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 Iran
All information: Iran
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:1,745,150 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:81,800,000 326,688,000
Official language:Persian English

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Government

Government form:Islamic Republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1906 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Tehran Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:46.9 33.2
Life expectancy males:75.4 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:77.7 years 81.1 years
Average age:28.5 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:18.78 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:4.84 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.30 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:16 75
Civil rights:8 96
Health:47 68
Security:82 63
Climate:63 64
Cost of Living:54 36
Popularity:46 92


Economy

Currency:Iranian Rial (1 IRR = 100 Dinars) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:11.4 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:9.99 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:61.00 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:44.70 % 36.60 %
Average income:4,886 € 56,347 €
Corruption index:26 (very bad) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:405,550 Mio €4.96 M € 18,351,356 M €56.17 M €
Gross national product:393,967 Mio €4.82 M € 18,433,513 M €56.43 M €
Exported goods:26,554 M €0.32 M € 2,234,305 M €6.84 M €
Imported goods:15,635 M €0.19 M € 2,794,991 M €8.56 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:223,485 km2.73 km 6,586,610 km20.16 km
Railways:8,484 km0.10 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:850 km0.01 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:7850.010 3,6730.011
Airports:3190.004 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:236.30 bn kWh2.89 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.94 m kWh
Energy production:272.30 bn kWh3.33 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.53 m kWh
Energy export:6.82 bn kWh83,398.26 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,676.68 kWh
Energy imports:4.22 bn kWh51,601.30 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,598.05 kWh
CO2 emissions:649.48 m t7,939.84 t 5.25 bn t16,083.50 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+98 +1
Internet domain:.ir .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:30,481,734373 109,961,000337
Mobile phones:88,722,4421,085 422,000,0001,292
Internet server:197,8042 505,000,0001,546
Internet users:57,263,912700 285,087,483873



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:1.50 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:1.14 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:9.6 % 10.8 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.1 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:86.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:11.0 % 21.8 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Iran and United States

Daytime temperatures:23.8 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:10.1 °C 7.2 °C
Relative humidity:46 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:7 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:40.8 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:8.2 7.2


Native languages

English:n/a 82.1 %
Persian:53.0 % n/a
Azerbaijanian:14.3 % n/a
Spanish:n/a 10.7 %
Kurdish:9.1 % n/a
Luri:5.6 % n/a
Gilaki:5.3 % n/a
Mazandarani:3.6 % n/a
Arabic:2.0 % n/a
Balochi:2.0 % n/a
Bakhtyari:1.3 % n/a
Turkmen:1.2 % n/a
French:n/a 0.7 %
German:n/a 0.7 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
Chinese:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
other:2.6 % 3.0 %


Religions

Islam:96.5 % 0.6 %
Christianity:0.4 % 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
Bahaism:0.4 % n/a
other:2.7 % 18.4 %