President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
78,868,711
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
70.350 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Tehran
Zagreb
Largest city
Tehran (population: 7,153,310)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0.777
0.862
GDP per capita
$13,200 US
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
77%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
2.3
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
2.8%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
15.300%
17.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
theocratic republic
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$17,900,000,000 $
$66,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Iranian rials (IRR) per US dollar - 9,142.8 (2008 est.), 9,407.5 (2007), 9,227.1 (2006), 8,964 (2005), 8,614 (2004) note: Iran has been using a managed floating exchange rate regime since unifying multiple exchange rates in March 2002
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
5
Location
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
1,648,195 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
2,440 km
5,835 km
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
