Iraq, 5 Years On: Key Facts and Figures
NEW YORK, March 18, 2008 — -- U.S. Troop Levels
Current U.S. troop levels (as of 3/6/2008): 159,000
Trained Iraqi security forces: 425,345
Source: Brookings Institute, Defense Department
Casualties
U.S. military deaths: 3,980 (Defense Department)
Non-Iraq civilians killed since May 2003: 504 (Brookings Institute)
Journalists killed in Iraq, including media workers such as drivers and interpreters: 174 (Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction)
U.S. troops wounded in action since March 2003: 29,275 (Defense Department)
Iraqi civilians: 81,964- 89,448 (Iraq Body Count)
Cost
Cost for Operation Iraqi Freedom: $406.2 billion
Average monthly spending in Iraq: $9.2 billion
Source: CRS Report for Congress, The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Oil Production
Average daily oil production:
Source: Department of Defense
Oil revenue export in 2007: $41 billion
Oil revenue from exports (since June 2003): $125.3 billion
Attacks on Iraqi oil and gas pipelines, installations and personnel since 2003: 466
Source: Department of Defense, Brookings Institute
Economy
Source: Department of Defense
Unemployment and underemployment
Health Care
