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Last reviewed: 8 February 2007

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Area: 437,072 sq km
Population: 24,683,000 (July 2003 estimate)
Capital City: Baghdad (population: 3.8m 1986 estimate)
People: Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian and other 5% (estimated).
Language(s): Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian and Turkoman.
Religion(s): Muslim 97%, Christian or other 3% (estimated).
Currency: New Iraqi Dinar
Major political parties: Assyrian Democratic Movement, Da'awa Party, Iraqi Communist Party, Iraqi Independent Democrats, Iraqi Islamic Party, Iraqi National Accord, Iraqi National Congress Party, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdistan Islamic Union, National Democratic Party, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, United Iraqi Coalition, Kurdistan Alliance, Iraqi List, Iraqis
Government: Government of Iraq
Head of State: President Jalal Talabani
Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki
Foreign Minister:Hoshyar Zebari
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Iraq is a member of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA), Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Arab League (AL), Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), World Customs Organisation (WCO), Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Group of 19 (G-19), Group of 77 at the United Nations (G-77), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Non Aligned Movement (NAM), Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), United Nations (UN), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

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