Assyrian population by country

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This is a list of Assyrian populations by country according to official and estimated numbers. Due to a lack of official data in many countries, estimates may vary.

Centres of Assyrian populationOfficial dataEstimation(s)Article
Flag of the Assyrians (gold and blue Assur).svg Total2,000,000 [1] [2] [3] –3,300,000 [4] [5]

[6] –3,500,000 [7] –4,200,000 [8] –150,000,000 [9]

Assyrian people
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 150,000 [10] –200,000 [11] –202,000 [12] Assyrians in Iraq
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 200,000 [13] –400,000

[14] –877,000 [15] (pre-Syrian civil war)

Assyrians in Syria
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 150,000 [16] Assyrians in Sweden
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 80,000Up to 200,000 [17] Assyrians in Lebanon
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 70,000 [18] –100,000 [19] Assyrians in Germany
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 110,807 (2010 census) [20] [21] [22] 400,000 [23] –600,000 [24] [25] [26] Assyrians in the United States
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11,084 (2011 census) [27] 70,000 [23] [28] Assyrians in Russia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 46,219 (2016 census) [29] 55,000 [28] Assyrians in Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13,830 (2016 census) [27] 23,000 [23] –38,000 [30] Assyrians in Canada
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 7,000–17,000 (2018 report) [31] Up to 50,000 [23] [32] Assyrians in Iran
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22,000 [33] –26,000 [34] Assyrians in Turkey
Flag of France.svg  France 16,000 [35] Assyrians in France
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15,000 [23] Assyrians in Belgium
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 10,000 [23]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10,000 [23]
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 10,000–15,000 [36] Assyrians in Jordan
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6,000 [37] Assyrians in Greece
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4,000 [28]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,000–4,000 [38] Assyrians in the United Kingdom
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3,000 [23]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3,000 [28]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2,500 [28] –5,000 [39] Assyrians in Austria
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2,000 [28]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1,300 [28]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1,000 [40] –5,000 [41] Assyrians in Israel
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2,000 [23] Assyrian Mexicans
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2,679 (2011 census) [27] 6,000 [42] –10,000 [28] –15,000 [23] Assyrians in Armenia
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3,143 (2001 census) [27]
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2,377 (2014 census) [43] 15,000 [28] [23] Assyrians in Georgia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1,500 (2013 census) [44] 3,000 [23] –5,000 [28] Assyrians in New Zealand
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30,000 [45] Assyrians in the Netherlands
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7500 - 10000 [46] Assyrians in Denmark
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 350 [47]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 300 [48] Assyrians in Finland
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 250 [28]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 10–14 (2023) [49] [50]
Other100,000 [23]

See also

References

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