Iraq
Republic of Iraq · العراق · ܩܘܼܛܢܵܐ · کۆماری
Iraq (IQ, IRQ) is a country in Western Asia, with Baghdad as its capital. The currency is the Iraqi Dinar (IQD, IQD). The international dialling code is +964 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0791 234 5678. The time zone is Asia/Baghdad. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyIQDIQD
Dial code+964e.g. 0791 234 5678
Time zoneBaghdadUTC+03:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalBaghdad
Population42.1M438.3K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Iraq
- Native name
- العراق · ܩܘܼܛܢܵܐ · کۆماری
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- IQ
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- IRQ
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 368
- IOC code
- IRQ
- Demonym
- Iraqi
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .iq
- Coordinates
- 33, 44
- Area
- 438,317 km²
- Population
- 42,083,400
- GDP
- $572.9B ($13.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 78.5%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Iraqi Dinar IQD
- Symbol
- IQD
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٥ د.ع.
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic ar | Official | 68% (28.6M) | |
| Central Kurdish ckb | Official (regional) | 12% (5.1M) | |
| Azerbaijani (Arabic) az-Arab | Official (regional) | 1.8% (757.5K) | |
| English en | 35% (14.7M) | ||
| Kurdish (Arabic) ku-Arab | 10% (4.2M) | ||
| Persian fa | 0.87% (366.1K) | ||
| Northern Luri lrc | 0.61% (256.7K) | ||
| Syriac syr | 0.5% (210.4K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Baghdad | UTC+03:00 | none | Arabian Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +964
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 100 pattern 1(?:0[04]|15|22)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 01 234 5678 | +964 1 234 5678 | XX XXX XXXX | 8, 9 |
| Mobile | 0791 234 5678 | +964 791 234 5678 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 10 |
Show the 3 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 1 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | [2-6] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 7 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Organization}
{Name}
{Street address}
{City}, {State/province}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 19
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 31001
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Saturday
- Weekend
- Friday to Saturday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Iraq) locale (ar-IQ), amounts in IQD.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (IQD)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ د.ع.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ د.ع.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٨ دينار عراقي
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- آذار ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C