Assyrian population by country explained

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 population Official dataEstimation(s)Article
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
Iraq150,000[10] –200,000[11] –202,000[12] Assyrians in Iraq
200,000[13] –400,000[14] –877,000[15] (pre-Syrian civil war)Assyrians in Syria
Sweden150,000[16] Assyrians in Sweden
Lebanon80,000Up to 200,000[17] Assyrians in Lebanon
Germany70,000[18] –100,000[19] Assyrians in Germany
United States110,807 (2010 census)[20] [21] [22] 400,000–600,000[23] [24] [25] Assyrians in the United States
11,084 (2011 census)[26] 70,000Assyrians in Russia
Australia46,219 (2016 census)[27] 55,000Assyrians in Australia
Canada13,830 (2016 census)23,000–38,000[28] Assyrians in Canada
7,000–17,000 (2018 report)[29] Up to 50,000[30] Assyrians in Iran
Turkey22,000[31] –26,000[32] Assyrians in Turkey
France16,000[33] Assyrians in France
Belgium15,000[34] Assyrians in Belgium
Switzerland10,000
Brazil10,000
Jordan10,000–15,000[35] Assyrians in Jordan
Greece6,000[36] Assyrians in Greece
Egypt4,000
3,000–4,000[37] Assyrians in the United Kingdom
Italy3,000
Norway3,000
Austria2,500[38] –5,000[39] Assyrians in Austria
Kuwait2,000
Azerbaijan1,300
Israel1,000[40] –5,000[41] Assyrians in Israel
Mexico2,000Assyrian Mexicans
Armenia2,679 (2011 census)6,000[42] –10,000–15,000Assyrians in Armenia
Ukraine3,143 (2001 census)
Georgia2,377 (2014 census)[43] 15,000Assyrians in Georgia
New Zealand1,500 (2013 census)[44] 3,000–5,000Assyrians in New Zealand
Netherlands30,000[45] Assyrians in the Netherlands
Denmark7500 - 10000[46] Assyrians in Denmark
Kazakhstan350[47]
Finland300[48] Assyrians in Finland
Spain250
Latvia10–14 (2023)[49] [50] Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs - PMLP
Other100,000

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization . Syriac Orthodox Church . Wiley-Blackwell . Kurian, George Thomas . Murre-van den Berg, Heleen . Heleen Murre-van den Berg . 2011 . 2304 . 978-1-4051-5762-9.
  2. Web site: Refworld – World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Turkey : Syriacs. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Refworld. 6 June 2015.
  3. Book: Baumer . Christoph . The church of the East : an illustrated history of Assyrian Christianity . I.B. Tauris . 978-1-84511-115-1. 2006-04-28 .
  4. Web site: UNPO: Assyria.
  5. Book: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization: yearbook. 9789041102232. Simmons. Mary Kate. 1998.
  6. Web site: Who are the Assyrians?.
  7. Web site: Assyria: Growing Number of Diaspora Reconnecting with Homeland. 2019-05-28. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.
  8. [SIL Ethnologue]
  9. Web site: Assyrians: "3,000 Years of History, Yet the Internet is Our Only Home". www.culturalsurvival.org.
  10. Web site: Population Project . Shlama Foundation . 15 December 2019 . en.
  11. Web site: Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the Khabour Region of Syria. Assyrian Policy Institute.
  12. Web site: Open Doors USA - Iraq. Open Doors.
  13. "Prior to the start of the war in Syria, it is estimated that the country was home to approximately 200,000 ethnic Assyrians" https://www.assyrianpolicy.org/syria at Syria: Assyrian Policy Institute
  14. Web site: Syria's Assyrians threatened by extremists – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East. Al-Monitor. 18 February 2015. 2014-04-28.
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812191457/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=140085 Turkey-Syria deal allows Syriacs to cross border for religious holidays
  16. News: Nyheter . SVT . Statministerns folkmordsbesked kan avgöra kommunvalet: "Underskatta inte frågan" . SVT Nyheter . sv . 9 May 2018.
  17. Web site: Lebanon: Assyrian Policy Institute.
  18. 70,000 Syriac Christians according to REMID (of which 55,000 Syriac Orthodox).
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008014028/http://www.borkenerzeitung.de/lokales/kreis_borken/borken/1561426_Diskussion_zum_Thema_Aaramaeische_Christen_im_Kapitelshaus.html "Diskussion zum Thema 'Aaramäische Christen' im Kapitelshaus"
  20. Web site: People Reporting Ancestry . July 29, 2020.
  21. Web site: American FactFinder – Results. https://archive.today/20200212055845/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_S0201&prodType=table. dead. 12 February 2020. Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). 18 February 2015.
  22. Web site: Selected Population Profile in the United States : 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates . https://archive.today/20200212055845/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_S0201&prodType=table . dead . 2020-02-12 . Factfinder2.census.gov . 2013-10-20.
  23. Web site: Assyrian Genocide Resolution Read in Arizona Assembly . www.aina.org.
  24. Web site: Arizona HCR2006 - TrackBill . trackbill.com . en.
  25. Web site: HCR2006 - 542R - I Ver . www.azleg.gov.
  26. Web site: Population by national and/or ethnic group, sex and urban/rural residence . 15 December 2019.
  27. Web site: Australia - Ancestry . profile.id.com.au . 15 December 2019.
  28. Web site: Vatican Radio - Pope approves Chaldean Eparchy in Canada . July 29, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311075630/http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/articolo.asp?c=494962 . 2012-03-11 .
  29. Web site: 2018 U.S. Department of State International Religious Freedom Report: Iran .
  30. Web site: Iran: Assyrian Policy Institute . Assyrian Policy Institute . July 29, 2020.
  31. http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php?rop3=210540 Joshua Project: Turoyo
  32. Web site: Turkey: Assyrian Policy Institute . Assyrian Policy Institute . July 29, 2020.
  33. Book: Wieviorka. Bataille. Michel. Philippe. The lure of anti-Semitism: hatred of Jews in present-day France. 2007. BRILL. 9789004163379. 166.
  34. Web site: Brief History of Assyrians. BetBasoo . Peter . November 1, 2013 . Assyrian International News Agency. July 29, 2020.
  35. Web site: Jordan: Assyrian Policy Institute.
  36. News: Tzilivakis. Kathy. Iraq's Forgotten Christians Face Exclusion in Greece. 7 April 2012. Athens News. 10 May 2003.
  37. "This figure is an estimate from the Assyrian Cultural and Advice Centre" https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/anthro/documents/media/jaso26_3_1995_241_255.pdf at Iraqi Assyrians in London: Beyond the 'Immigrant/Refugee' Divide; Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1995
  38. Web site: Assyrische Bevölkerung weltweit . bethnahrin . 24 June 2019.
  39. Web site: Özkan . Duygu . Die christlichen Assyrer zu Wien . DiePresse . 31 March 2012 . 24 June 2019.
  40. Web site: The ethnic origin of Christians in Israel . parshan.co.il . he.
  41. Web site: Shams . Alex . Learning the language of Jesus Christ . Roads & Kingdoms . 2 November 2015 . 23 July 2019.
  42. Web site: Assyrians in Armenia wish to have own representative in Parliament.
  43. Web site: Ethnic Composition of Georgia (1926-2014) . 15 December 2019.
  44. Web site: 2013 Census totals by topic . archive.stats.govt.nz . 15 December 2019 . en-nz . 22 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171122042347/http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/data-tables/total-by-topic.aspx . dead .
  45. Web site: Assyrians In Nederland . Aramese Federatie . 2018.
  46. Web site: 2016-03-24 . Assyrerne - Vore Kristne Venner. (Assyrians - our Christian Friends) . 2022-03-20 . Jyllands-Posten . da.
  47. Web site: Assyrian Community in Kazakhstan Survived Dark Times, Now Focuses on Education. The Astana Times. 18 February 2015. 2014-12-19.
  48. Web site: Assyrian Association Founded in Finland. aina.org. 18 February 2015.
  49. Web site: Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year 1935 - 2023 . 2023-06-10 . Oficiālās statistikas portāls stat.gov.lv . en.
  50. https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/media/9756/download?attachment Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības (Inhabitants of Latvia by ethnic composition and citizenship status (01.01.2023.)

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