Facts and Figures:
Republic of Iraq
National name: Al Jumhuriyah al
Iraqiyah
President: Jalal Talabani (2005)
Prime Minister: Ibrahim al-Jaafari
(2005)
Area: 168,753 sq mi (437,072 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 26,074,906
(growth rate: 2.7%); birth rate: 32.5
/1000; infant mortality rate: 50.2/1000;
life expectancy: 68.7; density per sq
mi: 155
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area),
5,772,000 (city proper)
Largest cities: Mosul, 1,791,600;
Basra, 1,377,000; Irbil, 864,900;
Kirkuk, 755,700
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish
(official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian,
Armenian
Ethnicity/race: Arab 75%–80%,
Kurdish 15%–20%, Turkoman,
Assyrian, or other 5%
Religions: Islam 97% (Shiite 60%
–65%, Sunni 32%–37%), Christian or
other 3%
Literacy rate: 40% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $89.8 billion; per capita $3,500.
Real growth rate: 52.3%. Inflation:
25.4%. Unemployment: 25%–30%.
Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: wheat,
barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton;
cattle, sheep, poultry. Labor force: 6.7
million; agriculture n.a., industry n.a.,
services n.a. Industries: petroleum,
chemicals, textiles, construction
materials, food processing, fertilizer,
metal fabrication/processing. Natural
resources: petroleum, natural gas,
phosphates, sulfur. Exports: $10.1
billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): crude oil
(83.9%), crude materials excluding
fuels (8.0%), food and live animals
(5.0%). Imports: $9.9 billion (f.o.b.,
2004 est.): food, medicine,
manufactures. Major trading partners:
U.S., Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Jordan,
Turkey, Vietnam, Germany, UK (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use:675,000; note - an
unknown number of telephone lines
were damaged or destroyed during
the March-April 2003 war (2003);
mobile cellular: 20,000 (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: after 17 months of
unregulated media growth, there are
approximately 80 radio stations on the
air inside Iraq (2004). Television
broadcast stations: 21 (2004). Internet
hosts: n.a. Internet users: 25,000
(2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 2,200
km (2004). Highways: total: 45,550
km; paved: 38,399 km; unpaved:
7,151 km (1999). Waterways: 5,275
km (not all navigable); note: Euphrates
River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895
km), and Third River (565 km) are
principal waterways (2004). Ports and
harbors: Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr,
Umm Qasr. Airports: 111; note -
unknown number were damaged
during the March-April 2003 war (2004
est.).
International disputes: coalition forces
assist Iraqis in monitoring boundary
security; Iraq's lack of a maritime
boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction
disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt
al Arab in the Persian Gulf; Turkey has
expressed concern over the status of
Kurds in Iraq.
Republic of Iraq
National name: Al Jumhuriyah al
Iraqiyah
President: Jalal Talabani (2005)
Prime Minister: Ibrahim al-Jaafari
(2005)
Area: 168,753 sq mi (437,072 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 26,074,906
(growth rate: 2.7%); birth rate: 32.5
/1000; infant mortality rate: 50.2/1000;
life expectancy: 68.7; density per sq
mi: 155
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):
Baghdad, 6,777,300 (metro. area),
5,772,000 (city proper)
Largest cities: Mosul, 1,791,600;
Basra, 1,377,000; Irbil, 864,900;
Kirkuk, 755,700
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar
Languages: Arabic (official), Kurdish
(official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian,
Armenian
Ethnicity/race: Arab 75%–80%,
Kurdish 15%–20%, Turkoman,
Assyrian, or other 5%
Religions: Islam 97% (Shiite 60%
–65%, Sunni 32%–37%), Christian or
other 3%
Literacy rate: 40% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004
est.): $89.8 billion; per capita $3,500.
Real growth rate: 52.3%. Inflation:
25.4%. Unemployment: 25%–30%.
Arable land: 13%. Agriculture: wheat,
barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton;
cattle, sheep, poultry. Labor force: 6.7
million; agriculture n.a., industry n.a.,
services n.a. Industries: petroleum,
chemicals, textiles, construction
materials, food processing, fertilizer,
metal fabrication/processing. Natural
resources: petroleum, natural gas,
phosphates, sulfur. Exports: $10.1
billion (f.o.b., 2004 est.): crude oil
(83.9%), crude materials excluding
fuels (8.0%), food and live animals
(5.0%). Imports: $9.9 billion (f.o.b.,
2004 est.): food, medicine,
manufactures. Major trading partners:
U.S., Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Jordan,
Turkey, Vietnam, Germany, UK (2003).
Communications: Telephones: main
lines in use:675,000; note - an
unknown number of telephone lines
were damaged or destroyed during
the March-April 2003 war (2003);
mobile cellular: 20,000 (2002). Radio
broadcast stations: after 17 months of
unregulated media growth, there are
approximately 80 radio stations on the
air inside Iraq (2004). Television
broadcast stations: 21 (2004). Internet
hosts: n.a. Internet users: 25,000
(2002).
Transportation: Railways: total: 2,200
km (2004). Highways: total: 45,550
km; paved: 38,399 km; unpaved:
7,151 km (1999). Waterways: 5,275
km (not all navigable); note: Euphrates
River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895
km), and Third River (565 km) are
principal waterways (2004). Ports and
harbors: Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr,
Umm Qasr. Airports: 111; note -
unknown number were damaged
during the March-April 2003 war (2004
est.).
International disputes: coalition forces
assist Iraqis in monitoring boundary
security; Iraq's lack of a maritime
boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction
disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt
al Arab in the Persian Gulf; Turkey has
expressed concern over the status of
Kurds in Iraq.
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