Location:  Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Geography:  strategic location on Shatt al Arab waterway and at the head of the Arabian Gulf
Area:  total: 437,072 sq km, land: 432,162 sq km, water: 4,910 sq km.
Capital:  Baghdad. Industries:  petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials, food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing
Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian. National Holiday:  Republic Day, July 14 (1958); note - the Government of Iraq has yet to declare an official national holiday but still observes Republic Day. Currency (Code):  New Iraqi dinar (NID) as of 22 January 2004.

Population: 29,671,605 (July 2010 est.). Labor force: 8.5 million (2008 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity):
•   $117.7 billion (2010 est.)
•   $111.5 billion (2009 est.)
•   $106.7 billion (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
•   5.5% (2010 est.)
•   4.5% (2009 est.)
•   7.8% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
•   $3,600 (2010 est.)
•   $3,600 (2009 est.)
•   $3,500 (2008 est.)
Budget:
•   Revenues: $52.8 billion
•   Expenditures: $72.4 billion (2010 est.)
Exports:
•   $49.1 billion (2010 est.)
•   $40.86 billion (2009 est.)
Imports:
•   $42.56 billion (2010 est.)
•   $50 billion (2008 est.)
Debt - external:
•   $52.58 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
•   $73 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Military expenditures: 8.6% of GDP (2006)

Airports: 104
Airports - with paved runways: 75
•   Over 3,047 m: 20
•   2,438 to 3,047 m: 36
•   1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
•   914 to 1,523 m: 6
•   Under 914 m: 8 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways: 29
•   Over 3,047 m: 3
•   2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
•   1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
•   914 to 1,523 m: 13
•   Under 914 m: 6
Heliports: 21 (2010)
Aircraft Departures:  Not Available

Note: figures are in US dollars