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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.

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 historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel

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Iraq historical population per armed forces personnel

Iraq historical rural population per armed forces personnel

Iraq historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per armed forces personnel

Iraq historical urban land area per armed forces personnel

Iraq historical urban population per armed forces personnel

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Iraq

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

Distribution of politicians from Iraq by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Iraq by gender

Political parties in Iraq

Politicians from Iraq

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Environment

Iraq is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Western Asia. Iraq is one of the 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 historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate

Iraq historical median age per fertility rate

Evolution of historical forest area in Iraq

Iraq historical rural land area per forest area

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Iraq

Iraq historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption

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

Iraq historical urban land area per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

Iraq historical urban population per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

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

Evolution of historical internet access in Iraq

Evolution of historical land area in Iraq

Evolution of historical median age in Iraq

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Iraq

Iraq historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions

Iraq historical population per methane emissions

Iraq historical rural population per methane emissions

Iraq historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per methane emissions

Iraq historical urban land area per methane emissions

Iraq historical urban population per methane emissions

Evolution of historical net migration in Iraq

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iraq

Iraq historical population per nitrous oxide emissions

Iraq historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per nitrous oxide emissions

Iraq historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions

Iraq historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions

Evolution of historical population in Iraq

Iraq historical urban land area per population

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 total rural land area in Iraq

Evolution of historical rural population in Iraq

Iraq historical urban land area per rural population

Evolution of historical total urban land in Iraq

Iraq historical urban population per urban land area

Evolution of historical urban population in Iraq

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

Iraq historical date per population

Iraq historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Iraq

Iraq historical methane emissions per agricultural land

Iraq historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iraq

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Iraq

Iraq historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Iraq historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Iraq historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Iraq historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Iraq historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Iraq

Iraq historical birth rate per access to electricity

Iraq historical fertility rate per access to electricity

Iraq historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity

Iraq historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity

Iraq historical self-employed workers per access to electricity

Iraq historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity

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

Distribution of transboundary sites in Iraq

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Iraq by mean width

Wildfires width mean per 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 from Iraq by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Iraq

Evolution of historical expense in Iraq

Evolution of historical GDP in Iraq

Iraq historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per GDP

Evolution of historical median inflation in Iraq

Evolution of historical self employed in Iraq

Iraq historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iraq

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Iraq

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Iraq

Distribution of shops in Iraq by country

Companies from Iraq

Exchanges in Iraq

Shops from Iraq

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Iraq by total students

Distribution of universities in Iraq by foundation year

Universities in Iraq

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Iraq by birth date

Distribution of artists from Iraq by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Iraq by visitors

Artists from Iraq

Museums 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

Distribution of diseases in Iraq by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Iraq by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Iraq

Iraq historical fertility rate per birth rate

Iraq historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate

Iraq historical self-employed workers per birth rate

Iraq historical vulnerable employment per birth rate

Iraq historical median age per birth rate

Evolution of historical death rate in Iraq

Iraq historical life expectancy at birth per death rate

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 in Iraq

Iraq historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth

Iraq historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Iraq

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Iraq

Evolution of historical covid cases in Iraq

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Iraq

Diseases daily deaths per cases in Iraq

Diseases in Iraq

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Iraq by birth year

Distribution of competitions by city in Iraq

Distribution of competitions by country in Iraq

Distribution of competitions in Iraq by start date

Distribution of medals won by Iraq at the Olympics

Athletes from Iraq

Competitions in Iraq

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In literature

There are 875 books written about Iraq in the database

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

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