The latest estimates of the population of Iraq, after being at war almost constantly since 1977, is around 30 million people, and of those over 2 million people are estimated to be disabled from a combination of sanctions, bombings, and the Iran-Iraq war.

"If you take into account that Iraq has been at war since 1977, the Iran-Iraq war, the American bombings, sanctions, all of which have contributed to more people becoming disabled, 2.7 million or 10 percent of the population is a conservative estimate," Mercy Corps spokeswoman Tiana Tozer said.

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