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Comparisons Between Kuwait and Iraq
Country
Kuwait
Iraq
Leader
Emir: Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah
President: Jalal Talabani
Population
Kuwati 2,596,800
Iraq 28,221,200
Life Expectancy
Kuwait 77.53 years
Iraq 69.62 years
Capital City
Kuwait
Baghdad
Largest city
Kuwait As Salimiyah (population: 147,649) Iraq Baghdad (population: 5,672,510)
Human Development Index
0.912
0
GDP per capita
Kuwait $60,800 US
Iraq $4,000 US
Literacy Rate
Kuwait 93.3%
Itaq 74.1%
Corruption Perception Index
Kuwait 4.3
Iraq 1.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
Kuwait 3.1%
Iraq 25.5%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kuwait Nasser Al-Kharafi & family ($8.1bn US)
iraq NA
Unemployment Rate
Kuwait 2.2%
Iraq 18%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
Kuwait constitutional emirate
Iraq parliamentary democracy
Religions
Kuwait Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%
Iraq Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Languages
Kuwait Arabic (official), English widely spoken
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian
Exports
Kuwait oil and refined products, fertilizers
Iraq crude oil 84%, crude materials excluding fuels 8%, food and live animals 5%
External Debt
Kuwait $38,820,000,000 $
Iraq $67,740,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Kuwaiti dinars (KD) per US dollar - 0.2679 (2008 est.), 0.2844 (2007), 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947 (2004)
New Iraqi dinars (NID) per US dollar - 1,176 (2008), 1,255 (2007), 1,466 (2006), 1,475 (2005), 1,890 (second half, 2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.3%
8.6%
Location
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Area
17,820 km sq
432,162 km sq
Coastline
499 km
58 km
Climate
dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq
Last edited by shela1153; 11-29-2010 at 09:30 AM.
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I thought this very interesting, now these figures are I think from 2008 but still offer very good comparisons.
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Very interesting shela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Saudi Arabia imo is a better comparison. I will post that in a few.
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