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Kurdish community development by country. Country and diaspora profiles for Kurdish communities: sourced figures, 15 development programmes forming or in preparation, official services.

Country and diaspora profiles for development work: sourced figures, the programmes of the network with their state, and official services by country.

Figures

  • Iran: 10 to 12 million institute estimate; 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish population; label: secondary
  • Austria: 80,000 to 95,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Türkiye: 15 to 20 million (19 to 25 percent) institute estimate; 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish population; label: secondary
  • Netherlands: 100,000 to 120,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Kazakhstan: 38,325 census; 2011; source: Kazakhstan census via Wikipedia; label: to verify
  • Denmark: 25,000 to 30,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • New Zealand: about 990 ethnic group 'Kurd'; 2023; source: Stats NZ via Figure.NZ; label: secondary
  • United Kingdom: about 76,000 (73,510 in table TS022) ethnic group write-in 'Kurdish', England and Wales; 2021; source: ONS Census 2021; label: verified
  • Lebanon: 70,000 to 100,000 estimate; not stated by the source; source: Wikipedia (no primary source checked); label: to verify
  • United States: about 25,000 census-based count of Kurdish ancestry, as cited (not read at the Census Bureau); 2020; source: Wikipedia: Kurdish Americans; label: to verify
  • Kyrgyzstan: 13,171 census; 2009; source: Kyrgyz census via Wikipedia; label: to verify
  • France: 230,000 to 250,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Italy: 25,000 to 30,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Canada: 23,130 Kurdish ethnic origin; 2021; source: Statistics Canada 98-10-0355 via The Canadian Encyclopedia; label: secondary
  • Israel: 150,000 to 200,000 Kurdish Jews and descendants; estimate; 2007; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
  • Norway: 25,000 to 30,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Georgia: 12,174 Yazidis census; 2014; source: Geostat via Civil.ge; label: secondary
  • Russia: about 23,000 Kurds and 40,000 Yazidis census self-identification; 2010; source: Rosstat, All-Russian Population Census 2010 (not read at the source: rosstat.gov.ru failed the TLS check from the build host on 2026-11-06; the 2021 census table was not found); label: to verify
  • Belgium: 70,000 to 85,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Azerbaijan: about 6,100 census; 2009; source: Minority Rights Group; label: secondary
  • Germany: about 1.3 million research estimate; 2023; source: Mediendienst Integration citing Ghaderi and Almstadt (2023); label: secondary
  • Turkmenistan: unknown no figure found; unknown; source: none found: no census, survey or institute figure located as of 2026-11-06; label: to verify
  • Finland: 18,460 Kurdish mother tongue in the population register; 2025; source: Statistics Finland via Wikipedia; label: to verify
  • Greece: 40,000 to 50,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Cyprus: unknown no figure found; unknown; source: none found: no census, survey or institute figure located as of 2026-11-06; label: to verify
  • Iraq: 8 to 8.5 million (25 to 27 percent) institute estimate; 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish population; label: secondary
  • Armenia: 31,079 Yazidis and 1,663 Kurds census self-identification; 2022; source: Armstat via Minority Rights Group; label: secondary
  • Syria: 3 to 3.6 million (12.5 to 15 percent) institute estimate; 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish population; label: secondary
  • Japan: 2,000 to 3,000 estimate, mostly Turkish citizens; 2025; source: FPRI (June 2025); label: secondary
  • Sweden: 85,000 to 100,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary
  • Australia: 10,171 Kurdish ancestry; 9,893 speak Kurdish at home census; 2021; source: ABS via SBS; label: secondary
  • Switzerland: 85,000 to 95,000 institute estimate (range); 2016; source: Institut kurde de Paris, The Kurdish diaspora (Dec 2016 table of ranges); label: secondary

Programmes

  • Youth forming
  • Women forming
  • Elders in-preparation
  • Wellbeing in-preparation
  • Newcomers in-preparation
  • Families and mother-tongue schools forming
  • Convenings in-preparation
  • Founders in-preparation
  • Family preparedness in-preparation
  • Continuity in-preparation
  • Climate and water in-preparation
  • Earthquakes in-preparation
  • Crisis information in-preparation
  • Humanitarian coordination in-preparation
  • Displacement and return in-preparation

Risk indices

  • GRIx LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED: Awaiting the first GRIx edition

International services

Pages of the network

Charter of The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · Academy catalogue · Contact · llms.txt · Content CC BY 4.0. Updated 2026-11-03.

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