Iraq 
Facts
Population:
23,331,985 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
41.64% (male 4,934,340; female 4,781,206)
15-64 years:
55.28% (male 6,528,854; female 6,368,823)
65 years and over:
3.08% (male 335,953; female 382,809) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.84% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
34.64 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.88 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
60.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.95 years
male:
65.92 years
female:
68.03 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Iraqi(s)
adjective:
Iraqi
Ethnic groups:
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%
Religions:
Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Languages:
Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
58%
male:
70.7%
female:
45% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $57 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
15% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
6%
industry:
13%
services:
81% (1993 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
100% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
4.4 million (1989)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$NA
expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Industries:
petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
29.42 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
97.96%
hydro:
2.04%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
27.361 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton; cattle, sheep
Exports:
$21.8 billion (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil
Exports - partners:
Russia, France, Switzerland, China (2000)
Imports:
$13.8 billion (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, medicine, manufactures
Imports - partners:
Egypt, Russia, France, Vietnam (2000)
Debt - external:
$139 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$327.5 million (1995)
Currency:
Iraqi dinar (IQD)
Currency code:
IQD
Exchange rates:
Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 0.3109 (fixed official rate since 1982); black market rate - Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 1,910 (December 1999), 1,815 (December 1998), 1,530 (December 1997), 910 (December 1996), 3,000 (December 1995); note - subject to wide fluctuations
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Al-Ahrar
(Pan-Arab), Baghdad
Al-Ayyam
(independent), Baghdad
Al-Da'wah
(Organ of the Islamic Da'wah Party), Baghdad
Al-Dimuqrati
(Organ of the Iraqi Group for Democracy), Baghdad
Al-Iraq al-Jadid
(Independent), Baghdad
Al-Ittihad
(Kurdistan Democratic Party organ), Baghdad
Al-Majd
(Secular Weekly), Baghdad
Iraq in the News
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