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Iranian diaspora
Map of the Iranian diaspora in the world as of 2021
Total population
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
Majority: Shia Islam
Minority: Sunni Islam
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
Baháʼí
Judaism
Irreligion
The Iranian diaspora refers to Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.[3]
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]
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^Esfandiari, Golnaz (2004-03-08). "Iran: Coping With The World's Highest Rate Of Brain Drain". Rferl.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
^"Migration Information Source - Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home". Migrationinformation.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
^According to one 2012-Pew study there were only 1,340,000 Iranian-born expatriates."Faith on the Move: The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants". Pewforum.org. 2012-03-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
^Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad, The Politics of Iranian Cinema: Film and Society in the Islamic Republic, Routledge (2009), p. 17
^Bagherpour, Amir (September 12, 2020). "The Iranian Diaspora in America: 30 Years in the Making". Frontline. Tehran Bureau, PBS.
^اقتصاد24, پایگاه خبری، تحلیلی. "افزایش بی سابقه موج مهاجرت ایرانیان در سال ۱۴۰۲ | اقتصاد24". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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