Kurds
"Kurd" redirects here. For other uses, see Kurd (disambiguation). Kurds Kurd کورد Total population 30-40 million [1] ( The World Factbook, 2015 estimate ) 36.4–45.6 million [2] ( Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate ) Regions with significant populations Turkey estimates from 14.3 to 20 million [1] [2] Iran estimates from 8.2 million to 12 million [1] [2] Iraq estimates from 5.6 to 8.5 million [1] [2] Syria estimates from 2 to 3.6 million, [1] [2] Diaspora (outside Greater Kurdistan) 2 million Germany 800,000 [3] France 150,000 [4] Sweden 83,600 [5] Netherlands 70,000 [6] Belgium 50,000 [7] Russia 63,800 [8] United Kingdom 50,000 [9] Kazakhstan 42,300 [10] Switzerland 35,000 [11] Denmark 30,000 [12] Jordan 30,000 [13] Austria 23,000 [14] Greece 22,000 [15] United States 15,400 [16] Georgia 13,861 [17] Kyrgyzstan 13,200 [18] Canada 11,685 [19] Finland 10,700 [20] Australia 7,000 [21] Azerbaijan 6,100 [22] Armenia 2,162 [