Iraqis in Norway

Iraqis in Norway
Total population
33,924 (2019 Official Norway estimate)[1] 0.64% of the Norwegian population
Regions with significant populations
Oslo[2]
Languages
Norwegian and Mesopotamian Arabic
also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), Neo-Aramaic, (Assyrian and Mandaic)
Religion
Predominantly Islam (Shia and Sunni)
Minority Syriac Christianity and Chaldean Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azeris, Iranians, Kurds, Mizrahim, Turks
Some descendants Norwegians

Iraqis in Norway make up approximately 33,924 people. They are mostly refugees from the Iran–Iraq War, the Saddam regime and in particular the Iraq War. Iraqis are the seventh-largest immigrant group in Norway after Poles, Lithuanians, Swedes, Syrians, Pakistanis and Somalis.

  1. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents".
  2. ^ "Tabell 11 Innvandrerbefolkningen, etter landbakgrunn (De 20 største gruppene). Utvalgte kommuner. 1. Januar 2007".