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People
29,671,605 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
40
0-14 years: 38.8% (male 5,711,187/female 5,514,794)
15-64 years: 58.2% (male 8,535,550/female 8,303,942)
65 years and over: 3% (male 410,395/female 469,701) (2010 est.)
total: 20.6 years
male: 20.5 years
female: 20.8 years (2010 est.)
2.449% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
29.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
4.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 82
urban population: 67% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 43.16 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 64
male: 47.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 38.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 70.25 years
country comparison to the world: 145
male: 68.88 years
female: 71.69 years (2010 est.)
3.76 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
fewer than 500 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
NA
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2009)
noun: Iraqi(s)
adjective: Iraqi
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%
Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.1%
male: 84.1%
female: 64.2% (2000 est.)
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2005)
NA
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