Iranian diaspora
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The Iranian diaspora refers to Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.[3]
This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (July 2021) |
Total population | |
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around 4,037,258 (2021)[1][2] | |
Americas | 1,905,813 (47.20%) |
Europe | 1,184,552 (29.34%) |
West Asia and Other (Asia and Oceania) | 1,115,572 |
Languages | |
Persian Languages of Iran | |
Religion | |
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This includes the varying ethnicities of the Iranian people including the following groups: Persians, Azeris, Kurds, Lors, Baluchs, Arabs, Turkomens, Assyrians, and Armenians.
In 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran published statistics, which showed that 4,037,258 Iranians are living abroad, an increase from previous years.[1][2] Many of them live in North America, Europe, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.[4][5] Other studies have estimated about 1.5 million or fewer Iranians living abroad.[6] Many of them migrated to other countries after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.[7][8]
By 2020s the country witnessed mass waves of immigration out of the country [fa]. With 100% rise just in 2023.A ministry of immigration has been proposed after reports indicated critical statistics mainly because of political instability.[9][10][11]