Kurds

The Kurdish fowk, or Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd‎), are an ethnic group in Wastren Asie, maistly inhabitin a region kent as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent pairts o Iran, Iraq, Sirie, an Turkey.

Kurds
کورد, Kurd

Tot population
estimatit 55[1] tae 60 million[2][3]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Turkey	25–35.6 million 27.7–45%[1][2][3][4]
Iran	12.5–18.9 million 15–25%[1][2]
Iraq	8.2–10.5 million 25–30%[1][2]
Sirie	4.2-4.5 million 15-20%[2][5][6][7]
Azerbaijan	550,000–1,080,000[8][9]
Roushie	63,818[10]
Armenie	37,403[11]
Georgie	20,843[12] Diaspora
Germany	1,750,000[8]
Israel	300,000[13]
Fraunce	255,000[8]
Swaden	90,000[8]
Netherlands	75,000[8]
Switzerland	65,000[8]
Belgium	60,000[8]
Austrick	55,000[8]
Turkmenistan	50,000[9]
Unitit Kinrick	49,921[14][15][16]
Kazakhstan	158,325[17]
Jordan	30,000[18]
Greece	26,000[19]
Denmark	25,000[20]
United States	15,361[21]
Kyrgyzstan	13,171[22][23]
Canadae	11,685[24]
Finland	9,280[25]
Leids
Kurdish an Zazaki–Gorani In thair different furms: Sorani, Kurmanji, Fayli, Soothren Kurdish, Laki, Zazaki, Bajalani, Gorani
Releegion
Maistly Islam (predominately Sunni, but an aa Shia an Sufism) wi minorities o Atheism, Agnosticism, Yazdânism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity an Judaism
Relatit ethnic groups
ither Iranian fowks (Talysh • Gilak • Persians • Balochs)
Aw population nummers are estimates bi 3rd pairties. Turkey, Iran an Sirie dae nae track or provide population statistics.

Thay are an Iranian fowk an speak the Kurdish leids, which are members o the Iranian branch o Indo-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 in Iraqi Kurdistan syne 1991. Naitionalist movements in the ither Kurdish-populatit kintras (Turkey, Sirie, Iran) push for Kurdish regional autonomy or the creation o a sovereign state.

References

1. CIA - The World Factbook: 14 million in Turkey (18%) Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, 4.7–6.2 million in Iraq(15-20%) Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, 7.9 million in Iran(10%) Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine (all for 2012), plus several million in Syria, neighboring countries, and the diaspora
2. The 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
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9. Ismet 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
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21. "2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables". Government of the United States of America. Government of the United States of America. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
22. "4.1. Number of resident population by selected nationality" (PDF). Government of Kyrgyzstan. United Nations. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 Julie 2012. Retrieved 9 Julie 2012.
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25. "Language according to age and sex by region 1990 - 2011". Statistics Finland. Statistics Finland. Archived frae the original on 17 Februar 2013. Retrieved 19 Januar 2013.
26. D.N. Mackenzie, "The Origin of Kurdish", Transactions of Philological Society, 1961, pp 68–86