Iran
Leads 3 of 15 metrics
vs
Russia
Leads 12 of 15 metrics
19×
Russia has 19× the
defense budget of Iran
15×
Russia has 15× the
gold reserves of Iran
10×
Russia has 10× the
land area of Iran
Iran
Tale of the tape
Russia
85M
Population
RUS
1.7×
146M
1.65M km²
Land Area
RUS
10×
17.1M km²
$1.97T
GDP (nominal)
RUS
1.1×
$2.24T
$23,046
GDP per Capita
IRN
1.5×
$15,357
76.7 yrs
Life Expectancy
IRN
1.1×
72.7 yrs
0.774
HDI
RUS
1.1×
0.822
85.5%
Literacy Rate
RUS
1.2×
99.7%
70.0%
Internet Users
RUS
1.2×
85.0%
575K
Active Military
RUS
1.6×
900K
$8B
Defense Budget
RUS
19×
$149B
$112B
Exports
RUS
4.3×
$476B
$136B
Imports
RUS
2.8×
$382B
88
Olympic Medals
RUS
6.1×
540
151 t
Gold Reserves
RUS
15×
2,333 t
32.5
Cost of Living Index
IRN
1.1×
lower
35.8
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Iran
Russia
Tehran
Capital
Moscow
Iranian Rial (IRR)
Currency
Russian Ruble (RUB)
Persian (Farsi)
Language
Russian
Unitary Islamic republic
Government
Federal semi-presidential republic