This is a list of Assyrian populations by country according to official and estimated numbers. Due to a lack of official data in many countries, estimates may vary.
Centres of Assyrian population
Official data
Estimation(s)
Article
Total
2,000,000[1][2][3]–3,300,000[4][5]
[6]–3,500,000[7]–4,200,000[8]–150,000,000[9]
Assyrian people
Iraq
150,000[10]–200,000[11]–202,000[12]
Assyrians in Iraq
Syria
200,000[13]–400,000
[14]–877,000[15] (pre-Syrian civil war)
Assyrians in Syria
Sweden
150,000[16]
Assyrians in Sweden
Lebanon
80,000
Up to 200,000[17]
Assyrians in Lebanon
Germany
70,000[18]–100,000[19]
Assyrians in Germany
United States
110,807 (2010 census)[20][21][22]
400,000[23]–600,000[24][25][26]
Assyrians in the United States
Russia
11,084 (2011 census)[27]
70,000[23][28]
Assyrians in Russia
Australia
46,219 (2016 census)[29]
55,000[28]
Assyrians in Australia
Canada
13,830 (2016 census)[27]
23,000[23]–38,000[30]
Assyrians in Canada
Iran
7,000–17,000 (2018 report)[31]
Up to 50,000[23][32]
Assyrians in Iran
Turkey
22,000[33]–26,000[34]
Assyrians in Turkey
France
16,000[35]
Assyrians in France
Belgium
15,000[23]
Assyrians in Belgium
Switzerland
10,000[23]
Brazil
10,000[23]
Jordan
10,000–15,000[36]
Assyrians in Jordan
Greece
6,000[37]
Assyrians in Greece
Egypt
4,000[28]
United Kingdom
3,000–4,000[38]
Assyrians in the United Kingdom
Italy
3,000[23]
Norway
3,000[28]
Austria
2,500[28]–5,000[39]
Assyrians in Austria
Kuwait
2,000[28]
Azerbaijan
1,300[28]
Israel
1,000[40]–5,000[41]
Assyrians in Israel
Mexico
2,000[23]
Assyrian Mexicans
Armenia
2,679 (2011 census)[27]
6,000[42]–10,000[28]–15,000[23]
Assyrians in Armenia
Ukraine
3,143 (2001 census)[27]
Georgia
2,377 (2014 census)[43]
15,000[28][23]
Assyrians in Georgia
New Zealand
1,500 (2013 census)[44]
3,000[23]–5,000[28]
Assyrians in New Zealand
Netherlands
30,000[45]
Assyrians in the Netherlands
Denmark
7500 - 10000[46]
Assyrians in Denmark
Kazakhstan
350[47]
Finland
300[48]
Assyrians in Finland
Spain
250[28]
Latvia
10–14 (2023)[49][50]
Other
100,000[23]
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^"UNPO: Assyria".
^Simmons, Mary Kate (1998). Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization: yearbook. ISBN 9789041102232.
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^"Assyria: Growing Number of Diaspora Reconnecting with Homeland". Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. 2019-05-28.
^SIL Ethnologue estimate for the "ethnic population" associated with Neo-Aramaic
^"Assyrians: "3,000 Years of History, Yet the Internet is Our Only Home"". www.culturalsurvival.org.
^"Population Project". Shlama Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the Khabour Region of Syria" (PDF). Assyrian Policy Institute.
^"Open Doors USA - Iraq". Open Doors.
^"Prior to the start of the war in Syria, it is estimated that the country was home to approximately 200,000 ethnic Assyrians" [1] at Syria: Assyrian Policy Institute
^"Syria's Assyrians threatened by extremists – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^Turkey-Syria deal allows Syriacs to cross border for religious holidays "An estimated 25,000 Syriacs live in Turkey, while Syria boasts some 877,000."
^Nyheter, SVT (9 May 2018). "Statministerns folkmordsbesked kan avgöra kommunvalet: "Underskatta inte frågan"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish).
^"Lebanon: Assyrian Policy Institute".
^70,000 Syriac Christians according to REMID (of which 55,000 Syriac Orthodox).
^"Diskussion zum Thema 'Aaramäische Christen' im Kapitelshaus" Borkener Zeitung (in German) (archived link, 8 October 2011)
^"People Reporting Ancestry" (PDF). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder – Results". Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^"Selected Population Profile in the United States : 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". Factfinder2.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
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^"Australia - Ancestry". profile.id.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Vatican Radio - Pope approves Chaldean Eparchy in Canada". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^"2018 U.S. Department of State International Religious Freedom Report: Iran".
^"Iran: Assyrian Policy Institute". Assyrian Policy Institute. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^Joshua Project: Turoyo
^"Turkey: Assyrian Policy Institute". Assyrian Policy Institute. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^Wieviorka, Michel; Bataille, Philippe (2007). The lure of anti-Semitism: hatred of Jews in present-day France. BRILL. p. 166. ISBN 9789004163379.
^"Jordan: Assyrian Policy Institute".
^Tzilivakis, Kathy (10 May 2003). "Iraq's Forgotten Christians Face Exclusion in Greece". Athens News. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^"This figure is an estimate from the Assyrian Cultural and Advice Centre" [2] at Iraqi Assyrians in London: Beyond the 'Immigrant/Refugee' Divide; Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1995
^Özkan, Duygu (31 March 2012). "Die christlichen Assyrer zu Wien". DiePresse. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^"The ethnic origin of Christians in Israel". parshan.co.il (in Hebrew).
^Shams, Alex (2 November 2015). "Learning the language of Jesus Christ". Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^"Assyrians in Armenia wish to have own representative in Parliament".
^"Ethnic Composition of Georgia (1926-2014)" (PDF). Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"2013 Census totals by topic". archive.stats.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^"Assyrians In Nederland". Aramese Federatie. 2018.
^"Assyrerne - Vore Kristne Venner. (Assyrians - our Christian Friends)". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
^"Assyrian Community in Kazakhstan Survived Dark Times, Now Focuses on Education". The Astana Times. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^"Assyrian Association Founded in Finland". aina.org. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^"Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year 1935 - 2023". Oficiālās statistikas portāls stat.gov.lv. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības (Inhabitants of Latvia by ethnic composition and citizenship status (01.01.2023.) | Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs - PMLP
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