This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Iran and Iraq. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Iran | Iraq | |
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Region: | South Asia | Western Asia |
Area: | 1,745,150 km² | 435,052 km² |
National language: | Persian | Arabic |
Government form: | Islamic Republic | Federal parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1906 AD | 1932 AD |
Capital: | Tehran | Baghdad |
Population
Details for Iran and IraqIran | Iraq | |
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Population: | 87,923,000 | 43,534,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 50.4 | 100.1 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 72 years | Ø 67 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 71 years |
Average age: | Ø 31.7 years | Ø 21.2 years |
Birth rate: | 14.23 ‰ | 27.73 ‰ |
Death rate: | 5.57 ‰ | 5.24 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.30 ‰ | -0.83 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Iran | Iraq | |
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Political stability: | 22 | 18 |
Civil rights: | 13 | 13 |
Health: | 56 | 39 |
Climate: | 58 | 37 |
Cost of Living: | 31 | 75 |
Popularity: | 41 | 33 |
Economy
Iran | Iraq | |
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Currency: | Iranian rial (1 IRR = 100 Dinars) | Iraqi dinar (1 IQD =1000 Fils) |
Unemployment rate: | 10.8 % | 16.2 % |
Inflation rate: | 43.39 % | 6.04 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 92.53 % | 36.76 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 44.70 % | 30.80 % |
Average income: | 3,530 US$ | 4,760 US$ |
Corruption index: | 75 (very bad) | 77 (very bad) |
IRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 359,713 M US$ | 4.09 M US$ | 207,889 M US$ | 4.78 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 310,228 M US$ | 3.53 M US$ | 207,082 M US$ | 4.76 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 29,727 M US$ | 0.34 M US$ | 78,261 M US$ | 1.80 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 17,503 M US$ | 0.20 M US$ | 50,707 M US$ | 1.16 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Iran and IraqIRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 223,485 km | 2.54 km | 59,623 km | 1.37 km |
Railways: | 8,484 km | 0.10 km | 2,272 km | 0.05 km |
Waterways: | 850 km | 0.01 km | 5,279 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 893 | 0.0102 | 68 | 0.0016 |
Passenger airports: | 43 | 0.0005 | 5 | 0.0001 |
Energy balance
Details for Iran and IraqIRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 236.30 bn kWh | 2.69 m kWh | 38.46 bn kWh | 883,455.70 kWh |
Energy production: | 272.30 bn kWh | 3.10 m kWh | 75.45 bn kWh | 1.73 m kWh |
Energy export: | 6.82 bn kWh | 77,590.24 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
Energy imports: | 4.22 bn kWh | 48,007.68 kWh | 11.97 bn kWh | 274,960.08 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 630.01 m t | 7,165.44 t | 174.56 m t | 4,009.78 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Iran and IraqIran | Iraq | |
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International dialing: | +98 | +964 |
Internet domain: | .ir | .iq |
IRN total | IRN per 1000 inh. | IRQ total | IRQ per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 29,306,782 | 333 | 3,048,736 | 70 |
Mobile cellulars: | 135,889,424 | 1546 | 37,649,112 | 865 |
Internet server: | 197,804 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
Internet users: | 69,104,068 | 786 | 19,296,851 | 443 |
Broadband Internet: | 10,674,899 | 121 | 6,588,435 | 151 |
Healthcare system
Details for Iran and IraqIran | Iraq | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 1.56 | 1.32 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.14 | 0.82 |
Diabetes: | 9.6 % | 8.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.12 ‰ | 0.24 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 94.0 % |
Smokers: | 13.6 % | 18.5 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Iran and Iraq
Iran | Iraq | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 26.8 °C | 33.0 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 13.8 °C | 19.0 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 49 % | 47 % |
Rain days: | 2.9 | 1.3 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.1 | 8.4 |
Native languages
Iran | Iraq | |
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Arabic: | 2.0 % | 77.2 % |
Persian: | 53.0 % | 0.8 % |
Kurdish: | 9.1 % | 19.0 % |
Azerbaijanian: | 14.3 % | 1.7 % |
Luri: | 5.6 % | n/a |
Gilaki: | 5.3 % | n/a |
Mazandarani: | 3.6 % | n/a |
Balochi: | 2.0 % | n/a |
Bakhtyari: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Turkmen: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Assyrian: | n/a | 0.8 % |
other: | 2.6 % | 0.5 % |
Religions
Iran | Iraq | |
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Islam: | 96.5 % | 97.0 % |
Yazidism: | n/a | 1.3 % |
Christianity: | 0.4 % | 0.8 % |
Bahaism: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 0.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
other: | 2.7 % | 0.6 % |