VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — ASIA
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IRAQ
Republic of Iraq
IQ · IRQ
MODERN STATE FOUNDED 1932
CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION — ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
POPULATION
46.0M
AREA
438,317 km²
CAPITAL
Baghdad
CURRENCY
IQD
GDP / CAPITA
$5,300
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Cheekah Dar, 3,611 m
LOWEST POINT
Persian Gulf, 0 m
COASTLINE
58 km
LAND BORDERS
3,809 km, 6 countries
TERRAIN
Broad plains along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, desert in the west, mountains in the northeast.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
33.31°N, 44.36°E
TIME ZONE
AST, UTC+3 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Iran
Jordan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Türkiye
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Federal parliamentary republic
RELIGION
Islam, ~98%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
72 years
HDI
0.702 — High (rank 116)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
KurdishOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum extraction & refining
Chemicals
Construction materials
Food processing
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum
Refined petroleum
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Foodstuffs
Manufactured goods
LAND USE
Agricultural, 21%
Forest, 2%
Other, 77%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
9.4M
1970
13.6M
1980
18.5M
1990
23.6M
2000
29.7M
2010
41.2M
2020
45.5M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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