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Iraq - Middle East



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
27,499,638 (July 2007 est.)total population: 69.31 years
male: 68.04 years
female: 70.65 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
LanguagesLiteracy
Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armeniandefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 40.4%
male: 55.9%
female: 24.4% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
parliamentary democracy Baghdad
IndependanceNational day
3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim GovernmentRevolution Day, 17 July (1968); note - this holiday was celebrated under the SADDAM Husayn regime; the Government of Iraq has yet to declare a new national holiday
ConstitutionLegal system
ratified on 15 October 2005 (subject to review by the Constitutional Review Committee and a possible public referendum in 2007)based on European civil and Islamic law under the framework outlined in the Iraqi Constitution


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$40.66 billion (2006 est.)2.4% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$2,900 (2006 est.)25% to 30% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
NA%64.8% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$32.19 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$20.76 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$15.65 billion (2006 est.)New Iraqi dinar (NID) as of 22 January 2004
Military expenditures
8.6% (2006)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait 437,072 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraqpetroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
8.7 million (2006).iq
Internet hostsInternet users
5 (2006)36,000 (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
110 (2006)2,200 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
45,550 km gas 2,228 km; liquid petroleum gas 918 km; oil 5,506 km; refined products 1,637 km (2006)