Kurds (Kurdish: کورد ,Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranianethnic group indigenous to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey (in particular Istanbul) and Western Europe (primarily in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.

Kurds
Kurd کورد

Flag of Kurdistan
Total population
36.4–45.6 million (Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate.)
Turkey	est. 15–20 million
Iran	est. 10–12 million
Iraq	est. 8–8.5 million
Syria	2,500,000–3,500,000
Germany	1.2–1.5 million
Turkmenistan	50,000
Azerbaijan	180,000
France	150,000
Netherlands	100,000
Sweden	83,600
Russia	63,818
Belgium	50,000
United Kingdom	49,841
Kazakhstan	46,348
Switzerland	35,000
Denmark	30,000
Jordan	30,000
Austria	23,000
Greece	22,000
United States	20,591
Canada	16,315[25]
Finland	15,368[26]
Georgia	13,861[27]
Kyrgyzstan	13,200[28]
Australia	10,551[29]
Armenia	37,470[30]
Languages
Kurdish In their different varieties: Sorani, Kurmanji, Pehlewani, Laki[31] Zaza, Gorani[32]
Religion
Predominantly Sunni Islam with minorities of Shia Islam and Alevism
Related ethnic groups
Other Iranian peoples