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— U.S. TROOP LEVELS:
_October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.
_July 31, 2009: 131,000.
CASUALTIES:
_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of July 30, 2009: at least 4,329.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of July 31, 2009: 31,454.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of July 4, 2009: 37,613.
_U.S. military deaths for July 2009: 7. This is the lowest number since the war began in March 2003.
_Deaths of civilian employees of U.S. government contractors as of June 30, 2009: 1,395.
_Iraqi deaths in July 2009 from war-related violence: at least 308, down from last month's 447. Only three months — all this year — have seen fewer Iraqis killed since the AP began tracking war-related fatalities in May 2005.
_Assassinated Iraqi academics as of June 16, 2009: 423.
_Journalists killed on assignment as of July 31, 2009: 139.
COST:
_Over $669 billion, according to the National Priorities Project.
OIL PRODUCTION:
_Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.
_July 9, 2009: 2.48 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.
_July 30, 2009: 1,200,000.
_Prewar cell phones: 80,000.
_July 30, 2009: An estimated 17.7 million.
WATER:
_Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.
_July 30, 2009: 21.2 million people have potable water.
SEWERAGE:
_Prewar: 6.2 million people served.
_July 30, 2009: 11.3 million people served.
INTERNAL REFUGEES:
_June 5, 2009: more than 2.8 million are currently displaced inside Iraq.
EMIGRANTS:
_Prewar: 500,000 Iraqis living abroad.
_June 5, 2009: more than 1.5 million.
All figures are the most recent available.
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Sources: The Associated Press, State Department, Defense Department, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, The Brookings Institution, International Organization for Migration, Committee to Protect Journalists, National Priorities Project, The Brussels Tribunal, and the U.S. Department of Labor.
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AP researchers Julie Reed and Rhonda Shafner in New York compiled this report.
