Assyrians in Iraq

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Iraqi Assyrians

Assyrian New Year (Akitu) celebration in 2019, Nohadra, Iraq
Total population
c.150,000 [1] - 200,000[2] (2020 estimate) 300,000 - 400,000 (pre 2014 Isis invasion) [3][4] 800,000 - 1.5 million (pre-Assyrian exodus) [5][6][3]
Regions with significant populations
Nineveh Plains, Dohuk Governorate, Erbil Governorate, Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk Habbaniya (pre-1990s),
Languages
Neo-Aramaic (Suret) Mesopotamian Arabic
Religion
Mainly Christianity (majority: Syriac Christianity; minority: Protestantism)
Related ethnic groups
Iraqi Jews Iraqi Arabs Mandaeans

Iraqi Assyrians (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, Arabic: آشوريو العراق) are an ethnic and linguistic minority group, indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia. They are defined as Assyrians residing in the country of Iraq, or members of the Assyrian diaspora who are of Iraqi-Assyrian heritage. They share a common history and ethnic identity, rooted in shared linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, with Assyrians in Iran, Turkey and Syria, as well as with the Assyrian diaspora elsewhere.^[7] A significant number have emigrated to the United States, notably to the Detroit^[8] and Chicago; a sizeable community is also found in Sydney, Australia.