Located in the continent of Asia, Iran covers 1,531,595 square kilometers of land and 116,600 square kilometers of water, making it the 18th largest nation in the world with a total area of 1,648,195 square kilometers.
The population of Iran is 78,868,711 (2012) and the nation has a density of 51 people per square kilometer.
The currency of Iran is the Iranian Rial (IRR). As well, the people of Iran are refered to as Iranian.
The dialing code for the country is 98 and the top level internet domain for Iranian sites is .ir.
Iran shares land borders with 7 countries: Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
