POPULATION 66 million
AGED 15 to 30 40%
IN URBAN AREAS 60%
Tehran (Capital) 11 million
Mashad 2 million
Esfahan 1.5 million
LITERACY 77%
INTERNET USE 34%
LANGUAGE Persian (Farsi)
ALSO SPOKEN Arabic,
Kurdish, Luri,
Turkic, Baluchi
RELIGION Muslim 98% (Shiite Muslim 89%
Sunni Muslim 9%)
other (Christian, Jewish,
Zoroastian)
POLITICS Theocratic Republic