightly smaller than Alaska.
Economy
Economic profile
Iran's economy is characterized by traditionally state-controlled economy but reforming state-owned financial entities, strong oil/gas, agricultural, and service sectors, recent massive inflation due to exchange rate depreciation, international sanctions, and investor uncertainty, increasing poverty. Major industries include petroleum, petrochemicals, gas, fertilizer, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and nonferrous metal fabrication, armaments. Important agricultural products include wheat, sugarcane, milk, sugar beets, rice, tomatoes, barley, potatoes, oranges, apples (2023). Notable exports include plastics, iron ore, alcohols, natural gas, refined copper (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Iran has an estimated population of 85,961,000. Language and cultural traditions vary across Iran. The population includes Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen, and Turkic tribes. The urban population represents 77.3% of total population (2023).
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