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Ethnic groups Iraq, in 36 editions.
The entry for Iraq published Ethnic groups in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Ethnic groups in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 11
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ethnic divisions” (1990 to 1996) and “Ethnic groups” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024Published as “Ethnic divisions”
75-80% Arab, 15-20% Kurdish, 5% Turkoman, Assyrian or other
75-80% Arab, 15-20% Kurdish, 5% Turkoman, Assyrian or other
The same text in 4 editions, 1991 to 1994.
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Arab 75-80%,
- Kurdish 15-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
75-80% Arab, 15-20% Kurdish, 5% Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or other 5%
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
Arab 75-80%, 75%-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or
other 5%
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman,
Assyrian or
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman,
other 5%
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian or
or other 5%
The same text in 7 editions, 2000 to 2006.
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian or other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian
The same text in 9 editions, 2007 to 2015.
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian Assyrian, or other 5%
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkoman,
- Assyrian,
- other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%
- Arab 75%-80%,
- Kurdish 15%-20%,
- Turkmen,
- Assyrian,
- Shabak,
- Yazidi,
- other 5%
Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Turkmen, Assyrian, Shabak, Yazidi, other 5%
- Arab 75-80%,
- Kurdish 15-20%,
- other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
The same text in 7 editions, 2019 to 2025.
- Arab 75-80%,
- Kurdish 15-20%,
- other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, bedouin, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)
note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Iraq: Ethnic groups.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/iraq/ethnic-groups.