British Iraqis

British Iraqis
Total population
	Iraqi-born residents in the United Kingdom: 93,285 ; (2021/22 Census); England: 86,229 (2021); Scotland: 3,683 (2022); Wales: 3,164 (2021); Northern Ireland: 209 (2021); Previous estimates:; 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 ^ Does not include ethnic Iraqis born in the United Kingdom or those with Iraqi ancestry ;

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.^[4] There are also smaller Christian, Mandaean and Yazidi communities.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Country of birth (extended)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 24 May 2024. '2022' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'
^ "MS-A18: Country of birth - full detail". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^ 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.