Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran ยท Southern Asia
Iran is a country in Southern Asia, with Tehran as its capital, home to about 92,417,681 people. Iran shares land borders with 7 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Tehran |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Currency | Iranian rial (IRR ๏ทผ) |
| Calling code | +98 |
| ISO codes | IR / IRN / 364 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | ๐ฎ๐ท |
| Population | 92,417,681 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 1,648,195 kmยฒ |
| Languages | Persian (Farsi) |
| Internet domain | .ir |
| Demonym | Iranian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Iran mean?
Iran's green, white and red are the pan-Iranian colours, historically tied to the nation and its identity rather than assigned separate individual meanings. Centred on the white band is the Islamic emblem: four crescents and a sword surmounted by a shaddah, together forming a stylised rendering of the Arabic word Allah. Along the inner edges of the green and red bands the Takbir is written in white Kufic script eleven times each, twenty-two times in total, a reference to 22 Bahman, the date in the Iranian calendar on which the 1979 revolution succeeded. The first official Iranian flag was adopted on 14 August 1905, and the present design dates from 29 July 1980. Tajikistan and Kurdistan use the same three colours.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Iran
About Iran
Iran, officially Islamic Republic of Iran, is a United Nations member state in Southern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Tehran. It shares land borders with 7 countries. The official currency is the Iranian rial (๏ทผ), using the code IRR.
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To call Iran from abroad, dial the country code +98. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes IR (alpha-2) and IRN (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 92,417,681.
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How Iran compares
- Area: 1,648,195 kmยฒ, ranking 17 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 92,417,681, ranking 17 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 56 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 7, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Iran
11 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.