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Iraq

33.0N 44.0E · 25 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE OF THE KINGDOM OF IRAQ · 3 OCTOBER 1932
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2003 – present · Iraq Since 2003 — Invasion, Insurgency and Recovery
4 EVENTS
March–April 2003 · US-led invasion topples Saddam Hussein 2 REFS
2005 · New constitution and sectarian war 2 REFS
1958 – 2003 CE · The Republic, Saddam Hussein and the Wars
4 EVENTS
14 July 1958 · Republican coup ends the monarchy 2 REFS
July 1979 · Saddam Hussein assumes the presidency 2 REFS
1258 – 1958 CE · Ottoman Rule, the British Mandate and the Kingdom
4 EVENTS
23 August 1921 · Faisal I crowned king of Iraq 2 REFS
3 October 1932 · Independence and entry into the League of Nations 2 REFS
750 – 1258 CE · Abbasid Baghdad and the Islamic Golden Age
4 EVENTS
762 CE · Al-Mansur founds Baghdad 2 REFS
9th century CE · The House of Wisdom and the Golden Age 2 REFS
539 BCE – 750 CE · Persians, Greeks and the Coming of Islam
4 EVENTS
539 BCE · Cyrus the Great captures Babylon 2 REFS
c. 636–637 CE · Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Arab conquest 2 REFS
c. 4000 BCE – 539 BCE · Sumer, Akkad and Babylon — the First Cities
5 EVENTS
c. 1755 BCE · Hammurabi issues his law code 3 REFS
612 BCE · Fall of Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire 3 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Baghdad
Population
39 m
Area
438,317 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic, Aramaic, Sorani
Currency
Iraqi dinar (ع.د)
Demonym
Iraqi
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$254 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$5,410’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
-2.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.3%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
77.1%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
47 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
72.4 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
69.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
3.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
84.1%’21 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
39.0’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
30.6’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
29.9’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
38.6’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
33.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
23.5’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.5%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.02’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
21.8’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
91.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
59.8%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
84.1%’21 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
104.6%’07 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
50.6%’07 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
15.6%’05 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.0%’21 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
164’21 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
81.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
100’24 WB-ITU

Geography

Land area
434,130 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
1.9%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
21.8%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
5.2’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
1.1%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
43.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
42.8%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
2.4%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$6.2 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
459,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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