Iraq
BASIC FACTS
Baghdad
Area size
437370 sq. km
Area comparison
Slightly smaller than France
PEOPLE
Language
Arabic is the official and predominant language, but Kurdish is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
Future population estimates
46.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)
Ethnic groups
Around three-fourths of the population is Arab. The Kurds are the biggest minority (20 percent); there are also smaller Syrian, Armenian and other groups.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Predominantly Islam, with 62 percent Shi'ite Muslims and 35 percent Sunnis. There is also a Christian minority.
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
Year women granted right to vote
No data available
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.
Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
81 (2005)
Source: U.N. Educational
Percentage of population under 15
Arabic is the official and predominant language, but Kurdish is also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
| 2007 | 28.4 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006) |
| 2006 | 28.3 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2005 | 28.0 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2004 | 27.5 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2003 | 26.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2002 | 26.3 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2001 | 25.7 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2000 | 25.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
Future population estimates
46.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)
Ethnic groups
Around three-fourths of the population is Arab. The Kurds are the biggest minority (20 percent); there are also smaller Syrian, Armenian and other groups.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Predominantly Islam, with 62 percent Shi'ite Muslims and 35 percent Sunnis. There is also a Christian minority.
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
| 2007 | 66.7 percent | U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005 |
| 2006 | 66.8 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2005 | 66.9 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2004 | 67.1 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2003 | 67.3 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2002 | 67.4 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2001 | 67.6 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2000 | 67.8 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
Year women granted right to vote
No data available
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.
Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
81 (2005)
Source: U.N. Educational
Percentage of population under 15
| 2004 | 41.4 percent | U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2006 |
| 2003 | 41.7 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
USEFUL INFORMATION
Time zone
GMT +3
Climate description
Hot, dry summers and cold winters, especially in the mountains
Currency
Iraqi dinar
Telephone dialling code
(+) 964
Driving (left/right)
Right
GMT +3
Climate description
Hot, dry summers and cold winters, especially in the mountains
Currency
Iraqi dinar
Telephone dialling code
(+) 964
Driving (left/right)
Right
STANDARD OF LIVING
Average life expectancy
Life expectancy - male
Life expectancy - female
Infant mortality
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
Births attended by skilled personnel
Maternal mortality
250 per 100,000 live births (2000)
Source: UNDP 2006
Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
Population with access to improved water
Population with access to improved sanitation
Literacy - average
Literacy - male
84.1 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP 2006
Literacy - female
64.2 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP 2006
Landlines telephones
Cellular telephone subscribers
Internet users
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 145=most corrupt)
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
| 2004 | 59.2 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 58.9 years | UNDP 2005 |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Life expectancy - male
| 2004 | 57.7 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available years | |
| 2002 | No data available years | |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Life expectancy - female
| 2004 | 60.7 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available years | |
| 2002 | No data available years | |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Infant mortality
| 2005 | 102 per 1,000 live births | U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007 |
| 2004 | 102 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2002 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2001 | 107 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 live births |
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
| 2005 | 125 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007 |
| 2004 | 125 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 2003 | 125 per 1,000 live births | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | 125 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 133 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 live births |
Births attended by skilled personnel
| 1996-2004 | 72 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 1995-2003 | 72 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 1995-2002 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2001 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2000 | No data available percent |
Maternal mortality
250 per 100,000 live births (2000)
Source: UNDP 2006
Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
| 1996-2005 | 12 percent | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007 |
| 1996-2004 | 16 percent | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 1995-2003 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2002 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2001 | 16 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 1995-2000 | No data available percent |
Population with access to improved water
| 2004 | 81 percent | UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Population with access to improved sanitation
| 2004 | 79 percent | UNICEF and WHO 2006 |
| 2002 | No data available percent |
Literacy - average
| 2004 | 74.1 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 39.7 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Literacy - male
84.1 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP 2006
Literacy - female
64.2 percent (2004)
Source: UNDP 2006
Landlines telephones
| 2005 | 40 per 1,000 people | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2006 |
| 2004 | 40 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2003 | 48 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2002 | 47 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2001 | 29 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2000 | 29 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
Cellular telephone subscribers
| 2005 | 22 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2004 | 22 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2003 | 3 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2002 | 0.8 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2001 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 people |
Internet users
| 2005 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2004 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2003 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2002 | 1 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2001 | 0.5 per 1,000 people | ITU 2006 |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 people |
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 145=most corrupt)
| 2006 | 160 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2005 | 137 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2004 | 129 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2003 | 113 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2002 | Not ranked | |
| 2001 | Not ranked | |
| 2000 | Not ranked |
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
ECONOMY & AID
International humanitarian aid flows
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Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb
Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
No data available current US$
GDP
Annual GDP growth
Annual inflation
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
No data available current US$
GDP
| 2005 | No data available current US$ billions | |
| 2004 | No data available current US$ billions | |
| 2003 | 12.6 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2002 | 19.0 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2006 |
| 2001 | 18.9 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2006 |
| 2000 | 25.9 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
Annual GDP growth
| 2005 | No data available percent | |
| 2004 | 46.5 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2003 | -41.3 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2002 | -7.8 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2001 | -6.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2000 | -4.3 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
Annual inflation
| 2005 | No data available percent | |
| 2004 | No data available percent | |
| 2003 | 13.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2002 | 10.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2001 | -21.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
| 2000 | 47.4 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007 |
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
HEALTH
Physicians
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent
Malaria
Risk from P.vivax from May through November, principally in areas in the north below 1500m and also in Basrah province.
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 1990-2004 | 66 per 100,000 people | UNDP 2006 |
| 1990-2003 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 1990-2002 | No data available per 100,000 people |
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent
Malaria
Risk from P.vivax from May through November, principally in areas in the north below 1500m and also in Basrah province.
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 2005 | 56 per 100,000 people | WHO 2007 |
| 2004 | 56 per 100,000 people | 56 |
| 2003 | 132 per 100,000 people | WHO 2006 |
| 2002 | 56 per 100,000 people | WHO 2007 |
| 2001 | 133 per 100,000 people | WHO 2006 |
| 2000 | 133 per 100,000 people | WHO 2006 |
DISASTERS, CONFLICT & MIGRATION
Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Number of refugees originating here
Number of refugees residing here
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
Landmine casualties per year
Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report
Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2005 | 262142 | Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| 2004 | 311848 | UNHCR |
| 2003 | 368581 | UNHCR |
| 2002 | 422512 | UNHCR |
| 2001 | 530511 | UNHCR |
| 2000 | 526179 | UNHCR |
Number of refugees residing here
| 2006 | 44406 | UNHCR |
| 2005 | 50177 | UNHCR |
| 2004 | 46053 | UNHCR |
| 2003 | 134190 | UNHCR |
| 2002 | 134190 | UNHCR |
| 2001 | 128142 | UNHCR |
| 2000 | 127787 | UNHCR |
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
| 2007 | 2000000 | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2007 | |
| 2006 | 1600000 | IDMC 2006 | |
| 2005 | 1300000 | IDMC 2006 | |
Landmine casualties per year
| 2004 | At least 261 | Landmine Monitor Report 2005 |
| 2003 | 2189 | Landmine Monitor Report 2005 |
Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report
Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2003-2004 | No data available percent | |
| 2002 | 0.3 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
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