Iranian diaspora

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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.
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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Iranian citizens abroad

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The term Iranian citizens abroad refers to the Iranian people born in Iran but living outside of Iran and their children.

Over four million Iranians have emigrated to North America, Europe, Turkey and Australia, mostly after the Islamic revolution in 1979.[1] 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 $1.3 trillion.[2] (2006 est.)

Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006.[3]

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.

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Native speakers of Farsi

See also: Persian language, Persian-speakers of Iran

The number of native speakers of Farsi in Iran is estimated at around 40 million, or 60% of the total population.[4] 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.[5]

Number of Iranian citizens abroad

Country Number of Iranians Range
 Iran 70,049,262
Flag of the United Arab Emirates UAE 400,000[6]
 United States 377,618[7] to 691,000[8] to 1,560,000 (in 1996)[9]
 United Kingdom 275,000[10]
 Iraq 1000+ (source needed)
 Canada 121,510 (2006 Census)[11]
 Germany 110,000[12]
 Israel 80,000[9]
 Qatar 73,000[13]
 France 62,000[9]
 Kuwait 60,000
 Sweden 60,000
 Russia 50,000[9]
 Bahrain 48,000[14]
 Tajikistan 31,000[13]
 Netherlands 30,000[9]
 Oman 25,000[13]
 Australia 22,550[15]
 Greece 20,000[9]
 Austria 12,452
 Japan 11,988[9]
 Denmark 10,000
 Turkey 6,014[16]
 Belgium 6,000[9]
 Norway 6,000[9]
 Italy 5,910[17]
 South Africa 5,000[9]
 Finland 2,000[9]

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References

  1. ^ Iran: Coping With The World's Highest Rate Of Brain Drain - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
  2. ^ Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 02/14/07
  3. ^ Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 10/22/07
  4. ^ World Factbook, CIA. ""Iran - People"". Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
  5. ^ "SOAS: Other Iranian languages". Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  6. ^ Travel Video Television News - Iranians investing heavily in Dubai
  7. ^ "US demographic census". Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
  8. ^ THE IRANIAN: Iranian-American stats, Phyllis McIntosh
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The Persian Diaspora, List of Persians and Persian Speaking Peoples living outside of Iran, Worldwide Outreach to Persians, Outreach to Muslims around the Globe
  10. ^ "Tension and Transformation" in Move Magazine, Autumn 2005
  11. ^ 2006 Canadian Census
  12. ^ Persian World Outreach - Persian-speaking people outside of Iran
  13. ^ a b c Ethnologue report for language code:pes
  14. ^ Ethnologue 14 report for Bahrain
  15. ^ 2054.0 Australian Census Analytic Program: Australians' Ancestries (2001 (Corrigendum))
  16. ^ Number Of Foreigners Living In Turkey
  17. ^ http://www.caritasroma.it/Prima%20pagina/Download/Dossier2006/scheda%20di%20sintesi%202006.pdf

External links

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