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Geography
Area (km²)1,648,195676,578
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)1,531,595653,508
Water area (km²)116,60023,070
Land boundaries (km)5,8946,522
Border countries
  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Iraq
  • Pakistan
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Bangladesh
  • China
  • India
  • Laos
  • Thailand
Coastline (km)2,4401,930
Mean elevation (m)1,305702
Lowest point (m)-280
Highest point (m)5,6255,870
People
Population84,923,31456,590,071
Official languages
  • Persian
  • Burmese
ReligionMuslimBuddhist
Government
Long country nameIslamic Republic of IranUnion of Burma
Short country nameIranBurma
Long local nameJomhuri-ye Eslami-ye IranPyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw (translated as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
Short local nameIranMyanma Naingngandaw
Former name
  • Persia
  • Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
  • Union of Myanmar
Government typeTheocratic republicParliamentary republic
CapitalTehranRangoon
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)1,640,000,000,000329,800,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)430,700,000,00067,280,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)3.76.8
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)20,1006,300
Gross national saving (% of GDP)37.917.7
Labor force30,500,00022,300,000
Unemployment rate (%)11.84
Population below poverty line (%)18.725.6
Budget revenues (USD)74,400,000,0009,108,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)84,450,000,00011,230,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)2.672.93
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)17.313.5
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-2.3-3.2
Public debt (% of GDP)39.533.6
Inflation rate (%)9.64
Central bank discount rate (%)-9.95
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)1813
Stock of narrow money (USD)48,080,000,00018,780,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)48,080,000,00018,780,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)348,200,000,00028,240,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)89,430,000,000-
Current account balance (USD)9,491,000,000-2,900,000,000
Exports (USD)101,400,000,0009,832,000,000
Imports (USD)76,390,000,00015,780,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)120,600,000,0004,924,000,000
External debt (USD)7,995,000,0006,594,000,000
National currencyIranian rialskyats
National currency (code)IRRMMK
National currency (symbol)K
National currency rate to USD321



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