| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Iraqi-born residents 32,236 (2001 Census) 75,295 (2011 Censuses for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland combined) 58,000 (2020 ONS estimate) Other estimates 350,000–450,000 (2007 Iraqi embassy estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow | |
| Languages | |
| Mesopotamian Arabic and British English, also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), and Neo-Aramaic (Suret, and Mandaic) | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Shia and Sunni), Christianity (Syriac Christianity and Eastern Catholicism), Mandaeism, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arab British, Iraqi Americans, Iraqi Australians British Assyrians, British Iranian, Lebanese British, British Jews, Turkish British |
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British Iraqis are British citizens who originate from Iraq.
The three main ethnicities within the British Iraqi community are Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, according to a publication by the International Organization for Migration.[1] There are also smaller Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi communities.[2][3]
- ^ International Organization for Migration (2007). "Iraq: Mapping exercise" (PDF). London: International Organization for Migration. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ International Organization for Migration 2007, 22.
- ^ Crawford, Angus (19 October 2008). "Mandaeans - a threatened religion". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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