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The term Turkish diaspora refers to the estimated population of Turkish people in the world living outside of Turkey. Note that this differs from the Turkic peoples living mostly in Northern and Central Asia, who are distinct ethnic groups, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family.[1]

Turkish diaspora

Rank Country Capital Number of ethnic Turks Date of reference More information, remarks
-  Turkey Ankara 55,484,000[2]–57,680,000[3][4] 2007 Turkish people
Note: Turkey's total population: 72,100,000 (2005)[4]
1  Germany Berlin 2,180,000[5][6] – 2,637,000 [7] 2003 – 2006 Turks in Germany
2  France Paris 370,000[7] 2003 Turks in France
3  Netherlands Amsterdam 368,600[8] 2007 Turks in the Netherlands
4  Austria Vienna 200,000[7] 2003 Turks in Austria
5  Uzbekistan
 Tajikistan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
Tashkent
Dushanbe
Astana
Bishkek
197,000[9] 1979 Meskhetian Turks
6  Northern Cyprus Nicosia 150,000[10] – 177,000[9] 1995 - 2002 Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot diaspora
7  United States Washington, D.C. 164,945[11] 2005 Turks in the United States
8  Belgium Brussels 110.000[7] 2003 Turks in Belgium
9  Greece Athens 20,000[10] – 28,380[9] 2002 Muslim minority of Greece (excluding muslim Pomax)
10  Russia Moscow 92,415[12] 2002 Turks in Russia
11   Switzerland Berne 90,000[7] 2003
12  Macedonia Skopje 77,959[13] - 200,000[9] 2002 Turks in Macedonia
13  United Kingdom London 70,000[7] – 100,000[14] 2003 Turks in the United Kingdom
14  Australia Canberra 54,595[15] 2001 Turks in Australia
15  Denmark Copenhagen 53,000[7] 2003 Turks in Denmark
16  Kosovo (Serbia) Priština 50,000[16] [17] 1999 (est.) Turks in Kosovo
17  Sweden Stockholm 37,000[7] 2003 Turks in Sweden
18  Romania Bucharest 28,714[9] – 32,596[18] 2002 Turks of Romania
19  Canada Ottawa 24,910[19] 2001
20  Azerbaijan Baku 18,000[20] 1991
22  Iran Tehran 15,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Iranian Azeris, Iranian Turkmen, and Qashqai
23  Norway Oslo 14,084[21] 2006 Turks in Norway
24  Iraq Baghdad 12,000 – 20,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Iraqi Turkmen
25  Italy Rome 11,077[22] 2004
26  Syria Damascus 10,000[citation needed] est. Not including the Syrian Turkmen
27  Japan Tokyo 1,194[23] 2006 Turks in Japan
28  Liechtenstein Vaduz 884[citation needed]
29  Croatia Zagreb 300[citation needed]
30  Slovenia Ljubljana 259[citation needed]
Total (high) 5,957,260 63,637,260 (including Turkey)
Total (low) 5,102,630 60,586,630 (including Turkey)

See also

References

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  2. ^ Milliyet (2007-03-22). "Güncel: 55 milyon kişi 'etnik olarak' Türk ("Highlight: 55 million people of Turkish ethnicity")" (HTML) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2007-03-28.
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  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office of Germany (2006-03-28). "Zahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nahezu unverändert (The number of foreigners in Germany almost unchanged)" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-02-25.
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  14. ^ Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in London (2007). "Turks in Britain" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-07-09. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  15. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004-12-05). "2001 Census, 2054.0 Australian Census Analytic Program: Australians' Ancestries" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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  18. ^ National Institute of Statistics of Romania (March 2002). "Census of Population and Dwellings, March 18 - 27, 2002" (DOC). Retrieved 2007-01-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  19. ^ Statistics Canada (2001-05-15). "2001 Census, Topic-based Tabulations, Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-01-06.
  20. ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Report for Azerbaijan" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-02-26. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Statistics Norway (2006-05-18). "Immigrant population and persons with other immigrant background, by country background and sex. 1 January 2006 (Corrected 18 May 2006)" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  22. ^ Istat - Italian National Institute of Statistics (2004-12-31). "Foreigner Citizens. Demographic Balance for the year 2004 and Resident Population on 31st December" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  23. ^ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (June 2006). "Japan-Turkey Relations" (HTML). Retrieved 2007-01-06.

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