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title: "Iraq — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Iraq: capital Baghdad, area 438,317 km², population 47,020,774 (2025), currency Iraqi dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/iraq/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Iraq

**Iraq: Capital Baghdad**

438,317 km² · 47,020,774 people (2025) · Iraqi dinar

The Tigris and Euphrates run the length of the country and meet at Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab. The Mesopotamian Marshes at their lower end are among the largest wetlands in western Eurasia. Uruk, on the Euphrates, was one of the first cities in the world.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Baghdad
- **Area:** 438,317 km² — 169,235 sq mi
- **Population:** 47,020,774 (2025)
- **Density:** 107.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Iraqi dinar (IQD, ع.د)
- **Official languages:** Arabic, Kurdish
- **Time zone:** UTC+03:00
- **Calling code:** +964
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** IQ · IRQ
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 59 of 200
- **By population:** 34 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 450,295 | 10,596,620 |
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 37,053,428 |
| Iraq ← | 438,317 | 47,020,774 |
| Paraguay | 406,752 | 7,013,078 |
| Zimbabwe | 390,757 | 16,950,795 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Iraq?

Baghdad

### What currency does Iraq use?

The Iraqi dinar (IQD).

### How big is Iraq?

438,317 km², or 169,235 square miles — 59 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Iraq drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]