Capital:Baghdad
Population:26,074,906
Area:437,072 sq km
Climate:mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers
Languages:Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
Currency:New Iraqi dinar (NID)
Government:Interim Government
Religions:Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
