Where is Iraq?
Iraq is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Türkiye.
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Crazy but True
Writing was invented in what is now Iraq. The earliest known script appeared in Sumer around 3200 BC, and the first written documents were not poetry or law but receipts and grain records. The world's oldest known written story, the Epic of Gilgamesh, also comes from here.
Iraq facts
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Population
- 47,020,774 (2025)
- Area
- 438,317 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Western Asia
- Currency
- Iraqi dinar (IQD)
- Languages
- Arabic, Aramaic, and Sorani
- Coordinates
- 33°, 44°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- IQ · IRQ
How Iraq compares
- Iraq is the 59th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Morocco and larger than Paraguay.
- It is the 34th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 6 countries.
- Within Asia, it is the 16th largest of 45 countries by area.