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IRAN |
CANADA |
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People |
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Area |
1648,000
sq. km |
9970,610
sq. km |
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Capital |
Tehran |
Ottawa |
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Currency |
Rial
(IR) |
Canadian
Dollar |
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Population |
70.3
m |
30.8
m |
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Pop.
Per sq km |
43 |
3 |
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Av.
Ann growth in pop 98-00 |
1.69% |
0.93% |
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Pop
under 15 |
37.4% |
19.1% |
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Pop
over 65 |
3.4% |
12.6% |
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No.
of men per 100 women |
105 |
98.0 |
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Human
development index |
71.4 |
93.0 |
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Life
expectancy men |
68.8
yrs |
76.2 |
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Life
expectancy women |
70.8
yrs |
81.8 |
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Adult
literacy |
76.3
% |
99.0 |
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Fertility
rate (per woman) |
2.76 |
1.58 |
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Urban
population |
61.0
% per 1000 pop |
77.1% |
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The
Economy |
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GDP
$USD |
112
bn |
688bn |
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Av.
Annual growth in real GDP
99-00 |
4.7
% |
2.5% |
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Origins
of GDP (% of total)
Industry
Agriculture
Services |
40.1
12.9
47.0 |
31
2.5
66.5 |
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GDP
per head $USD |
$1650 |
$22,370 |
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Structure
of Employment |
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Agriculture |
23%
of total |
3
% of total |
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Industry |
31%
of total |
23
% of total |
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Services |
45%
of total |
74%
of total |
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Unemployed
2000 |
13%
of total |
6.8%
of labour force |
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Energy |
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Total
output |
334.728
m TCE |
515.584
m TCE |
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Total
consumption |
142.976
m TCE |
339.682
m TCE |
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Consumption
per head, kg coal equivalent |
2,174
m TCE |
11,114 |
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%
output exported |
50.2 |
51.2 |
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%
consumption imported |
3.3 |
24.5 |
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All Rights Reserved.
Last Updated:
March 31, 2004 11:56 AM
EST |
