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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Kurds<br>کورد, Kurd
|image = Roj_emblem.svg
|pop = estimatit '''55'''<ref name=CIA2>CIA - The World Factbook: 14 million in Turkey (18%)[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527062958/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html |date=2016-05-27 }}, 4.7–6.2 million in Iraq(15-20%)[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211125/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html |date=2018-12-24 }}, 7.9 million in Iran(10%)[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203093100/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html |date=2012-02-03 }} (all for 2012), plus several million in Syria, neighboring countries, and the diaspora</ref> tae '''60''' million<ref name=KHRP>''The Kurds: culture and language rights'' (Kerim Yildiz, Georgina Fryer, Kurdish Human Rights Project; 2004): 18% of Turkey, 20% of Iraq, 8% of Iran, 9.6%+ of Syria; plus 1–2 million in neighboring countries and the diaspora</ref><ref name="Mackey">Sandra Mackey , “The reckoning: Iraq and the legacy of Saddam”, W.W. Norton and Company, 2002. Excerpt from pg 350: “As much as 25% of Turkey is Kurdish.”</ref>
|region1 = <div style="font-size:115%">'''Tradeetional auries o Kurdish settlement'''</div>
|region2 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|pop2 = 25–35.6 million <br>27.7–45%
|ref2 = <ref name=CIA2/><ref name=KHRP/><ref name="Mackey"/><ref name=KONDA>[http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&ArticleID=913650&CategoryID=104 Kürtlerin nüfusu 11 milyonda İstanbul"da 2 milyon Kürt yaşıyor - Radikal Dizi]. Radikal.com.tr. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref>
|region3 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Iran}}
|pop3 = 12.5–18.9 million <br>15–25%
|ref3 = <ref name=CIA2/><ref name=KHRP/>
|region4 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Iraq}}
|pop4 = 8.2–10.5 million <br>25–30%
|ref4 = <ref name=CIA2/><ref name=KHRP/>
|region5 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Sirie}}
|pop5 = 4.2-4.5 million <br>15-20%
|ref5 = <ref name=KHRP/><ref>[https://ojcs.siue.edu/ojs/index.php/ssa/article/view/1818/496 Studying the Kurds in Syria: Challenges and Opportunities | Lowe | Syrian Studies Association Bulletin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929080734/https://ojcs.siue.edu/ojs/index.php/ssa/article/view/1818/496 |date=2013-09-29 }}. Ojcs.siue.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=John L. |last=Henriques |title=Syria: issues and historical background |publisher= Nova Science Publishers, |url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbm=bks&q=+Estimates+of+the+number+of+Kurds+in+Syria+vary+widely%2C+but+they+are+believed+to+compose+about+9+percent+of+the+population&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opendemocracy.net/zana-khasraw-gul/where-are-syrian-kurds-heading-amidst-civil-war-in-syria|title=Where are the Syrian Kurds heading amidst the civil war in Syria?|last=Gul|first=Zana Khasraw|date=22 July 2013|publisher=Open Democracy|accessdate=4 November 2013|archive-date=2014-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110040046/http://www.opendemocracy.net/zana-khasraw-gul/where-are-syrian-kurds-heading-amidst-civil-war-in-syria|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region7 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}}
|pop7 = 550,000–1,080,000
|ref7 =<ref name="coucileu"/><ref name="Vanly">Ismet Chériff Vanly, “The Kurds in the Soviet Union”, in: Philip G. Kreyenbroek & S. Sperl (eds.), The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview (London: Routledge, 1992). pg 164: Table based on 1990 estimates: Azerbaijan (180,000), Armenia (50,000), Georgia (40,000), Kazakhistan (30,000), Kyrghizistan (20,000), Uzbekistan (10,000), Tajikistan (3,000), Turkmenistan (50,000), Siberia (35,000), Krasnodar (20,000), Other (12,000), Total 450,000</ref>
|region8 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Roushie}}
|pop8 = 63,818
|ref8 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 г. Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_10.php|work=Demoscope|publisher=Demoscope|accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref>
|region9 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Armenie}}
|pop9 = 37,403
|ref9 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Information from the 2011 Armenian National Census|url=http://armstat.am/file/article/sv_03_13a_520.pdf|work=Republic of Armenia|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref>
|region10 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Georgie}}
|pop10 = 20,843
|ref10 = <ref>{{cite web|title=The Human Rights situation of the Yezidi minority in the Transcaucasus|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/485fa2342.pdf|work=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|page=18}}</ref>
'''Diaspora'''
|region11 = <div style="line-height:0.75em">&nbsp;</div>
|region11 = <div style="font-size:115%">'''[[Diaspora]]'''</div>
|region12 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|pop12 = 1,750,000
|ref12 = <ref name="coucileu"/>
|region13 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Israel}}
|pop13 = 300,000
|ref13 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcjcr.org/kyn_article_view.php?aid=13 |title=Kurdish Jewish Community in Israel |publisher=Jcjcr.org |date= |accessdate=2013-04-11 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|region14 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Fraunce}}
|pop14 = 255,000
|ref14 =<ref name="coucileu">''[http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc06/EDOC11006.htm The cultural situation of the Kurds],'' <cite>A report by Lord Russell-Johnston, Council of Europe, July 2006</cite>.</ref>
|region15 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Swaden}}
|pop15 = 90,000
|ref15 =<ref name="coucileu"/>
|region16 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|pop16 = 75,000
|ref16 =<ref name="coucileu"/>
|region17 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Swisserland}}
|pop17 = 65,000
|ref17 = <ref name="coucileu"/>
|region18 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|pop18 = 60,000
|ref18 = <ref name="coucileu"/>
|region19 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Austrick}}
|pop19 = 55,000
|ref19 = <ref name="coucileu"/>
|region20 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}}
|pop20 = 50,000
|ref20 =<ref name="Vanly"/>
|region21 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Unitit Kinrick}}
|pop21 = 49,921
|ref21 =<ref>{{cite web|title=QS211EW - Ethnic group (detailed)|url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/CT0010/view/2092957703|work=nomis|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic Group - Full Detail_QS201NI|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls|accessdate=4 September 2013|archive-date=2019-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923092403/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scotland's Census 2011 - National Records of Scotland, Language used at home other than English (detailed)|url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Language_detailed_Scotland.pdf|work=Scotland Census|publisher=Scotland Census|accessdate=29 September 2013|archive-date=2020-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215021127/https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/rel2A_Language_detailed_Scotland.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region22 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}}
|pop22 = 158,325
|ref22 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Table 4.1.1 Population by individual ethnic groups|url=http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf|work=Government of Kazakhstan|publisher=stat.kz|accessdate=28 July 2012|archive-date=2013-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228140007/http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region23 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Jordan}}
|pop23 = 30,000
|ref23 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Language and Cultural Shift Among the Kurds of Jordan|url=http://www.linguistics.fi/julkaisut/SKY2010/Al-Khatib_Al-Ali_netti.pdf|accessdate=10 November 2012|author=Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib and Mohammed N. Al-Ali|page=12}}</ref>
|region24 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Greece}}
|pop24 = 26,000
|ref24 = <ref name="diaspora">{{cite web|title=The Kurdish Diaspora|url=http://www.institutkurde.org/en/kurdorama/|publisher=Institut Kurde De Paris|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref>
|region25 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Denmark}}
|pop25 = 25,000
|ref25 = <ref>{{cite web|first=Ole Stig|last=Andersen|title=Kurdisk|url=http://www.olestig.dk/sprog/kurdisk.html|publisher=olestig.dk|date=11 July 2004|accessdate=6 March 2013|archive-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512193442/http://www.olestig.dk/sprog/kurdisk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region26 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Unitit States}}
|pop26 = 15,361
|ref26 = <ref>{{cite web|title=2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_SF4_B01003&prodType=table|work=Government of the United States of America|publisher=Government of the United States of America|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref>
|region27 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}}
|pop27 = 13,171
|ref27 =<ref>{{cite web|title=4.1. Number of resident population by selected nationality|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Kyrgyzstan/A5-2PopulationAndHousingCensusOfTheKyrgyzRepublicOf2009.pdf|work=Government of Kyrgyzstan|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=9 July 2012|archive-date=2012-07-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710092216/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/Kyrgyzstan/A5-2PopulationAndHousingCensusOfTheKyrgyzRepublicOf2009.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=kyrgyzstan2>{{cite web|title=Население Кыргызстана|url=http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/node/12|language=Russian|access-date=2013-12-30|archive-date=2012-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915105014/http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/node/12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|region28 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Canadae}}
|pop28 = 11,685
|ref28 = <ref>{{cite web|title=2011 National Household Survey: Data tables|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=0&PID=105396&PRID=0&PTYPE=105277&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2013&THEME=95&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF|work=Statistics of Canada|publisher=Statistics of Canada|accessdate=19 January 2013}}</ref>
|region29 = {{spaces|2}}{{flagcountry|Finland}}
|pop29 = 9,280
|ref29 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Language according to age and sex by region 1990 - 2011|url=http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=030_vaerak_tau_102_en&path=../database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=1&multilang=en|work=Statistics Finland|publisher=Statistics Finland|accessdate=19 January 2013|archive-date=2013-02-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217113547/http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=030_vaerak_tau_102_en&path=../database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=1&multilang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|languages =[[Kurdish leids|Kurdish]] an [[Zaza–Gorani leids|Zazaki–Gorani]]<br>{{smaller|''In thair different furms: [[Sorani]], [[Kurmanji]], [[Fayli]], [[Soothren Kurdish]], [[Laki leid|Laki]], [[Zazaki leid|Zazaki]], [[Bajelani leid|Bajalani]], [[Gorani leid|Gorani]]''}}
|religions =  Maistly [[Islam]] (predominately [[Sunni]], but an aa [[Shia]] an [[Sufism]]) wi minorities o [[Atheism]], [[Agnosticism]], [[Yazdânism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Christianity]] an [[Judaism]]
|related = ither [[Iranian fowks]]<br>([[Talysh fowk|Talysh]]{{•}} [[Guilak|Gilak]]{{•}} [[Persian fowk|Persians]]{{•}}[[Baloch fowk|Balochs]])
|footnotes = Aw population nummers are estimates bi 3rd pairties.
Turkey, Iran an Sirie dae nae track or provide population statistics.
|}}

The '''Kurdish fowk''', or '''Kurds''' ({{lang-ku|کورد, Kurd}}), are an ethnic group in [[Wastren Asie]], maistly inhabitin a region kent as [[Kurdistan]], which includes adjacent pairts o [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Sirie]], an [[Turkey]].

Thay are an [[Iranian fowk]] an speak the [[Kurdish leids]], which are members o the [[Iranian leids|Iranian]] branch o [[Indo-European leids]].<ref>D.N. Mackenzie, "The Origin of Kurdish", Transactions of Philological Society, 1961, pp 68–86</ref> The Kurds nummer aboot 30 million, the majority livin in Wast Asie, wi signeeficant Kurdish diaspora communities in the ceeties o wastren Turkey, in Armenie, Georgie, Israel, Azerbaijan, Roushie, Lebanon an, in recent decades, some European kintras an the Unitit States.

The Kurds hae haed pairtial autonomy in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] syne 1991. Naitionalist movements in the ither Kurdish-populatit kintras ([[Kurdish–Turkish conflict|Turkey]], [[Sirie Kurdistan campaign (2012–present)|Sirie]], [[Iran–PJAK conflict|Iran]]) push for Kurdish regional autonomy or the creation o a [[sovereign state]].

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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Iraq]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Sirie]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Turkey]]
[[Category:Iranian fowks]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in the Middle East]]
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