Iran and Paraguay Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Iran	Paraguay
Leader
Supreme Leader: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei	President: Federico Franco
Population
78,868,711	6,541,591
Life Expectancy
70.350 years	76.400 years
Capital City
Tehran	Asuncion
Largest city
Tehran (population: 7,153,310)	Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)
Human Development Index
0.777	0.752
GDP per capita
$13,200 US	$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
77%	94%
Corruption Perception Index
2.3	2.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
2.8%	13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
15.300%	6.600%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
theocratic republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)	14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Religions
Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%	Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
Languages
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%	Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Exports
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets	soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
External Debt
$17,900,000,000 $	$5,330,000,000 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	guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%	1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	0
Location
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan	Central South America, northeast of Argentina
Area
1,648,195 km sq	406,752 km sq
Coastline
2,440 km	0 km
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast	subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

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