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 Iran
All information: Iran
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:1,745,150 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:81,800,000 327,167,000
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 33.3
Life expectancy males:75.2 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:77.4 years 81.1 years
Birthrate:19.01 ‰ 11.80 ‰
Deathrate:4.84 ‰ 8.50 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.30 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
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Political stability:15 73
Civil rights:9 97
Health:47 68
Security:82 63
Climate:63 65
Cost of Living:60 35
Popularity:41 92


Economy

Currency:Iranian Rial (1 IRR = 100 Dinars) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:12.0 % 3.9 %
Inflation rate:9.99 % 2.44 %
Cost of Living:48.20 % 108.80 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:44.70 % 36.60 %
Average income:4,632 € 53,412 €
Corruption index:28 (very bad) 71 (good)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:384,431 Mio €4.70 M € 17,395,718 M €53.17 M €
Gross national product:373,452 Mio €4.57 M € 17,473,597 M €53.41 M €
Exported goods:25,171 M €0.31 M € 2,117,955 M €6.47 M €
Imported goods:14,820 M €0.18 M € 2,649,443 M €8.10 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:223,485 km2.73 km 6,586,610 km20.13 km
Railways:8,484 km0.10 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:850 km0.01 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:7200.009 3,6920.011
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 kWh11.93 m kWh
Energy production:272.30 bn kWh3.33 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.52 m kWh
Energy export:6.82 bn kWh83,398.26 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,633.14 kWh
Energy imports:4.22 bn kWh51,601.30 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,271.51 kWh
CO2 emissions:649.48 m t7,939.84 t 5.25 bn t16,059.91 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+98 +1
Internet domain:.ir .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:30,494,276373 116,724,000357
Mobile phones:88,722,4421,085 404,577,3971,237
Internet server:197,8042 505,000,0001,544
Internet users:57,263,912700 285,506,302873



Climate

Detailed info for: Iran and United States

Daytime temperatures:23.7 °C 18.6 °C
Nighttime temperatures:10.0 °C 7.1 °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 %