Iran and Peru Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Iran	Peru
Leader
Supreme Leader: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei	President : Ollanta Humala
Population
78,868,711	29,549,517
Life Expectancy
70.350 years	72.730 years
Capital City
Tehran	Lima
Largest city
Tehran (population: 7,153,310)	Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.777	0.788
GDP per capita
$13,200 US	$10,200 US
Literacy Rate
77%	87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2.3	3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
2.8%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
15.300%	7.900%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
theocratic republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)	28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%	Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
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), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Exports
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets	copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
External Debt
$17,900,000,000 $	$36,980,000,000 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	nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%	1.500%
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	Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
1,648,195 km sq	1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
2,440 km	2,414 km
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast	varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

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