The Chilcot Inquiry in numbers: What you need to know

The much-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war, dubbed the Chilcot report, is about to be published after seven years in the making. 

With its 2.6 million words, the report will be five times the size of War and Peace. 

We've broken down the report's numbers for you. 

7 years

Since the Chilcot Inquiry was launched by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in order to learn lessons from the Iraq war. The investigation was chaired by Sir John Chilcot.

2.6 million 

Number of words in the report, which makes it the longest report in history. It has been calculated that it would take nine days to read it: 

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£10,375,000 ($13,420,585)

The total cost of the Iraq Inquiry since 2009.

Between 160,400 and 179,312

Number of civilians killed by violence since the invasion, according to Iraq Body Count.

150,000

Documents studied by Sir John Chilcot and his team

2,578 

Days passed since the report was announced

179

British servicemen and women that lost their lives in Iraq

129

Witnesses cross-examined by the inquiry

13

Years since the start of the Iraq War 

2

Number of times former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been interviewed for the inquiry

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