British Iraqis
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British Iraqis are British citizens who originate from Iraq.
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Total population | |
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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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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]