| Country | Estimated number | Source | |||
| Turkey | 15,000,000 - 20,000,000 | CIA factbook | |||
| Iran | 8,500,000 | CIA factbook | |||
| Iraq | 5,500,000 | CIA factbook | |||
| Pakistan | 2,619,000 - 3,904,600 | CIA factbook | |||
| Syria | 1,619,000 - 1,904,600 | CIA factbook | |||
| Kuwait | 233,500 | [1] | |||
| Azerbaijan | 200,000 | khrp.org | |||
| Lebanon | 80,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Armenia | 75,000 | khrp.org | |||
| Georgia | 40,000 | khrp.org | |||
| Sub Total Asia | 30,000,000 - 35,000,000 | ||||
| Germany | 500,000 - 600,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| France | 100,000 - 120,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Netherlands | 70,000 - 80,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Switzerland | 60,000 - 70,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Belgium | 50,000 - 60,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Austria | 50,000 - 60,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Sweden | 25,000 - 30,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| United Kingdom | 20,000 - 25,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Greece | 20,000 - 25,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Denmark | 8,000 - 10,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Norway | 4,000 - 5,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Italy | 3,000 - 4,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Finland | 2,000 - 3,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Ukraine | 2,088+ | Demographics of Ukraine | |||
| Sub Total Europe1 | 912,000 - 1,092,000 | ||||
| United States | 15,000 - 20,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Canada | 6,000 - 7,000 | Kurdish Institute | |||
| Sub Total North America | 21,800 - 27,000 | ||||
| Grand Total | 27,006,500 - 28,809,200 | ||||
| 1. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The data in this article are based on the most recent Ukrainian Census, which was carried out in 2001 and the annual CIA World Factbook. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Excluding Turkey | |||||
The exact number of Kurdish people living in the Middle East is unknown. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. This is due to the absence of recent statistics, the lack of extensive census analysis, and the reluctance, for political reasons, of the various governments in Kurdish-inhabited regions to give accurate figures. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The fact that some Kurds have intermarried with other local ethnic groups also contributs to the uncertainty as to who can be counted as a 'Kurd'. For example, many Kurds in Turkey have adopted Turkish, moved to mainly Turkish regions of the country and assimilated to some extent, while most Kurds in Iraq have attempted to maintain their distinct identity. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language Turkification is a term used to describe a process of cultural change in which something or someone who is not a Turk becomes one voluntarily or by force In addition, groups such as the Zazas (or Dimli) are sometimes counted by Kurdish organizations as Kurds, but they are a closely-related Iranian people. The Zazas or Dimilis are an Iranic (Aryan ethnic group and an ethnic minority in Turkey. The Iranian people are a collection of Ethnic groups defined along linguistic lines as speaking Iranian languages. Both Kurdi and Zazaki languages belong to north-western Iranian Languages group. The Iranian languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family and its subfamily Indo-Iranian.
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