Iraq
Asia · Western Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025)
- 47 million (47,020,774) · rank 34 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 435,050 km² · rank 59 of 193
- People per km²
- 108 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Iraq, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Iraq in the map data: 6.
- Iran capitals 700 km apart
- Jordan capitals 800 km apart
- Kuwait capitals 560 km apart
- Saudi Arabia capitals 990 km apart
- Syria capitals 750 km apart
- Türkiye capitals 1,260 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Egypt, Yemen, Tajikistan, Hungary.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Iraq is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Iraq | Baghdad |
| Italiano | Iraq | Baghdad |
| Magyar | Irak | Bagdad |
| Suomi | Irak | Bagdad |