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Iraq People 1996

Population:

20,643,769 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

48% (female 4,850,028; male 5,009,513)

15-64 years:

49% (female 5,021,710; male 5,125,191)

65 years and over:

3% (female 338,790; male 298,537) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.72% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

43.6 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

6.82 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

62.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

66.52 years

male:

65.54 years

female:

67.56 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.56 children born/woman (1995 est.)

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

Literacy:

age 15-45 can read and write (1985)

total population:

89%

male:

90%

female:

88%

Labor force:

4.4 million (1989)

by occupation:

services 48%, agriculture 30%, industry 22%

note:

severe labor shortage; expatriate labor force was about 1,600,000 (July 1990); since then, it has declined substantially

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