Iranian diaspora

People of Iranian ancestry outside Iran

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Iranian diaspora

Map of the Iranian diaspora in the world as of 2021

Total population
around 4,037,258 (2021)[1][2]
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

*     * Majority: Shia Islam
*     * Minority: Sunni Islam
* Zoroastrianism
* Christianity
* Baháʼí
* Judaism
* Irreligion

The Iranian diaspora refers to Iranian citizens or people of Iranian descent living outside Iran.[3]

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.[1][2] Many of them live in North America, Europe, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.[4][5] Other studies have estimated about 1.5 million or fewer Iranians living abroad.[6] Many of them migrated to other countries after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.[7][8]

By 2020s the country witnessed mass waves of immigration out of the country [fa]. With 100% rise just in 2023.A ministry of immigration has been proposed after reports indicated critical statistics mainly because of political instability.[9][10][11]

## Statistics by country[edit]

Map of the Iranian diaspora in the world as of 2021.

Iran

\+ 1,000,000

\+ 100,000

\+ 10,000

\+ 1,000

Popularity change of countries among Iranian Immigrants (2016–2021).[12] List of countries and territories by Iranian population  Country  | Iranian diaspora in 2021  | Article

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United States |  1,500,000 (2021)[12] | Iranian American
Canada |  400,000 (2021)[12] | Iranian Canadian
UAE |  357,000 (2021)[12] | Iranians in the United Arab Emirates
Germany |  317,105 (2022)[13] | Iranians in Germany
Israel | 200,000-250,000  | Iranian Jews in Israel
Sweden |  86,700(2023)[12] | Swedish Iranians
Turkey |  126,640 (2021)[12] | Immigration to Turkey
Australia |  126,500 (2021)[14] | Iranian Australians
Iraq |  110,920 (2021)  | Iranians in Iraq
France |  90,000 (2021)[12] | Iranians in France
United Kingdom |  90,000-400,000 (2021)[12][better source needed] | Iranians in the United Kingdom
Netherlands |  52,000 (2021)  | Iranians in the Netherlands
Austria |  40,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Austria
Kuwait |  400,000 (citizens of Iranian descent)[15]
38,000 (non-Kuwaiti, 2021)  | 'Ajam of Kuwait
Denmark |  32,700 (2021)  | Iranians in Denmark
Malaysia |  30,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Malaysia
Norway |  20,000 (2021)  | Norwegian Iranians
Switzerland |  20,000 (2021)  | Demographics of Switzerland
Belgium |  20,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Belgium
Qatar |  20,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Qatar
Georgia |  16,500 (2021)  | Iranians in Georgia
Italy |  14,009 (2022)[16] | Iranians in Italy
India |  12,760 (2021)  | Demographics of India
New Zealand |  12,000 (2021)  | Iranian New Zealander
Spain |  12,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Spain
Finland |  10,129 (2021)[17] | Iranians in Finland
Azerbaijan |  10,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Azerbaijan
Armenia |  10,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Armenia
Syria |  10,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Syria
Oman |  9,500 (2021)  | Omani Iranians
Tajikistan |  8,000 (2019)  | Iranians in Tajikistan
China |  7,780 (2021)  | Iranians in China
Lebanon |  5,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Lebanon
Thailand |  5,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Thailand
Cyprus |  5,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Cyprus
South Africa |  5,000 (2021)  | Iranians in South Africa
Japan |  4,237 (2022)[18] | Iranians in Japan
Ukraine |  4,200 (2021)  | Iranians in Ukraine
Hungary |  4,111 (2021)  | Iranians in Hungary
Pakistan |  3,950 (2021)  | Iranians in Pakistan
Afghanistan |  3,800 (2021)  | Iranian Afghans
Romania |  3,500 (2021)  | Iranians in Romania
Kazakhstan |  3,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Kazakhstan
Greece |  2,500 (2021)  | Demographics of Greece
Russia |  2,434 (2021)[19] | Iranians in Russia
Brazil |  2,000 (2021)  | Iranian Brazilians
Argentina |  2,000 (2021)  | Iranian Argentines
Poland |  2,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Poland
South Korea |  1,770 (2021)  | Iranians in South Korea
Philippines |  1,500 (2021)  | Iranians in the Philippines
Portugal |  1,215 (2021)  | Iranians in Portugal
Slovak Republic |  1,140 (2021)  | Iranians in Slovakia
Tajikistan |  1,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Tajikistan
Tanzania |  1,000 (2021)  | Iranian Tanzanians
Ireland |  1,000 (2021)  | Iranians in Ireland
Czech Republic |  1,000 (2021)  | Iranians in the Czech Republic
Mexico |  500 (2021)  | Iranian Mexicans
Bulgaria |  500 (2021)  | Iranians in Bulgaria
Egypt |  500 (2021)  | Iranians in Egypt
Kyrgyzstan |  500 (2021)  | Iranians in Kyrgyzstan
Estonia |  426 (2021)  | Iranians in Estonia
Hong Kong |  410 (2021)  | Iranians in Hong Kong
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |  400 (2021)  | Iranians in Venezuela
Indonesia |  400 (2021)  | Iranians in Indonesia
Colombia |  350 (2021)  | Iranian Colombians
Chile |  300 (2021)  | Iranian Chileans
Belarus |  227 (2021)  | Iranians in Belarus
Sudan |  225 (2021)  | Iranians in Belarus
Singapore |  200 (2021)  | Iranians in Singapore
Serbia |  171 (2021)  | Iranians in Serbia
Bolivia |  150 (2021)  | Iranian Bolivians
Slovenia |  125 (2021)  | Iranians in Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina |  110 (2021)  | Iranians in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jordan |  100 (2021)  | Iranians in Jordan
Kenya |  70 (2021)  | Iranians in Kenya
Ghana |  70 (2021)  | Ghanaian Iranians
Uruguay |  70 (2021)  | Iranian Uruguayans
Ivory Coast |  65 (2021)  | Iranian Ivorians
Croatia |  60 (2021)  | Iranians in Croatia
Turkmenistan |  54 (2021)  | Iranians in Turkmenistan
Uganda |  50 (2021)  | Iranians in Uganda
Tunisia |  47 (2021)  | Iranians in Tunisia
Senegal |  47 (2021)  | Iranians in Senegal
Bangladesh |  44 (2021)  | Iranians in Bangladesh
Mauritius |  41 (2021)  | Iranians in Mauritius
Vietnam |  40 (2021)  | Iranians in Vietnam
Nicaragua |  40 (2021)  | Iranian Nicaraguans
Democratic Republic of the Congo |  23 (2021)  | Iranians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brunei |  21 (2021)  | Iranians in Brunei
Algeria |  20 (2021)  | Iranians in Algeria
Gambia |  17 (2021)  | Iranians in Gambia
Niger |  15 (2021)  | Iranians in Niger
Nigeria |  15 (2021)  | Iranian Nigerians
Ethiopia |  12 (2021)  | Iranians in Ethiopia
Madagascar |  12 (2021)  | Iranians in Madagascar
Albania |  12 (2021)  | Iranians in Albania
North Macedonia |  11 (2021)  | Iranians in North Macedonia
Cameroon |  10 (2021)  | Iranian Cameroonians
Guinea |  10 (2021)  | Iranians in Guinea
Namibia |  10 (2021)  | Iranian Namibians
Burkina Faso |  6 (2021)  | Iranians in Burkina Faso
Cuba |  3 (2021)  | Iranian Cubans
Mali |  2 (2021)  | Mali Iranians
North Korea |  1 (2021)  | Iranians in North Korea
Saudi Arabia |  1 (2023)  | Iranians in Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka |  0 (2021)  | Iranians in Sri Lanka
West Asia and Other  |  2,433,000 (60,26%) (2021)  | Anglosphere
North, Central and South America |  1,905,813 (47,20%) (2021)  | Americas
Europe |  1,184,552 (29,34%) (2021)  | Europe
Total:  |  4,037,258 (2021)[12] | List of sovereign states and

dependent territories

by immigrant population

## Socioeconomic status[edit]

Nearly 60 percent of Iranians abroad have earned at least an undergraduate degree, and have one of the highest rates of self-employment among immigrant groups. Many have founded their own companies, including Isaac Larian, the founder of MGA Entertainment, and Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay in 1995 in San Jose, California. Iranian households in the United States earn on average $87,288 annually in 2018, and are ranked ninth by income.[20]

## Students abroad[edit]

See also: Higher education in Iran and Iran's brain drain

According to the Iranian government, 55,686 Iranian students were studying abroad in 2013:[21] 8,883 studied in Malaysia, 7,341 in the United States, 5,638 in Canada, 3,504 in Germany, 3,364 in Turkey, 3,228 in Britain, and the rest in other countries.[22][23] The Iranian Ministry of Education estimated that between 350,000 and 500,000 Iranians were studying outside Iran as of 2014.[24]

## Politics[edit]

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* Hrant Markarian, Chairman of Armenian Revolutionary Federation
* Sam Dastyari, Senator
* Seema Kennedy, Member of the House of Commons
* Haleh Afshar, Member of the House of Lords
* David Alliance, Member of the House of Lords
* Amir Khadir, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
* Reza Moridi, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* Majid Jowhari, Member of the Parliament of Canada
* Ali Ehsassi, Member of the Parliament of Canada
* Pouria Amirshahi, Former Member of the French National Assembly
* Mahmoud Khayami, founder of Iran Khodro
* Pierre Omidyar, investigative journalist for Honolulu Civil Beat and First Look Media, also founder of eBay
* Patrick Ali Pahlavi, member of the Pahlavi dynasty
* Yasmin Fahimi, general secretary of the Social Democratic Party
* Sahra Wagenknecht, Member of the Bundestag and deputy chairperson of the Left Party
* Omid Nouripour, Member of the Bundestag, (Alliance '90/The Greens)
* Moshe Katsav, President of Israel
* Dan Halutz, Chief of General Staff
* Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense
* Golriz Ghahraman, Member of New Zealand Parliament from the 52nd New Zealand Parliament part of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
* Farah Karimi, Member of the House of Representatives
* Mazyar Keshvari, Member of the Storting
* Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Public Administration
* Maryam Yazdanfar, Member of the Riksdag
* Reza Khelili Dylami, Member of the Riksdag
* Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
* Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
* Cyrus Habib, Member of the Washington House of Representatives
* Azita Raji, United States Ambassador to Sweden
* Bob Yousefian, Mayor of Glendale
* Jimmy Delshad, Mayor
* Ahmed Lari, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait
* Hassan Jawhar, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait
* Jenan Boushehri, Member of National Assembly of Kuwait

## Economics[edit]

See also: Foreign direct investment in Iran

In 2000, the Iran Press Service reported that Iranian expatriates had invested between $200 and $400 billion in the United States, Europe, and China, but almost nothing in Iran.[5] In Dubai, Iranian expatriates have invested an estimated $200 billion (2006).[25] Migrant Iranian workers abroad remitted less than two billion dollars home in 2006.[26]

### High net-worth individuals[edit]

See also: Social class in Iran and List of Iranians by net worth

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National ranking  | Name  | Citizenship  | Net worth (USD)  | Source(s) of wealth

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1 | Pierre Omidyar |

| 12.9 billion [27] | eBay
2 | Ghermezian family |

| 4.0 billion [28] | Triple Five Group
3 | Farhad Moshiri |

| 2.8 billion [29] | Metalloinvest, Everton
4 | Nazarian family |

| 2.0 billion [30] | Qualcomm
5 | Vincent & Robert Tchenguiz |

| 1.4 billion [31][32] | Real Estate
6 | Manny Mashouf |

| 1.3 billion [33] | Bebe stores
7 | Merage family |

| 1.1 billion [34] | Hot Pockets
8 | Nasser David Khalili |

| 1.0 billion [35] | Real Estate
9 | Hassan Khosrowshahi |

| 950 million [36] | Future Shop
10 | Omid Kordestani |

| 900 million [37] | Google
11 | Anousheh Ansari |

| 750 million [38] | Sonus Networks
12 | Isaac Larian |

| 723 million [37] | MGA Entertainment
13 | Arash Ferdowsi |

| 400 million [39] | Dropbox

### Expatriate fund[edit]

See also: Privatization in Iran § Iranian expatriates role, and Tehran Stock Exchange § Foreign portfolio investment

The fund's stated goal is to attract investment from Iranian expatriates and to use their experience in stimulating foreign investments.[40]

## Religious affiliation[edit]

See also: Religion in Iran and Irreligion in Iran

The Iranian diaspora has been commonly defined as a largely people from upper-middle classes,secular and as cultural or nominal Muslims; the majority of them do not take fundamental Islamic rituals, such as daily prayers or fasting, and having largely embraced Western secularism.[41] Some expatriate Iranians consider themselves irreligious, agnostic, or atheist.[42][43][44]

## Notes[edit]

In the period between 1961 and 2005, the United States became the main destination of Iranian emigrants. An estimated 378,995 Iranians have immigrated to the United States in that period, where Iranian immigrants have primarily immigrated to California (158,613 Iran-born in 2000),[45] New York (17,323),[45] Texas (15,581),[45] Virginia (10,889),[45] and Maryland (9,733).[45] The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area was estimated to be host to approximately 114,712 Iranian immigrants,[45] earning the Westwood area of Los Angeles the nickname Tehrangeles.

The US Census Bureau's decennial census form does not offer a designation for individuals of Iranian descent, and therefore it is estimated that only a fraction of the total number of Iranians are writing in their ancestry. The 2000 Census Bureau estimates that the Iranian American community (including the US-born children of the Iranian foreign born) numbers around 330,000. Studies using alternative statistical methods have estimated the actual number of Iranian Americans in the range of 691,000 to 1.2 million.[5][46]

## See also[edit]

* Iran portal

* Demography of Iran
* Foreign relations of Iran
* Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran
* Iran's brain drain
* Iranian nationality law
* Tourism in Iran
* Visa requirements for Iranian citizens

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## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iranian diaspora.

* History of Iranian diaspora \- Encyclopædia Iranica
* Country Profile - Iran Migration Policy Institute (including modern history of Iranian migration)
* Iranian Diaspora in pre-Islamic times
* High Council of Iranians Abroad\- "Strengthening the national identity of Iranians outside Iran and to defend their rights, helping the propagation of Persian calligraphy and language, and easing the participation in national security."
* Iranians Abroad - resources and links parstimes.com
* Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) (non-profit, non-partisan, and non-religious)
* Iranian diaspora \- press article (2009)
* Seminar for Iranians Abroad Held in Tehran on August 2010

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Ethnicity|

* Acehnese
* Burmese
* Filipinos
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* Vietnamese

West|

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residence|

| Africa|

* Nigeria
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Americas|

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* Latin America
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* Chinese
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* United States
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* Jews

Europe|

* France
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* Sweden
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* Central Asians
* East Asians
* South Asians
* Southeast Asians

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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