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Iran

Iran's best placing is 17th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #17Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 92.4 million
Land area: 1.6 million km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Iran is.

Population

#17 of 195

92,417,681 people

9th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#17 of 194

1,622,500 km² of land

6th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#33 of 193

177 airports

6th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#25 of 135

8,484 km of railway

7th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP

#42 of 182

362,682,115,433 US$ (current prices)

16th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#52 of 194

107,884 km² of forest

12th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#48 of 151

2,440 km of coastline

12th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Land area per person

#65 of 194

0.018 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#77 of 134

91.80 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#85 of 133

5.23 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#130 of 194

56.96 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#134 of 194

0.0012 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#126 of 182

3,924 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#144 of 192

1.92 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#156 of 191

1.09 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#162 of 194

6.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#160 of 179

228 mm of precipitation per year

33rd in Asia · World Bank · 2022

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