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Iranian diaspora development by country. Country and diaspora profiles for Iranians abroad: sourced figures, 14 development programmes forming or in preparation, and official services.

Country and diaspora profiles for development work: sourced figures, the programmes of the network with their state, and official services by country.

Figures

• India: 1,810 Iranian citizens and refugees; 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Kenya: no count: historic Shirazi identity, not a migrant population source: Brielle et al., Nature 615 (2023); label: verified
• Austria: 29,559 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Türkiye: 199,735 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Venezuela: 80 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Netherlands: 65,721 (50,646 born abroad, 15,075 born in the Netherlands) Iranian origin; 2026; source: CBS StatLine table 85384NED; label: verified
• Kazakhstan: 3,012 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Denmark: 23,418 immigrants and 5,459 descendants origin; 2026 Q3; source: Statistics Denmark FOLK1C; label: verified
• New Zealand: 5,632 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• United Kingdom: 109,168 born in Iran, England and Wales; 2021; source: ONS Census 2021; label: verified
• United States: 750,000 (445,000 immigrants, 310,000 US-born) Iranian Americans, Pew definition (born in Iran, ancestry or parent); 2024; source: Pew Research Center, 7 facts about Iranian Americans (5 Mar 2026), ACS 2024 analysis; label: verified
• Brazil: 815 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• France: not published France records no Iran-origin breakdown in UN DESA; 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Italy: 23,973 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• South Africa: 499 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Canada: 205,304 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Israel: 61,572 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Tanzania: no count: historic Shirazi identity source: Brielle et al., Nature 615 (2023); label: verified
• Argentina: 227 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Bahrain: 48,000 to 225,000 citizens of Iranian descent (Ajam) and Iranian citizens; estimates; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
• Norway: 26,497 immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents; 2026; source: Statistics Norway table 05183; label: verified
• Kuwait: about 38,000 non-Kuwaiti Iranians plus a larger Ajam citizen community estimate; 2021; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
• Georgia: 124 (likely undercount) born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• United Arab Emirates: 400,000 to 500,000 community and media estimates; no official figure; 2023 to 2026; source: Iran International citing the Iran Migration Observatory; Qatar Tribune; label: secondary
• Belgium: 15,212 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• China: 1,331 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Mexico: 401 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Azerbaijan: 710 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Germany: 324,000 (255,000 immigrants) Iranian migration background; 2024; source: Destatis Mikrozensus 2024 via bpb (30 Apr 2026); label: secondary
• Qatar: about 30,000 estimate; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
• Hungary: 4,866 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Oman: 25,000 to 100,000 estimate; source: Wikipedia; label: to verify
• Finland: 8,959 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Greece: 4,976 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Pakistan: 2,148 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Iraq: 14,747 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Armenia: 6,793 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Malaysia: 358 (community claims higher) born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Japan: 4,201 Iranian citizens; 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified
• Afghanistan: 41 refugees, 48 asylum-seekers UNHCR; 2025; source: UNHCR API; label: verified
• Sweden: 87,115 born in Iran; 2024; source: Statistics Sweden (SCB) table BE0101E; label: verified
• Australia: 70,899 born in Iran; 2021; source: ABS Census 2021 QuickStats; label: verified
• Switzerland: 17,038 born in Iran (stock); 2024; source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024; label: verified

Programmes

• Youth forming
• Women forming
• Elders in-preparation
• Wellbeing in-preparation
• Newcomers in-preparation
• Families and heritage schools in-preparation
• Convenings in-preparation
• Founders in-preparation
• Family preparedness in-preparation
• Continuity in-preparation
• Climate and water in-preparation
• Earthquakes in-preparation
• Crisis information in-preparation
• Humanitarian coordination in-preparation

Risk indices

• GRIx LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED: Awaiting the first GRIx edition

International services

• UN Careers United Nations; verified
• EURES European Labour Authority; verified
• International Labour Organization International Labour Organization; verified
• UN Statistics Division United Nations; verified
• UNdata United Nations; verified
• World Bank Open Data World Bank; verified
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics UNESCO Institute for Statistics; verified
• Eurostat European Commission; verified
• Humanitarian Data Exchange UN OCHA; to verify
• European Research Council European Research Council; to verify
• EURAXESS European Commission; to verify

Pages of the network

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