COUNTRY FACTS

 

Population:

22,675,617 (July 2000 est.)

 

Location:

Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait 

 

Area:

437,072 sq km

 

Language:

Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

 

Literacy:

58% (by definition, total population age 15 or older)

 

Compulsory Education:

Primary education or age 11

 

Currency:

raqi dinar (ID)

Source: UNESCO IBE Database and World Fact Book, CIA

This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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