List of countries by Zoroastrian population explained

In 2012, a study by the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America published a demographic picture of Zoroastrianism around the world, which was compared with an earlier study from 2004.[1] It projected a global Zoroastrian population of 111,691–121,962 people, with roughly half of this figure residing in just two countries: India and Iran. These numbers indicated a notable population decline in comparison with the earlier projection of 124,953 people.

, estimates show that there are some 100,000–200,000 Zoroastrians worldwide. The larger part of the population comprises Parsis, a community standing at around 70,000 people in India and around 1,000 in Pakistan. There is an estimated 4,000 Parsis in the United Kingdom.[2] [3] [4] [5] In 1994, the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario estimated that there were around 100–200 Zoroastrians residing in Afghanistan.[6]

In 2015, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) granted official recognition to the Zoroastrian religion and also proceeded with the opening of three new Zoroastrian temples. The KRI's Zoroastrian community has claimed that thousands of people residing in the autonomous territory have recently converted from Islam to Zoroastrianism.[7] [8] In 2020, a KRI-based Zoroastrian advocacy group known as the Yasna Association, which also functions as a representative of the faith within the KRI's government, claimed that about 15,000 people had been registered with the organization .[9] Additionally, the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in Iran (GAMAAN) conducted an online survey in 2020 to record the religious attitudes of Iranians, and approximately 7.7 percent of respondents identified as Zoroastrian.[10] [11]

Country/Regiondata-sort-type="number" PopulationYear
India50,0002011 (Census)[12] [13]
15,000–25,2712012
15,0002020
United States14,4052012
Canada7,2852021 census[14]
Uzbekistan7,0002013[15] [16]
United Kingdom4,0002021
Tajikistan2,7002021[17]
Australia2,5772012
Pakistan2,3482023[18]
Azerbaijan2,0002006[19]
Afghanistan2,0002020[20]
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (Gulf Countries)1,9002012
New Zealand1,2312012
Other countries in Europe and Central Asia1,0002012
Singapore3722012
Hong Kong2042012
World100,000–200,0002019

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rivetna. Roshan. The Zoroastrian World A 2012 Demographic Picture. Fezana.org.
  2. Chaubey . Gyaneshwer . Ayub . Qasim . Rai . Niraj . Prakash . Satya . Mushrif-Tripathy . Veena . Mezzavilla . Massimo . Pathak . Ajai Kumar . Tamang . Rakesh . Firasat . Sadaf . Reidla . Maere . Karmin . Monika . Rani . Deepa Selvi . Reddy . Alla G. . Parik . Jüri . Metspalu . Ene . 2017-06-14 . "Like sugar in milk": reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population . Genome Biology . 18 . 1 . 110 . 10.1186/s13059-017-1244-9 . 1474-760X . 5470188 . 28615043 . free .
  3. Web site: 2021-12-02 . Zoroastrianism — Parsi . 2022-09-30 . Daily Times . en-US.
  4. Web site: Yousafzai . Arshad . 29 April 2019 . Two decades from now, Pakistan will have no Parsis . 30 September 2022 . The News International.
  5. Web site: Zoroastrianism . History.
  6. Web site: Afghanistan: Information on the treatment of the Zoroastrian religious community in and around Kabul. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. Refworld . 1994-03-01. Information on the treatment of the Zoroastrian community in Afghanistan could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. However, according to a representative of the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, there are only one or two hundred Zoroastrians living in Afghanistan (4 Mar. 1994). The source stated that the majority of Zoroastrians in Afghanistan live in "Khander" which he described as being "near the Iranian border" (ibid.). The source stated that to his knowledge, only a few Zoroastrians merchants live in Kabul (ibid.).. 2021-02-12.
  7. Web site: Zoroastrian faith returns to Kurdistan in response to ISIL violence. Rudaw. 18 September 2015.
  8. Web site: Iraqi Kurds turn to Zoroastrianism as faith, identity entwine. France 24. 23 October 2019. 16 September 2020.
  9. Web site: Zoroastrians make a comeback in northern Iraq, but still face stigma. Bruneau . Charlotte. Omar . Kawa . 2020-09-30. Reuters. According to Awat Taieb, co-founder of the Yasna association that since 2014 has promoted Zoroastrianism in Kurdistan and also representative of the faith at the Kurdistan government, about 15,000 people registered with the organisation so far.. 2021-02-12.
  10. Web site: 2020-09-09. Iranians' Attitudes Toward Religion: A 2020 Survey Report. 2020-09-10. گَمان - گروه مطالعات افکارسنجی ایرانیان. fa-IR. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918030115/https://gamaan.org/2020/09/09/gamaan-iran-religion-survey-2020/. dead.
  11. Web site: Maleki. Ammar. Arab. Pooyan Tamimi. Iran's secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs. 2020-09-11. The Conversation. en.
  12. Web site: Indian Parsis try to turn around demographic decline – DW – 08/16/2022 . 2023-02-16 . dw.com . en.
  13. Alan Davidson. National & Regional Styles of Cookery: Proceedings : Oxford Symposium 1981. Oxford Symposium. p. 71.
  14. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Religion by visible minority and generation status: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts . 2023-11-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  15. Web site: Uzbakistan . vcn.bc.ca.
  16. Web site: August 21, 2013 . Uzbekistan Zoroastrian Association Registered . Zoroastrians.net.
  17. Web site: Parsee in Tajikistan. Joshua Project.
  18. Web site: 2023 . TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023 . 2 Aug 2024 . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  19. Web site: 24 December 2014. Zoroastrian Demographics & Group Names. 12 October 2022. heritageinstitute.com.
  20. Web site: Why the Afghan city Balkh is important to Zoroastrianism . 7 April 2020 .

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