| Surface | 434.913 sq.km |
| Population | 20.450.000 inhabitants |
| Language | Arabic, kurdish |
| Ethnics | Arab, kurd |
| Religion | Islam (95%), christians and other groups (5%) |
| Capital | Baghdad (3.845.000 inhabitants) |
| Government | Socialist Republic - Chief of State: Saddam Hussein |
| Economy | PIL 38 billion $ - Inflation 200% - PIL pro-capital 2.000$ - Principal commercial partners: Japan, Germany, England, Italy, Spain, Turkey, France, Brazil, United Nations |
| Catholic Church | 621.000 (3,04%) Catholics, 17 Dioceses; 99 Parishes; 1 Patriarch; 14 Bishops; 134 Priests, 7 Brothers, 333 Religious, 49 Seminarists. |
| H.
B. Mgr. ROUPHAEL I BIDAWID
Patriarch of Babylon for the Catholic Chaldeans |
H.
E. Mgr. Emmanuel DELLY
Auxiliary Patriarchal |
| H.
E. Mgr. Andre SANA
Archbishop of Kerkuk |
H.
E. Mgr. Abdelahad SANA
Bishop of Alqosh |
| H.
E. Mgr. Stephane BABACA
Emeritus Archbishop of Arbil |
H.
E. Mgr. Jacques ISAAK
Archbishop of Arbil, Iraq |
| H. E. Mgr.
Hanna KELLO
Bishop of Imadieh and Zakho |
H.
E. Mgr. Paul KARATAS
Archbishop of Diar- Bakir |
| H.
E. Mgr. Abdelahad RABBAN
Bishop of Accra |
H.
E. Mgr. Georges GARMO
Archbishop of Moussel |
| H.
E. Mgr. Ramzi GARMO
Archbishop of Tehran |
H.E.
Mgr.. Gabriel KASSAB
Archbishop of Basra |
| H.E. Mgr.. Paul DAHDAH
Baghdad - Iraq |
H.E. Mgr. Aklimis Emmanuel
BANNI
Mossoul |
| H.E. Mgr. Athanasius
Matta MATTOUKA
Baghdad |
H.E. Mgr. Paul COUSSA
Archbishop of Baghdad |