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Iraq was known in ancient times as Mesopotamia . The ruins of Ur , Babylon , and other ancient cities are here, as is the legendary location of the Garden Of Eden . Almost 75% of Iraq 's population lives in the flat, alluvial plain stretching southeast from Baghdad to Basra and the Persian Gulf . The Tigris River and the Euphrates River carry about 70 million cubic meters of silt annually from this plain down to the delta. The water from these two great rivers, and the fertility of the soil in the alluvial plain and the delta, allowed early agriculture to sustain a stable population as far back as the 4th Millennium BC . Over its long history, many civilizations grew and flourished in the region. Following the Dissolution Of The Ottoman Empire , Iraq was formed by the League Of Nations from three Ottoman '' Vilayet s'' (regions), gaining independence in 1932. Iraq's are ethnic groups Arab s, Kurds and Assyrians . Other distinct groups are Iraqi Turkmen , Armenians , Persians , Shabaks and Lurs . Arabic is the most commonly spoken language. Kurdish and Syriac are spoken in the north, and English is the most commonly spoken Western language. http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/get-language-by-country.cfm?country=120 Most Iraqi Muslim s are members of the Shiites (Shi'a), but there is a large Sunni Muslim population as well, made up of Arab s, Turkmen , and Kurd s. Small communities of Christians, Jews, Bahá'ís , Mandaeans , and Yezidis also exist, although most Jews have fled Iraq over the last century. Most Kurds are Sunni Muslim, with about 10% being Shi'a Faili Kurds in central Iraq. Iraqi Kurds & Assyrians differ from their Arab neighbors in language, dress, and customs. Population: 26,783,383 (July 2006 est.) Age structure: ''0-14 years:'' 39.7% (male 5,398,645; female 5,231,760) ''15-64 years:'' 57.3% (male 7,776,257; female 7,576,726) ''65 years and over:'' 3% (male 376,700; female 423,295) (2006 est.) Population growth rate: 2.66% (2006 est.) Birth rate: 31.98 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) Death rate: 5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) Sex ratio: ''at birth:'' 1.05 male(s)/female ''under 15 years:'' 1.03 male(s)/female ''15-64 years:'' 1.03 male(s)/female ''65 years and over:'' 0.89 male(s)/female ''total population:'' 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.) Infant mortality rate: 48.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) Life expectancy at birth: ''total population:'' 69.01 years ''male:'' 67.76 years ''female:'' 70.31 years (2006 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.18 children born/woman (2006 est.) Nationality: ''noun:'' Iraqi(s) ''adjective:'' Iraqi Ethnic groups: Arabs 75-80%, Kurds 15%-20%, Assyrian , Iraqi Turkmen or other 5% Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% Languages: Arabic , Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Aramaic , Assyrian Neo-Aramaic , Chaldean Neo-Aramaic , and Armenian Literacy: ''definition:'' age 15 and over can read and write ''total population:'' 40.4% ''male:'' 55.9% ''female:'' 24.4% (2003 est.) Median Age: ''Total Population:'' 19.7 years ''Male:'' 19.6 years ''Female:'' 19.8 years (2006 est.) SEE ALSO
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