Iraq Key
(Republic of Iraq)

Bible-believing · Christ-centered · Evangelistic · Independent

E-mail Address:

Mark 16:15

Ministry Address:
United States of America

Phone Number:

aaa.845.9220

    Peoples: Ethnic and religious diversity....
    Arabs 74.4%.   The minority Sunni Arabs have
    ...over the Shi'a,
    who are 2X.
    Bedouin 100,000;
    Marsh Arabs 50,000.

    Kurds 19% (though some claim 23%).   Mostly Sunni
    Musl_m, some Yezidis, ....   Four major language groups:

  • Kurmanji,
  • Sorani,
  • Gorani,
  • Luri.
    Their homeland is
    divided among Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Azer-
    baijan    .

    Turkic 1.4%.

  • Turkmen 227,000;
  • Azerbaijani 38,000;
  • Turk 19,000.

    Other minorities 5.2%.

  • Farsi 227,000;
  • Assyrian 65,000;
  • Armenian 37,000;
  • Gypsy (Zott) 20,000;
  • Circassian (Adygey) 19,000.

    Migrant labour.
    A peak of 4 M in the Iraq-Iran War.
    The 2 M Egyptians were partially replaced by
    Palestinians in the Gulf War.   Most of the 500,000
    Asians fled at that time.

  • English KJV.

Some material above adapted from Operation World