Iran and Zambia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Iran	Zambia
Leader
Supreme Leader: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei	President: Michael Sata
Population
78,868,711	13,817,479
Life Expectancy
70.350 years	52.570 years
Capital City
Tehran	Lusaka
Largest city
Tehran (population: 7,153,310)	Lusaka (population: 1,267,440)
Human Development Index
0.777	0.453
GDP per capita
$13,200 US	$1,600 US
Literacy Rate
77%	80.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.3	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
2.8%	15.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
15.300%	14.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
theocratic republic	republic
Independence date
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)	24 October 1964 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%	Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%	English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
Exports
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets	copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
External Debt
$17,900,000,000 $	$3,962,000,000 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	Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%	1.800%
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	Southern Africa, east of Angola
Area
1,648,195 km sq	752,618 km sq
Coastline
2,440 km	0 km
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast	tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

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