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title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (14.7 million (18%)) <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> (8.1 million (10%)) <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> (5.5 million (17.5%)) <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> (1.7 million (9.7%)) Western Europe: 1.5–1.7 million<a href="#cite_note-cfr-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> Total: 31–32 million</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zaza%E2%80%93Gorani_languages" title="Zaza–Gorani languages">Zaza–Gorani languages</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a> (incl. <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufism</a>), <a 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style="line-height:1.2em;padding-bottom:0.4em;"> Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Kurds" title="Category:Kurds">a series</a> on <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Kurds" title="History of the Kurds">Kurdish history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_culture" title="Kurdish culture">Kurdish culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Roj_emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Roj_emblem.svg/150px-Roj_emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Roj_emblem.svg/225px-Roj_emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Roj_emblem.svg/300px-Roj_emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">People</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kurds" title="List of Kurds">List of Kurds</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Population</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li>Homeland</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_Kurdistan" title="Turkish Kurdistan">Northern Kurdistan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan" title="Iranian Kurdistan">Eastern Kurdistan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Southern Kurdistan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Syrian_Kurdistan" title="Syrian Kurdistan">Western Kurdistan</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish diaspora">Diaspora</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Belgium" title="Kurds in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Canadians" title="Kurdish Canadians">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Kurds" title="Caucasian Kurds">Caucasia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Armenia" title="Kurds in Armenia">Armenia</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Azerbaijan" title="Kurds in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Georgia" title="Kurds in Georgia">Georgia</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Denmark" title="Kurds in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Finland" title="Kurds in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_France" title="Kurds in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Germany" title="Kurds 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Kurds">History</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Kurdish_uprisings" title="Timeline of Kurdish uprisings">Timeline of Kurdish uprisings</a></li></ul> Ancient <dl><dt>Karduchian dynasties</dt> <dd> <a href="/wiki/Corduene" class="mw-redirect" title="Corduene">Corduene</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zabdicene" title="Zabdicene">Zabdicene</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cyrtians" title="Cyrtians">Cyrtians</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Moxoene" title="Moxoene">Moxoene</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Kayus" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Kayus">Kayusids</a></li></ul> Medieval <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shahrizor" title="Shahrizor">Shahrizor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir_Jafar_Dasni" title="Mir Jafar Dasni">Mir Jafar Dasni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aishanids" class="mw-redirect" title="Aishanids">Aishanids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisam" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisam">Daisam</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kurds"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.<a href="#cite_note-KIOP2017-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Most <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish people">Kurdish people</a> live in <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a>, which today is split between <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan" title="Iranian Kurdistan">Iranian Kurdistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Kurdistan" title="Turkish Kurdistan">Turkish Kurdistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Kurdistan" title="Syrian Kurdistan">Syrian Kurdistan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></div> The bulk of Kurdish groups in Kurdistan are <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> (mostly of the <a href="/wiki/Shafi%27i" class="mw-redirect" title="Shafi'i">Shafi'i</a> school), but there are significant minorities adhering to <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Islam</a> (especially <a href="/wiki/Alevi" class="mw-redirect" title="Alevi">Alevis</a>), <a href="/wiki/Yazidism" title="Yazidism">Yazidism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yarsanism" title="Yarsanism">Yarsanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish Jews">Judaism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-elling-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Turkey" title="Kurds in Turkey">Kurds in Turkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurds_of_Central_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds of Central Anatolia">Kurds of Central Anatolia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG/220px-Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG/330px-Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG/440px-Ji_Qinz%C3%AAr%C3%AEb_Zarokek.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1121" /></a><figcaption>Kurdish girl in <a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin Province</a></figcaption></figure> According to a report by Turkish agency KONDA, in 2006, out of the total population of 73 million people in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> there were 11.4 million Kurds and <a href="/wiki/Zazas" title="Zazas">Zazas</a> living in Turkey (close to 15.68% of the total population).<a href="#cite_note-KONDA_2006_loc=18-9">[9]</a> The Turkish newspaper <a href="/wiki/Milliyet" title="Milliyet">Milliyet</a> reported in 2008 that the Kurdish population in Turkey is 12.6 million; although this also includes 3 million Zazas.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> According to the <a href="/wiki/World_Factbook" class="mw-redirect" title="World Factbook">World Factbook</a>, Kurdish people make up 18% of Turkey's population (about 14 million, out of 77.8 million people).<a href="#cite_note-CIATurkey-11">[11]</a> Kurdish sources put the figure at 10<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> to 15 million Kurds in Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Kurds mostly live in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Kurdistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Kurdistan">Northern Kurdistan</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern Anatolia">Southeastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Anatolia">Eastern Anatolia</a>. But large Kurdish populations can be found in western Turkey due to internal migration. According to Rüstem Erkan, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">province</a> with the largest Kurdish population in Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran">Iran</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iran" title="Kurds in Iran">Kurds in Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurds_of_Khorasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds of Khorasan">Kurds of Khorasan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran,_Kurdistan_province.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg/220px-Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg/330px-Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg/440px-Nowruz_2017_in_Bisaran%2C_Kurdistan_province.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3100" data-file-height="2067" /></a><figcaption>Kurdish family in <a href="/wiki/Bisaran" title="Bisaran">Bisaran</a>, Iran</figcaption></figure> From the 7 million Iranian Kurds, majority who are <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Shia Kurds inhabit Kermanshah Province, except for those parts where people are <a href="/wiki/Jaff_(Kurdish_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaff (Kurdish tribe)">Jaff</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ilam_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilam Province">Ilam Province</a> Province; as well as some parts of <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdistan Province">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamadan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamadan Province">Hamadan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zanjan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Zanjan Province">Zanjan</a> provinces. The Kurds of <a href="/wiki/Khorasan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Khorasan Province">Khorasan Province</a> in northeastern Iran are also adherents of Shia Islam. During the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Shia revolution</a> in Iran the major Kurdish political parties were unsuccessful in absorbing Shia Kurds, who at that period had no interest in autonomy.<a href="#cite_note-David_Romano_page_235-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-McDowall_page_270-278-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> However, since the 1990s Kurdish nationalism has seeped into the Shia Kurdish area partly due to outrage against government's violent suppression of Kurds farther north.<a href="#cite_note-McDowall_page_278-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq">Iraq</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq" title="Kurds in Iraq">Kurds in Iraq</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg/220px-Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg/330px-Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg/440px-Pilgrims_and_festival_at_Lalish_on_the_day_of_the_Ezidi_New_Year_in_2017_10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yazidis" title="Yazidis">Yazidi</a> pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Lalish" title="Lalish">Lalish</a> temple in Iraqi Kurdistan</figcaption></figure> Kurds constitute approximately 17% of Iraq's population. They are the majority in at least three provinces in northern Iraq which are together known as <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a>. Kurds also have a presence in <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khanaqin" title="Khanaqin">Khanaqin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. Around 300,000 Kurds live in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, 50,000 in the city of Mosul and around 100,000 elsewhere in southern Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Kurds led by <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Barzani" title="Mustafa Barzani">Mustafa Barzani</a> were engaged in heavy fighting against successive Iraqi regimes from 1960 to 1975. In March 1970, Iraq announced a peace plan providing for Kurdish autonomy. The plan was to be implemented in four years.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> However, at the same time, the Iraqi regime started an Arabization program in the oil-rich regions of <a href="/wiki/Kirkuk" title="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khanaqin" title="Khanaqin">Khanaqin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> The peace agreement did not last long, and in 1974, the Iraqi government began a new offensive against the Kurds. Moreover, in March 1975, Iraq and Iran signed the <a href="/wiki/Algiers_Agreement_(1975)" class="mw-redirect" title="Algiers Agreement (1975)">Algiers Accord</a>, according to which Iran cut supplies to Iraqi Kurds. Iraq started another wave of Arabization by moving Arabs to the oil fields in Kurdistan, particularly those around Kirkuk.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Between 1975 and 1978, 200,000 Kurds were deported to other parts of Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syria">Syria</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Syria" title="Kurds in Syria">Kurds in Syria</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish people">Kurds</a> are the largest ethnic minority in Syria and make up nine percent of the country's population.<a href="#cite_note-State-25">[25]</a> Syrian Kurds have faced routine discrimination and harassment by the government.<a href="#cite_note-HRW112609-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-GUARD-27">[27]</a> <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Kurdistan" title="Syrian Kurdistan">Syrian Kurdistan</a> is an unofficial name used by some to describe the Kurdish inhabited regions of northern and northeastern Syria.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> The northeastern Kurdish inhabited region covers the greater part of <a href="/wiki/Hasakah_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasakah Governorate">Hasakah Governorate</a>. The main cities in this region are <a href="/wiki/Qamishli" title="Qamishli">Qamishli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hasakah" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasakah">Hasakah</a>. Another region with significant Kurdish population is <a href="/wiki/Koban%C3%AA" class="mw-redirect" title="Kobanê">Kobanê</a> (Ayn al-Arab) in the northern part of Syria near the town of <a href="/wiki/Jarabulus" title="Jarabulus">Jarabulus</a> and also the city of <a href="/wiki/Afrin,_Syria" title="Afrin, Syria">Afrin</a> and its surroundings along the Turkish border. Many Kurds seek political autonomy for the Kurdish inhabited areas of Syria, similar to Iraqi Kurdistan in Iraq, or outright independence as part of Kurdistan. The name "Western Kurdistan" (<a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>: Rojavayê Kurdistanê) is also used by Kurds to name the Syrian Kurdish inhabited areas in relation to Kurdistan.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Since the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>, Syrian government forces have abandoned many Kurdish-populated areas, leaving the Kurds to fill the power vacuum and govern these areas autonomously.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transcaucasus">Transcaucasus</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Kurds" title="Caucasian Kurds">Caucasian Kurds</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armenia">Armenia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Armenia" title="Kurds in Armenia">Kurds in Armenia</a></div> According to the 2011 Armenian Census, 37,470 Kurds live in Armenia.<a href="#cite_note-armenia-33">[33]</a> They mainly live in the western parts of Armenia. The Kurds of the former Soviet Union first began writing Kurdish in the Armenian alphabet in the 1920s, followed by Latin in 1927, then Cyrillic in 1945, and now in both Cyrillic and Latin. The Kurds in Armenia established a Kurdish radio broadcast from Yerevan and the first Kurdish newspaper Riya Teze. There is a Kurdish Department in the Yerevan State Institute of Oriental studies. The Kurds of Armenia were the first exiled country to have access to media such as radio, education and press in their native tongue<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> but many Kurds, from 1939 to 1959 were listed as the Azeri population or even as Armenians.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgia">Georgia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Georgia" title="Kurds in Georgia">Kurds in Georgia</a></div> According to the 2002 Georgian Census, 20,843 Kurds live in Georgia<a href="#cite_note-georgia-36">[36]</a> The Kurds in Georgia mainly live in the capital of <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rustavi" title="Rustavi">Rustavi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-report-37">[37]</a> According to a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a> report from 1998, about 80% of the Kurdish population in Georgia are assimilated Kurds.<a href="#cite_note-report-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diaspora">Diaspora</h2></div> There were also many Kurds among the Kurdish diaspora and in <a href="/wiki/Red_Kurdistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Kurdistan">Red Kurdistan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-eki-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Russia" title="Kurds in Russia">Kurds in Russia</a></div> According to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Russian Census</a>, 63,818 Kurds live in Russia. Russia has maintained warm relations with the Kurds for a long time, During the early 19th century, the main goal of the Russian Empire was to ensure the neutrality of the Kurds, in the wars against Persia and the Ottoman Empire.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> In the beginning of the 19th century, Kurds settled in Transcaucasia, at a time when Transcaucasia was incorporated into the Russian Empire. In the 20th century, Kurds were persecuted and exterminated by the Turks and Persians, a situation that led Kurds to move to Russia.<a href="#cite_note-eki-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Lebanon" title="Kurds in Lebanon">Kurds in Lebanon</a></div> The existence of a community of at least 125,000 Kurds<a href="#cite_note-lb-41">[41]</a> is the product of several waves of immigrants, the first major wave was in the period of 1925–1950 when thousands of Kurds fled violence and poverty in Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Kurds in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> go back far as the twelfth century A.D. when the <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubids</a> arrived there. Over the next few centuries, several other Kurdish families were sent to Lebanon by a number of powers to maintain rule in those regions, others moved as a result of poverty and violence in Kurdistan. These Kurdish groups settled in and ruled many areas of Lebanon for a long period of time.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a>: 27  Kurds of Lebanon settled in Lebanon because of Lebanon's pluralistic society.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union">European Union</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg/220px-Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg/330px-Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg/440px-Wien_-_Kobane-Demo_2014-10-10_-_V.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption>Kurdish demonstration against <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, Austria, 10 October 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman,_Brussels,_25_October_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg/220px-Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg/330px-Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg/440px-Kurdish_demonstration_at_Schuman%2C_Brussels%2C_25_October_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption>Demonstration in support of the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan_independence_referendum,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017">independence of Iraqi Kurdistan</a> at Schuman, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, 25 October 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg/220px-UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg/330px-UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg/440px-UngKurd_demonstrasjon_mot_IS_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption>Kurdish demonstration against <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIS</a> in Norway, 12 May 2016</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Germany" title="Kurds in Germany">Kurds in Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_France" title="Kurds in France">Kurds in France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Sweden" title="Kurds in Sweden">Kurds in Sweden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Finland" title="Kurds in Finland">Kurds in Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_Netherlands" title="Kurds in the Netherlands">Kurds in the Netherlands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Kurds in the United Kingdom">Kurds in the United Kingdom</a></div> The Kurdish diaspora in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> is most significant in Germany, France, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands. Kurds from Turkey went to Germany and France during the 1960s as immigrant workers. Thousands of Kurdish refugees and political refugees fled from Turkey to Sweden during the 1970s and onward, and from Iraq during the 1980s and 1990s. In France, the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurds" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Kurds">Iranian Kurds</a> make up the majority of the community.<a href="#cite_note-McDowall_2000_loc=457-45">[45]</a> However, thousands of <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurds" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Kurds">Iraqi Kurds</a> also arrived in the mid-1990s.<a href="#cite_note-Miller_2000_loc=101-46">[46]</a> More recently, <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Kurds" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Kurds">Syrian Kurds</a> have been entering France illegally<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, Kurds first began to immigrate between 1974 and 1975 when the rebellion of Iraqi Kurds against the Iraqi government was repressed. The Iraqi government began to destroy Kurdish villages and forced many Kurds to move to barren land in the south.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> These events resulted in many Kurds fleeing to the United Kingdom. Thus, the Iraqi Kurds make up a large part of the community.<a href="#cite_note-McDowall_2000_loc=457-45">[45]</a> In 1979, <a href="/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayatollah Khomeini">Ayatollah Khomeini</a> came to power in Iran and installed Islamic law. There was widespread political oppression and persecution of the Kurdish community. Since the late 1970s the number of people from Iran seeking asylum in Britain has remained high.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> In 1988, <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> launched the <a href="/wiki/Anfal_campaign" title="Anfal campaign">Anfal campaign</a> in the northern Iraq. This included mass executions and disappearances of the Kurdish community. The use of chemical weapons against thousands of towns and villages in the region, as well as the town of <a href="/wiki/Halabja" title="Halabja">Halabja</a> increased the number of Iraq Kurds entering the United Kingdom.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> A large number of Kurds also came to the United Kingdom following the 1980 military coup in Turkey.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> More recently, immigration has been due to the continued political oppression and the repression of ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Iran.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> Estimates of the Kurdish population in the United Kingdom are as high as 200–250,000.<a href="#cite_note-MuseumofLondon-48">[48]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, there is a significant number of Iraqi political refugees, many of which are Kurds.<a href="#cite_note-Fadloullah_1994_loc=36-49">[49]</a> In Finland, most Kurds arrived in the 1990s as Iraqi refugees.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Finland" title="Kurds in Finland">Kurds in Finland</a> have no great attachment to the Iraqi state because of their position as a persecuted minority. Thus, they feel more accepted and comfortable in Finland, many wanting to get rid of their Iraqi citizenship.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> From 1994 to 1999, 43,759 Kurds entered Greece illegally and of the 9,797 who applied for asylum 524 were granted it.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_America">North America</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds in Canada">Kurds in Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds in the United States">Kurds in the United States</a></div> In the United States, estimates of the Kurdish population vary from 15,000<a href="#cite_note-USCensus-53">[53]</a> to 20,000<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> to 58,000.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> During the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a>, about 10,000 Iraqi refugees were admitted to the United States, most of which were Kurds and <a href="/wiki/Shiites" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiites">Shiites</a> who had assisted or were sympathisers of the U.S. –led war.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Kurds_in_Nashville,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Kurds in Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> has the nation's largest population of Kurdish people, with an estimated 8,000–11,000. There are also Kurds in <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas, Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Kelley_Friedlander_&_Colby_1993_loc=156-57">[57]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the Kurdish community is 11,685<a href="#cite_note-canada2011-58">[58]</a> based on the Canadian Census 2011, among which the <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq" title="Kurds in Iraq">Iraqi Kurds</a> make up the largest group of Kurds in Canada, exceeding the numbers of Kurds from <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. Kurdish immigration was largely the result of the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>. Thus, many Iraqi Kurds immigrated to Canada due to the constant wars and suppression of Kurds and Shiites by the Iraqi government.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oceania">Oceania</h3></div> In <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, Kurdish migrants first arrived in the second half of the 1960s, mainly from <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jupp_2001_loc=550-60">[60]</a> However, in the late 1970s families from <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> were also present in Australia.<a href="#cite_note-Jupp_2001_loc=550-60">[60]</a> Since the second half of the 1980s, the majority of Kurds arriving in Australia have been from Iraq and Iran; many of them were accepted under the Humanitarian Programme.<a href="#cite_note-Jupp_2001_loc=550-60">[60]</a> However, Kurds from Lebanon, Armenia and Georgia have also migrated to Australia. The majority live in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jupp_2001_loc=550-60">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Japan" title="Kurds in Japan">Kurds in Japan</a></div> The Japanese government has not granted refugee status. While 3,415 Kurds have so far applied for refugee status, none has yet received it.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_by_country">Statistics by country</h2></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg/200px-European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg/300px-European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg/400px-European_countries_with_official_Kurdish_population.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>European countries which have official statistics on their Kurdish population. Dark green: Ethnicity statistics Cyan: First language statistics Light green: Other official measures</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autochthonous_community">Autochthonous community</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 75%; height: 14em;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Official figures or estimates</th> <th>Official figures in %</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td> <td>13,200,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Minority_Rights_Group_International" title="Minority Rights Group International">MRGI</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-mrgi1993-62">[62]</a> 14,700,000 (2017 <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">CFR</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-cfr-1">[1]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Turkey" title="Kurds in Turkey">Kurds in Turkey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td> <td>6,100,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Minority_Rights_Group_International" title="Minority Rights Group International">MRGI</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-mrgi1993-62">[62]</a> 8,100,000 (2017 <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">CFR</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-cfr-1">[1]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iran" title="Kurds in Iran">Kurds in Iran</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></td> <td>4,400,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Minority_Rights_Group_International" title="Minority Rights Group International">MRGI</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-mrgi1993-62">[62]</a> 5,450,000 (2015 <a href="/wiki/European_Parliamentary_Research_Service" title="European Parliamentary Research Service">EPRS</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq" title="Kurds in Iraq">Kurds in Iraq</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td> <td>1,100,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Minority_Rights_Group_International" title="Minority Rights Group International">MRGI</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-mrgi1993-62">[62]</a> 2,500,000 (2011 <a href="/wiki/Minority_Rights_Group_International" title="Minority Rights Group International">MRGI</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Syria" title="Kurds in Syria">Kurds in Syria</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transcaucasus_2">Transcaucasus</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 80%; height: 14em;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Official figures</th> <th>Official figures in %</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></td> <td>56,127 (<a href="/wiki/Census_in_Armenia" title="Census in Armenia">1989 census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> 37,470 (2011 census)<a href="#endnote_Armenia_number">d</a> 32,742 (2021 census)<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </td> <td>1.7% 1.2% 1.1% </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Armenia" title="Kurds in Armenia">Kurds in Armenia</a> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Provinces<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> </th> <th>(2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armavir_Province" title="Armavir Province">Armavir Province</a></td> <td>17,063<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aragatsotn_Province" title="Aragatsotn Province">Aragatsotn Province</a></td> <td>7,090<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ararat_Province" title="Ararat Province">Ararat Province</a></td> <td>5,001<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></td> <td>3,361<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kotayk_Province" title="Kotayk Province">Kotayk Province</a></td> <td>3,305<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shirak_Province" title="Shirak Province">Shirak Province</a></td> <td>763<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lori_Province" title="Lori Province">Lori Province</a></td> <td>663<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gegharkunik_Province" title="Gegharkunik Province">Gegharkunik Province</a></td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tavush_Province" title="Tavush Province">Tavush Province</a></td> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Syunik_Province" title="Syunik Province">Syunik Province</a></td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vayots_Dzor_Province" title="Vayots Dzor Province">Vayots Dzor Province</a></td> <td>10 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></td> <td>41,193 (1926 census)<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> 6,065 (2009 census)<a href="#endnote_Azerbaijan_number">b</a></td> <td>1.8% 0.1%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Azerbaijan" title="Kurds in Azerbaijan">Kurds in Azerbaijan</a> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Administrative Divisions</a> </th> <th>(2009)<a href="#cite_note-azerbaijan2009-76">[76]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lachin_District" title="Lachin District">Lachin District</a></td> <td>1,194 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a></td> <td>1,321 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samukh_District" title="Samukh District">Samukh District</a></td> <td>753 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khachmaz_District" title="Khachmaz District">Khachmaz District</a></td> <td>603 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ismailli_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailli District">Ismailli District</a></td> <td>498 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yevlakh_District" title="Yevlakh District">Yevlakh District</a></td> <td>210 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a></td> <td>185 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goranboy_District" title="Goranboy District">Goranboy District</a></td> <td>102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qazakh_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Qazakh District">Qazakh District</a></td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agstafa_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Agstafa District">Agstafa District</a></td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalbajar_District" title="Kalbajar District">Kalbajar District</a></td> <td>38 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goygol_District" title="Goygol District">Goygol District</a></td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a></td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Absheron_District" title="Absheron District">Absheron District</a></td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tartar_District" title="Tartar District">Tartar District</a></td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaki_District" title="Shaki District">Shaki District</a></td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shamkir_District" title="Shamkir District">Shamkir District</a></td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oghuz_District" title="Oghuz District">Oghuz District</a></td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aghjabadi_District" title="Aghjabadi District">Aghjabadi District</a></td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lankaran_District" title="Lankaran District">Lankaran District</a></td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Zangilan_District" title="Zangilan District">Zangilan District</a></td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salyan_District,_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Salyan District, Azerbaijan">Salyan District</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sumqayit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumqayit">Sumqayit</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dashkasan_District" title="Dashkasan District">Dashkasan District</a></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mingachevir" title="Mingachevir">Mingachevir</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shusha_District" title="Shusha District">Shusha District</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gadabay_District" title="Gadabay District">Gadabay District</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td> <td>33,331 (1989 census)<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> 20,843 (2002 census)<a href="#cite_note-georgia-36">[36]</a> 13,770 (2014 census)<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></td> <td>0.6% 0.5% 0.4%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Georgia" title="Kurds in Georgia">Kurds in Georgia</a> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Georgia_(country)" title="Administrative divisions of Georgia (country)">Administrative divisions</a> </th> <th>(2014)<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></td> <td>12,570 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kakheti" title="Kakheti">Kakheti</a></td> <td>528 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kvemo_Kartli" title="Kvemo Kartli">Kvemo Kartli</a></td> <td>453 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adjara" title="Adjara">Adjara</a></td> <td>81 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mtskheta-Mtianeti" title="Mtskheta-Mtianeti">Mtskheta-Mtianeti</a></td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guria" title="Guria">Guria</a></td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Imereti" title="Imereti">Imereti</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shida_Kartli" title="Shida Kartli">Shida Kartli</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samegrelo-Zemo_Svaneti" title="Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti">Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samtskhe-Javakheti" class="mw-redirect" title="Samtskhe-Javakheti">Samtskhe-Javakheti</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_Artsakh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Artsakh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Artsakh</a></td> <td>16 (2015 census, ethnicity)<a href="#cite_note-Artsakh2015-81">[81]</a> 38 (2015 census, mother tongue)<a href="#cite_note-Artsakh2015-81">[81]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></td> <td>29 (1989 census)<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Ossetia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></td> <td>2 (1989 census)<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> 1 (2015 census)<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></td> <td>0% 0%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; height: 14em;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Official figures or estimates</th> <th>Official figures in %</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>500,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 850,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 1,200,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Germany" title="Kurds in Germany">Kurds in Germany</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>60,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 230,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 320,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_France" title="Kurds in France">Kurds in France</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td> <td>30,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 100,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 120,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_Netherlands" title="Kurds in the Netherlands">Kurds in the Netherlands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></td> <td>15,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 85,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 120,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Sweden" title="Kurds in Sweden">Kurds in Sweden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td> <td>50,701 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_census" title="2021 Russian census">2021 census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Russia" title="Kurds in Russia">Kurds in Russia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a></td> <td>25,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 80,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 85,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>2,133 (2001 census, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td>12,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 70,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 90,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>93,174<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-91">[91]</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a>, excludes Scotland) 66,677<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-91">[91]</a> (2021 census, Kurdish speakers, excludes Scotland)</td> <td>0.1%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Kurds in the United Kingdom">Kurds in the United Kingdom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td> <td>1,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 40,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 40,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Greece" title="Kurds in Greece">Kurds in Greece</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /> <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></td> <td>2,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 25,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 30,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>7,100 (2013 official estimate, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Norway" title="Kurds in Norway">Kurds in Norway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a></td> <td>12,000 (1993 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip1993-85">[85]</a> 25,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 25,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Denmark" title="Kurds in Denmark">Kurds in Denmark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>25,000 (2016 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-kip2016-2">[2]</a> 25,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" />  <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td> <td>14,699 (2012 statistics, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> 19,401 (2015 statistics, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> 90,000 (2023 <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Paris" title="Kurdish Institute of Paris">KIP</a> estimate)<a href="#cite_note-:1-86">[86]</a> </td> <td>0.2% 0.3%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Switzerland" title="Kurds in Switzerland">Kurds in Switzerland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /> <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td> <td>4,340 (2003 annual statistics, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-finland2020-96">[96]</a> 17,270 (2003 annual statistics, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-finland2020-96">[96]</a></td> <td>0.1% 0.3%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Finland" title="Kurds in Finland">Kurds in Finland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>3,000 (2006 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds in Romania">Kurds in Romania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> </td> <td>2,088 (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001 census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ukraine-98">[98]</a> 302 (<a href="/wiki/Crimean_Federal_District_Census_(2014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Federal District Census (2014)">2014 Crimean census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Ukraine" title="Kurds in Ukraine">Kurds in Ukraine</a> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Ukraine" title="Oblasts of Ukraine">Oblasts</a> </th> <th>(2001)<a href="#cite_note-ukraine-98">[98]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Luhansk_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk Oblast</a></td> <td>470 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Crimea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Crimea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Crimea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Crimea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Crimea.svg/46px-Flag_of_Crimea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Crimea</a></td> <td>394 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kherson_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson Oblast</a></td> <td>296 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Kurovskyi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /> <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></td> <td>199 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Odesa_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" title="Odesa Oblast">Odesa Oblast</a></td> <td>132 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mykolaiv_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /> <a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv Oblast</a></td> <td>119 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast" title="Dnipropetrovsk Oblast">Dnipropetrovsk Oblast</a></td> <td>116 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zaporizhia_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhia Oblast</a></td> <td>84 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kirovohrad_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="354" /> <a href="/wiki/Kirovohrad_Oblast" title="Kirovohrad Oblast">Kirovohrad Oblast</a></td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kharkiv_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="886" data-file-height="591" /> <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Kharkiv Oblast">Kharkiv Oblast</a></td> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kyiv_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="418" /> <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Oblast" title="Kyiv Oblast">Kyiv Oblast</a></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Donetsk_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk Oblast</a></td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Khmelnytskyi_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi_Oblast" title="Khmelnytskyi Oblast">Khmelnytskyi Oblast</a></td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cherkasy_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Cherkasy_Oblast" title="Cherkasy Oblast">Cherkasy Oblast</a></td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast" title="Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast">Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast</a></td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vinnytsia_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia_Oblast" title="Vinnytsia Oblast">Vinnytsia Oblast</a></td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lviv_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Lviv_Oblast" title="Lviv Oblast">Lviv Oblast</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ternopil_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="350" /> <a href="/wiki/Ternopil_Oblast" title="Ternopil Oblast">Ternopil Oblast</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chernihiv_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="530" /> <a href="/wiki/Chernihiv_Oblast" title="Chernihiv Oblast">Chernihiv Oblast</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Zhytomyr_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /> <a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr_Oblast" title="Zhytomyr Oblast">Zhytomyr Oblast</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sevastopol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Poltava_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Poltava_Oblast" title="Poltava Oblast">Poltava Oblast</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Rivne_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Rivne_Oblast" title="Rivne Oblast">Rivne Oblast</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sumy_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" title="Sumy Oblast">Sumy Oblast</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></td> <td>1,500 (2006 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></td> <td>1,500 (2012 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td> <td>818 (2016 census, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of the Republic of Ireland">Counties</a> </th> <th>(2016)<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Dublin" title="South Dublin">South Dublin</a></td> <td>164 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fingal" title="Fingal">Fingal</a></td> <td>141 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin City</a></td> <td>102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Leitrim" title="County Leitrim">Leitrim</a></td> <td>89 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westmeath" class="mw-redirect" title="Westmeath">Westmeath</a></td> <td>56 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">Sligo</a></td> <td>43 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork City">Cork City</a></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Galway City">Galway City</a></td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Limerick City">Limerick City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limerick_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Limerick County">Limerick County</a></td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire%E2%80%93Rathdown" title="Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown">Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown </a></td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork County">Cork County</a></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louth_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Louth County">Louth</a></td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare County</a></td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Longford_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Longford County">Longford County</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterford_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterford City">Waterford City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waterford_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterford County">Waterford County</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Wexford" title="County Wexford">Wexford</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">County Offaly</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> </td> <td>307 (2021 statistics, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>224 (2011 census)<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></td> <td>291 (2001 census) 149 (2011 census)</td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a></td> <td>130 (2017 statistics)<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a></td> <td>126 (2009 census)<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></td> <td>33 (2023 statistics)<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>128 (1992 census)<a href="#cite_note-Bulgaria-109">[109]</a> 147 (2001 census)<a href="#cite_note-Bulgaria-109">[109]</a> 105 (2011 census)<a href="#cite_note-Bulgaria-109">[109]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></td> <td>222 (2021 census)<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td> <td>28 (2013 census)<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a></td> <td>23 (2011 census)<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> 50 (2021 census)<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></td> <td><12 (2011 census)<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></td> <td>5 (2001 census)<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> 25 (2010 asylum seekers by ethnicity)<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> 29 (2011 asylum seekers by ethnicity)<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> 8 (2012 asylum seekers by ethnicity)<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> 3 (2013 asylum seekers by ethnicity)<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a></td> <td>8 (2011 census)<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_East">Middle East</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Est. population</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></td> <td>approx. 294,000 (2017 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-lb-41">[41]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Lebanon" title="Kurds in Lebanon">Kurds in Lebanon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></td> <td>approx. 200,000 (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Kurdistan" title="History of the Jews in Kurdistan">Jews from Kurdistan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Jews_in_Israel" title="Kurdish Jews in Israel">Kurds in Israel</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></td> <td>approx. 44,600<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></td> <td>approx. 30,000 (2012 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Jordan" title="Kurds in Jordan">Kurds in Jordan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></td> <td>approx. 5,000 (1991 estimate)<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a></td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 90%; height: 14em;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Official figures</th> <th>Official figures in %</th> <th>Est. population</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></td> <td>48,642 (2022 annual statistics)<a href="#cite_note-KZ2019-126">[126]</a></td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Kazakhstan" title="Kurds in Kazakhstan">Kurds in Kazakhstan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></td> <td>13,171 (2009 census)<a href="#cite_note-kyrgyzstan-127">[127]</a><a href="#cite_note-kyrgcensus09-128">[128]</a></td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>—</td> <td> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Regions of Kyrgyzstan">Regions</a> </th> <th>(2009) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Talas_Region" title="Talas Region">Talas Region</a></td> <td>5,547<a href="#cite_note-kyrgcensus09-128">[128]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%BCy_Region" title="Chüy Region">Chüy Region</a></td> <td>4,544<a href="#cite_note-kyrgcensus09-128">[128]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jalal-Abad_Region" title="Jalal-Abad Region">Jalal-Abad Region</a></td> <td>1,902<a href="#cite_note-kyrgcensus09-128">[128]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bishkek" title="Bishkek">Bishkek</a> city</td> <td>489<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Osh_Region" title="Osh Region">Osh Region</a></td> <td>287<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Osh" title="Osh">Osh</a> city</td> <td>203<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batken_Region" title="Batken Region">Batken Region</a></td> <td>194<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Naryn_Region" title="Naryn Region">Naryn Region</a></td> <td>Not stated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Issyk-Kul_Region" title="Issyk-Kul Region">Issyk-Kul Region</a></td> <td>Not stated </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></td> <td>4,387 (1989 census)<a href="#cite_note-uzbek-133">[133]</a> 6,097 (1995 census)<a href="#cite_note-turkmenistan-134">[134]</a></td> <td>0.1%</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Turkmenistan" title="Kurds in Turkmenistan">Kurds in Turkmenistan</a> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; font-size:88%; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Turkmenistan" title="Regions of Turkmenistan">Regions</a> </th> <th>(1989) </th></tr> <tr> <td>Districts of Republican Subordination</td> <td>2,272 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashgabat" title="Ashgabat">Ashgabat</a></td> <td>1,480 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Region" title="Mary Region">Mary Region</a></td> <td>570 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Da%C5%9Foguz_Region" title="Daşoguz Region">Daşoguz Region</a></td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lebap_Region" title="Lebap Region">Lebap Region</a></td> <td>29 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>approx. 2,670<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></td> <td>1,839 (1989 census)<a href="#cite_note-uzbek-133">[133]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>approx. 1,000<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>approx. 2,000<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Japan" title="Kurds in Japan">Kurds in Japan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td>approx. 240<a href="#cite_note-Dawn-138">[138]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Pakistan" title="Kurds in Pakistan">Kurds in Pakistan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></td> <td>7 (2010 census)<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Americas_and_Oceania">Americas and Oceania</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 75%; height: 14em;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th> <th>Official figures</th> <th>Official figures in %</th> <th>Further information </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>28,152 (2016–2021 <a href="/wiki/American_Community_Survey" title="American Community Survey">ACS</a>)<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Americans" title="Kurdish Americans">Kurds in the United States</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td>23,130 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_census" title="2021 Canadian census">2021 census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> 19,185 (2021 census, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a></td> <td>0.1%</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurds_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurds in Canada">Kurds in Canada</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td> <td>10,171 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> 9,893 (2021 census, Kurdish speakers)<a href="#cite_note-australia2016-144">[144]</a></td> <td>0% 0%</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td> <td>927 (2018 census)<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></td> <td>0%</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_Azerbaijan_number">^b</a> Official Azerbaijani records claim only 6,065 Kurds in 2009,<a href="#cite_note-azerbaijan2009-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> while Kurdish leaders estimate as much as 200,000. The problem is that the historical record of the Kurds in Azerbaijan is filled with lacunae.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> For instance, in 1979 there was according to the census no Kurds recorded.<a href="#cite_note-th-148">[148]</a> Not only did <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and Azerbaijan pursue an identical policy against the Kurds, they even employed identical techniques like forced assimilation, manipulation of population figures, settlement of non-Kurds in areas predominantly Kurdish, suppression of publications and abolition of Kurdish as a medium of instruction in schools.<a href="#cite_note-th-148">[148]</a></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Russia_number">^c</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Census_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Census (2010)">2010 Russian Census</a>, 23,232 people indicated Kurdish (Курды) as their ethnicity, while 40,586 chose Yazidi (Езиды) as their ethnicity.<a href="#cite_note-russia-149">[149]</a></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_Armenia_number">^d</a> In the 2011 Armenian Census, 2,131 people indicated Kurdish (Քրդեր) as their ethnicity, while 35,272 indicated Yazidi (Եզդիներ) as their ethnicity.<a href="#cite_note-armenia-33">[33]</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Modern_History_of_the_Kurds" title="A Modern History of the Kurds">A Modern History of the Kurds</a>, by <a href="/wiki/David_McDowall_(author)" title="David McDowall (author)">David McDowall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdification" title="Kurdification">Kurdification</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved 2 August 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Time+of+the+Kurds&rft.pub=CFR&rft.date=2017-10-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfr.org%2Finteractives%2Ftime-kurds%23%21%2F%3Fcid%3Dsoc-at-the_time_of_the_kurds-infoguide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKurdish+population" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-kip2016-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kip2016_2-10">k</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160916130036/http://www.institutkurde.org/kurdorama">"Diaspora Kurde (2016)"</a>. 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