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The percentage of Christians has fallen from 6% in 1991 or 1.5 million to about one third of this. Estimates say there are 500,000 Christians in Iraq. [32] Nearly all Iraqi Kurds identify as Sunni Muslims. A 2014 survey in Iraq concluded that "98% of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2% identified as Shias". [33]
Under the Ba'athist regime, an estimated 1.2 million people were internally displaced as a result of factors that include the Iran–Iraq War and policies of forced displacement that were intended to quell resistance and consolidate the control of territory, particularly in the Kurdish northern and Shiite southern area.
Democracy in Iraq is a fledgling process, but Iraq achieved a more democratic approach than most surrounding countries. [1] [2] Iraq has a score of 3.51 of ten on the 2021 The Economist Democracy Index, which is considered authoritarian. Iraq scored 0.362 on the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in 2023, ranking 3rd in the Middle East and 115th ...
Despite numerous regime changes, Iraq has been hostile to Israel. It has participated in major Arab–Israeli wars in 1948, 1967 and 1973. Iran has also intervened since 2014, expanding through sectarian parties and Khomeinist militias. [108] The intervention traces its roots in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [108]
Their population is estimated to be around 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 in Iraq which is about 30% of the Iraqi Kurdish population. They are known for being very wealthy businessmen, bankers, merchants, politicians, senators, highly educated and dominated the politics and economy of Iraq especially during the 30s until the 70s.
Recent changes; Upload file; ... Governorates of Iraq map Iraq Population Density, ... towns, and sub-districts of Iraq, as of the most recent population estimate in ...
Prior to the election, the Supreme Court in Iraq ruled that the existing electoral law/rule was unconstitutional, [22] and a new elections law made changes in the electoral system. [23] On 15 January 2010, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) banned 499 candidates from the election due to alleged links with the Ba'ath Party. [24]
Population density measures the number of persons per square kilometer of land area. The data are gridded at a resolution of 30 arc-seconds. Date: 22 September 2011, 09:48: Source: Iraq: Population Density, 2000: Author: SEDACMaps