Baghdad
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==Demographics== |
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Baghdad's population was estimated at 7.22 million in 2015. The surrounding metropolitan region's population is estimated to be 10,500,000. It is |
Baghdad's population was estimated at 7.22 million in 2015. The surrounding metropolitan region's population is estimated to be 10,500,000. It is second largest city in the Arab world after [[Cairo]] and [[List of largest metropolitan areas in the Middle East|fourth largest metropolitan area]] in the Middle East after [[Istanbul]]. At the beginning of the 21st century, some 1.5 million people migrated to Baghdad.{{Cite web |title=Baghdad |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-iraq-2021/baghdad |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=European Union Agency for Asylum |language=en |archive-date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130175811/https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-iraq-2021/baghdad |url-status=dead }} The [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|2013–2017 civil war]] following the [[Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|Islamic State's invasion in 2014]] caused hundreds of thousands of Iraqi internally displaced people to flee to the city. |
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=== Ethnicity === |
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