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Iraq

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Iraq is a country. The capital city is Baghdad, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 434,128 km², a population of 45,074,049 people and uses the currency Iraqi dinar. The Prime Minister is Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Key facts

currency: Iraqi dinar
capital city: Baghdad
region: Western Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 434,128 km²
population: 45,074,049 people
political leader: Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 27.44 % of GDP
expense: 27.61 % of GDP
GDP: 250,842,782,139.46 current US$
inflation: 4.36 annual %
self-employed workers: 31.60 % of total employment
tax revenue: 1.34 % of GDP
unemployment: 15.45 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 27.13 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 459,000 people
democracy score: 4.06
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 1,124,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 81.70 % of population
military expenditure: 2.07 % of GDP
net migration: -5,710 people
press freedom: 1.49
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.05 %
birth rate: 27.04 per 1,000 people
death rate: 4.43 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 248.92 current US$
health expenditure: 5.25 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.30 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71
suicide mortality rate: 3.60 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 94,240.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.33 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 192.91 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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: 3.44 births per woman
forest area: 8,250 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 95.98 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 362.78 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.40
methane emissions: 160.62 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 5.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 22,459,934 people
male population: 22,614,115 people
renewable energy consumption: 1.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 434,269.61 km²
rural population: 12,801,481 people
urban land area: 6,572.97 km²
urban population: 32,272,568 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.47 % of total population

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Iraq is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of diseases in Iraq by start date

Distribution of sites in Iraq by inscription year

Distribution of athletes from Iraq by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Iraq by birth year

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iraq with forecast

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Iraq with forecast

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Iraq with forecast

Evolution of historical population in Iraq with forecast

Map of the distribution of cities in Iraq by population

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Map of the distribution of universities in Iraq by total students

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Iraq by mean width

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Share of politicians per gender in Iraq

Share of diseases in Iraq by mortality rate

Share of medals won by Iraq in the Olympics

Correlation of armed forces personnel and population of countries yearly in Iraq

Correlation of fertility rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Iraq

Correlation of urban population and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Iraq

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area by countries yearly in Iraq

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There are 875 books written about Iraq in the database.

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