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Iran
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- currency: Iranian rial
- capital city: Tehran
- region: Southern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 1,622,500 km²
- population: 89,172,767 people
- political leader: Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [32°0′N, 53°0′E]
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Summary
Iran is a country. The capital city is Tehran, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 1,622,500 km², a population of 89,172,767 people and uses the currency Iranian rial. The Supreme Leader is Ali Khamenei.
Environment
- Agricultural land: 470,670.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.91 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 686.42 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.16 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 79.27 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 5.02 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.63 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 14.43 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.08 % of total
- Net energy imports: -33.40 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 1.68 births per woman
- Forest area: 107,656 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 99.02 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 951.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 28.90
- Methane emissions: 218.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 28.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 44,170,373 people
- Male population: 45,002,394 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 0.90 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 1,601,053.35 km²
- Rural population: 20,280,562 people
- Urban land area: 16,217.10 km²
- Urban population: 68,892,205 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.76 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Iran by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Iran
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Iran
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Iran
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Iran
Iran relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Iran relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Iran
Iran relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Iran
Iran relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Iran
Iran relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Iran relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Iran relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Iran
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Iran
Evolution of historical land area in Iran
Evolution of historical median age in Iran
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Iran
Iran relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Iran relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Iran relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Iran relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Iran relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Iran relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Iran
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iran
Iran relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Iran relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Iran relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Iran
Iran relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Iran
Evolution of historical male population in Iran
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Iran
Evolution of historical rural land area in Iran
Evolution of historical rural population in Iran
Iran relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Iran
Iran relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Iran
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Iran
Iran relationship between date and population over time
Iran relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Iran
Iran relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Iran relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iran
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Iran
Iran relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Iran relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Iran relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Iran relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Iran relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Iran
Iran relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Iran relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Iran relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Iran relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Iran relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Iran relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Iran
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Iran
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Iran
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Iran
Distribution of sites in Iran by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Iran by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Iran
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Iran by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Iran
Cities in Iran
Sites in Iran
Wildfires in Iran
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Health
- Birth rate: 13.24 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 6.15 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 392.54 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.77 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.86 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 75
- Suicide mortality rate: 5.20 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Iran
Iran relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Iran relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Iran relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Iran relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Iran relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Iran
Iran relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Iran
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Iran
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Iran
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Iran
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Iran
Iran relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Iran relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Iran
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Iran
Proportion of diseases in Iran by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Iran by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Iran
Evolution of historical deaths in Iran
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Iran
Diseases in Iran
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Business
- Expense: 19.64 % of GDP
- Gdp: 401,504,514,718.72 current US$
- Inflation: 44.58 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 42.47 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 7.36 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 9.10 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 39.42 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in Iran by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Iran
Evolution of historical expense in Iran
Evolution of historical GDP in Iran
Iran relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Iran
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Iran
Iran relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iran
Evolution of historical unemployment in Iran
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Iran
Proportion of shops per country in Iran
Companies from Iran
Exchanges in Iran
Shops in Iran
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 650,000 people
- Democracy score: 2.45
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Military expenditure: 2.59 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 5.59 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Iran
Iran relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Iran relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Iran
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Iran
Distribution of politicians from Iran by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Iran
Political parties in Iran
Politicians from Iran
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Iran by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Iran
Proportion of competitions per city in Iran
Proportion of competitions per country in Iran
Distribution of competitions in Iran by start date
Proportion of medals won by Iran in the Olympics
Athletes from Iran
Competitions in Iran
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Iran by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Iran
Geographical distribution of museums in Iran by visitors
Artists from Iran
Museums in Iran
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Iran by total students
Distribution of universities in Iran per foundation year
Universities in Iran
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In literature
There are 1493 books written about Iran in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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