![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_of_the_Iranian_Diaspora_in_the_World.svg/640px-Map_of_the_Iranian_Diaspora_in_the_World.svg.png&w=640&q=50)
Iranian diaspora
People of Iranian ancestry outside Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Iranian diaspora?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Iranian diaspora, also known as Iranian expats, are Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.[3]
![]() | This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (July 2021) |
![]() Map of the Iranian diaspora as of 2021 | |
Total population | |
---|---|
4,037,258 (2021)[1][2] | |
Americas | 1,905,813 (47.20%) |
Europe | 1,184,552 (29.34%) |
Other (Asia and Oceania) | 1,115,572 (23.46%) |
Languages | |
Languages of Iran | |
Religion | |
|
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]
Iran has experienced waves of emigration since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The creation of a ministry of immigration has been proposed after reports indicated critical statistics, largely due to political instability.[9][10][11]