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Iraq

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Key facts

  • currency: Iraqi dinar
  • capital city: Baghdad
  • region: Western Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 434,128 km²
  • population: 45,504,560 people
  • political leader: Adil Abdul-Mahdi (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [33°0′N, 44°0′E]

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Summary

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 45,504,560 people and uses the currency Iraqi dinar. The Prime Minister is Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Environment

Iraq is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 94,240.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.33 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 193.84 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • 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): 367.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 16.30
  • Methane emissions: 163.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 6.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 22,698,062 people
  • Male population: 22,806,498 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 1.10 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 434,269.61 km²
  • Rural population: 12,923,750 people
  • Urban land area: 6,572.97 km²
  • Urban population: 32,580,810 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.47 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Iraq by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Iraq

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Iraq

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Iraq

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Iraq

Iraq relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Iraq relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Iraq

Iraq relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Iraq

Iraq relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Iraq

Iraq relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Iraq relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iraq relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Iraq

Evolution of historical land area in Iraq

Evolution of historical median age in Iraq

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Iraq

Iraq relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Iraq relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Iraq relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Iraq relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Iraq relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Iraq relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Iraq

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iraq

Iraq relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iraq relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iraq relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Iraq

Iraq relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Iraq

Evolution of historical male population in Iraq

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Iraq

Evolution of historical rural land area in Iraq

Evolution of historical rural population in Iraq

Iraq relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Iraq

Iraq relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Iraq

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Iraq

Iraq relationship between date and population over time

Iraq relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Iraq

Iraq relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Iraq relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iraq

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Iraq

Iraq relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iraq relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iraq relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iraq relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iraq relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Iraq

Iraq relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Iraq relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Iraq relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Iraq relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Iraq relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Iraq relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Iraq

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Iraq

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Iraq

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Iraq

Distribution of sites in Iraq by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Iraq by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Iraq

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Iraq by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Iraq

Cities in Iraq

Sites in Iraq

Wildfires in Iraq

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Business

  • Central government debt: 27.44 % of GDP
  • Expense: 27.61 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 250,842,782,139.46 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.99 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 31.13 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 1.34 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 15.53 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 26.72 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Iraq by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Iraq

Evolution of historical expense in Iraq

Evolution of historical GDP in Iraq

Iraq relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Iraq

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Iraq

Iraq relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iraq

Evolution of historical unemployment in Iraq

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Iraq

Proportion of shops per country in Iraq

Companies from Iraq

Exchanges in Iraq

Shops in Iraq

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Health

  • 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

Evolution of historical birth rate in Iraq

Iraq relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Iraq relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Iraq relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Iraq relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Iraq relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Iraq

Iraq relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Iraq

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Iraq

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Iraq

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Iraq

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Iraq

Iraq relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Iraq relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Iraq

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Iraq

Proportion of diseases in Iraq by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Iraq by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Iraq

Evolution of historical deaths in Iraq

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Iraq

Diseases in Iraq

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 459,000 people
  • Democracy score: 4.06
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Military expenditure: 1.67 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.05 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Iraq

Iraq relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Iraq relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Iraq

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

Distribution of politicians from Iraq by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Iraq

Political parties in Iraq

Politicians from Iraq

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Iraq by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Iraq

Proportion of competitions per city in Iraq

Proportion of competitions per country in Iraq

Distribution of competitions in Iraq by start date

Proportion of medals won by Iraq in the Olympics

Athletes from Iraq

Competitions in Iraq

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Iraq by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Iraq

Geographical distribution of museums in Iraq by visitors

Artists from Iraq

Museums in Iraq

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Iraq by total students

Distribution of universities in Iraq per foundation year

Universities in Iraq

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In literature

There are 875 books written about Iraq in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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