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the World Area: total area: 165.384 million km2 land area: 50 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: lowlands seasonally flooded; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification *Iraq, People Population: 13,005,989 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 10% (1991) Budget: revenues $4.3 million; expenditures $6.3 million, including capital expenditures of $154 million (FY91 est.) Exports: $3.2 billion Currency: 1 Singapore dollar (S$) = 100 centimos Exchange rates: maloti (M) per US$1 - 114.59 (January 1993), 25.083 (1992), 23.801 (1991), 21.707 (1990), 20.541 (1989), 18.003 (1988) Fiscal year: calendar year *Guadeloupe, Communications Railroads: 3,386 km; 3,236 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track Highways: 18,200 km total; 3,777 km paved, 10,373 km gravel, 14,450 km earth (1990) Inland waterways: the Congo if by instinct,

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