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Kurdish Population by Country 2024

  • According to the Parisian Kurdish Institute, many countries lack official and reliable data on Kurdish populations. As such, population estimates shown are largely statistical projections rather than actual census results.

57 countries

Country
Estimated Kurdish Population
Year of Estimate
Turkey14.7M2017
Iran8.1M2017
Iraq5.5M2015
Syria2.5M2011
Germany850K2016
Lebanon294K2017
France230K2016
Israel200K
Netherlands100K2016
Sweden85K2016
Austria80K2016
Belgium70K2016
United Kingdom66.7K2021
Russia50.7K2021
Kazakhstan48.6K2022
Bahrain44.6K
Greece40K2016
Armenia37.5K2011
Jordan30K2012
Australia28.2K2021
Italy25K2016
Denmark25K2016
Norway25K2016
Canada23.1K2021
Switzerland19.4K2015
Finland16.6K2022
Georgia13.8K2014
Kyrgyzstan13.2K2009
New Zealand10.2K2021
Turkmenistan6.1K1995
Azerbaijan6.1K2009
Kuwait5K1991
Romania3K2006
Afghanistan2.7K
Japan2K
Uzbekistan1.8K1989
Spain1.5K2012
Cyprus1.5K2006
South Korea1K
United States9272018
Ireland8182016
Luxembourg3072021
Ukraine3022014
Pakistan240
Poland2242011
Czech Republic2222021
Hungary1492011
Moldova1302017
Belarus1262009
Bulgaria1052011
Estonia502021
Latvia372023
Bosnia and Herzegovina282013
Serbia122011
Croatia82011
Tajikistan72010
Lithuania32013

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