Observatory

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Mehdi Gharakhlou, Andre Langlois (2006). Spatial Distribution Of Iranian Population In Canada: A Portrait Using The 2001 Census Data. University of Tehran, Faculty of Economics. DOI 10.22059/ier.2006.32637
M Bozorgmehr, G Sabagh (1988). High Status Immigrants: A Statistical Profile of Iranians in the United States. Iranian Studies. DOI 10.1080/00210868808701715

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01 Born in Iran, by country

Born in Iran (stock), 2024. Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (verified). One measure for every country; descendants and other definitions are not included, so these are not community sizes.

Not published by this source: France.

02 City index

69 city pages in 49 country programmes, indexed on the H3 hexagonal grid (resolution 2, cells of about 87,000 square kilometres). A count of the platform’s own pages, not of people.

Places on this map (69)

Grid: H3 (Apache-2.0). Map: OpenStreetMap via OpenFreeMap.

All 57 cells

0 to 9 57

H3 cell	Քաղաքներ
`82a817fffffffff`	São Paulo, Brazil
`82ad37fffffffff`	Cape Town, South Africa
`82bcc7fffffffff`	Johannesburg, South Africa
`82be0ffffffffff`	Sydney, Australia
`82be8ffffffffff`	Brisbane, Australia
`82be67fffffffff`	Melbourne, Australia
`82c997fffffffff`	Perth, Australia
`821e07fffffffff`	Vienna, Austria
`821e87fffffffff`	Rome, Italy
`821ecffffffffff`	Istanbul, Türkiye
`821f1ffffffffff`	Berlin, Germany
`821f07fffffffff`	Malmö, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark
`821f8ffffffffff`	Munich, Germany
`821f9ffffffffff`	Milan, Italy; Turin, Italy
`821f17fffffffff`	Hamburg, Germany
`821f27fffffffff`	Gothenburg, Sweden
`821f87fffffffff`	Zurich, Switzerland
`821f97fffffffff`	Lyon, France; Geneva, Switzerland
`821fa7fffffffff`	Cologne, Germany; Brussels, Belgium
`821faffffffffff`	Frankfurt, Germany
`821fb7fffffffff`	Paris, France
`822a17fffffffff`	New York area, United States
`822aaffffffffff`	Washington DC area, United States
`822b9ffffffffff`	Toronto, Canada
`822b87fffffffff`	Ottawa, Canada
`822baffffffffff`	Montreal, Canada
`822c2ffffffffff`	Tbilisi, Georgia
`822c07fffffffff`	Van, Türkiye; Yerevan, Armenia
`822c27fffffffff`	Batumi, Georgia
`822d37fffffffff`	Ankara, Türkiye
`822db7fffffffff`	Jerusalem, Israel; Holon and Bat Yam, Israel
`822f5ffffffffff`	Tokyo, Japan
`823f67fffffffff`	Denizli, Türkiye
`827b4ffffffffff`	Zanzibar, Tanzania
`827b5ffffffffff`	Lamu and Mombasa, Kenya
`8212cffffffffff`	Calgary, Canada
`8212effffffffff`	Edmonton, Canada
`8226cffffffffff`	Dallas, United States
`8228d7fffffffff`	Seattle, United States
`8228dffffffffff`	Vancouver, Canada
`8229a7fffffffff`	Los Angeles, United States; Orange County, United States
`8243a7fffffffff`	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
`8243affffffffff`	Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
`8244c7fffffffff`	Atlanta, United States
`8260b7fffffffff`	Hyderabad, India
`82099ffffffffff`	Oslo, Norway
`82190ffffffffff`	Glasgow, United Kingdom
`82194ffffffffff`	London, United Kingdom
`82195ffffffffff`	Birmingham, United Kingdom
`82196ffffffffff`	Amsterdam, Netherlands; The Hague, Netherlands; Rotterdam, Netherlands
`82446ffffffffff`	Houston, United States
`82608ffffffffff`	Mumbai, India; Pune, India
`820887fffffffff`	Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala, Sweden
`821957fffffffff`	Manchester, United Kingdom
`822667fffffffff`	Chicago, United States
`822837fffffffff`	San Francisco Bay Area, United States
`826507fffffffff`	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

03 Every figure, by country

Each figure keeps its measure, year, source and label.

A 6

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Աֆղանստան	41 refugees, 48 asylum-seekers (UNHCR, 2025) ստուգված	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.
Արգենտինա	227 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Հայաստան	6,793 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Ավստրալիա	70,899 (born in Iran, 2021) ստուգված 88,697 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	The census asks about ancestry and the language spoken at home, so the community is visible.
Ավստրիա	29,559 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Ադրբեջան	710 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

B 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Բահրեյն	48,000 to 225,000 (citizens of Iranian descent (Ajam) and Iranian citizens; estimates) ստուգման ենթակա	Official statistics do not record Iranian origin.
Բելգիա	15,212 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Բրազիլիա	815 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

C 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Կանադա	205,304 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված 213,160 born in Iran; 200,465 ‘Iranian’ and 80,340 ‘Persian’ ethnic origin (overlapping) (birth and ethnic origin, 2021) ստուգման ենթակա	The census asks about ethnic origin and mother tongue, so the community is visible.
Չինաստան	1,331 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Կիպրոս	None found	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

D 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Դանիա	23,418 immigrants and 5,459 descendants (origin, 2026 Q3) ստուգված	Statistics record origin over two generations, so the community is visible.

E 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Եգիպտոս	None found	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.

F 2

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Ֆինլանդիա	8,959 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Ֆրանսիա	not published (France records no Iran-origin breakdown in UN DESA, 2024) ստուգված 5,467 refugees, 335 asylum-seekers (UNHCR, Iranian origin, 2025) ստուգված	France keeps no ethnic statistics and records only country of birth.

G 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Վրաստան	124 (likely undercount) (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Գերմանիա	324,000 (255,000 immigrants) (Iranian migration background, 2024) երկրորդային 162,000 (Iranian citizens, 31 Dec 2024, 2024) երկրորդային 283,454 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	The Mikrozensus records a migration background, so Iranians and their children are visible.
Հունաստան	4,976 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

H 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Հունգարիա	4,866 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

I 4

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Հնդկաստան	1,810 (Iranian citizens and refugees, 2024) ստուգված Parsi and Irani communities: separate ancestry, no figure checked () ստուգման ենթակա	Iranian heritage is partly visible in official statistics.
Իրաք	14,747 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Իսրայել	61,572 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված 200,000 to 250,000 (Iranian Jews including Israel-born descendants; estimate) ստուգման ենթակա	Iranian origin is partly visible. The CBS origin tables have not yet been found.
Իտալիա	23,973 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

J 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Ճապոնիա	4,201 (Iranian citizens, 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record citizenship, so Iranian citizens are visible.

K 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Ղազախստան	3,012 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Քենիա	no count: historic Shirazi identity, not a migrant population () ստուգված	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.
Քուվեյթ	about 38,000 non-Kuwaiti Iranians plus a larger Ajam citizen community (estimate, 2021) ստուգման ենթակա	Official statistics do not record Iranian origin.

M 2

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Մալայզիա	358 (community claims higher) (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Մեքսիկա	401 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

N 4

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Նիդեռլանդներ	65,721 (50,646 born abroad, 15,075 born in the Netherlands) (Iranian origin, 2026) ստուգված	CBS records origin over two generations, so the community is visible.
Նոր Զելանդիա	5,632 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record ethnicity, so the community is visible.
Նիգերիա	None found	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.
Նորվեգիա	26,497 (immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 2026) ստուգված	Statistics record origin over two generations, so the community is visible.

O 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Օման	25,000 to 100,000 (estimate) ստուգման ենթակա	Official statistics do not record Iranian origin.

P 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Պակիստան	2,148 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

Q 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Կատար	about 30,000 (estimate) ստուգման ենթակա	Official statistics do not record Iranian origin.

R 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Ռուսաստան	None found	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

S 4

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Հարավային Աֆրիկա	499 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Իսպանիա	not found () ստուգման ենթակա	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Շվեդիա	87,115 (born in Iran, 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.
Շվեյցարիա	17,038 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

T 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Տաջիկստան	None found	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.
Տանզանիա	no count: historic Shirazi identity () ստուգված	No official statistics source has been reviewed here yet.
Թուրքիա	199,735 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված about 96,000 (Iranian citizens, 2024) երկրորդային	Residence permits are counted by citizenship, so Iranian citizens are partly visible.

U 3

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Արաբական Միացյալ Էմիրություններ	400,000 to 500,000 (community and media estimates; no official figure, 2023 to 2026) երկրորդային	Official statistics do not record Iranian origin.
Միացյալ Թագավորություն	109,168 (born in Iran, England and Wales, 2021) ստուգված 124,200 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	The census records country of birth, ethnic group write-ins and main language, so the community is visible.
Միացյալ Նահանգներ	750,000 (445,000 immigrants, 310,000 US-born) (Iranian Americans, Pew definition (born in Iran, ancestry or parent), 2024) ստուգված 431,405 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված 518,792 (ACS Iranian/Persian ancestry, ACS 2020-24) երկրորդային	The American Community Survey asks about ancestry and the language spoken at home, so the community is visible.

V 1

Երկիր	Թվեր	How statistics see the community
Վենեսուելա	80 (born in Iran (stock), 2024) ստուգված	Statistics record country of birth. Descendants born here are not visible.

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APA: Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Observatory. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/research/observatory/
Chicago: Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Observatory.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/research/observatory/.
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04 Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

Spatial Distribution Of Iranian Population In Canada: A Portrait Using The 2001 Census Data

Mehdi Gharakhlou, Andre Langlois · 2006 · University of Tehran, Faculty of Economics

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High Status Immigrants: A Statistical Profile of Iranians in the United States

M Bozorgmehr, G Sabagh · 1988 · Iranian Studies

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Sources, licences and fetch dates: OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23.

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