| Area Total | 438,317 sq km |
| Climate | mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq |
| Natural Resources | petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur |
| Imports | $39.47 billion (2017 est.) partners: Turkey 27.8%, China 25.7%, South Korea 4.7%, Russia 4.3% (2017) – food, medicine, manufactures |
| Government | federal parliamentary republic |
| Capital | Baghdad |
| Population | 40.2 million (July 2018 est.) |
| Ethnicity | Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% |
| Language | Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population |
| Exports | $61.4 billion (2017 est.) partners: India 21.2%, China 20.2%, US 15.8%, South Korea 9.4%, Greece 5.3%, Netherlands 4.8%, Italy 4.7% (2017) – crude oil 99%, crude materials excluding fuels, food, live animals |
News about Iraq
- Mediha review – remarkable Yazidi victim of Islamic State’s sexual slavery tells her own storyby Peter Bradshaw on November 20, 2024
After her village was destroyed, Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad was sold aged 10 by IS. With determination and charm she navigates a difficult aftermathThis is impressive work from film-maker Hasan Oswald that allows its subject, as far as possible, to tell her own story. Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad is a teenage girl from Kurdish northern Iraq and a member of the Yazidi […]
- Iraq launches its first national census in nearly four decadesby Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Stella Martany on November 20, 2024
Iraq has begun its first nationwide population census in decades in a step aimed at modernizing data collection and planning in a country long impacted by conflict and political divisions
- SAS heroes are hit by 'operator syndrome' caused by years of stress unique to the special forces - but MoD won't treat iton November 17, 2024
The Ministry of Defence has been heavily criticised by SAS personnel over its refusal to recognise 'operator syndrome' as an official condition dealt with by British servicemen.
- Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden has a message for critics of Trump's Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegsethon November 16, 2024
Current and former service members tell DailyMail.com that a shake-up at the top of the Pentagon totem pole is necessary.
- 'Human fireball' Private Karl Hinett who survived a petrol-bomb in Iraq reveals his astonishing 20-year transformation back to healthon November 16, 2024
Private Karl Hinett, 37, was just 18 when he was trapped inside a vehicle with 37 per cent of his body covered in severe burns. Now, 20 years later, he tells his incredible story of recovery.
- Bombshell report reveals new evidence of UFOs and alien lifeon November 15, 2024
A bombshell report on the US government's top-secret UFO data retrieval program has revealed shocking evidence of Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) on Earth.
- Inside the Pentagon's implosion over Fox News' Pete Hegseth as 'apoplectic' staff freak out over Trump's shock pickon November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Fox News host and decorated Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary setting off a firestorm inside the Pentagon.
- Report: Inside the Pentagon's implosion over Pete Hegsethon November 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Fox News host and decorated Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary setting off a firestorm inside the Pentagon.
- TOM LEONARD looks at Donald Trump's new cabinet picks - including the US president-elect's axe-throwing, tattooed defence chiefon November 14, 2024
Meet the new members of Donald Trump's cabinet, including the axe-throwing, tattooed defence chief
- Stolen valour 'war hero' exposed: Soldier, 61, who posed in full military regalia at Remembrance service has web of lies uncovered by 'Walter Mitty Hunters Club'on November 14, 2024
Mick Carling, 61, placed himself at the heart of commemorations in Malton, North Yorks, in full military regalia - with medals pinned to his chest that he had no right to wear.
- Horrifying moment Trump's Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth throws axe and hits West Point drummeron November 13, 2024
Pete Hegseth was live on Fox & Friends when he threw an axe at a large red target, surrounded by a wooden backboard, for a segment in 2015
- Trump names Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defenseon November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.
- Trump nominates Fox News host Pete Hegseth to head Department of Defense in snub to former Dem Rep Tulsi Gabbardon November 13, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary.
- Declassified US spy satellite images reveal historic battlefield that ended in a bloodbath 1,400 years agoon November 12, 2024
Images snapped of Iraq by US spy satellites in the 1970s have revealed the site of a historic battle that occurred more than 1,4000 years ago. The war ended with more than 30,000 soldiers dead.
- Bristol Palin's ex husband Dakota Meyer receives major honoron November 11, 2024
Dakota Meyer, 36, the ex-husband of Bristol Palin, received a major honor ahead of the 105th New York City Veteran's Day parade on Monday. He was presented with the Medal of Honor in 2011.
- Shocking moment grinning Iranian people-trafficking kingpin is hailed by band as 'first class smuggler' and 'the best agent' - as he is jailed for 17 yearson November 8, 2024
A shocking video clip has shown Amaj Hasan Zada , an illegal immigration kingpin grinning shamelessly as he is hailed by a band as 'a first-class smuggler' and 'the best agent'.
- Tragic update in the hunt for missing boy, 11, who was swept out to sea at The Entranceon November 5, 2024
Laith Alaid, 11, was swept out into the ocean at The Entrance, on NSW's Central Coast, at about 5.15pm on Sunday.
- Haunting last photo of Laith Alaid, 11, moments before he was swept out to sea at The Entrance on the NSW Central Coast: Family break their silence as desperate search enters its third dayon November 5, 2024
Laith Alaid, 11, was swept out into the ocean at The Entrance Channel, on NSW's Central Coast, at about 5.15pm on Sunday.
- REVEALED: The first text messages 'printed' by man from 6,000 years agoon November 5, 2024
Cylinder seals, made of stone, were invented in Uruk, an area in southern Iraq.They were engraved with designs and then rolled across clay tablets to print their motifs onto them.
- After Islamic State: how writers and poets are reclaiming the soul of Mosulby Omar Hamed Beato in Mosul on November 4, 2024
IS burned 100,000 books when they occupied the Iraqi city. Now, as the arts flourish once again and help to restore social cohesion, the ancient cultural centre is being rebornAs the sun sets over the streets of Mosul in northern Iraq, a group of young people gather in the basement of the Mosul Heritage Foundation to debate philosophy and literature. They […]
