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IRAN |
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| AREA
1,648,195 sq.km. (18th) |
POPULATION
80,840,713 (July 2014) (19th) |
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PLATFORM DATA |
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| National
Demography |
0 – 24yrs: 42.4 % 25 – 64yrs: 52.4 % 65yrs and over: 5.1 %
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| Life
Expectancy |
7.89 yrs
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| Youth Development Index |
79/170 (Medium)
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| National
G.D.P |
$987.1 billion (2013 est.) (19th)
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| Per Capital
Income |
$12,800 (2013 est.) (103rd)
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Currency |
Iranian rials (IRR)
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Economic Drivers |
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, fertilizers, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments |
| Official
Languages |
Persian |
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Other Local Languages |
Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects 18%, Kurdish 10%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 7%, Luri 6%, Balochi 2%, Arabic 2%, other 2%
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| Climatic
Zone |
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
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Religious Expression |
Muslim (official) 76.7%, Christian 17.3%, other and unspecified 5.9% |
| Christian Umbrella
Organization(s) |
Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
http://www.uaecne.org/ |
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Airports
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Airstrips |
Persian Gulf Airport (Khalije Fars Airport)
Others; See Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Iran |
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Road Network
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229,057 km |
| Rail Network | 8,368 km |
| Corruption
Rating |
144/177 |
| Security
Rating |
18% (Elevated Risk)
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