|population = حدود ۷میلیون۸-۱۱میلیون۱۰٪ نفر<ref name="Iran Provinces">{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/uir.html|title=Iran Provinces|work=statoids.com}}</ref><ref name="AtlasA-Z Iran">{{cite book |chapter=Country Factfiles — Iran |title=Atlas A–Z |edition=Fourth |editor1-first=Ben|editor1-last=Hoare |editor2-first=Margaret|editor2-last=Parrish |location=London |publisher=[[دورلینگ کیندرزلی]] Publishing |date=1 March 2010 |isbn=978-0-7566-5862-5 |page=238 |quote=Population: 74.2 million; Religions: Shi'a Muslim 91%, Sunni Muslim 8%, other 1%; Ethnic Mix: Persian 50%, Azari 24%, other 10%, Kurd 8%, Lur and [[مردم بختیاری]] 8%<!--|accessdate=2 August 2015Verified with PDF scan. Not certain of copyright status of that scan, so not adding URL to it. -->}}</ref><ref name="CIAonline">{{cite book |title=World Factbook |edition=Online |date=2015 |publisher=US [[سیا]] |location=Langley, Virginia |issn=1553-8133 |url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ |accessdate=2 August 2015}} A rough estimate in this edition has populations of 14.3 million in Turkey, 8.2 million in Iran, about 5.6 to 7.4 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in [[سوریه]]، which adds up to approximately 28–30 million Kurds in Kurdistan or adjacient regions. CIA estimates are {{از تاریخ|lc=y|2015|08}} – Turkey: Kurdish 18%, of 81.6 million; Iran: Kurd 10%, of 81.82 million; Iraq: Kurdish 15%-20%, of 37.01 million, Syria: Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%, of 17.01 million.</ref><ref name="KHRP">{{cite book |title=The Kurds: Culture and Language Rights |url=https://archive.org/details/kurdsiniraqpastp0000yild |first1=Kerim|last1=Yildiz |first2=Georgina|last2=Fryer |publisher=Kurdish Human Rights Project |date=2004}} Data: 18% of Turkey, 20% of Iraq, 8% of Iran, 9.6%+ of Syria; plus 1–2 million in neighboring countries and the diaspora</ref>
