| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Turkey (14.7 million (18%)) Iran (8.1 million (10%)) Iraq (5.5 million (17.5%)) Syria (1.7 million (9.7%)) Western Europe: 1.5–1.7 million[1][2] Total: 31–32 million | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish and Zaza–Gorani languages | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam (incl. Sufism), Shia Islam, Alevism, Yazidism, Yarsanism, with minorities of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Iranian peoples |
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The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.[3][4] Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkish Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan.[5]
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kip2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate. The Kurdish population is estimated at 15–20 million in Turkey, 10–12 million in Iran, 8–8.5 million in Iraq, 3–3.6 million in Syria, 1.2–1.5 million in the European diaspora, and 400k–500k in the former USSR—for a total of 36.4 million to 45.6 million globally.
- ^ Based on arithmetic from World Factbook and other sources cited herein: A Near Eastern population of 28–30 million, plus approximately a 2 million diaspora gives 30–32 million. If the highest (25%) estimate for the Kurdish population of Turkey, in Mackey (2002), proves correct, this would raise the total to around 37 million.
- ^ Gunter, Michael (2008). The Kurds Ascending. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-60370-7.