Iraq: Key Figures Since the War Began


(AP) -- U.S. TROOP LEVELS:

October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

July 1, 2009: 133,000

CASUALTIES:

Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of July 1, 2009: at least 4,318.

Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of June 30, 2009: 31,408.

Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of June 6, 2009: 37,512.

U.S. military deaths for June 2009: 15. This is the lowest number since March 2009, when

there were nine U.S. troop deaths recorded.

Deaths of civilian employees of U.S. government contractors as of March 31, 2009: 1,360.

Iraqi deaths in June 2009 from war-related violence: at least 447, up from 225 in May 2009.

This is the deadliest month for Iraqis since October 2008, when at least 451 were killed.

Assassinated Iraqi academics as of June 16, 2009: 423.

Journalists killed on assignment as of July 1, 2009: 139.

COST:

Over $683 billion, according to the National Priorities Project.

OIL PRODUCTION:

  • Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.
  • June 10, 2009: 2.44 million barrels per day.

ELECTRICITY:

  • Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 4-8.
  • May 23, 2009 nationwide: 6,020 megawatts. Hours per day: not available.
  • Prewar Baghdad: 2,500 megawatts. Hours per day: not available.

Note: Current nationwide figure for average hours of electricity per day and Baghdad figures for the average amount of electricity generated (megawatts) are no longer reported by the U.S. State Department's Iraq Weekly Status Report.

TELEPHONES:

  • Prewar land lines: 833,000.
  • April 30, 2009: 1,300,000.
  • Prewar cell phones: 80,000.
  • April 30, 2009: An estimated 17.7 million.

WATER:

  • Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.
  • April 30, 2009: 21.2 million people have potable water.

SEWERAGE:

  • Prewar: 6.2 million people served.
  • April 30, 2009: 11.3 million people served.

INTERNAL REFUGEES:

  • June 10, 2009: At least 2.8 million people are currently displaced inside Iraq.

EMIGRANTS:

  • Prewar: 500,000 Iraqis living abroad.
  • June 10, 2009: Close to 2 million, mainly in Syria and Jordan.

All figures are the most recent available.

Sources: The Associated Press, State Department, Defense Department, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, The Brookings Institution, Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, International Organization for Migration, Committee to Protect Journalists, National Priorities Project, The Brussels Tribunal, and the U.S. Department of Labor.

AP researchers Julie Reed and Rhonda Shafner in New York compiled this report.


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