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Kurds
کورد, Kurd
Tot population
estimatit55[1]tae60million[2][3]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Turkey25–35.6 million
27.7–45%[1][2][3][4]
Iran12.5–18.9 million
15–25%[1][2]
Iraq8.2–10.5 million
25–30%[1][2]
Sirie4.2-4.5 million
15-20%[2][5][6][7]
Azerbaijan550,000–1,080,000[8][9]
Roushie63,818[10]
Armenie37,403[11]
Georgie20,843[12] Diaspora
Germany1,750,000[8]
Israel300,000[13]
Fraunce255,000[8]
Swaden90,000[8]
Netherlands75,000[8]
Switzerland65,000[8]
Belgium60,000[8]
Austrick55,000[8]
Turkmenistan50,000[9]
Unitit Kinrick49,921[14][15][16]
Kazakhstan158,325[17]
Jordan30,000[18]
Greece26,000[19]
Denmark25,000[20]
United States15,361[21]
Kyrgyzstan13,171[22][23]
Canadae11,685[24]
Finland9,280[25]
Leids
KurdishanZazaki–Gorani
In thair different furms:Sorani,Kurmanji,Fayli,Soothren Kurdish,Laki,Zazaki,Bajalani,Gorani
Releegion
MaistlyIslam(predominatelySunni,but an aaShiaanSufism) wi minorities oAtheism,Agnosticism,Yazdânism,Zoroastrianism,ChristianityanJudaism
Relatit ethnic groups
itherIranian fowks
(Talysh•Gilak•Persians•Balochs)
Aw population nummers are estimates bi 3rd pairties. Turkey, Iran an Sirie dae nae track or provide population statistics.

TheKurdish fowk,orKurds(Kurdish:کورد, Kurd‎), are an ethnic group inWastren Asie,maistly inhabitin a region kent asKurdistan,which includes adjacent pairts oIran,Iraq,Sirie,anTurkey.

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

The Kurds hae haed pairtial autonomy inIraqi Kurdistansyne 1991. Naitionalist movements in the ither Kurdish-populatit kintras (Turkey,Sirie,Iran) push for Kurdish regional autonomy or the creation o asovereign state.

References

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  1. ↑abcdCIA - The World Factbook: 14 million in Turkey (18%)[1]Archived2016-05-27 at theWayback Machine,4.7–6.2 million in Iraq(15-20%)[2]Archived2018-12-24 at theWayback Machine,7.9 million in Iran(10%)[3]Archived2012-02-03 at theWayback Machine(all for 2012), plus several million in Syria, neighboring countries, and the diaspora
  2. ↑abcdeThe Kurds: culture and language rights(Kerim Yildiz, Georgina Fryer, Kurdish Human Rights Project; 2004): 18% of Turkey, 20% of Iraq, 8% of Iran, 9.6%+ of Syria; plus 1–2 million in neighboring countries and the diaspora
  3. ↑abSandra Mackey, “The reckoning: Iraq and the legacy of Saddam”, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002. Excerpt from pg 350: “As much as 25% of Turkey is Kurdish.”
  4. ↑Kürtlerin nüfusu 11 milyonda İstanbul "da 2 milyon Kürt yaşıyor - Radikal Dizi.Radikal.com.tr. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  5. ↑Studying the Kurds in Syria: Challenges and Opportunities | Lowe | Syrian Studies Association BulletinArchived2013-09-29 at theWayback Machine.Ojcs.siue.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  6. ↑Henriques, John L."Syria: issues and historical background".Nova Science Publishers,.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ↑Gul, Zana Khasraw (22 Julie 2013)."Where are the Syrian Kurds heading amidst the civil war in Syria?".Open Democracy. Archived fraethe originalon 10 Januar 2014.Retrieved4 November2013.
  8. ↑abcdefghThe cultural situation of the Kurds,A report by Lord Russell-Johnston, Council of Europe, July 2006.
  9. ↑abIsmet Chériff Vanly, “The Kurds in the Soviet Union”, in: Philip G. Kreyenbroek & S. Sperl (eds.), The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview (London: Routledge, 1992). pg 164: Table based on 1990 estimates: Azerbaijan (180,000), Armenia (50,000), Georgia (40,000), Kazakhistan (30,000), Kyrghizistan (20,000), Uzbekistan (10,000), Tajikistan (3,000), Turkmenistan (50,000), Siberia (35,000), Krasnodar (20,000), Other (12,000), Total 450,000
  10. ↑"Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 г. Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации".Demoscope.Demoscope.Retrieved4 Julie2012.
  11. ↑"Information from the 2011 Armenian National Census"(PDF).Republic of Armenia.Retrieved7 August2013.
  12. ↑"The Human Rights situation of the Yezidi minority in the Transcaucasus"(PDF).United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. p. 18.
  13. ↑"Kurdish Jewish Community in Israel".Jcjcr.org.Retrieved11 Apryle2013.[deid airtin]
  14. ↑"QS211EW - Ethnic group (detailed)".nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved3 August2013.
  15. ↑"Ethnic Group - Full Detail_QS201NI".Archived fraethe originalon 23 September 2019.Retrieved4 September2013.
  16. ↑"Scotland's Census 2011 - National Records of Scotland, Language used at home other than English (detailed)"(PDF).Scotland Census.Scotland Census. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 15 Februar 2020.Retrieved29 September2013.
  17. ↑"Table 4.1.1 Population by individual ethnic groups"(PDF).Government of Kazakhstan.stat.kz. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 28 Februar 2013.Retrieved28 Julie2012.
  18. ↑Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib and Mohammed N. Al-Ali."Language and Cultural Shift Among the Kurds of Jordan"(PDF).p. 12.Retrieved10 November2012.
  19. ↑"The Kurdish Diaspora".Institut Kurde De Paris.Retrieved23 October2011.
  20. ↑Andersen, Ole Stig (11 Julie 2004)."Kurdisk".olestig.dk. Archived fraethe originalon 12 Mey 2013.Retrieved6 Mairch2013.
  21. ↑"2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables".Government of the United States of America.Government of the United States of America.Retrieved5 August2013.
  22. ↑"4.1. Number of resident population by selected nationality"(PDF).Government of Kyrgyzstan.United Nations. Archived fraethe original(PDF)on 10 Julie 2012.Retrieved9 Julie2012.
  23. ↑"Население Кыргызстана"(in Russian). Archived fraethe originalon 15 September 2012.Retrieved30 December2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  24. ↑"2011 National Household Survey: Data tables".Statistics of Canada.Statistics of Canada.Retrieved19 Januar2013.
  25. ↑"Language according to age and sex by region 1990 - 2011".Statistics Finland.Statistics Finland. Archived fraethe originalon 17 Februar 2013.Retrieved19 Januar2013.
  26. ↑D.N. Mackenzie, "The Origin of Kurdish", Transactions of Philological Society, 1961, pp 68–86
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