General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Iraq
- Official English country name: The Republic of Iraq
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Iraqi
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Iraq
- 58th largest country
- 39th most populous country
- ISO country codes: IQ, IRQ, 368
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:IQ
- Internet country code top-level domain: .iq
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