General information
Iraq | United States | |
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Region: | Western Asia | North America |
Area: | 435,052 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Arabic | English |
Government form: | Federal parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1932 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Baghdad | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Iraq | United States | |
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Population: | 39,310,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 90.4 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 68 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 72 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 19.7 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 29.08 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 4.78 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.68 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Iraq | United States | |
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Political stability: | 29 | 73 |
Civil rights: | 13 | 83 |
Health: | 42 | 74 |
Climate: | 43 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 71 | 13 |
Popularity: | 28 | 86 |
Economy
Iraq | United States | |
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Currency: | Iraqi Dinar (1 IQD = 1000 Fils) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 13.7 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | -0.20 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 53.01 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 30.80 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 5,740 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 21 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 234,094 M US$ | 5.96 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 225,739 M US$ | 5.74 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 88,903 M US$ | 2.26 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 72,283 M US$ | 1.84 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 59,623 km | 1.52 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 2,272 km | 0.06 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 5,279 km | 0.13 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 73 | 0.002 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 102 | 0.003 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
IRQ: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 38.46 bn kWh | 978,382.40 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 75.45 bn kWh | 1.92 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 11.97 bn kWh | 304,504.35 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 190.06 m t | 4,834.94 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Iraq | United States | |
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International dialing: | +964 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .iq | .us |
IRQ total | IRQ per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 2,705,030 | 69 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 36,466,900 | 928 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 26 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 19,403,309 | 494 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Iraq | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 1.40 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.82 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 8.8 % | 10.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 93.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 22.2 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Iraq and United StatesIraq | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 33.1 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 19.2 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 47 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 1.3 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.5 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Iraq | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Arabic: | 77.2 % | n/a |
Kurdish: | 19.0 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Azerbaijanian: | 1.7 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Assyrian: | 0.8 % | n/a |
Persian: | 0.8 % | n/a |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 0.5 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Iraq | United States | |
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Islam: | 97.0 % | 1.1 % |
Christianity: | 0.8 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | 0.1 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Yazidism: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Hinduism: | 0.1 % | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | 0.1 % | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.6 % | 15.3 % |