Iran, Asia

Iran is a country in the Near East (West Asia). With around 73 million inhabitants and an area of 1,648,195km ², Iran is one of the 20 largest and most populous countries in the world. Iran borders seven countries; to the northwest and west Iraq (border length:1609 km), Turkey (511km), Azerbaijan (759km) and Armenia (48km), to the northeast and east, Turkmenistan (1205km), and in the east and southeast of Afghanistan (945 km) and Pakistan (978 km). In addition, Iran has two water boundaries in the north (765 km) and south (2,045 km).