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