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May 15, 2008: According to the CIA's World Factbook, Iraq has 6,019,795 men fit for military service (ages 16-49).
Between Iran and Saudi Arabia. 58 kilometers of coastline on the northwestern end of the Persian Gulf. Mostly desert, and extremely hot in the summer. Capital: Baghdad.
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An interim government was appointed on June 1, 2004.
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Factbook: "Decreasing insurgent attacks and an improving security environment in many parts of the country are helping to spur economic activity. Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided over 90% of foreign exchange earnings. Oil exports are around levels seen before Operation Iraqi Freedom [March 2001]."
Estimated per capita GDP:
2008 $4,000 (ranks just behind Morocco and just ahead of Fiji)
2007 $3,800
2006 $ 3,800
Unemployment estimated for 2008: 18.2%
Oil production estimated for 2005: 2.093 million barrels per day.
Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP: 8.6 (2006).
CIA Factbook: "Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings."
2008 deaths 5.14, births 30.77
2007 deaths 5.26, births 31.44
2005
deaths 5.49, births 32.50
2004 deaths 5.66, births 33.09
2003 deaths
5.84, births 33.66
The July 2008 estimate: 28.22 million, up from 26.07 million in 2005. Growth rate: 2.562 percent per year.
According to Factbook figures for 2004, on an average day in Iraq 394 people died and 2,296 were born, an increase of 1,902 people per day.
Infant mortality estimated for July 2008: 45.43, down from 50.25 in 2005 (deaths before the age of one year, per 1,000 live births).
Average life expectancy at birth estimated for 2008: 69.62, up from 67.49 in 2005.
For 2002 these were estimated at 25,000.
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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