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
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
Lebanon: 70,000 to 100,000 estimate; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
United States: about 25,000 (census, secondary) to 50,000 (Institut kurde de Paris) mixed; 2020; source: Wikipedia: Kurdish Americans; IKP; 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
Russia: about 23,000 Kurds and 40,000 Yazidis census self-identification; 2010; source: Rosstat (from memory; 2021 census table 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
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
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
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
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