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Iraq
Mr. Francis
DUBOIS UNDP Resident Representative
Address: P.O. Box 2048 (Alwiyah) 
Baghdad Country: IRAQ Country code: 964
Telephone: (964-1) 887-2229 Fax: (873) 7616-61666
 
Email: fo.irq@undp.org
 Web site: www.undp.org/rbas/

 
Demographic, Social & Economic Indicators
Total Population (millions) (2000) 23.1
Projected population (millions) (2025) 41.0
Avg. pop. growth rate (%) (1995-2000) 2.8
% Urban (1995) 75
Urban growth rate (1995-2000) 3.7
Population/ ha arable and perm. crop land 0.4
Total fertility rate (1995-2000) 5.25
% births with skilled attendants 54
GNP per capita PPP$ (1998) --
Per capita central govt. expenditures (PPP$) Education --
Health      --
External population assistance (US$,000) 481
Under-5 mortality M/F M  119
F  114
Per capita energy consumption 1,174
Access to safe water 77
   
Monitoring ICPD Goals: Selected Indicators
Infant mortality Total per 1,000 live births 95
Life expectancy M 60.9
F 63.9
Maternal mortality ratio --
Primary enrolment (gross) M 92
F 78
Proportion reaching grade 5 M 84
F 84
Secondary enrolment (gross) M 51
F 32
% Illiterate (>15 years) M 35
F 55
Contraceptive knowledge --
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 45
Contraceptive prevalence Any method 14
Modern methods 11
   

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