Iraq--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Iraq People

Population: 19,161,956 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.73% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 44.57 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 7.71 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 71.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 64.96 years male: 64.2 years female: 65.76 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.86 children born/woman (1993 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 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 60% male: 70% female: 49%

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