Swedish Iraqis
Iraqis are the second largest minority group living in Sweden, with 146,048 Iraqi-born people living in Sweden and 79,732 Swedes with at least one Iraqi-born parent. They are also one of the largest Asian communities in the country. The size of this group has doubled in the period of 2002 to 2009; the influx of Iraqi refugees increased dramatically from 2006 to 2009 as a result of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 146,048 (born in Iraq)
79,732 (at least one parent born in Iraq) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Primarily in Stockholm, Södertälje and Malmö | |
| Languages | |
| Swedish and Mesopotamian Arabic also Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), and Neo-Aramaic (Syriac and Mandaic) | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Syriac Christianity, Mandaeism (Sweden has one of the biggest Mandaean communities in the world.) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Iraqi diaspora |
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