Regions with significant populations Kurdistan Turkey 12 to 15 million [1] Iran 4.8 to 6.6 million [2] Iraq 4 to 6 million [3] Syria 0.9 to 2.8 million [4]
Asia / Caucasus Afghanistan 200,000 [5] Azerbaijan 150,000 [5] Israel 100,000 [6] Lebanon 80,000 [5] Georgia 34,000 to 60,000 [7] Armenia 42,139 [5] Turkmenistan 40,000 [5]
Europe Germany 500,000 to 800,000 [5] [8] France 120,000 [8] Sweden 100,000 [8] Netherlands 70,000 [8] Switzerland 60,000 [8] Austria 50,000 [8] United Kingdom 25,000 to 80,000 [5] [8] Greece 20,000 to 25,000 [8] Americas United States 15,000 to 20,000 [5] Canada 6,000 [5]
Languages Kurdish Persian, Turkish or Arabic spoken widely as second languages Swedish, German, French and English are second languages among expatriates Religions Predominantly Sunni Muslim also some Shia, Yazidism, Yarsan, Judaism, Christianity