Iraq is
written with a ‘q’ in standard, formal US English too. The Iraqi government also calls
itself ‘The Republic of Iraq’ in English.
‘Heavily
populated’ remains a more common expression than ‘populous’. There is also ‘densely
populated’ with a slightly different meaning.
The
population of Turkey was 76 million at the end of 2013 and that of Germany was
81 million. So the population of Turkey has not overtaken that of Germany yet,
but it will soon.
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