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Armenian populations exist throughout the world. Although Armenian diaspora communities have existed since ancient times, most of the Armenians living outside of Armenia today are either descendants of Armenian genocide survivors or more recent immigrants from post-Soviet Armenia. According to various estimates, the total number of ethnic Armenians in the world is 7 to 9 million,[9] with less than half living in Armenia.
The tables below list countries and territories where Armenians live according to official data and estimates by various individuals, organizations, and media. See also Historical Armenian population, Armenian population by urban area, Armenian-speakers by country and List of Armenian ethnic enclaves.
Estimates of ethnic Armenian populations may vary greatly because no reliable data is available for many countries. In France, Germany, Greece, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, among other countries, ethnicity has not been enumerated during any of the recent censuses and it is virtually impossible to determine the actual number of people of Armenian origin there. Although data for people of foreign origin (born abroad or having a foreign citizenship) is available for most European Union states, this does not present the whole picture and can hardly be taken as a source for the total number of Armenians, because in many countries, most prominently France, most ethnic Armenians are not from Armenia. Also, not all Armenian citizens and people born in Armenia are ethnic Armenians, but the overwhelming majority of them are as about 97.9% of the country's population is Armenian.[10] For other countries, such as Russia, the official number of Armenians is believed, by many, to have been underrated, because many migrant workers live in the country.
The following table lists all sovereign countries (member states of the United Nations), states with limited recognition (or unrecognized states), and dependent territories for which any data of Armenian population is available.
Country or territory[a] | Armenian ancestry | Armenian-born (of any ethnicity) |
Armenian citizens (of any ethnicity) | ||||||
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Official | Source | Low estimate | High estimate | Ref | |||||
Armenia * | 2,961,801 | 2011 census[11] | 2,700,000 | 3,000,000 | [b][13] | 2,821,026 | 2011[14] | 2,995,964 | 2011[15] |
Russia * | 946,172 | 2021 census[16] | 1,900,000 | 2,500,000 | [17] | 373,943 | 2021[18] | 23,517 | 2021[19] |
United States * | 457,228 | 2021 ACS[20] | 500,000 | 1,500,000 | [21] | 101,757 | 2019[22] | 26,611 | 2017[23] |
France * | — | 300,000 | 600,000 | [24] | 21,012 | 2019[22] | 22,054 | 2014[23] | |
Georgia *[c] | 168,102 | 2014 census[25] | 170,000 | 250,000 | [26] | 12,736 | 2019[22] | 3,784 | 2014[27] |
Ukraine * | 99,900 | 2001 census[28] | 120,000 | 150,000 | [29] | 47,780 | 2019[22] | ||
Canada * | 68,855 | 2021 census[30] | 80,000 | 100,000 | [31] | 4,435 | 2019[22] | 2,120 | 2016[32] |
Argentina * | — | 50,000 | 150,000 | [33] | 570 | 2019[22] | |||
Lebanon * | — | 53,000 | 70,000 | [34][35] | 25,000 | 2020[36] | |||
Turkey * | — | 50,000 | 70,000 | [34][37] | 1,076 | 2019[22] | 1,580 | 2018[38] | |
Abkhazia *[d] | 41,875 | 2021 estimate[39] | 50,000 | 55,000 | [40] | ||||
Australia * | 19,241 | 2016 census[41] | 45,000 | 60,000 | [42] | 1,629 | 2019[22] | ||
Uzbekistan * | 50,537 | 1989 census[43] | 42,359 | 55,000 | [44] | 5,857 | 2019[22] | ||
Germany * | — | 40,000 | 60,000 | [45] | 21,263 | 2019[22] | 26,765 | 2020[46] | |
Iran * | — | 40,000 | 70,000 | [34][47] | 2,438 | 2019[22] | |||
Bulgaria * | 6,552 | 2011 census[48] | 30,000 | 50,000 | [49] | 1,840 | 2019[22] | 1,196 | 2018[50] |
Belgium * | — | 30,000 | 50,000 | [51] | 1,607 | 2019[22] | 4,794 | 2018[50] | |
Belarus * | 9,392 | 2019 census[52] | 10,000 | 35,000 | [53] | 5,656 | 2019[22] | 1,622 | 2009[54] |
Syria * | — | 25,000 | 28,000 | [55] | |||||
Greece * | — | 20,000 | 40,000 | [56] | 13,923 | 2019[22] | 5,317 | 2017[23] | |
Brazil * | — | 20,000 | 40,000 | [57][58][59] | 70 | 2019[22] | |||
Turkmenistan * | 33,638 | 1995 census[60] | 20,000 | 30,000 | [61][62] | 7,067 | 2019[22] | ||
United Kingdom * | — | 18,000 | 30,000 | [63] | 1,589 | 2019[22] | |||
Kazakhstan * | 13,776 | 2009 census[64] | 15,000 | 25,000 | [65] | 9,555 | 2019[22] | 993 | 2009[66] |
Uruguay * | — | 15,000 | 20,000 | [67][68] | 60 | 2017[69] | |||
Spain * | — | 12,000 | 40,000 | [70] | 12,861 | 2021[71] | 10,851 | 2017[23] | |
Netherlands * | 8,374 | 2021[e] | 10,000 | 40,000 | [73] | 925 | 2019[22] | 1,175 | 2018[50] |
Iraq * | — | 10,000 | 15,000 | [74] | |||||
Austria * | — | 6,000 | 7,000 | [75] | 3,340 | 2021[76] | 3,164 | 2021[76] | |
Hungary * | 3,293 | 2011 census[77] | 6,000 | 15,000 | [78][79] | 194 | 2019[22] | 211 | 2018[50] |
Czech Republic * | — | 6,000 | 12,000 | [80][81] | 1,954 | 2019[22] | 1,916 | 2018[82] | |
Sweden * | — | 5,000 | 13,000 | [83] | 3,348 | 2019[22] | 1,577 | 2018[50] | |
Poland * | 3,000 | 2011 census[84] | 5,000 | 30,000 | [85][86] | 2,228 | 2019[22] | 1,522 | 2011[87] |
Israel * | — | 5,000 | 10,000 | [88] | |||||
Egypt * | — | 5,000 | 8,000 | [89][90] | 158 | 2019[22] | |||
Moldova *[f] | 1,000 | 2014 census[91] | 5,000 | 10,000 | [92] | 229 | 2019[93] | ||
United Arab Emirates * | — | 5,000 | 11,000 | [94][95] | |||||
Latvia * | 2,549 | 2023 data[96] | 4,500 | 5,000 | [97][98] | 667 | 2019[22] | 226 | 2018[50] |
Switzerland * | — | 4,000 | 6,000 | [99] | 1,107 | 2019[22] | 738 | 2018[50] | |
Kuwait * | — | 3,000 | 10,000 | [103] | |||||
Cyprus * | 1,831 | 2011 census[g] | 3,000 | 3,500 | [105] | 1,228 | 2019[22] | 600 | 2011[104] |
Jordan * | — | 3,000 | 5,000 | [106][107] | 26 | 2019[22] | |||
Venezuela * | — | 3,000 | 4,000 | [58][108] | 33 | 2019[22] | |||
Italy * | — | 2,000 | 5,000 | [109] | 1,630 | 2019[22] | 1,137 | 2018[50] | |
Romania * | 1,361 | 2011 census[110] | 2,000 | 3,000 | [111] | 95 | 2019[22] | 99 | 2018[50] |
Lithuania * | 1,233 | 2011 census[112] | 1,500 | 2,500 | [113] | 404 | 2019[22] | 174 | 2018[50] |
Estonia * | 1,583 | 2019 estimate[114] | 1,400 | 2,000 | [115][116] | 693 | 2019[22] | 250 | 2018[50] |
Denmark * | — | 1,200 | 3,000 | [117][118] | 989 | 2021[119] | 400 | 2021[119] | |
Norway * | 413 | 2022 estimate[120] | 1,000 | 2,000 | [121] | 347 | 2019[22] | 126 | 2018[50] |
Tajikistan * | 434 | 2010 census[122] | 1,000 | 1,500 | [123][124] | 193 | 2019[22] | ||
Transnistria[h] | 807 | 2015 census[125] | 1,000 | 1,500 | [126] | ||||
Kyrgyzstan * | 793 | 2019 estimate[127] | 900 | 3,000 | [128][129] | 2,331 | 2019[22] | ||
Slovakia * | — | 700 | 1,000 | [130] | 161 | 2019[22] | 59 | 2018[50] | |
Chile * | — | 600 | 1,500 | [131][58] | 40 | 2019[22] | |||
Albania * | — | 400 | 800 | [132][133] | |||||
Mexico * | — | 400 | 1,500 | [134][135] | 104 | 2019[22] | 103 | 2017[23] | |
China *[i] | — | 500 | 1,000 | [136][137] | 470 | 2020[138] | |||
Palestine (West Bank) | — | 500 | 1,000 | [139][140] | |||||
Costa Rica | — | 400 | 400 | [141] | 7 | 2019[22] | |||
Nicaragua * | — | 380 | 380 | [141] | |||||
Qatar * | — | 350 | 600 | [142][143] | |||||
South Ossetia[j] | 378 | 2015 census[144] | 300 | 800 | [145] | ||||
South Africa * | — | 300 | 350 | [146] | |||||
North Macedonia * | — | 300 | 300 | [147] | |||||
Serbia * | 222 | 2011 census[148] | 250 | 300 | [149] | 160 | 2019[22] | ||
Libya | — | 270 | 270 | [22] | 270 | 2019[22] | |||
Finland * | 316 | 2019 estimate[150] | 200 | 700 | [151] | 145 | 2019[22] | 74 | 2018[50] |
Malta * | — | 200 | 500 | [152] | 61 | 2019[22] | 10 | 2008[87] | |
New Zealand * | 276 | 2018 census[153] | 200 | 220 | [154] | 48 | 2013[155] | ||
Philippines | — | 139 | 139 | [22] | 139 | 2019[22] | |||
Ireland | — | 150 | 500 | [156] | 58 | 2019[22] | 135 | 2018[50] | |
India * | — | 150 | 200 | [157][158] | |||||
Portugal * | — | 100 | 110 | [159] | 101 | 2019[22] | 102 | 2018[50] | |
Luxembourg * | — | 103 | 105 | [160][161] | 103 | 2018[160] | 105 | 2020[161] | |
Hong Kong | — | 100 | 100 | [162] | |||||
Monaco | — | 100 | 100 | [163] | 6 | 2016[164] | 7[k] | 2016[165] | |
Cuba * | — | 80 | 80 | [166] | 3 | 2017[69] | |||
Ethiopia * | — | 80 | 100 | [167][168] | |||||
Singapore * | — | 80 | 100 | [169] | |||||
Japan * | — | 70 | 100 | [170] | 46 | 2017[23] | |||
South Korea | — | 65 | 70 | [171] | 69 | 2016[23] | |||
Namibia | — | 64 | 64 | [22] | 64 | 2019[22] | |||
Nigeria | — | 60 | 60 | [172] | |||||
Sudan | — | 50 | 50 | [173] | |||||
Malaysia | — | 45 | 50 | [174] | |||||
Thailand * | — | 40 | 50 | [175] | |||||
Bahrain * | — | 30 | 100 | [176][177] | |||||
Ecuador * | — | 36 | 36 | [22] | 36 | 2019[22] | |||
Morocco * | — | 100 | 110 | [178] | |||||
Croatia | 37 | 2011 census[179] | 15 | 15 | [180] | ||||
Taiwan | — | 21 | 21 | [181] | 21 | 2021[181] | |||
Colombia * | — | 16 | 16 | [69] | 16 | 2017[69] | |||
Slovenia * | — | 8 | 18 | [50][22] | 18 | 2019[22] | 8 | 2018[50] | |
Liechtenstein | — | 9 | 10 | [50][160] | 10 | 2018[160] | 9 | 2018[50] | |
Kenya * | — | 11 | 11 | [69] | 11 | 2017[69] | |||
Tunisia | — | 9 | 9 | [182] | 9 | 2011[182] | |||
Swaziland | — | 8 | 8 | [183] | |||||
Guinea | — | 8 | 8 | [22] | 8 | 2019[22] | |||
Dominican Republic * | — | 8 | 8 | [69] | 8 | 2017[69] | |||
Panama | — | 6 | 6 | [184] | 6 | 2010[184] | |||
Iceland | — | 2 | 10 | [50][22] | 10 | 2019[22] | 2 | 2018[50] | |
Puerto Rico * | 7 | 2018 ACS[185] | 7 | 7 | [185] | ||||
Bolivia * | — | 5 | 5 | [22] | 5 | 2019[22] | |||
Bermuda * | — | 4 | 4 | [69] | 4 | 2017[69] | |||
El Salvador * | — | 4 | 4 | [69] | 4 | 2017[69] | |||
Peru * | — | 1 | 1 | [69] | 1 | 2017[69] | |||
Faroe Islands *[l] | — | 1 | 1 | [186] | 1 | 2020[186] |
The following countries have Armenian populations of uncertain number; while population figures are not known definitively, Armenians are known to be present, even if relatively few:
African countries reported to have Armenians in the 1980s:[205][206]
The following countries previously had Armenian residents, but now record no Armenian population:
The number of Armenian-speakers by country according to government sources, including censuses and official estimates:
Country/territory[m] | Armenian speakers | Note | Source |
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Armenia | 2,956,615 | "Mother tongue" | 2011 census[208] |
Russia | 829,345 | "Native language" | 2010 census[209][210] |
660,935 | "Language proficiency" | ||
United States | 240,402 | "Language Spoken at Home" | 2010 ACS[211] |
Georgia | 144,812 | "Native language" | 2014 census[212] |
Artsakh[n] | 142,323 | "Mother tongue" | 2015 census[213] |
Ukraine | 51,847 | "Mother tongue" | 2001 census[214][215] |
Canada | 35,790 | "Mother tongue" | 2016 census[216][217] |
21,510 | "Language spoken most often at home" | ||
Australia | 10,205 | "Language spoken at home" | 2016 census[218] |
Bulgaria | 5,615 | "Mother tongue" | 2011 census[219] |
Belarus | 5,245 | "Mother tongue" | 2019 census[220] |
1,710 | "Language spoken most often at home" | ||
Poland | 2,115 | "Mother tongue" | 2011 census[221] |
1,847 | "Language used in home relations" | ||
Cyprus | 1,409 | 2011 census[222] | |
Romania | 739 | 2011 census[223] | |
Lithuania | 575 | "Mother tongue" | 2011 census[224] |
Hungary | 444 | "Mother tongue" | 2011 census[225] |
Finland | 316 | 2019 estimate[226] | |
Tajikistan | 219 | "Mother tongue" | 2010 census[227] |