Key Facts

GDP (ppp) per CAPITA

$4,000 (2008 est.)

Inflation Rate

6.8% (2008 est.)

Population

28,945,657 (July 2009 est.)

Country Risk Ratings

D

Ease of Doing Business

152/181

Global Competitiveness

-/134

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Iraq : Statistics

Economy

GDP - purchasing power parity:

$ 112.8 billion (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

9.8% (2008 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:

$ 4,000 (2008 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 5 %
industry: 68 %
services: 27 %

Industrial production growth rate:

10.5% (2008 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

6.8% (2008 est.)

Labor force:

7.74 million (2008 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Unemployment rate:

18.2% (2008 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $ 42.4 billion
expenditures: $ 49.9 billion (FY08 est.)

Exports:

$ 66.1 billion (2008 est.)

Exports - partners:

US 43.5%, Italy 11%, South Korea 7.3%, Canada 4.5%, France 4.1% (2008)

Imports:

$ 43.5 billion (2008 est.)

Imports - partners:

Syria 27.6%, Turkey 20.6%, US 11.2%, China 6.2%, Jordan 4.7% (2008)

Debt - external:

$ 67.74 billion (31 December 2008 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:

$21.65 billion (2005)

Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index:

Electricity Production:

36.92 billion kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption:

39.88 billion kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports:

0 kWh (2008)

Electricity Imports:

2.95 billion kWh (2008 est.)

Oil Production:

2.42 million bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Consumption:

295,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports:

1.83 million bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Imports:

104,300 bbl/day (2005)

Oil Proved Reserves:

112.5 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production:

15.66 billion cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption:

9.454 billion cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves:

3.17 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

People

Population:

28,945,657 (July 2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.507% (2009 est.)

Population Below Poverty Line:

NA%

Infant mortality rate:

43.82 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 69.94 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

3.86 children born/woman (2009 est.)

Ethnic groups:

Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%

Nationality:

noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi

Religions:

Shi'a Muslim, Sunni Muslim

Languages:

Arabic, Kurdish

Literacy:

total population: 74.1 %
male: 84.1 %
female: 64.2% (2000 est.)

HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate:

less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

Geography

Location:

Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait

Area:

total: 438,317 sq km
land: 437,367 sq km
water: 950 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 3,650 km
border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km

Coastline:

58 km

Climate:

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 Iraq

Terrain:

mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
highest point: unnamed peak; 3,611 m; note - this peak is neither Gundah Zhur 3,607 m nor Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,59

Environment - International Agreements:

party to: Biodiversity, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

International Organization Participation:

ABEDA, AFESD (suspended), AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Technology

Telephones:

1.082 million (2008)

Cellular Telephones:

17.529 million (2008)

Internet Country Code:

.iq

Internet Hosts:

3 (2008)

Internet Users:

54,000 (2007)

Railways:

2,272 km (2008)

Highways:

44,900 km (2002)

Airports:

104 (2009)

Sources:
CIA World Factbook (September 2009)
U.S. Dept. of State Country Background Notes (October 2009)