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Iran: map and facts
Iran is in Southern Asia. It has about 92.4 million people (2025), the 17th largest population. It covers 1,648,195 km², the 17th largest by area. That is about 56 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Damavand, at 5,628 m. The longest river on its map is the Helmand, 1,150 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 92,417,681 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,648,195 km² (UN Demographic Yearbook)
- Capital: Tehran
- Highest point: Mount Damavand, 5,628 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 6.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Iran, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Helmand: 1,150 km
- Aras: 1,072 km
- Karkheh: 870 km
- Sefid Rud: 670 km
- Atrek: 669 km
- Zarrineh: 302 km
- Qotur: 170 km
Also on the map: Shatt al Arab, Harirud, Aji Chay and Qezel Owzan.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Damavand: 5,628 m (its highest point)
- Mount Sabalan: 4,814 m
- Kuh-e Hezar: 4,500 m
- Kuh-e Dinar: 4,409 m
- Zard Kuh: 4,221 m
- Kuh-e Taftan: 3,941 m
- Kuh-e Garin: 3,630 m
- Cheekha Dar: 3,611 m
Mountain ranges: Zagros Mountains, Elburz Mountains, Kuh Rud Mountains and Kopet Dag Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Baluchistan, Lut Desert and Kavir Desert.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 59.4%, grassland 20.9%, open shrubland 13.3%, farmland 4.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 36.5%, mountains 36.1%, plateaus 18.3%, plains 5.6%, high mountains 3.5%.
Forests covered 6.6% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in gypsum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in natural gas among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #5 in iron ore among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in barite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in oil among the countries EIA lists (2025)
- World #8 in fluorspar among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in lead among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in molybdenum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Iran shares land borders with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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