Iran
Asia · Southern Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025)
- 92.4 million (92,417,681) · rank 17 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,745,150 km² · rank 17 of 193
- People per km²
- 53 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Iran, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Iran in the map data: 7.
- Afghanistan capitals 1,620 km apart
- Armenia capitals 780 km apart
- Azerbaijan capitals 540 km apart
- Iraq capitals 700 km apart
- Pakistan capitals 1,990 km apart
- Türkiye capitals 1,690 km apart
- Turkmenistan capitals 670 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Equatorial Guinea, Austria, Ethiopia, Syria.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Iran is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Asia | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
| Giants by population | Easy · Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Iran | Tehran |
| Italiano | Iran | Teheran |
| Magyar | Irán | Teherán |
| Suomi | Iran | Teheran |