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Kurds
کورد, Kurd
Tot population
estimatit 55[1] tae 60 million[2][3]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
   Turkey25–35.6 million
27.7–45%[1][2][3][4]
   Iran12.5–18.9 million
15–25%[1][2]
   Iraq8.2–10.5 million
25–30%[1][2]
   Sirie4.2-4.5 million
15-20%[2][5][6][7]
   Azerbaijan550,000–1,080,000[8][9]
   Roushie63,818[10]
   Armenie37,403[11]
   Georgie20,843[12] Diaspora
   Germany1,750,000[8]
   Israel300,000[13]
   Fraunce255,000[8]
   Swaden90,000[8]
   Netherlands75,000[8]
   Switzerland65,000[8]
   Belgium60,000[8]
   Austrick55,000[8]
   Turkmenistan50,000[9]
   Unitit Kinrick49,921[14][15][16]
   Kazakhstan158,325[17]
   Jordan30,000[18]
   Greece26,000[19]
   Denmark25,000[20]
   United States15,361[21]
   Kyrgyzstan13,171[22][23]
   Canadae11,685[24]
   Finland9,280[25]
Leids
Kurdish an Zazaki–Gorani
In thair different furms: Sorani, Kurmanji, Fayli, Soothren Kurdish, Laki, Zazaki, Bajalani, Gorani
Releegion
Maistly Islam (predominately Sunni, but an aa Shia an Sufism) wi minorities o Atheism, Agnosticism, Yazdânism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity an Judaism
Relatit ethnic groups
ither Iranian fowks
(Talysh • Gilak • Persians • Balochs)

Aw population nummers are estimates bi 3rd pairties. Turkey, Iran an Sirie dae nae track or provide population statistics.

The Kurdish fowk, or Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd‎), are an ethnic group in Wastren Asie, maistly inhabitin a region kent as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent pairts o Iran, Iraq, Sirie, an Turkey.

Thay are an Iranian fowk an speak the Kurdish leids, which are members o the Iranian branch o Indo-European leids.[26] The Kurds nummer aboot 30 million, the majority livin in Wast Asie, wi signeeficant Kurdish diaspora communities in the ceeties o wastren Turkey, in Armenie, Georgie, Israel, Azerbaijan, Roushie, Lebanon an, in recent decades, some European kintras an the Unitit States.

The Kurds hae haed pairtial autonomy in Iraqi Kurdistan syne 1991. Naitionalist movements in the ither Kurdish-populatit kintras (Turkey, Sirie, Iran) push for Kurdish regional autonomy or the creation o a sovereign state.

References

  1. a b c d CIA - The World Factbook: 14 million in Turkey (18%)[1] Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, 4.7–6.2 million in Iraq(15-20%)[2] Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, 7.9 million in Iran(10%)[3] Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (all for 2012), plus several million in Syria, neighboring countries, and the diaspora
  2. a b c d e The Kurds: culture and language rights (Kerim Yildiz, Georgina Fryer, Kurdish Human Rights Project; 2004): 18% of Turkey, 20% of Iraq, 8% of Iran, 9.6%+ of Syria; plus 1–2 million in neighboring countries and the diaspora
  3. a b Sandra Mackey , “The reckoning: Iraq and the legacy of Saddam”, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002. Excerpt from pg 350: “As much as 25% of Turkey is Kurdish.”
  4. Kürtlerin nüfusu 11 milyonda İstanbul"da 2 milyon Kürt yaşıyor - Radikal Dizi. Radikal.com.tr. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
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  6. Henriques, John L. "Syria: issues and historical background". Nova Science Publishers,.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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  9. a b Ismet Chériff Vanly, “The Kurds in the Soviet Union”, in: Philip G. Kreyenbroek & S. Sperl (eds.), The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview (London: Routledge, 1992). pg 164: Table based on 1990 estimates: Azerbaijan (180,000), Armenia (50,000), Georgia (40,000), Kazakhistan (30,000), Kyrghizistan (20,000), Uzbekistan (10,000), Tajikistan (3,000), Turkmenistan (50,000), Siberia (35,000), Krasnodar (20,000), Other (12,000), Total 450,000
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  16. "Scotland's Census 2011 - National Records of Scotland, Language used at home other than English (detailed)" (PDF). Scotland Census. Scotland Census. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 15 Februar 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  17. "Table 4.1.1 Population by individual ethnic groups" (PDF). Government of Kazakhstan. stat.kz. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 Februar 2013. Retrieved 28 Julie 2012.
  18. Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib and Mohammed N. Al-Ali. "Language and Cultural Shift Among the Kurds of Jordan" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  19. "The Kurdish Diaspora". Institut Kurde De Paris. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  20. Andersen, Ole Stig (11 Julie 2004). "Kurdisk". olestig.dk. Archived frae the original on 12 Mey 2013. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2013.
  21. "2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables". Government of the United States of America. Government of the United States of America. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  22. "4.1. Number of resident population by selected nationality" (PDF). Government of Kyrgyzstan. United Nations. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 Julie 2012. Retrieved 9 Julie 2012.
  23. "Население Кыргызстана" (in Russian). Archived frae the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
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  25. "Language according to age and sex by region 1990 - 2011". Statistics Finland. Statistics Finland. Archived frae the original on 17 Februar 2013. Retrieved 19 Januar 2013.
  26. D.N. Mackenzie, "The Origin of Kurdish", Transactions of Philological Society, 1961, pp 68–86