Killing of Iraq Kurds 'genocide', BBC, "The Dutch court said it considered legally and convincingly proven that the Kurdish population meets requirement under Genocide Conventions as an ethnic group'."
World Factbook (Online udgave). Langley, Virginia: US Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. ISSN1553-8133. Arkiveret fra originalen 12. september 2009. Hentet 2. august 2015. A rough estimate in this edition has populations of 14.3 million in Turkey, 8.2 million in Iran, about 5.6 to 7.4 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in Syria, which adds up to approximately 28–30 million Kurds in Kurdistan or adjacient regions. CIA estimates are Skabelon:As of – Turkey: Kurdish 18%, of 81.6 million; Iran: Kurd 10%, of 81.82 million; Iraq: Kurdish 15%-20%, of 37.01 million, Syria: Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%, of 17.01 million.
The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate. The Kurdish population is estimated at 15-20 million in Turkey. 10-12 million in Iran. 8-8.5 million in Iraq. 3-3.6 million in Syria. 1.2-1.5 million in the European diaspora. And 400k-500k in the former USSR. For a total of 36.4 million to 45. 6 million globally.
World Factbook (Online udgave). Langley, Virginia: US Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. ISSN1553-8133. Arkiveret fra originalen 12. september 2009. Hentet 2. august 2015. A rough estimate in this edition has populations of 14.3 million in Turkey, 8.2 million in Iran, about 5.6 to 7.4 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in Syria, which adds up to approximately 28–30 million Kurds in Kurdistan or adjacient regions. CIA estimates are Skabelon:As of – Turkey: Kurdish 18%, of 81.6 million; Iran: Kurd 10%, of 81.82 million; Iraq: Kurdish 15%-20%, of 37.01 million, Syria: Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%, of 17.01 million.
World Factbook (Online udgave). Langley, Virginia: US Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. ISSN1553-8133. Arkiveret fra originalen 12. september 2009. Hentet 2. august 2015. A rough estimate in this edition has populations of 14.3 million in Turkey, 8.2 million in Iran, about 5.6 to 7.4 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in Syria, which adds up to approximately 28–30 million Kurds in Kurdistan or adjacient regions. CIA estimates are Skabelon:As of – Turkey: Kurdish 18%, of 81.6 million; Iran: Kurd 10%, of 81.82 million; Iraq: Kurdish 15%-20%, of 37.01 million, Syria: Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%, of 17.01 million.