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Key facts

  • Currency: Iraqi dinar
  • Capital city: Baghdad
  • Region: Western Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 434,128 km²
  • Population: 44,496,122
  • Political Leader: Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Prime Minister)

Latest news (see all)

Iraqi leader to meet with Michigan's large Middle Eastern community to discuss escalating tensions

Read: The Star

2024-04-18

Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Artifact to Iraq After Internal Research

Read: Art News

2024-04-17

US approves potential $140M aircraft support deal for Iraq, Pentagon officials confirm

Read: Fox News

2024-04-16

Iraq maintains top regional export seat ahead of key Erdogan visit

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-04-16

Biden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran's attack on Israel throws Mideast into greater uncertainty

Read: The Washington Times

2024-04-16

Republicans express deep concern over Iraqi PM visit to White House, connections to terrorist orgs

Read: Fox News

2024-04-15

Joe Biden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran's attack on Israel throws Middle East into greater uncertainty

Read: SCMP

2024-04-15

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 27.44 % of GDP
Expense 27.61 % of GDP
GDP 264,182,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.99 annual %
Self-employed 31.13 % of total employment
Tax revenue 1.34 % of GDP
Unemployment 15.56 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 26.72 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 94,240.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.33 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 163,512.00 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 24.42 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 3.73 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 25.73 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports -229.39 % of energy use
Fertility rate 3.50 births per woman
Forest area 8,250 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 95.98 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 14,043.80 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 16.00 years
Methane emissions 85,917.00 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 5,439.69 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 22,205,751
Male Population 22,290,370
Renewable energy consumption 1.08 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 434,270.00 km²
Rural population 12,746,359
Urban land area 6,572.97 km²
Urban population 31,749,763
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 3.47 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 27.37 per 1,000 people
Death rate 4.75 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 202.31 current US$
Health expenditure 5.08 % of GDP
Hospital beds 1.32 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 70 years
Suicide mortality rate 3.60 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 1,169,000
Individuals using the Internet 78.72 % of population
Net migration -6,000
Press freedom 1.49


Politics

Armed forces personnel 459,000
Democracy score 4.06
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 1.67 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 28.88 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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