Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.65 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$81.48 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
more than $33 billion in foreign aid pledged for 2004-07 (2004)
Currency (code):
New Iraqi dinar (NID) as of 22 January 2004
Currency code:
NID, IQD prior to 22 January 2004
Exchange rates:
New Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 1,477.17 (2006), 1,475 (2005),
1,890 (second half, 2003), 0.3109 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Iraq
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.547 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.7 million (2006)