Area: 437,072 sq km Land: 432,162 sq km Arable land: 12%
Irrigated land: 25,500 sq km
Infant mortality rate: 60.05 deaths/1,000 live births
Total fertility rate: 4.75 children born/woman
Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi’a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Ethnic groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%
Judicial System: Court of Cassation
Legal System: based on Islamic law in special religious courts, civil law system elsewhere
GDP per capita: $2,500 GDP — agriculture: 6% industry: 13% services: 81%
Unemployment rate: NA% Literacy — male: 70.7% female: 45%
Exports: $21.8 billion Commodities: crude oil
Exports partners: Russia, France, Switzerland, China
Imports: $13.8 billion Commodities: food, medicine, manufactures
Imports partners: Egypt, Russia, France, Vietnam
Telephones — main lines in use: 675,000 Internet Service Providers: 1
Manpower fit for military service: 3,301,880 Military expenditures: NA%
Independence: 3 October 1932
(from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
Government type: Republic
(under military authority)
Population: 23,331,985
