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]
Assyrian Mexicans
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]
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^ "Prior to the start of the war in Syria, it is estimated that the country was home to approximately 200,000 ethnic Assyrians" [1] at Syria: Assyrian Policy Institute
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^ "Lebanon: Assyrian Policy Institute" .
^ 70,000 Syriac Christians according to REMID (of which 55,000 Syriac Orthodox ).
^ "Diskussion zum Thema 'Aaramäische Christen' im Kapitelshaus" Borkener Zeitung (in German) (archived link, 8 October 2011)
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^ "Australia - Ancestry" . profile.id.com.au . Retrieved 15 December 2019 .
^ "Vatican Radio - Pope approves Chaldean Eparchy in Canada" . Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
^ "2018 U.S. Department of State International Religious Freedom Report: Iran" .
^ "Iran: Assyrian Policy Institute" . Assyrian Policy Institute . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
^ Joshua Project: Turoyo
^ "Turkey: Assyrian Policy Institute" . Assyrian Policy Institute . Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
^ Wieviorka, Michel; Bataille, Philippe (2007). The lure of anti-Semitism: hatred of Jews in present-day France . BRILL. p. 166. ISBN 9789004163379 .
^ "Jordan: Assyrian Policy Institute" .
^ Tzilivakis, Kathy (10 May 2003). "Iraq's Forgotten Christians Face Exclusion in Greece" . Athens News . Retrieved 7 April 2012 .
^ "This figure is an estimate from the Assyrian Cultural and Advice Centre" [2] at Iraqi Assyrians in London: Beyond the 'Immigrant/Refugee' Divide; Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1995
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^ "Assyrians in Armenia wish to have own representative in Parliament" .
^ "Ethnic Composition of Georgia (1926-2014)" (PDF) . Retrieved 15 December 2019 .
^ "2013 Census totals by topic" . archive.stats.govt.nz . Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2019 .
^ "Assyrians In Nederland" . Aramese Federatie . 2018.
^ "Assyrerne - Vore Kristne Venner. (Assyrians - our Christian Friends)" . Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-20 .
^ "Assyrian Community in Kazakhstan Survived Dark Times, Now Focuses on Education" . The Astana Times . 2014-12-19. Retrieved 18 February 2015 .
^ "Assyrian Association Founded in Finland" . aina.org. Retrieved 18 February 2015 .
^ "Population by ethnicity at the beginning of year 1935 - 2023" . Oficiālās statistikas portāls stat.gov.lv . Retrieved 2023-06-10 .
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