Editing Demographics of Iraq (section)

==Religions==
{{Main|Religion in Iraq|Islam in Iraq|Christianity in Iraq}}
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|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Iraq (2015 [[CIA]] estimate)<ref name="Iraq - the World Factbook">{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Iraq - the World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320130209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-date=2024-03-20}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shia Islam]]
|value1 = 61
|color1 = green
|label2 = [[Sunni Islam in Iraq|Sunni Islam]]
|value2 = 34
|color2 = MediumSeaGreen
|label3 = [[Christianity in Iraq|Christianity]]
|value3 = 2
|color3 = blue
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 3
|color4 = Purple
}}

The CIA [[The World Factbook|World Factbook]] estimated in 2015 that between 95-98% of Iraqis followed [[Islam]], with 61-64% being Shia and 29-34% being Sunni. [[Christianity in Iraq|Christianity]] accounted for 2%, and the rest (1-4%) practiced [[Yazidism]], [[Mandaeism]], and other religions.<ref name="Iraq - the World Factbook">{{Cite web |date=27 April 2022 |title=Iraq - the World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320130209/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iraq/ |archive-date=2024-03-20}}</ref>

While there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting indicates that the overall Christian population may have dropped by as much as 50 percent since the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]] in 2003, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon (2010 estimate).<ref name="TWFIraq"/> The percentage of Christians has fallen from 6% in 1991 or 1.5 million to about one third of this. Estimates say there are 500,000 Christians in Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/548988/EPRS_BRI(2015)548988_REV1_EN.pdf|title=MINORITIES IN IRAQ: EU Research Service}}</ref>

Nearly all Iraqi Kurds identify as [[Sunni Muslim]]s. A 2014 survey in Iraq concluded that "98% of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2% identified as Shias".<ref name="pewresearch.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/20/who-are-the-iraqi-kurds/|title=Who are the Iraqi Kurds?|date=20 August 2014 }}</ref> The religious differences between Sunni [[Arabs]] and Sunni Kurds are small. While 98 percent of Shia Arabs believe that visiting the shrines of saints is acceptable, 71 percent of [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Arabs]] did and 59 percent of Sunni Kurds support this practice.<ref name="pewresearch.org"/> About 94 percent of the population in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] is Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-mansfield/religious-neutrality-iraqi-kurdistan_b_1587042.html|title=Religious Neutrality in Iraqi Kurdistan|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=18 June 2012}}</ref>