 In its 2020 annual statement, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (ICRC) described Iran as a country of particular concern under international law on religious freedom and expressed concern about the state of religious freedom in Iran.The country has a total area of approximately 1,636,000 km² (632,000 mi²), and its population is approximately 69 million.In 2006, the population was approximately 98 percent Muslim, of which an estimated 89% were Shi'a and 9% Sunni (mostly Turkomen, Arabs, Baluchs, and Kurds living in the southwest, southeast, and northwest).