The following are the countries having frontiers with Iraq
Turkey on the north
71 million
There is a kurdish minority living in Turkey
94% is Muslim
95% of Muslim are Sunni
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Syria on the the northwest
19 million
Secular Sunni government
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Iran on the east
70 million
Theocracy Shia
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Jordan on the west
16 million
Secular Sunni
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Saudi Arabia on the south
27 million of which 5 million are foreign
Monarchy Sunni 80% Shia 15%
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Kuwait on the southwest
3 to 3.5 million, 1 million is local pop.
Monarchy Sunni 65% 35% Shia
2007-07-16
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