- Persian-speakers of Iran
dablink|This article is about the Persian speaking people, an ethnolinguistic group found mainly in
Iran . For Central Asian Persian speakers, seeTajiks and Hazaras. For more information about Persians seePersian peoples andPersian empire .
group = Persian speaking people
caption =
pop = Approximately 55 million (including related/subgroups)
45 million to 60 million total Iranian population
region1 = flag|Iran
pop1 = 50 million Including subgroups inside Iran [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html CIA - The World Factbook - Iran ] ]
ref1 = [cite web|title=Factsheet |url=http://www.economist.com/countries/Iran/profile.cfm?folder=Profile-FactSheet Country Briefings Economist.com,|accessdate=2007-12-20]
region3 = flag|United States
pop2 = 1,186,140
ref2 = [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable American FactFinder ] ]
region4 = flag|Turkey
pop3 = 800,000
ref3 = [http://www.farsinet.com/pwo/diaspora.html The Persian Diaspora] ]
region5 = flagicon|United Arab Emirates UAE
pop4 = 400,000
ref4 = [ [http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=7545_0_1_0_M56 Travel Video Television News - "Iranians investing heavily in Dubai"] ]
region6 = flag|Iraq
pop5 = 227,000
ref5 = [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pes Ethnologue report for language code:pes ] ]
region7 = flag|United Kingdom
pop7 = 130,000
region8 = flag|Canada
pop8 = 121,505 (2006 Census)
ref8 = [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=92333&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=801&Temporal=2006&Theme=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF "2006 Canadian Census"] ]
region9 = flag|Germany
pop9 = 110,000
ref9 = [ [http://www.Iranian wo.org/Disporia.htm Iranian World Outreach - "Iranian -speaking people outside of Iran"] ]
region10 = flag|Israel
pop10 = 40,000 (125,000 to 250,000 are
ref10 =
region11 = flag|Qatar
pop11 = 73,000
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region12 = flag|France
pop12 = 62,000
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region14 = flag|Kuwait
pop14 = 60,000
region15 = flag|Sweden
pop15 = 60,000
region16 = flag|Russia
pop16 = 50,242
ref16 = [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia#Ethnic_groups] ]
region17 = flag|Philippines and flag|South Korea
pop17 = 50,000
ref17 = [ [http://www.farsinet.com/pwo/diaspora.html The Persian Diaspora, List of Persians and Farsi Speaking Peoples living outside of Iran, Worldwide Outreach to Persians, Outreach to Muslims around the Globe ] ]
region18 = flag|Syria
pop18 = 50,000
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region19 = flag|Bahrain
pop19 = 48,000
ref19 = [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_country.asp?name=Bahrain Ethnologue 14 report for Bahrain