Iranian diaspora
The Iranian diaspora refers to Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.
Map of the Iranian diaspora in the world as of 2021 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| around 4,037,258 (2021) | |
| Americas | 1,905,813 (47.20%) |
| Europe | 1,184,552 (29.34%) |
| West Asia and Other (Asia and Oceania) | 1,115,572 |
| Languages | |
| Persian Languages of Iran | |
| Religion | |
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This includes the varying ethnicities of the Iranian people including the following groups: Persians, Azeris, Kurds, Lors, Baluchs, Arabs, Turkomens, Assyrians, and Armenians.
In 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran published statistics, which showed that 4,037,258 Iranians are living abroad, an increase from previous years. Many of them live in North America, Europe, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East. Other studies have estimated about 1.5 million or fewer Iranians living abroad. Many of them migrated to other countries after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
By 2020s the country witnessed mass waves of immigration out of the country. With 100% rise just in 2023.A ministry of immigration has been proposed after reports indicated critical statistics mainly because of political instability.