Kurds live in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan as well as in Diaspora communities across Europe and the Americas.
Kurdistan in south west Asia
The Kurds live in the countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Turkey. They are called a stateless nation as they don't have their own country and are scattered.
The Kurds primarily live in regions known as Kurdistan, which span across parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. However, they do not have an independent nation-state of their own. Instead, they live as a minority group within these countries.
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The people who go by the name Kurds do exist and live in an area covering Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. So there is a 'nation' called Kurds but they have no country of their own. However there is a province in Iran called Kurdistan. However it is in Turkey that the Kurds have been waging a struggle for freedom to have their own homeland.
The three countries with the largest indigenous Kurdish Populations are Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.
Around about 2500
Kurds mainly live in countries such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. They primarily inhabit mountainous regions and rural areas within these countries. There are also Kurdish communities in other parts of the world as a result of migration.
Kurds seek their own country because they have a distinct ethnic identity, culture, language, and history. They have faced oppression, discrimination, and marginalization in the countries where they reside, particularly in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The desire for autonomy and self-determination stems from a long history of seeking recognition and rights as a distinct people.
There are between 6.2 and 6.5 million Kurds in Iraq.
The Kurds belong to many different sects, most notably being the Sunni sect as the majority. There is also a the Shia sect from among Kurds, most from the Shia sect live in Iran and Iraq.
Most Kurds live in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. Each of these countries has a significant Kurdish population, with Turkey having the largest Kurdish population among them.