General information
Iran | Iraq | |
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Region: | South Asia | Western Asia |
Area: | 1,745,150 km² | 435,052 km² |
Official language: | Persian | Arabic |
Government form: | Islamic Republic | Federal parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1906 AD | 1932 AD |
Capital: | Tehran | Baghdad |
Population
Iran | Iraq | |
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Population: | 83,993,000 | 40,223,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 48.1 | 92.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 76 years | Ø 69 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 73 years |
Average age: | Ø 31.7 years | Ø 21.2 years |
Birthrate: | 18.42 ‰ | 28.56 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 4.84 ‰ | 4.74 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.30 ‰ | -0.68 ‰ |
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: | 19 | 16 |
Civil rights: | 15 | 12 |
Health: | 60 | 42 |
Climate: | 56 | 37 |
Cost of Living: | 50 | 75 |
Popularity: | 40 | 34 |
Economy
Iran | Iraq | |
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Currency: | Iranian Rial (1 IRR = 100 Dinars) | Iraqi Dinar (1 IQD =1000 Fils) |
Unemployment rate: | 11.5 % | 14.2 % |
Inflation rate: | 39.91 % | 6.04 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 52.38 % | 36.76 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 44.70 % | 30.80 % |
Average income: | 2,960 US$ | 4,680 US$ |
Corruption index: | 25 (very bad) | 23 (very bad) |
IRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 203,471 M US$ | 2.42 M US$ | 166,757 M US$ | 4.15 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 248,364 M US$ | 2.96 M US$ | 188,097 M US$ | 4.68 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 29,727 M US$ | 0.35 M US$ | 50,613 M US$ | 1.26 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 17,503 M US$ | 0.21 M US$ | 54,723 M US$ | 1.36 M US$ |
Infrastructure
IRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 223,485 km | 2.66 km | 59,623 km | 1.48 km |
Railways: | 8,484 km | 0.10 km | 2,272 km | 0.06 km |
Waterways: | 850 km | 0.01 km | 5,279 km | 0.13 km |
Harbours: | 893 | 0.011 | 68 | 0.002 |
Airports: | 319 | 0.004 | 102 | 0.003 |
Energy balance
IRN: total | per 1000 inh. | IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 236.30 bn kWh | 2.81 m kWh | 38.46 bn kWh | 956,181.17 kWh |
Energy production: | 272.30 bn kWh | 3.24 m kWh | 75.45 bn kWh | 1.88 m kWh |
Energy export: | 6.82 bn kWh | 81,221.10 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
Energy imports: | 4.22 bn kWh | 50,254.22 kWh | 11.97 bn kWh | 297,594.61 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 629.29 m t | 7,492.18 t | 188.14 m t | 4,677.48 t |
Telecommunication
Iran | 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: | 29,093,587 | 346 | 4,166,461 | 104 |
Mobile cellulars: | 127,624,951 | 1519 | 36,946,600 | 919 |
Internet server: | 197,804 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
Internet users: | 70,647,204 | 841 | 19,853,827 | 494 |
Broadband Internet: | 9,564,195 | 114 | 6,254,099 | 155 |
Healthcare system
Iran | Iraq | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 1.56 | 1.32 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.14 | 0.82 |
Diabetes: | 9.6 % | 8.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.3 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 85.0 % | 94.0 % |
Smokers: | 14.0 % | 18.8 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Iran and IraqIran | Iraq | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 24.0 °C | 32.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 10.2 °C | 18.9 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 46 % | 47 % |
Rain days: | 3.4 | 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 |
Hinduism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.1 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 0.1 % |
other: | 2.7 % | 0.6 % |