Country Info Relations between Türkiye and Iraq Türkiye-Iraq Economic and Trade Relations Joint Political Declaration on the Establishment of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council Between Governments of the Republic of Türkiye and the Republic of Iraq, 10 July 2008 Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye and the Republic of Iraq on the Mechanism of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council, 13 October 2011 Joint Declaration Regarding the Outcomes of the Second Meeting of High Level Strategic Cooperation Council Between Governments of the Republic of Türkiye and the Republic of Iraq, 25 December 2014 Joint Communique of the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Türkiye, 20 September 2017
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Country Info

THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Capital
Baghdad

Population
46,5 million
(2024 estimate)

Total Area
438.318 km2

President
Abdul Latif Rashid

Prime Minister
Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fuad Hussein

Official languages
Arabic, Kurdish

Currency
Iraqi Dinar

GDP
254,4 billion USD
(2023 / IMF)

Ethnicities

Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens and minorities.

Religions

98% Muslim (60-65% Shiite, 30-35% Sunni), 2% Christian and others (Assyrian, Chaldean, Yazidi, Mandai-Sabi)

International Organizations

United Nations, Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OPEC, OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries), Interpol, WTO (Working Party), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).