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Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, [2] followed by Iraqi Kurds, then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country. [3] [4] Studies indicate that Mesopotamian Arabs, who make up the overwhelming majority of Iraq's population, are genetically distinct from other Arab populations in the Arabs of the Arabian ...
The state of health in Iraq has fluctuated during its turbulent recent history and specially during the last 4 decade. The country had one of the highest medical standards in the region during the period of 1980s and up until 1991, the annual total health budget was about $450 million in average. The 1991 Gulf War incurred Iraq's major ...
The conflict of 2003 destroyed an estimated 12 percent of hospitals and Iraq's two main public health laboratories. [1] In 2004 some improvements occurred. [ 1 ] Using substantial international funds, some 240 hospitals and 1,200 primary health centers were operating, shortages of some medical materials had been alleviated, the training of ...
The Iraq Family Health Survey (IFHS) was a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of 9345 households that was conducted by relevant federal and regional ministries in Iraq in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The sampling frame that was used in the southern and central provinces was derived from the 1997 Iraq ...
Democracy in Iraq is a fledgling process, but Iraq achieved a more democratic approach than most surrounding countries. [1] [2] Iraq has a score of 3.51 of ten on the 2021 The Economist Democracy Index, which is considered authoritarian. Iraq scored 0.362 on the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in 2023, ranking 3rd in the Middle East and 115th ...
Basic government services such as the civil service and military continued functioning, but the national political system was in deadlock including in respect of almost all major spending and taxation issues. [6] On 27 October 2022, the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani was approved by the Council of Representatives. [1] [2]
The effects of the sanctions on the civilian population of Iraq have been disputed. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Whereas it was widely believed that the sanctions caused a major rise in child mortality, recent research has shown that commonly cited data were fabricated by the Iraqi government and that "there was no major rise in child mortality in Iraq after ...
Population density measures the number of persons per square kilometer of land area. The data are gridded at a resolution of 30 arc-seconds. Date: 22 September 2011, 09:48: Source: Iraq: Population Density, 2000: Author: SEDACMaps