Country scorecard
Iraq
Asia · 43M people
ALPS
1.59
languages per person
#82 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.6 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Iraq is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇶🇦 Qatar98%
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain98%
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Standard Arabic99%
- Kurdish50%
- English10%
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