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.
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| 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.
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