Key Figures About Iraq
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Friday, June 1, 2007; 7:16 PM
– Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003
CASUALTIES:
_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of May 31, 2007: 3,474.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded as of May 31, 2007: 25,681.
_U.S. military deaths for May 2007: 126.
_U.S. military deaths after the Baghdad security crackdown beginning Feb. 14, 2007: at least 350, including at least 151 from incidents in Baghdad and at least 177 from incidents outside the capital. The locations of at least 22 deaths are unconfirmed or unknown.
_Deaths of civilian employees of U.S. government contractors as of May 28, 2007: More than 900.
_Iraqi civilian deaths: Estimated at more than 64,000, with one controversial study in 2004 contending there were as many as 655,000. According to Associated Press figures, there have been at least 2,155 Iraqi deaths in May 2007.
_The number of victims of sectarian death squads in Baghdad since the security crackdown began is on the rise. Based on an AP count, there were at least 718 bodies found in Baghdad in May 2007, 447 in April, and 564 in March.
_Assassinated Iraqi academics: 317.
_Journalists killed on assignment: 105.
COST:
_More than $430 billion. Combined with the conflict in Afghanistan and operations against terrorism elsewhere, the cost has topped at least $500 billion. A January 2007 study by Linda Bilmes of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government put the total projected cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan at $350 billion to $700 billion.
OIL PRODUCTION:
_Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.
_May 27, 2007: 2.03 million barrels per day.
ELECTRICITY:
_Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): four to eight.
_May 22, 2007, nationwide: 3,735 megawatts. Hours per day: 10.9.
_Prewar Baghdad: 2,500 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 16-24.
_May 22, 2007, Baghdad: megawatts not available. Hours per day: 5.6.
TELEPHONES:
_Prewar land lines: 833,000.
_March 13, 2007: 1,111,000.
_Prewar cell phones: 80,000.
_March 13, 2007: 8,720,038.
WATER:
_Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.
_April 19, 2007: 15.2 million people have potable water.
SEWERAGE:
_Prewar: 6.2 million people served.
_April 19, 2007: 11.3 million people served.
INTERNAL REFUGEES:
_April 18, 2007: Approximately 1.9 million people. An estimated 750,000 have been internally displaced since the beginning of 2006.
EMIGRANTS:
_Prewar: 500,000 Iraqis living abroad.
_April 18, 2007: Approximately 2 million living abroad.
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Sources: The Associated Press, State Department, Defense Department, Department of Energy, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, The Brookings Institution, Iraq Body Count, The Lancet, Iraqi ministries of health and education, U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, U.N. High Commission for Refugees, Committee to Protect Journalists, Harvard University, Economist Intelligence Unit, National Priorities Project, International Telecommunication Union, The Brussels Tribunal, USAID.
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AP researcher Julie Reed in New York compiled this report.
(This version CORRECTS Corrects number of U.S. military deaths since beginning of war to 3,474, based on new identifications of casualties by the Department of Defense)