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Population: 28.95 million (2009 estimate) Languages: Arabic,
Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian
(Neo-Aramaic), Armenian Religions: Muslim (Shia, Sunni), Christian or other Ethnic Groups: Arab, Kurdish, small minorities of Turkoman, Assyrian, Armenian, Chaldean
Capital: Baghdad Date of Independence: October 3, 1932 from League of Nations mandate under British administration; Occupied by US/UK from April 9, 2003 until June 28, 2004
Government: nominal parliamentary democracy with partially autonomous president
Last Elections: December 15, 2005 (parliamentary) Suffrage: Universal at 18 GDP: $103.9 billion (2008, CIA estimate) GDP Per Capita: $3,700 (2008, CIA estimate) External Debt: $67.74 billion (2008, CIA estimate) Unemployment: 26.8% (2004 estimate) Poverty Rate: N/A
Literacy: male 84.1%, female 64.2% (2007, UNDP) Major Exports: crude oil, crude materials excluding fuels, food and live animals Major Industries and Natural Resources: petroleum, chemicals, textiles,
leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal
fabrication/processing; petroleum, natural
gas, phosphates, sulfur HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Adults: less than 0.2% (2006, UN) Infant Mortality Rates (per 1000 live births): 37 (2006, WHO) Maternal Mortality Adjusted Ratio (per 100,000 live births): 300 (2005, WHO) Free Trade Agreements: Arms Imports: US Military Personnel: US Military Bases: 139
camps, 80 forward operating bases, 3 fire bases, 48 other facilities US Aid:
* FY2010 estimates listed here are based on the amounts requested in FY2009. - Foreign operations appropriation bills were not enacted for FY2007, and Congress instead passed a series of continuing resolution, funding agencies at or near FY2006 levels. FY2007 estimates listed here are based on the amounts requested in FY2006. IMET: International Military Educational Training INCLE: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement PKO: Peacekeeping Operations
NADR-ATA: Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs - Anti-terrorism Assistance
-- All figures in US dollars. Sources: Unless stated otherwise, data are current CIA estimates from the World Factbook. Ethnic Groups -- US Department of State External Debt -- World Bank Unemployment (age 15+) -- International Labor Organization Poverty Rate (below $2 a day, unless otherwise stated) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009 Ratio of Richest 10% to Poorest 10% (ratio of income or expenditure share) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009 Gini Index (a scale of 0-100 where 0 equals perfect equality) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009 Literacy (adult) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009 Human Development Index (measurement based on life expectancy, education, and GDP index in 2007) -- UNDP Human Development Report 2009 HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Adults -- “Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic,” UNAIDS 2008 Infant Mortality Rates – World Health Organization Maternal Mortality Rates – World Health Organization Free Trade Agreements -- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, European Commission Tourism -- World Tourism Organization Military Expenditures -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Arms Imports/Exports (1995 to present): Major conventional arms -- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Small arms -- The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers US Military Personnel -- Defense Manpower Data Centre (DoD), Statistical Information Analysis Section (2009) US Military Bases -- Global Security US Aid -- US Department of State Bureau of Resource Management
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