If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Iraq http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html Geography question: What are two geographic factors that would seem to make Iraq vulnerable to unfriendly actions by its neighboring countries? Why is it vulnerable? Demographics question: What does the age structure of the Iraqi population suggest about the priorities of government policy making? Why? Comparison question: How does the economic growth rate ("GDP - real growth rate") compare with the growth rate of the US? Does this suggest—in the case of Iraq—a government that is directing economic activity more than the government does in the USA or less? Why?