Turkey (14.7 million (18%)) Iran (8.1 million (10%)) Iraq (5.5 million (17.5%)) Syria (1.7 million (9.7%)) Western Europe: 1.5–1.7 million[1][2] Total: 31–32 million
Languages
Kurdish and Zaza–Gorani languages
Religion
Sunni Muslim (incl. Sufism), Shia Muslim, Alevism, Yazidism, Yarsanism, with minorities of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian peoples
Part of a series on:
Kurdish history and Kurdish culture
People
List of Kurds
Population
Homeland
Kurdistan
Turkey (Northern Kurdistan)
Iran (Eastern Kurdistan)
Iraq (Southern Kurdistan)
Syria (Western Kurdistan)
Diaspora
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Iraq
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Palestine
Pakistan
Romania
Russia
Syria
Sweden
Turkmenistan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
History
Timeline of Kurdish uprisings
Ancient
Karduchian dynasties
Corduene
Zabdicene
Cyrtians
Moxoene
Kayusids
Medieval
Shahrizor
Sadakiyans
Mir Jafar Dasni
Aishanids
Daisam
Shaddadids
Rawadids
Hasanwayhids
Annazids
Marwanids
Hadhabani
Hazaraspids
Ayyubids
Zands
Badlis
Ardalan
Badinan
Soran
Mokryan
Baban
Modern
Kurdistansky Uyezd
Kurdish rebellions during World War I
Simko Shikak revolt
Koçgiri Rebellion
Ararat rebellion
Dersim Rebellion
Kingdom of Kurdistan
Kurdish Republic of Ararat
Republic of Mahabad
Al-Anfal campaign
Iraqi Kurdistan (Kurdistan Region)
Iranian Kurdistan
Turkish Kurdistan
Syrian Kurdistan
Culture
Kurdish culture
Clothing
Cuisine
Celebrations
Dance
Flag
Historical sites
Language
Folklore
Literature
Music
Kurdish philosophers
Languages
Kurdish languages
Kurmanji
Sorani
Xwarin
Zaza
Laki
Gorani
Religion
Islam
Spread
Christianity
Judaism
Shabakism
Yarsanism
Yazdânism
Yazidism
Zoroastrianism
v
t
e
The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.[3][4] Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkish Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan.[5]
^Cite error: The named reference cfr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference kip2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate. The Kurdish population is estimated at 15–20 million in Turkey, 10–12 million in Iran, 8–8.5 million in Iraq, 3–3.6 million in Syria, 1.2–1.5 million in the European diaspora, and 400k–500k in the former USSR—for a total of 36.4 million to 45.6 million globally.
^Based on arithmetic from World Factbook and other sources cited herein: A Near Eastern population of 28–30 million, plus approximately a 2 million diaspora gives 30–32 million. If the highest (25%) estimate for the Kurdish population of Turkey, in Mackey (2002), proves correct, this would raise the total to around 37 million.
^Gunter, Michael (2008). The Kurds Ascending. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-60370-7.
and 25 Related for: Kurdish population information
The Kurdishpopulation is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Most Kurdish people live in Kurdistan, which today is split between Iranian Kurdistan...
Empire, the Kurdish people were separated into many nation-states. While Kurds are in Iran, Turkey, and Syria, the majority of Kurdishpopulation in Nashville...
(primarily in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Kurds speak the Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages...
Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds...
Kurdish languages (Kurdî, کوردی) are a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish languages...
semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq has a population of approximately 6 million people. Kurdishpopulations occupy the territory in and around the Zagros...
migrated into central Anatolia from the east and southeast. The total Kurdishpopulation in Turkey was estimated at 1.5 million in the 1880s, many of whom...
displacement of Kurdish families from Kurdish regions, leading to an influx in Kurdish immigrants during the early 1990s. Iraqi Kurdishpopulations in America...
widely accepted to house the largest Kurdishpopulation in any city in the world, it is often dubbed as the biggest Kurdish city. The influx of Kurds to Istanbul...
Kurdish separatism in Iran or the Kurdish–Iranian conflict is an ongoing, long-running, separatist dispute between the Kurdish opposition in Western Iran...
region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been...
speak Northern Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish (Kurmanji) and Central Kurdish (Sorani). There are various hypotheses as to predecessor populations of the Kurds...
Kurdishpopulation of Syria is the country's largest ethnic minority, usually estimated at around 10% of the Syrian population and 5% of the Kurdish population...
Kirkuk Governorate. The Iraqis committed atrocities on the local Kurdishpopulation, mostly civilians. The Iraqi forces were led by Ali Hassan al-Majid...
The Kurdish Republic of Lachin (Kurmanji Kurdish: Komara kurdî ya Laçînê) was a short-lived unrecognized state declared by Kurdish nationalists on the...
The problem of Kurdish refugees and displaced people arose in the 20th century in the Middle East, and continues today. The Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd)...
Kurdish Canadians refers to people of Kurdish origin who are born in or living in Canada. The Kurdish community in Canada is 16,315 based on the 2016...
Turkish; Kurdish is not allowed as the primary language in the public education system. The Kurdishpopulation of Turkey has long sought to have Kurdish included...
Kurds in Kazakhstan, (Kurdish: Kurdên Qazaxistanê, Кӧрдэн Ԛазахьстанэ), form a part of the historically significant Kurdishpopulation in the post-Soviet...
in Iran (Kurdish: کورد لە ئێران, romanized: Kurdên Îranê, Persian: کردها در ایران) constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around...
Kurdish Hezbollah (Kurdish: حیزبوڵڵای کورد, romanized: Hizbullahî Kurdî, Turkish: Kürt Hizbullahı) or Hizbullah, is a Kurdish Sunni Islamist militant...
significant Kurdishpopulation in the post-Soviet space. Kurds established a presence in the Caucasus with the establishment of the Kurdish Shaddadid dynasty...
the Kurdish Alevi population. While Dressler and several other academics stated that about one third or fifth of the Alevi population is Kurdish, respectively...
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It...
Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped...
Global Information