Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (secondary) · Central Kurdish (secondary) · Chechen (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · Gulf Arabic (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · West Circassian (secondary) · Western Armenian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Iraq

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Arab, Iraqi	21512000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Arab, North Iraqi	11219000	Arabic, North Mesopotamian	Islam
Kurd, Sorani	3101000	Kurdish, Central	Islam
Turkmen, Middle-Eastern	2851000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Kurd, Badini	2020000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Afro-Iraqi	1548000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Kurd, Southern	1548000	Kurdish, Southern	Islam
Yazidi	671000	Kurdish, Northern	Ethnic Religions
Persian	566000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	551000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
Luri, Northern	511000	Luri, Northern	Islam
Kurd, Syrian	265000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Shabak	258000	Shabak	Islam
Arab, Bedouin	170000	Arabic, Najdi	Islam
Deaf	131000	Language unknown	Unknown
Gurani, Hawrami	103000	Gurani	Islam
Assyrian	94000	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Christianity
Bajelani	82000	Bajelani	Islam
Arab, Marsh	54000	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Arab, Arabic Gulf Spoken	52000	Arabic, Gulf	Islam
Chaldean	51000	Chaldean Neo-Aramaic	Christianity
Herki	50000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Adyghe	47000	Adyghe	Islam
Domari	46000	Domari	Islam
Arab, Syrian	39000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Mandaean, Sabean	31000	Neo-Mandaic	Other / Small
Gurani, Sarli	25000	Kakayi	Islam
Arab, Palestinian	25000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Nepali, general	22000	Nepali	Hinduism
Chechen	14000	Chechen	Islam
Armenian	7200	Armenian, Western	Christianity
Syrian Aramaic, Turoyo	5500	Turoyo	Christianity
Koy Sanjaq Surat	1100	Koy Sanjaq Surat	Christianity

Languages

27 languages recorded here.

Adyghe

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Gulf

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Najdi

Arabic, North Mesopotamian

Armenian, Western

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Azerbaijani, South

Bajelani

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic

Chechen

Domari

Gurani

Kakayi

Koy Sanjaq Surat

Kurdish, Central

Kurdish, Northern

Kurdish, Southern

Language unknown

Luri, Northern

Neo-Mandaic

Nepali

Persian, Iranian

Shabak

Turoyo

All catalogue fields

159 fields recorded

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iso3: IRQ
iso2: IQ
ctry: Iraq
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jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
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c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
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harvest_ctry: Iraq
harvest_ctryshort: Iraq
harvest_countrynamechinese: 伊拉克
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 伊拉克
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harvest_countrynamefrench: Iraq
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Iraq
harvest_countrynamegerman: Irak
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Irak
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Irak
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Irak
harvest_countrynameitalian: Iraq
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Iraq
harvest_countrynamekorean: 이라크
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 이라크
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Irak
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Irak
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Iraque
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Iraque
harvest_countrynamerussian: Ирак
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Ирак
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harvest_worldabc: A
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harvest_percenturbanized: 71
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: ckb
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harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 95.91
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
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harvest_hdiyear: 2015
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harvest_internetusers: 21.2
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harvest_securitylevel: 2
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harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/iraq/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.945563012677106
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=iq&joshua=iz
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-iraq
harvest_internetusage: 75
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-iraq/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/iraq/
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 438317
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 142
harvest_countryphonecode: 964
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=553
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
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harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .iq
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00