IRAQ IRAQ REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 3 1932 FROM A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 22 1968 POPULATION 22427150 1999 EST AREA 167975 SQ MI CAPITAL BAGHDAD FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL NATURAL GAS PHOSPHATES SULFUR MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING CHEMICALS TEXTILES CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE DATES RICE COTTON WHEAT BARLEY VEGETABLES SHEEP CATTLE CURRENCY DINAR GDP 52.3 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2400 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL KURDISH ASSYRIAN RELIGIONS ISLAM SHI'A SUNNISM CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 58 LIFE EXPECTANCY 66 YEARS MALE 68 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 38 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
