October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

 August 2008: 152,000

CASUALTIES:

 Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of Sept. 30, 2008: At least 4,174.

 Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of Sept. 6, 2008: 30,634.

 Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of Sept. 6, 2008: 34,061.

 U.S. military deaths for September 2008: 24.

 Deaths of civilian employees of U.S., government contractors as of July 1, 2008: 1,229.

 Iraqi deaths in September from war-related violence: 503, according to an AP tally.

 Assassinated Iraqi academics as of July 10, 2008: 377.

 Journalists killed on assignment as of Sept. 30, 2008: 135.

COST:

 Over $558 billion so far, according to the National Priorities Project.

OIL PRODUCTION:

 Prewar: 2.58 million barrels per day.

 Sept. 21, 2008: 2.31 million barrels per day.

ELECTRICITY:

 Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 4-8.

 Sept. 22, 2008 nationwide: 4,825 megawatts. Hours per day: 10.4.

 Prewar Baghdad: 2,500 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 16-24.

 Sept. 22, 2008 Baghdad: Megawatts not available. Hours per day: 10.4.

 Note: Current Baghdad megawatt figures are no longer reported by the U.S. State Department's Iraq Weekly Status Report.

TELEPHONES:

 Prewar land lines: 833,000.

 July 7, 2008: 1,600,000.

 Prewar cell phones: 80,000.

 July 7, 2008: 13.4 million.

WATER:

 Prewar: 12.9 million people had potable water.

 June 29, 2008: 20.9 million people have potable water.

SEWERAGE:

 Prewar: 6.2 million people served.

 June 29, 2008: 11.3 million people served.

(Note: The figures for water and sewerage have not changed in the newest SIGIR report.)

INTERNAL REFUGEES:

 September 2008: At least 2.8 million people are currently displaced inside Iraq.

EMIGRANTS:

 Prewar: 500,000 Iraqis living abroad.

 September 23, 2008: More than 2 million – mainly in Syria and Jordan.

  

All figures are the most recent available.

Sources: The Associated Press, State Department, Defense Department, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, The Brookings Institution, U.N. High Commission for Refugees, International Organization for Migration, Committee to Protect Journalists, National Priorities Project, The Brussels Tribunal, Department of Labor.

  

AP researchers Julie Reed and Rhonda Shafner in New York compiled this report.