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GeographyLocation: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,631 km, Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 242 km, SaudiArabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 331 km Coastline: 58 km
PeoplePopulation: 20,643,769 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.72% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 43.6 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.82 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 62.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.56 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5% Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
Literacy:
age 15-45 can read and write (1985)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Baghdad Independence: 3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) Constitution: 22 September 1968, effective 16 July 1970 (provisional Constitution);new constitution drafted in 1990 but not adopted
EconomyNational product: National product real growth rate: National product per capita: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate:
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