Assyrian population by country

Due to various episodes of persecution, the Assyrian diaspora is now larger than the population of Assyrians who still remain in their homeland. The official number of Assyrians worldwide is difficult to determine, but it is believed that there are anywhere from 3-6 million in the world today.

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 data	Estimation(s)	Article
Total		2,000,000[1][2][3]–3,300,000[4][5] [6]–3,500,000[7]–4,200,000[8]–150,000,000[9]	Assyrian people
Iraq		150,000[10]–200,000[11]–202,000[12]	Assyrians in Iraq
Syria		200,000[13]–400,000 [14]–877,000[15] (pre-Syrian civil war)	Assyrians in Syria
Sweden		150,000[16]	Assyrians in Sweden
Lebanon	80,000	Up to 200,000[17]	Assyrians in Lebanon
Germany		70,000[18]–100,000[19]	Assyrians in Germany
United States	110,807 (2010 census)[20][21][22]	400,000[23]–600,000[24][25][26]	Assyrians in the United States
Russia	11,084 (2011 census)[27]	70,000[23][28]	Assyrians in Russia
Australia	46,219 (2016 census)[29]	55,000[28]	Assyrians in Australia
Canada	13,830 (2016 census)[27]	23,000[23]–38,000[30]	Assyrians in Canada
Iran	7,000–17,000 (2018 report)[31]	Up to 50,000[23][32]	Assyrians in Iran
Turkey		22,000[33]–26,000[34]	Assyrians in Turkey
France		16,000[35]	Assyrians in France
Belgium		15,000[23]	Assyrians in Belgium
Switzerland		10,000[23]
Brazil		10,000[23]
Jordan		10,000–15,000[36]	Assyrians in Jordan
Greece		6,000[37]	Assyrians in Greece
Egypt		4,000[28]
United Kingdom		3,000–4,000[38]	Assyrians in the United Kingdom
Italy		3,000[23]
Norway		3,000[28]
Austria		2,500[28]–5,000[39]	Assyrians in Austria
Kuwait		2,000[28]
Azerbaijan		1,300[28]
Israel		1,000[40]–5,000[41]	Assyrians in Israel
Mexico		2,000[23]	Assyrians in Mexico
Armenia	2,679 (2011 census)[27]	6,000[42]–10,000[28]–15,000[23]	Assyrians in Armenia
Ukraine	3,143 (2001 census)[27]
Georgia	2,377 (2014 census)[43]	15,000[28][23]	Assyrians in Georgia
New Zealand	1,500 (2013 census)[44]	3,000[23]–5,000[28]	Assyrians in New Zealand
Netherlands		30,000[45]	Assyrians in the Netherlands
Denmark		7500 - 10000[46]	Assyrians in Denmark
Kazakhstan		350[47]
Finland		300[48]	Assyrians in Finland
Spain		250[28]
Latvia	10–14 (2023)[49][50]
Other		100,000[23]

See also

• Assyrian diaspora

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