ACOG - Islamic Republic of Iran - IBM

Geography

Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, betweenIraq and Pakistan

Area:
total area:
land area:
comparative area: slightly larger than Alaska

Land boundaries: total 5,440 km, Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan (north)432 km, Azerbaijan (northwest) 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Coastline: 2,440 km


People

Population: 64,625,455 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 45% (female 14,113,933; male 14,995,015)
15-64 years: 51% (female 16,237,810; male 16,803,943)
65 years and over: 4% (female 1,197,869; male 1,276,885)

Population growth rate: 2.29% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 34.85 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.85 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 54.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.97 years
male: 65.77 years
female: 68.22 years

Total fertility rate: 4.93 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Religions: Shi'a Muslim 95%, Sunni Muslim 4%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian,and Baha'i 1%

Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Baloch 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
total population: 66%
male: 74%
female: 56%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran
conventional short form: Iran

Type: theocratic republic

Capital: Tehran

Independence: 1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)

Constitution: 2-3 December 1979; revised 1989 to expand powers of the presidencyand eliminate the prime ministership


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $310 billion

National product real growth rate: -2%

National product per capita: $4,720

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 35%

Unemployment rate: over 30%

Electricity:
capacity: 19,080,000 kW
production: 50.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 745 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).