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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c.150,000 [1] - 500,000 (2021 Iraqi Demographic estimate)
300,000 - 400,000 (pre 2014 Isis invasion) [2][3] 800,000 - 1.5 million (pre-Assyrian exodus) [4][5][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nineveh Plains, Dohuk Governorate, Erbil Governorate, Baghdad, Mosul, Kirkuk Habbaniya (pre-1990s), | |
| Languages | |
| Neo-Aramaic (Suret) Mesopotamian Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Christianity (majority: Syriac Christianity; minority: Protestantism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Iraqi Assyrians (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, Arabic: آشوريو العراق) are an ethnic and linguistic minority group, indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia. They are defined as Assyrians residing in the country of Iraq, or members of the Assyrian diaspora who are of Iraqi-Assyrian heritage. They share a common history and ethnic identity, rooted in shared linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, with Assyrians in Iran, Turkey and Syria, as well as with the Assyrian diaspora elsewhere.[6] A significant number have emigrated to the United States, notably to the Detroit[7] and Chicago; a sizeable community is also found in Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "The Shlama Population Project". Shlama. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "The desperate plight of Iraq's Assyrians and other minorities | Mardean Isaac". TheGuardian.com. 24 December 2011.
- ^ Walter Russell Mead (15 May 2015). "The Plight of the Middle East's Christians". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Assyria: Growing Number of Diaspora Reconnecting with Homeland". Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 28 May 2019.
- ^ Lewis, Jonathan Eric (June 2003). "Iraqi Assyrians: Barometer of Pluralism". Middle East Quarterly.
- ^ Hooglund (2008), pp. 100–101.
- ^ "Arab, Chaldean, and Middle Eastern Children and Families in the Tri-County Area." (Archive) From a Child's Perspective: Detroit Metropolitan Census 2000 Fact Sheets Series. Wayne State University. Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2004. p. 2/32. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.