People (Iraq)
=============


     Population:
         18,445,847 (July 1992), growth rate 3.7% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         45 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         9 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         84 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         62 years male, 64 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         7.0 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Iraqi(s); adjective - Iraqi
     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 (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
     Literacy:
         60% (male 70%, female 49%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         4,400,000 (1989); services 48%, agriculture 30%, industry 22%, severe labor
         shortage; expatriate labor force about 1,600,000 (July 1990)
     Organized labor:
         less than 10% of the labor force