Iraq Civil Registration

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Civil Registration

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Coverage and Compliance

There are national censuses between 1957-2009.

British Census in 1932: possibly contains only males

Ottoman Censuses - Available in the Ottoman Archives in Istanbul

• 1844: Includes all males in a household
• 1885: (published in 1908) 80% coverage. Men, women, names and relationships in household

Information Recorded in the Records

The 1957 census includes:

• district/area
• gender
• religion