Most of them lived in Baghdad, followed by Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, Tikrit and other major cities.
After Israel and Palestine, Iraq is home to next number of Jewish sites in the world, along with Syria.
Baghdad had the highest concentration of the Iraqi Jewish population.
Before the persecution, the city was home to 60 synagogues, schools, hospitals, and health clinics, which were owned by Jews.
The number of functioning synagogues decreased as the Jewish population dwindled.