Iran, Islamic Republic of

TABLE 1: POPULATION INFORMATION

Annual Average
Growth Rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 2000 to 2013
Population (million) 39.3 54.5 63.7 74.5 77.4 1.51
Population Density (inhabitants/sq.km) 23.8 33.1 38.6 42.7 44.4 1.08
Urban Population as % of Total 70.6 72.3
Area (1000 km2) 1 648.0

TABLE 2: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

Annual Average
Growth Rate (%)
1980* 1990* 2000 2010 2013 2000 to 20013
GDP (millions of constant 2005 US$) 52,517 68,336 146,284 242,702 242,549 3.97
GDP per capita (thousand US$/capita) 1.34 1.25 4.99 5.68 4.76 -0.36
GDP current (million US$) - - 328,875 422,568 368,904 0.89
GDP per capita (PPP** thousand US$/capita) 4.88 4.59 8.48 15.39 15.59 4.80

TABLE 4: ENERGY STATISTICS

(Energy values are in Exajoule exept where indicated) Annual Average
Growth Rate (%)
Total Energy Requirements 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 1.47 2.90 5.77 8.10 9.98 7.07 6.28
Solids 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.07 0.05 3.97 -1.84
Liquids 1.15 2.03 3.23 4.05 4.53 5.31 3.83
Gases 0.27 0.81 2.45 3.90 5.37 11.65 9.12
Hydro 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.06 0.03 -2.13 7.85
Nuclear .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Combustible Renewables and Waste < 0.01 < 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 5.13 4.38
Other Renewables .. .. < 0.01 > -0.01 -0.01 .. ?
Final Energy Consumption 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 3.42 7.55 11.36 13.67 15.17 6.18 3.27
Solids 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.03 1.23 0.24
Liquids 3.09 6.60 8.98 9.65 9.69 5.48 0.84
Gases 0.28 0.89 2.32 3.88 5.41 11.18 9.86
Hydro 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.06 0.03 -2.13 7.85
Nuclear .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Combustible Renewables and Waste < 0.01 < 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 5.19 4.38
Other Renewables .. .. < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 .. 22.15
Net Import (Export-Import) 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total -1.85 -4.60 -5.58 -5.60 -5.13 5.69 -0.94
Solids < 0.01 < 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.02 14.77 -4.98
Liquids -1.84 -4.53 -5.74 -5.64 -5.09 5.86 -1.33
Gases > -0.01 -0.08 0.13 0.02 -0.04 ? ?
Combustible Renewables and Waste < 0.01 .. .. .. .. .. ..

TABLE 5: ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION & INSTALLED CAPACITY

Annual Average
Growth Rate (%)
Electricity Generation 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 22.38 59.10 121.38 178.07 221.31 8.82 6.90
Nuclear .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hydro 5.62 6.08 3.65 16.09 7.21 -2.13 7.85
Geothermal .. .. 0.04 0.07 0.22 .. 22.15
Thermal 16.76 53.02 117.70 161.92 213.88 10.24 6.86
Installed Capacity 1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Total 11.23 17.95 32.48 44.06 56.18 5.45 6.28
Nuclear .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hydro 1.80 1.95 2.00 6.04 7.70 0.51 16.17
Geothermal .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Thermal 9.42 16.00 30.48 37.98 48.39 6.04 5.27

TABLE 6: ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Annual Average
Growth Rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2005 2009 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2009
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 37.5 53.3 90.6 118.3 137.0 4.51 4.70
Electricity per capita (KW.h/capita) 570.1 1,084.5 1,906.6 2,600.8 3,035.9 6.22 5.30
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Annual capacity factor - Total (%) 22.8 37.6 42.7 46.1 45.0 3.19 0.59
Annual capacity factor - Thermal (%) 20.3 37.8 44.1 48.7 50.5 3.95 1.51
Annual capacity factor - Hydro (%) 35.6 35.6 20.8 30.4 10.7 -2.63 -7.16

TABLE 6: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2014

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]
Status Operator Reactor
Supplier
Construction
Date
First
Criticality
Date
First Grid
Date
Commercial
Date
Shutdown
Date
UCF
for
2014
BUSHEHR-1 PWR 915 Operational NPPDCO ASE 1975-05-01 2011-05-08 2011-09-03 2013-09-23 56.4
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table 7 is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 8: PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/Project Name Type Capacity [MWe] Operator Status Reactor Supplier Construction Date Planned Grid Date Planned Commercial Date
BUSHEHR-2 VVER 915 NPPD Planned