Iraq

Five Million Children Without Parents

Iraq has more than 5,000,000 orphaned children.

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Facts & Evidence

The number of Iraqi orphans is estimated to be five million (5% of all orphans worldwide), and nearly the same number of young people live in poverty (Human Rights Report, 2021). Over 4.1 million people—half of them children—need humanitarian assistance.6 Feb 2023