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Iranians
Image:Persian people - Persians 280507.JPG
Total population

approx. 75 million

Regions with significant populations
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 70,049,262
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 377,618 [1] to 691,000 [2]
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 800,000 [3]
Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE 400,000 [4]
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 227,000 [5]
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 155,000+
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 130,000
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 110,000 [6]
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada 88,200 [3]
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 80,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 73,000 [7]
Image:Flag of France.svg France 62,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 60,000
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 60,000
Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 48,000 [8]
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 31,000 [9]
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 28,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 18,798 [10]
Image:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 25,000 [11]
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 20,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 12,452
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 11,988 [3]
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 10,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 6,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 6,000 [3]
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5,000 [3]
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2,000 [3]
Language(s)
Persian (Western dialect, in addition to regional varieties), Azeri (southern dialect), Kurdish, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Balochi, Arabic, Turkmen, Lori, Bakhtiari, Armenian, Tat, Talysh, Assyrian
Religion(s)
Predominately Shi'a Muslim.[12][13] There are also some adherents of Sunni Islam, Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and some Atheists and Agnostics
Image:Persian Diaspora.png
Iranian Diaspora Population map.
In thousands of people:      1      10      50      150      250 - 300      700      2500      No data availableNote : For India, without the Parsis, the figure would be 10 to 20 thousand people.
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The term Iranian citizens abroad or "Iranian/Persian diaspora" refers to the Iranian people born in Iran but living outside of Iran. Note that this differs from the other Iranian peoples living in other areas of Greater Iran, who are of related ethnolinguistical family, speaking languages belonging to the Iranian languages which is a branch of Indo-European languages.

The Iranian diaspora is estimated at over four million people, who emigrated to North America, Europe, Turkey and Australia, mostly after the Islamic revolution in 1979. In particular, the Los Angeles area is estimated to be host to approximately 500,000 Iranians, earning the Westwood area of LA the nickname Tehrangeles, a portmanteau of Tehran and the latter two phonemes of Los Angeles. Other metropolises that have large Iranian populations include Dubai with 300,000 resident Iranians, London with 100,000 Iranians, Toronto, Paris, Washington D.C., Stockholm, and Frankfurt. Their combined net worth is estimated to be $1.3 trillion [14].

Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted over two billion dollars home in 2006.[15]

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[edit] Native speakers of Persian

See also: Persian language

The number of native speakers of Persian in Iran is estimated at around 65 million, or 98%+ of the total population.[16] However in the wider context, Iranian languages and their various dialects (totaling an estimated 150-200 million speakers) exceed the Iranian borders and are spoken throughout western China, Central Asia, southern Russia, and eastern Turkey.[17]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ US demographic census. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
  2. ^ http://www.iranian.com/Diaspora/2004/January/USA/index.html
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://www.farsinet.com/pwo/diaspora.html
  4. ^ Travel Video Television News - Iranians investing heavily in Dubai
  5. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pes
  6. ^ Persian World Outreach - Persian-speaking people outside of Iran
  7. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pes
  8. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_country.asp?name=Bahrain
  9. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pes
  10. ^ http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/Lookup/C41A78D7568811B9CA256E9D0077CA12/$File/20540_2001%20(corrigendum).pdf
  11. ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pes
  12. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
  13. ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=12883
  14. ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2781/html/economy.htm
  15. ^ http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/2971/html/economy.htm
  16. ^ World Factbook, CIA. "Iran - People". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
  17. ^ SOAS: Other Iranian languages. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.

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