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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
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"text": "93.8%"
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"text": "97.6%"
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"text": "93.1%"
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"text": "98%"
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"text": "95.8% (2015)"
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"text": "<p>boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and detailed maps showing the alignment have not been published; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island, which Iran occupies</p>"
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "the UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug-producing countries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controls improving, but informal banking remains unregulated"
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"text": "a transshipment point for illegal narcotics and a pass-through for drug proceeds; numerous exchange houses and general trading companies increase potential for money; major source of precursor chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics"
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
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"text": "99.4%"
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"text": "99.6%"
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"male": {
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"text": "99.4%"
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"text": "99.7%"
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"female": {
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"text": "99.3% (2017)"
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"text": "99.5% (2019)"
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia"
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"text": "<p>located on a major drug trafficking route where Southwest Asian opium, heroin and precursor chemicals are transported; marijuana trafficking increased</p>"
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
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"text": "97.2%"
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"text": "97.5%"
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"text": "98.7%"
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"text": "98.8%"
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"text": "95.7% (2018)"
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"text": "96.2% (2020)"
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "95,530 sq km (2012)"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Salt water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Caspian Sea (shared with Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan) - 374,000 sq km; Lake Urmia - 5,200 sq km; Lake Namak - 750 sq km"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iraq, Syria, and Turkey) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Iraq, Turkey, and Syria) - 1,950 km; Helmand (shared with Afghanistan) - 1,130 km"
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Turkey [s], Syria, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Syria, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km; Helmand (shared with Afghanistan [s]) - 1,130 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "population is concentrated in the north, northwest, and west, reflecting the position of the Zagros and Elburz Mountains; the vast dry areas in the center and eastern parts of the country, around the deserts of the Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e Lut, have a much lower population density"
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iraq, Syria, and Turkey) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Iraq, Turkey, and Syria) - 1,950 km; Helmand (shared with Afghanistan) - 1,130 km"
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Turkey [s], Syria, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Syria, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km; Helmand (shared with Afghanistan [s]) - 1,130 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "despite substantial interdiction efforts and considerable control measures along the border with Afghanistan, Iran remains one of the primary transshipment routes for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe; suffers one of the highest opiate addiction rates in the world, and has an increasing problem with synthetic drugs; regularly enforces the death penalty for drug offences; lacks anti-money laundering laws; has reached out to neighboring countries to share counter-drug intelligence"
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"text": "<p>significant transit and destination country for opiates and cannabis products mainly from Afghanistan; produces and consumes methamphetamine and traffics it to international markets; one of the primary transshipment routes for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe</p>"
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "35,250 sq km (2012)"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Arabian Aquifer System"
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Hammar - 1,940 sq km"
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iran, Syria, and Turkey) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; "
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"text": "Euphrates river mouth (shared with Turkey[s], Syria, and Iran) - 3,596 km; Tigris river mouth (shared with Turkey[s], Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; the Tigris and Euphrates join to form the Shatt al Arab<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Major aquifers": {
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"text": "Arabian Aquifer System"
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "population is concentrated in the north, center, and eastern parts of the country, with many of the larger urban agglomerations found along extensive parts of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; much of the western and southern areas are either lightly populated or uninhabited"
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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"total population": {
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"text": "50.1%"
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"text": "85.6%"
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"male": {
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"text": "56.2%"
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"text": "91.2%"
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"female": {
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"text": "44% (2018)"
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"text": "79.9% (2017)"
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iran, Syria, and Turkey) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; "
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"text": "Euphrates river mouth (shared with Turkey[s], Syria, and Iran) - 3,596 km; Tigris river mouth (shared with Turkey[s], Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; the Tigris and Euphrates join to form the Shatt al Arab<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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"Military and Security": {
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"Military and security forces": {
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"text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command<br><br>National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Energy Police Directorate<br><br>Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF); Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government) (2021)",
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"note": "note: the PMF is a collection of approximately 50 paramilitary militias of different sizes and with varying political interests"
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"text": "Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Army Aviation Command, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Air Defense Command, Special Forces Command<br><br>National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS; a Special Forces Division aka the \"Golden Division\"), Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Energy Police Directorate<br> <p>Ministry of Pershmerga (Kurdistan Regional Government): Regional Guard Brigades, Unit (or Division) 70 Forces, Unit (or Division) 80 Forces, special operations/counter-terrorism forces (Counter Terrorism Group, CTG and Counter Terrorism Directorate, CTD); note - Unit 70 and the CTG are associated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, while Unit 80 and the CTD are associated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP); Ministry of Interior: Zeravani and Emergency Response Forces (paramilitary internal security forces)</p> Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMC or PMF); a collection of approximately 60 militias of widely varied sizes and political interests (2021)"
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"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
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"text": "information varies; approximately 200,000 personnel under the Ministry of Defense (190,000 Army/Aviation Command/Special Forces; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air/Air Defense Forces); approximately 25,000 National-Level Security Forces (10,000 Iraqi Counterterrorism Service; 10,000 Presidential Brigades; 5,000 Prime Minister’s Special Forces Division); est. 100-160,000 Popular Mobilization Forces; est. 150,000-200,000 Peshmerga Forces (2020-21)"
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"text": "information varies; approximately 200,000 personnel under the Ministry of Defense (190,000 Army/Aviation Command/Special Forces; 5,000 Navy; 5,000 Air/Air Defense Forces); approximately 25,000 National-Level Security Forces (10,000 Iraqi Counterterrorism Service; 10,000 Presidential Brigades; 5,000 Prime Minister’s Special Forces Division); Ministry of Peshmerga: approximately 150,000-plus (35,000 Regional Guard Brigades; 50,000 Unit 70 Forces; 70,000 Unit 80 Forces); estimated 100-160,000 Popular Mobilization Forces (2020-21)"
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"text": "the Iraqi military inventory is comprised of Russian and Soviet-era equipment combined with newer European- and US-sourced platforms; since 2010, Russia and the US are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq (2020)"
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"text": "<p>as of early 2021, Iraqi military and security forces continued to conduct counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq</p> <p>Shia militia and paramilitary units from the Popular Mobilization Committee and Affiliated Forces (PMF) have fought alongside the Iraqi military against ISIS since 2014, but the majority of these forces continue to largely ignore the 2016 Law of the Popular Mobilization Authority, which mandated that armed militias must be regulated in a fashion similar to Iraq’s other security forces and act under the Iraqi government’s direct control; the Iraqi prime minister legally commands the PMF, but most of the militia brigades take orders from associated political parties and/or other government officials, including some with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps</p> <p>the Kurdish Peshmerga are formally recognized as a legitimate Iraqi military force under the country’s constitution and have operated jointly with the Iraqi military against ISIS militants, but they also operate outside of Iraqi military command structure; the Peshmerga report to the Kurdistan Regional Government or Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parties instead of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense<br><br>at the request of the Iraqi government, NATO agreed to establish an advisory, training and capacity-building mission in Iraq in October 2018 to help Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS; NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) currently has about 500 troops, but in February 2021 NATO announced it would increase the presence to about 4,000, although no timeframe was given</p>"
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"text": "<p>as of early 2021, Iraqi security forces (ISF) continued to conduct counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group, particularly in northern and western Iraq; Kurdish Security Forces (KSF, aka Peshmerga) also conducted operations against ISIS<br><br>the KSF are formally recognized as a legitimate Iraqi military force under the country’s constitution and have operated jointly with the Iraqi military against ISIS militants, but they also operate outside of Iraqi military command structure; in mid-2021, the KSF and ISF conducted a joint counter-ISIS operation in an area known as the Kurdistan Coordination Line, a swath of disputed territory in northern Iraq claimed by both the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central Iraqi Government; the KSF/Peshmerga report to the Kurdistan Regional Government or Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan parties instead of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense<br><br>Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces (PMF or PMC), also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU, or al-Hashd al-Sha’abi in Arabic), tribal militia units have fought alongside the Iraqi military against ISIS since 2014, but the majority of these forces continue to largely ignore the 2016 Law of the Popular Mobilization Authority, which mandated that armed militias must be regulated in a fashion similar to Iraq’s other security forces and act under the Iraqi Government’s direct control; the Iraqi prime minister legally commands the PMF, but most of the militia brigades take orders from associated political parties and/or other government officials, including some with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two that have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US; the PMF/PMU is an umbrella organization comprised of many different militias, the majority of which are Shia; there are typically three types of Shia militia:</p> <p>--militias backed by Iran, particularly the IRGC; they are considered the most active and capable, and include such groups as the Badr Organization, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Kataib Hizballah</p> <p>--militias affiliated with Shia political parties, but not aligned with Iran, such as Moqtada al-SADR's Saray al-Salam (Peace Brigades)</p> <p>--militias not connected with political parties, but affiliated with the Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-SISTANI (Iraq’s supreme Shia cleric), such as the Hawza militias</p> <p>other PMF/PMU militias include Tribal Mobilization militias, or Hashd al-Asha’iri, which are composed of fighters from Sunni tribes; some of these militias take orders from the ISF and local authorities while others respond to orders from the larger Shia PMU militias; still other militias include Yazidi and Christian militias and the Turkmen brigades; the links of these forces to the PMU is not always clear-cut and may be loosely based on financial, legal, or political incentives</p> <p>at the request of the Iraqi government, NATO agreed to establish an advisory, training and capacity-building mission in Iraq in October 2018 to help Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS; NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) currently has about 500 troops, but in February 2021 NATO announced it would increase the presence to about 4,000, although no timeframe was given</p> (2021)"
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"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west, and particularly the northwest, in and around the capital of Amman; a sizeable, but smaller population is located in the southwest along the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba"
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"text": "2,307,011 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 672,023 (Syria), 66,760 (Iraq), 13,902 (Yemen), 6,024 Sudan (2021)"
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"text": "Lebanon is a transit country for hashish, cocaine, heroin, and fenethylene; fenethylene, cannabis, hashish, and some opium are produced in the Bekaa Valley; small amounts of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin transit country on way to European markets and for Middle Eastern consumption; money laundering of drug proceeds fuels concern that extremists are benefiting from drug trafficking"
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Turkey [s], Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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"text": "significant population density along the Mediterranean coast; larger concentrations found in the major cities of Damascus, Aleppo (the country's largest city), and Hims (Homs); more than half of the population lives in the coastal plain, the province of Halab, and the Euphrates River valley",
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Turkey [s], Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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}
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},
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"Illicit drugs": {
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"text": "a transit point for opiates, hashish, and cocaine bound for regional and Western markets; weak anti-money-laundering controls and bank privatization may leave it vulnerable to money laundering"
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"text": "source country for amphetamine tablets destined for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Libya and Sudan"
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}
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}
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}
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "52,150 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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},
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"Major lakes (area sq km)": {
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"Fresh water lake(s)": {
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"text": "Lake Beysehir - 650 sq km; Lake Egridir - 520 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iraq, Iran, and Syria) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Iraq, Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; Kizil - 1,182 km"
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"text": "Euphrates river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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},
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"Population distribution": {
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"text": "the most densely populated area is found around the Bosporus in the northwest where 20% of the population lives in Istanbul; with the exception of Ankara, urban centers remain small and scattered throughout the interior of Anatolia; an overall pattern of peripheral development exists, particularly along the Aegean Sea coast in the west, and the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast"
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "96.2%"
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"text": "96.7%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "98.8%"
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"text": "99.1%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "93.5% (2017)"
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"text": "94.4% (2019)"
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}
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},
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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}
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},
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"Major rivers (by length in km)": {
|
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"text": "Euphrates (shared with Iraq, Iran, and Syria) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Iraq, Syria, and Iran) - 1,950 km; Kizil - 1,182 km"
|
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"text": "Euphrates river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris river source (shared with Syria, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km<br><strong>note</strong> – <strong>[s]</strong> after country name indicates river source; <strong>[m]</strong> after country name indicates river mouth"
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},
|
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"Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
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"text": "Indian Ocean drainage: <em>(Persian Gulf)</em> Tigris and Euphrates (918,044 sq km)"
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},
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"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
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"refugees (country of origin)": {
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"text": "173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020); 3,723,674 (Syria) (2021)"
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"text": "173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020); 3,728,612 (Syria) (2021)"
|
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},
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"IDPs": {
|
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"text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2020)"
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@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@
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}
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||||
},
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||||
"Illicit drugs": {
|
||||
"text": "key transit route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe and, to a lesser extent, the US - via air, land, and sea routes; major Turkish and other international trafficking organizations operate out of Istanbul; laboratories to convert imported morphine base into heroin exist in remote regions of Turkey and near Istanbul; government maintains strict controls over areas of legal opium poppy cultivation and over output of poppy straw concentrate; lax enforcement of money-laundering controls"
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"text": "<p>transit country for heroin, opium, and cocaine trafficked to European markets; amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) are trafficked to Middle East and Southeast Asia markets; one of the major transit routes for opiates smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran destined for Western Europe; smugglers involved in both heroin sales and transport and production and smuggling of synthetic drugs; criminal networks have interests in heroin conversion laboratories operating in Iran near the Turkish border; hashish imported or grown domestically for local consumption</p>"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
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"text": "age 15 and over can read and write"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"total population": {
|
||||
"text": "97.2%"
|
||||
"text": "97.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "98.7%"
|
||||
"text": "98.8%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "95.7% (2018)"
|
||||
"text": "96.2% (2020)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> estimates are for Gaza and the West Bank"
|
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},
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