Iran

Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989)

President: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005)

Land area: 631,659 sq mi (1,635,999 sq km);

total area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 67,037,517

growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate: 17.3/1000;

infant mortality rate: 34.6/1000;

life expectancy: 71.4;

density per sq km: 40

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Tehran, 7,796,257 (city proper)

Other large cities: Mashad, 2,061,100; Isfahan, 1,378,600; Tabriz, 1,213,400

Monetary unit: Rial