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The '''Armenian diaspora''' refers to the communities of ] outside ] and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. However, the modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of ], when the ] which was committed by the ] forced ] who were living in their homeland to flee from it or risk being killed.<ref name=RHansen /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lewis|first=Martin W.|editor-last=Berlatsky|editor-first=Noah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XoFmDwAAQBAJ|title=The Armenian Genocide|date=2015-05-27|publisher=Greenhaven Publishing LLC|isbn=978-0-7377-7319-4|language=en|chapter=The Armenian Diaspora Is An Ongoing Phenomenon|pages=66–72}}</ref> Another wave of emigration started during the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diaspora - Armenian Diaspora Communities|url=http://diaspora.gov.am/en/diasporas|access-date=2021-11-04|website=diaspora.gov.am|language=en}}</ref>


The ] established in 2019 is in charge of coordinating and developing Armenia's relations with the diaspora.
The '''Armenian diaspora''' refers to the communities of ] outside the ] including the self-proclaimed ''de facto'' independent ]. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. However, the modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of the ] of 1915, when the Armenians living in their ancestral homeland in eastern ]—known as ] to Armenians—were systematically exterminated by the Turkish government.<ref name=RHansen />


==Terminology== ==Terminology==
In Armenian, the diaspora is referred to as '''spyurk''' ({{IPA-hy|spʰjurkʰ|pron}}), spelled սփիւռք in ] and սփյուռք in ]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Dufoix|first=Stéphane|title=Diasporas|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley, California|isbn=9780520253599|page=84}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Harutyunyan|first=Arus|title=Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization|year=2009|publisher=Western Michigan University|isbn=9781109120127|page=56}}</ref> In the past, the word '''gaghut''' (] {{IPA-hy|ɡɑˈʁutʰ|pron}}) was mostly used to refer to the Armenian communities outside the ]. It is borrowed from the Aramaic (Classical Syriac) cognate<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Hrachia Adjarian|last=Ačaṙean|first=Hračʿeay|title=Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran|trans_title=Dictionary of Armenian Root Words|year=1971–1979|publisher=Yerevan University Press|location=Yerevan|volume=1|page=}}</ref> of Hebrew '']'' ({{lang|he|גלות|}}).<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world|year=2004|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|location=Dordrecht, Netherlands|isbn=9780306483219|author=Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian A. Skoggard|page=37}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Diaspora: Volume 1, Issue 1|year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195070811}}</ref> In Armenian, the diaspora is referred to as '''spyurk''' ({{IPA-hy|spʰʏrkʰ|pron}}), spelled սփիւռք in ] and սփյուռք in ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dufoix|first=Stéphane|title=Diasporas|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley, California|isbn=978-0-520-25359-9|page=84}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Harutyunyan|first=Arus|title=Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization|year=2009|publisher=Western Michigan University|isbn=978-1-109-12012-7|page=56}}</ref> In the past, the word '''gaghut''' (] {{IPA-hy|ɡɑˈʁutʰ|pron}}) was used mostly to refer to the Armenian communities outside the ]. It is borrowed from the Aramaic (Classical Syriac) cognate<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Hrachia Adjarian|last=Ačaṙean|first=Hračʿeay|title=Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran|trans-title=Dictionary of Armenian Root Words|year=1971–1979|publisher=Yerevan University Press|location=Yerevan|volume=1|page=}}</ref> of Hebrew '']'' (גלות).<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world|year=2004|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|location=Dordrecht, Netherlands|isbn=978-0-306-48321-9|author1=Melvin Ember |author2=Carol R. Ember |author3=Ian A. Skoggard |page=37}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Diaspora: Volume 1, Issue 1|year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-507081-1}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
The Armenian diaspora has been present for over seventeen hundred years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Herzig|first=Edmund|title=The Armenians: Past And Present In The Making Of National Identity|page=126|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kEVR88DKpGgC&pg=PA126&dq=armenian+diaspora+history&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gpeTT5GhCrKd6AGJjO2QBA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=armenian%20diaspora%20history&f=false}}</ref> The modern Armenian diaspora was formed largely after the ] as a result of the ]. According to ], "Both in the past and today, the Armenian communities around the world have developed in significantly different ways within the constraints and opportunities found in varied host cultures and countries."<ref name=RHansen>{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Randall|title=Immigration and asylum: from 1900 to the present|pages=13|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2c6ifbjx2wMC&pg=PA13&dq=armenians+around+the+world&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RZqTT_n2E8ee6AG_g82BBA&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=armenians%20around%20the%20world&f=false}}</ref> The Armenian diaspora has been present for over 1,700 years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Herzig|first=Edmund|title=The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity|page=126|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kEVR88DKpGgC&pg=PA126 |isbn=9780203004937|date=2004-12-10|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref> The modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed after ] as a result of the ]. According to ], "Both in the past and today, the Armenian communities around the world have developed in significantly different ways within the constraints and opportunities found in varied host cultures and countries."<ref name=RHansen>{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Randall|title=Immigration and asylum: from 1900 to the present|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2c6ifbjx2wMC&pg=PA13 }}</ref>


In the fourth century, Armenian communities already existed outside ]. ] Armenian communities emerged in the ] and ] empires, and they also defended the eastern and northern borders of the ].<ref name="Encyclopedia of Diasporas"/> In order to populate the less populated areas of Byzantium, Armenians were relocated to those regions. Some Armenians converted to Greek Orthodoxy while retaining ] as their primary language, whereas others remained in the ] despite pressure from official authorities. A growing number of Armenians migrated to ] during the course of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as a result of the Seljuk Turk invasions. After the fall of the kingdom to the ] and loss of Armenian statehood in 1375, up to 150,000 went to ], ], and ].<ref name="Encyclopedia of Diasporas">{{cite book | last1 =Ember | first1 =Melvin | last2 =Ember | first2 =Carol R. | last3 =Skoggard | first3 =Ian | title =Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures around the World | publisher =Springer | year =2004 | isbn =0-306-48321-1 | pages =36–43}}</ref> The Armenian diaspora is also notable for its historical ] throughout Asia in the ] and in the Early Modern Period, in countries such as China, India, and Iran, many of whom rose to high positions within the various Asian royal courts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebouh Aslanian — On the Boundaries of History: The Armenian Diaspora of the Early Modern Period |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8b4Smx02pk |date=23 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Halton |first1=Dan |last2=Constantine |first2=Laura L. |title=Rise and Shine {{!}} AGBU |url=https://agbu.org/silk-road-2020/rise-shine |website=agbu.org |language=en}}</ref> Although an Armenian diaspora existed during ] and the Middle Ages, it grew in size due to emigration from the ], ], ], and the ].
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish nationalists led by ] took the region of Western Armenia. As a result of the genocide, Armenians were forced to flee to different parts of the world (approximately half a million in number) and created new Armenian communities far from their native land. Through marriage and procreation, the number of Armenians in the diaspora who trace their lineage to those Armenians who survived and fled ] is now several million. Since the breakup of the ], approximately one million Armenians have joined the diaspora largely as a result of difficult economic conditions in ]. Jivan Tabibian, an Armenian scholar and former diplomat in Armenia said, Armenians "are not place bound, but... are intensely place- conscious."<ref name=ediaspora>{{cite book|last=Ember|first=Melvin|title=Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World|year=2005|pages=46|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7QEjPVyd9YMC&pg=PA46&dq=Jivan+Abrahamian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YTueT9LBLqLH6AGYoITqDg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Jivan%20Abrahamian&f=false}}</ref>


The Armenian diaspora is divided into two communities &ndash; those communities from Ottoman Armenia (or ]) and those communities which are from the former ], independent Armenia and Iran (or ]).
In the fourth century, Armenian communities already existed outside of Greater Armenia. Diasporic Armenian communities emerged in the ] and ] empires, and also to defend eastern and northern borders of the ].<ref name="Encyclopedia of Diasporas"/> In order to populate the less populated areas of Byzantium, Armenians were relocated to those regions. Some Armenians converted to Greek Orthodoxy while retaining Armenian as their language, whereas others stubbornly clung on to remain in the Armenian Church despite pressure from official authorities. A growing number of Armenians voluntarily migrated or were compelled to move to Cilicia during the course of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. After the fall of the kingdom to the ] and loss of Armenian statehood in 1375, up to 150,000 went to ], ], and ].<ref name="Encyclopedia of Diasporas">{{cite book | last1 =Ember | first1 =Melvin | last2 =Ember | first2 =Carol R. | last3 =Skoggard | first3 =Ian | title =Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures around the World | publisher =Springer | year =2004 | isbn =0-306-48321-1 | pages =36–43}}</ref> Although an Armenian ] existed during ] and the ], it grew in size due to emigration from the ] and ] and the ].


], such as ], do not consider themselves a part of the Armenian Diaspora, since they have been living in their historical homeland for more than four thousand years.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Baronian |first1=Marie-Aude |url=https://brill.com/view/title/30915 |title=Diaspora and Memory: Figures of Displacement in Contemporary Literature, Arts and Politics |last2=Besser |first2=Stephan |last3=Jansen |first3=Yolande |date=2006-01-01 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-94-012-0380-7 |doi=10.1163/9789401203807_006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Baser |first1=Bahar |last2=Swain |first2=Ashok |date=2009 |title=Diaspora Design Versus Homeland Realities: Case Study of Armenian Diaspora |url=https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/10967 |language=en|journal=Caucasian Review of International Affairs|page=57}}</ref> They are not considered part of the diaspora either by the ] ]: "Diaspora represents all the Armenians who live beyond the Armenian Highland. In this context, we have singled out the Armenians of Istanbul and those living on the territory of Western Armenia. Those people have inhabited the lands for thousands of years, and they are not considered Diaspora ."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister denies calling Armenians 'Diaspora representatives' in Istanbul |url=https://www.tert.am/en/news/2011/05/12/diaspora-minister-hurriyet/279878 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=www.tert.am |language=en}}</ref>
The Armenian diaspora is divided into two communities &ndash;those from Ottoman Armenia or Western Armenian and those who are from the former Soviet Union and the independent Republic of Armenia.


Before 1870, 60 Armenian immigrants settled in New England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bakalian|first=Anny P.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24538802|title=Armenian-Americans : from being to feeling Armenian|date=1993|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=1-56000-025-2|location=New Brunswick (U.S.A.)|oclc=24538802}}</ref> Armenian immigration rose to 1,500 by the end of the 1880s, and rose to 2,500 in the mid-1890s due to massacres caused by the Ottoman Empire. Armenians who immigrated to the United States before WWI were primarily from Asia Minor and settled on the East Coast.<ref name=":0" />
Armenians of the modern Republic of Turkey do not consider themselves as part of the Armenian Diaspora, since they believe that they continue residing in their historical homeland.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
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The Armenian diaspora grew considerably both during and after the ] due to the ] of the ].<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Harutyunyan |first=Arus |title=Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization |date=April 2009 |degree=PhD |publisher=Western Michigan University |url=https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/667}}</ref> In the year 1910, over 5,500 Armenians immigrated to the United States, and by 1913, 9,355 more Armenians entered the North American borders.<ref name=":0" /> As World War I approached, the rate of Armenian immigration rose to about 60,000. In 1920 and until the ], 30,771 Armenians came to the United States; the immigrants were predominantly widowed women, children, and orphans.<ref name=":0" /> Although many Armenians perished during the ], some of the Armenians who managed to escape, established themselves in various parts of the world.


By 1966, around 40 years after the start of the Armenian genocide, 2 million Armenians still lived in Armenia, while 330,000 Armenians lived in Russia, and 450,000 Armenians lived in the ] and ].<ref name="Cohen 2010 48–63">{{Cite book|last=Cohen|first=Robin|title=Global Diasporas: An Introduction|publisher=Routledge|year=2010|pages=48–63}}</ref>
The Armenian diaspora grew considerably during and after the ] due to dissolution of the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Harutyunyan|first=Arus|title=Contesting National Identities in an Ethnically Homogeneous State: The Case of Armenian Democratization|publisher=Western Michigan University|page=192|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tTc8Pt8mX6wC&pg=PA192&dq=armenian+diaspora+history&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZZiTT97KF-fH6AGBx4WWBA&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=armenian%20diaspora%20history&f=false}}</ref> Although many Armenians perished during the ], some of the Armenians managed to escape, and established themselves in various parts of the world.

In the United States, the rate of immigration increased after the ] was passed in 1965.<ref name=":0" /> The outbreak of the ] in 1975 and the outbreak of the ] during 1978 were factors which pushed Armenians to immigrate. The 1980 U.S. Census reported that 90 percent of the immigration to the United States was undertaken by Iranian-Armenians during the years from 1975 and 1980.<ref name=":0" />


==Distribution== ==Distribution==
{{see also|Armenian population by urban areas}} {{main|Armenian population by country}}
{{See also|Historical Armenian population}}
Today, the Armenian diaspora refers to communities of ] living outside the ] and the ], since these regions form part of Armenians' indigenous homeland. The total Armenian population living worldwide is estimated to be 11,000,000.


Less than one third of the world's Armenian population lives in Armenia. Their pre-] population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the ], northern part of ], and the ].<ref name="Encyclopedia of diasporas">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world|year=2004|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|location=Dordrecht, Netherlands|isbn=978-0-306-48321-9|author1=Melvin Ember |author2=Carol R. Ember |author3=Ian A. Skoggard |page=36|quote=Currently, only one-sixth of that land is inhabited by Armenians, due first to variously coerced emigrations and finally to the genocide of the Armenian inhabitants of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1915.}}</ref>
Of those, approximately 3 million live in Armenia, 130,000 in the unrecognized '']'' independent ] and 120,000 in the region of ] in neighboring Georgia. This leaves approximately 7,000,000 in diaspora (with the largest populations in Russia, the United States, France, Argentina, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Canada, Ukraine, Greece, and Australia).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6382703.stm|accessdate=2008-09-05|title=Armenia seeks to boost population|agency=]|date=2007-02-21|title=Armenia seeoost population|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080903224928/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6382703.stm|archivedate=3 September 2008}}</ref>


By 2000, there were 7,580,000 Armenians living abroad in total.<ref name="Cohen 2010 48–63"/>
Less than half of the world's Armenian population lives in Armenia. Their pre-] population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the ], northern part of ], ], ] and ] regions of ]. These regions were part of the Ottoman empire and other states.<ref name="Encyclopedia of diasporas">{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of diasporas: immigrant and refugee cultures around the world|year=2004|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|location=Dordrecht, Netherlands|isbn=9780306483219|author=Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian A. Skoggard|page=36|quote=Currently, only one-sixth of that land is inhabited by Armenians, due first to variously coerced emigrations and finally to the genocide of the Armenian inhabitants of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1915.}}</ref>


==See also==
=== Population by country===
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The table below lists countries and territories where at least a few Armenians live, with their number according to official data and estimates by various organizations and media.
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==Sources==
Estimates may vary greatly, because no reliable data are available for some countries. In France, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Germany and many other countries, ethnicity was never enumerated during population censuses and it is virtually impossible to determine the actual number of Armenians living there. Data on people of foreign origin (born abroad or having a foreign citizenship) is available for most European Union countries, but doesn't present the whole picture and can hardly be taken as a source for the number of Armenians, because in many countries, most prominently France, most Armenians aren't from the Republic of Armenia and they don't have any legal connection with their ancestral homeland. 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.<ref>{{cite book|title=The CIA World Factbook 2012|year=2012|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc.|location=New York|isbn=978-1-61608-332-8|author=]|chapter=}}</ref>
*{{cite book|last=Ayvazyan|first=Hovhannes|script-title=hy:Հայ Սփյուռք հանրագիտարան|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Armenian Diaspora|volume=1|year=2003|isbn=5-89700-020-4|publisher=Armenian Encyclopedia publishing|location=Yerevan|language=hy}}

*{{cite book|last=de Waal|first=Thomas|title=]|year=2003|publisher=New York University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8147-1945-9|author-link=Thomas de Waal}}
For other countries, such as Russia, the official number of Armenians is believed, by many, to have been underrated, because many ]s live in the country.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size:100%;width:100%"
|+List of countries and territories by Armenian population
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Country/territory
! scope="col" | Official data (latest available)
! scope="col" | Estimations or unofficial data
! scope="col" | Article
|-
| 1
! scope="row" | {{flag|Russia}}
| {{nts|1,182,388}} <small>(2010 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab5.xls|title=Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации |publisher=]|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|2200000}} 1,500,000,<ref name="Gibney"/> 2,500,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=В России проживает более 2,5 млн армян|trans_title=2,5 million Armenians live in Russia|url=http://ria.ru/society/20021216/282886.html|agency=]|date=16 December 2002|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref> 2,900,000<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical dictionary of the Russian Federation|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=978-0-8108-5475-8|author=Robert A. Saunders, Vlad Struko|page=50}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 2
! scope="row" | {{flag|United States}}
| {{nts|483,366}} <small>(2011 ])</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|url=http://ia601608.us.archive.org/26/items/2011AmericanCommunitySurveyAncestry/2011Acs.pdf|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|1235000}} 1,000,000,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/04/23/commentary-a-million-person-march-on-washington/|title=Commentary: A Million Person March on Washington|last=Azadian|first=Edmond Y.|date=23 April 2012|newspaper=]|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> 1,500,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1365|title=Barack Obama on the Importance of US-Armenia Relations|date=19 January 2008|publisher=]|accessdate=24 July 2012}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 3
! scope="row" | {{flag|France}}
| {{nts|12,355}} <small>(2005, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth">{{cite web|title=Population by sex, age group and country of birth|url=http://archive.org/download/Armenian-bornPopulationInTheEuropeanUnion/CountryOfBirth.xls|publisher=Eurostat|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|450000}} 300,000,<ref name="Gibney">{{cite book|last=Gibney|first=Matthew J.|title=Immigration and asylum: from 1900 to the present|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-57607-796-2|page=13}}</ref> 400,000,<ref name="Auron">{{cite book|last=Auron|first=Yair|authorlink=Yair Auron|title=The banality of denial: Israel and the Armenian genocide|year=2005|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick, New Jersey|isbn=978-0-7658-0834-9|page=67}}</ref> 500,000,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2012/01/23/french-senate-eyes-genocide-bill-turkey-bristles/|title=French Senate Eyes Genocide Bill; Turkey Bristles|date=23 January 2012|newspaper=]|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> 750,000<ref name="Taylor">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Tony|title=Denial: history betrayed|year=2008|publisher=]|location=Carlton, Victoria|isbn=978-0-522-85482-4|page=4}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 4
! scope="row" | {{flag|Georgia}}
| {{nts|248,929}} <small>(2002 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.ge/index_eng.htm|title=The State Department for Statistics of Georgia}}.</ref>
|
| ]
|-
| 5
! scope="row" | {{flag|Ukraine}}
| {{nts|99,894}} <small>(2001 census)</small><ref name="Ukraine 2001 Census">{{citation|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/nationality_population/nationality_1/s5/?botton=cens_db&box=5.1W&k_t=00&p=20&rz=1_1&rz_b=2_1%20&n_page=2|title=The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue|year=2001|publisher=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine|publication-place=Kiev |accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|130000}} 100,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Украина - Родина для 100 тысяч украинских армян |url=http://inter.ua/ru/video/episode/independence/2010/08/12/Armenia|agency=]|date=12 August 2010|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref> 250,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Армяне уезжают из Украины |url=http://news.am/rus/news/44065.html|newspaper=News.am|date=10 January 2011|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 6
! scope="row" | {{flag|Iran}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|100000}} 70,000–80,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Իրանահայ "Ալիք"- ը նշում է 80- ամյակը ]Iranian-Armenian newspapaer ''Alik'' is celebrating its 80th anniversary]|url=http://armradio.am/arm/news/?part=cult&id=46087|agency=]|date=10 January 2012|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref> 120,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noravank.am/arm/issues/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=2376|title=Իրանահայ համայնք. ճամպրուկային տրամադրություններ |last=Vardanyan|first=Tamara|date=21 June 2007|publisher=]|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 7
! scope="row" | {{flag|Turkey}}{{#tag:ref|] and ] are not included.|group="note"}}
| {{nts|55,354}} <small>(1965, Armenian speakers)</small>{{#tag:ref|According to the Turkish 1965 census, 33,094 people indicated Armenian as their mother language and 22,260 as their second best language spoken.<ref>] & Grant McConnel, Linguistic composition of the nations of the world, vol,5, Europe and USSR, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1984, ISBN 2-7637-7044-4</ref>|group="note"}}
| {{ntsh|60000}} 50,000,<ref name="Gibney"/> 50,000–70,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenian in Istanbul: Diaspora in Turkey welcomes the setting of relations and waits more steps from both countries|first=Sara|last=Khojoyan|url=http://armenianow.com/news/10672/armenian_in_istanbul_diaspora_in_t|newspaper=]|date=16 October 2009|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> 60,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Foreign Ministry: 89,000 minorities live in Turkey|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=161291|newspaper=]|date=15 December 2008|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 8
! scope="row" | {{flag|Lebanon}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|100000}} 70,000–80,000,{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=290}} 100,000<ref name="Gibney"/>
| ]
|-
| 9
! scope="row" | {{flag|Argentina}}
| {{nts|1,227}} <small>(2001, born in Armenia)</small><ref>{{es icon}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2001: . Retrieved 7 July 2012.</ref>
| {{ntsh|70000}} 70,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=100}}
| ]
|-
| 10
! scope="row" | {{flag|Syria}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|67500}} 35,000–40,000,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bedevyan|first=Astghik|title=Սիրիահայերը սկսել են Հայաստան գալ |url=http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24510138.html|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=9 March 2012|agency=] Armenian Service|language=hy}}</ref> 60,000,<ref>{{cite web|last=Kalsahakian|first=Hrach|title=Միջին Արեւելքի հայության ապագան սուրիահայութեան փորձառութեան լոյսին տակ |url=http://www.noravank.am/arm/issues/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=6272|publisher=]|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=1 February 2012|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Canada}}
| {{nts|50,500}} <small>(2006 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic Origin (247), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/tbt/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92333&PRID=0&PTYPE=88971,97154&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=801&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=7 April 2011}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|62500}} 50,000,<ref>{{cite web|last=Vartanian|first=Hrag|title=Armenians in Ontario and Quebec|url=http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=32|publisher=AGBU|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=1 January 2000}}</ref> 60,000–65,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=331}}
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Greece}}
| {{nts|7,742}} <small>(2001, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|60000}} 60,000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Armenians in Greece|last=Dilsijian|first=Leonidas|publisher=]|date=24 April 2007|quote=...Greece's 60,000-strong Armenian community...}}</ref> 70,000-80,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Հունաստանի հայ համայնքը պատրաստվում է Հայաստանի նախագահի հետ հանդիպմանը |first=Astghik|last=Bedevyan|url=http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/2279357.html
|agency=] Armenian Service|date=18 January 2011|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 13
! scope="row" | {{flag|Abkhazia}}{{#tag:ref|'']'' independent, '']'' part of Georgia.|group="note"}}
| {{nts|41,907}} <small>(2011 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Итоги переписи населения Республики Абхазия 2011 года, г.|url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnabkhazia.html|publisher=Abkhazian Statistic Office|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|60000}} 50,000,<ref>{{cite book|last=Chirikba|first=Viacheslav|title=Armenians and Their Dialects in Abkhazia|url=http://independent.academia.edu/ViacheslavChirikba/Papers/832581/ARMENIANS_AND_THEIR_DIALECTS_IN_ABKHAZIA|year=2008|publisher=Evidence and Counter-Evidence, Festschrift Frederik Kortlandt|location=Amsterdam, New York}}</ref> 70,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Աբխազիայում պայքարում են հայկական դպրոցների կենսունակության համար |url=http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?id=627|work=Yerkir Media TV|date=19 May 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611161945/http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?id=627|archivedate=11 June 2014|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| {{nts|10,832}} <small>(2001 census)</small><ref name="Bulgaria 2001 Census">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nsi.bg/Census/Ethnos.htm|title=01.03.2001 Population by district and ethnic group|year=2001|accessdate=5 January 2013|publisher=Republic of Bulgaria National Statistical Institute|publication-place=Sofia|postscript=.}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|50000}} 50,000<ref name="Eastern Europe"/>
| ]
|-
| 15
! scope="row" | {{flag|Uzbekistan}}
| {{nts|50,537}} <small>(1989 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=1989 all-Soviet census: Ethnic structure of Uzbek SSR|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=9|publisher=''Demoscope Weekly''|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|50000}} 42,359,<ref>{{cite book|last=Ilkhamov|first=Alisher|title=Этнический атлас Узбекистана |year=2002|publisher=]|isbn=5-86280-010-7|url=http://www.library.cjes.ru/files/pdf/ethno-atlas-uzb.pdf|page=32|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091007180449/http://www.library.cjes.ru/files/pdf/ethno-atlas-uzb.pdf|archivedate=2009-10-07|language=ru}}</ref> 50,000,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miasin.ru/info/org/item685.html|title=Армянский национальный культурный центр Узбекистана |publisher=Armenian Internet Society|accessdate=28 September 2012|language=ru}}</ref>
| ]
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| 16
! scope="row" | {{flag|Spain}}
| {{nts|11,706}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship">{{cite web|title=Population by sex, age group and citizenship|url=http://archive.org/download/ArmenianCitizensInTheEuropeanUnion/citizen.xls|publisher=Eurostat|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|45000}} 45,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Իմ խորհուրդն է Հայաստանի հայերին՝ մնալ իրենց երկրում |author=Gayane Khachatryan|url=http://www.azg.am/AM/print/2008120402|newspaper=Azg Daily|date=4 December 2008|accessdate=5 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref> 80,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenios, el genocidio olvidado|url=http://www.diariocritico.com/ocio/2008/Mayo/literatura/noticia/74646/jose-antonio-gurriaran.html|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=8 May 2008|newspaper=Diariocrítico}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 17
! scope="row" | {{flag|Germany}}
| {{nts|11,205}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|45000}} 30,000,<ref>{{cite book|last=Thon|first=Caroline|title=Armenians in Hamburg: an ethnographic exploration into the relationship between diaspora and success|year=2012|publisher=Lit|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-643-90226-9|page=35}}</ref> 50,000-60,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Համայնքի մասին |url=http://germany.mfa.am/hy/community-overview/|publisher=Armenian embassy in Germany|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 18
! scope="row" | {{flag|Poland}}
| {{nts|3,000}} <small>(2011 census)</small><ref>. Retrieved 27 November 2012.</ref>
| {{ntsh|40000}} 15,000–30,000,<ref name="Eastern Europe"/> 40,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=40,000 Polish-Armenians with no community|url=http://en.hayernaysor.am/1308381334|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=18 June 2011|agency=''Armenians Today'' on-line newspaper, Armenian Ministry of Diaspora}}</ref> 50,000<ref>{{cite book|last=Belhadj|first=Marnia|title=Policies on Irregular Migrants France, Portugal and Poland|year=2010|publisher=Council of Europe|location=Strasbourg|isbn=978-92-871-6768-2|page=118}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 19
! scope="row" | {{flag|Australia}}
| {{nts|15,791}} <small>(2006 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Census of Population and Housing Ancestry (full classification list) by sex|url=http://archive.org/download/2006AustraliaAncestry/20680-c23-australiaaustralia.xls|publisher=]|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|37500}} 50,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anc.org.au/page.php?8|title=Armenian-Australian Community|publisher=Armenian National Committee Of Australia|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 20
! scope="row" | {{flag|Brazil}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|35000}} 30,000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Բրազիլահայ համայնքը լուրջ խնդիրներ ունի |url=http://www.panorama.am/am/society/2012/05/31/brazilia/|accessdate=5 January 2013|date=31 May 2012|newspaper=Panorama.am|language=hy}}</ref> 35,000-40,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Բրազիլահայ համայնք|url=http://lraber.asj-oa.am/735/1/5_Egiazarian_L._-_66.pdf|journal=]|publisher=]|author=L. Yeghiazaryan, M. Nalbandyan-Margaryan|location=São Paulo|p=69|quote=...(35-40 հազար), մեր կարծիքով, ավելի մոտ է իրականությանը...}}</ref>
| ]
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| 21
! scope="row" | {{flag|Belarus}}
| {{nts|8,512}} <small>(2009 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic Composition of the Population of the Republic of Belarus|url=http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/volume3.rar|publisher=National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|27500}} 25,000,<ref name="armeniadiaspora.com">{{cite web|title=Population|url=http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/followup/population.html|publisher=Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site|accessdate=5 January 2013|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080327062045/http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/followup/population.html|archivedate=27 March 2008}}</ref> 30,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Hakobyan|first=Tatul|title=Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանը հանդիպեց Բելառուսի հայ համայնքի ներկայացուցիչներին |url=http://www.azg.am/AM/2002060803|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=9 November 2008|newspaper=Azg Daily|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 22
! scope="row" | {{flag|Turkmenistan}}
| {{nts|31,829}} <small>(1989 Soviet census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения Туркменской ССР |url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=14|publisher=''Demoscope Weekly''|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=ru}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|25000}} 20,000-22,000,{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=203}} 30,000<ref>{{cite news|title= Turkmenistan: Focus on Armenian migrants|url=http://www.irinnews.org/Report/24230/TURKMENISTAN-Focus-on-Armenian-migrants|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=6 May 2004|agency=]}}</ref>
| ]
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| 23
! scope="row" | {{flag|Azerbaijan}}{{#tag:ref|Excluding Nagorno-Karabakh. The ] (NKR) is a ''de facto'' independent state that is generally not considered part of the Armenian diaspora. It is internationally recognized as ''de jure'' part of Azerbaijan. According to the 2005 census, the number of Armenians in NKR is 137,380.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/5-1.pdf|title=De Jure Population (Urban, Rural) by Age and Ethnicity|accessdate=5 January 2013|author=National Statistical Service of Nagorno-Karabach Republic|format=PDF|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090305151151/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/5-1.pdf|archivedate=5 March 2009| deadurl= no}}</ref>|group="note"}}
| {{nts|183}} <small>(2009 census)</small><ref>. Retrieved 7 July 2012.</ref>
| 2,000–3,000<ref>{{ru icon}} ''Demoscope Weekly'' "...в пределах 2-3 тысяч..."</ref>
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| {{nts|11,031}} <small>(2010 official est.)</small><ref>. Retrieved 7 July 2012.</ref>
| {{ntsh|22500}} 20,000-25,000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Հայ համայնքը Ղազախստանում|url=http://kazakhstan.mfa.am/hy/community-overview-kz/|publisher=Armenian embassy in Kazakhstan|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref> 25,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Martirosyan|first=Ara|title=В Казахстане число армян возросло|url=http://www.azg.am/RU/2002040509|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=9 November 2008|newspaper=Azg Daily|quote=По его утверждению, за последние несколько лет число армян в Казахстане с 19 тыс. возросло до 25 тысяч.|language=ru}}</ref>
| ]
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| 25
! scope="row" | {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| {{nts|1,720}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Nationality and country of birth by age, sex and qualifications Jan - Dec 2013 (Excel sheet 60Kb)|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/published-ad-hoc-data/labour/april-2014/nationality-and-country-of-birth-by-age--sex-and-qualifications-jan---dec-2013.xls|publisher=]|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref><br>
| {{ntsh|17000}} 18,000<ref>{{cite web|title=The Community|url=http://www.accc.org.uk/the-community/|publisher=Armenian Community and Church Council of Great Britain|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Hungary}}
| {{nts|161}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|15000}} 6,000,<ref name="Eastern Europe">{{cite web|title=Արեվելյան Եվրոպայի հայ համայնքների խնդիրները |url=http://noravank.am/upload/book.pdf|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|location=Yerevan|year=2011|language=hy}}</ref> 30,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Hongrie: Généralités d'ordre géographique, démolinguistique et politique |url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/europe/hongriegeneral.htm|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=fr}}</ref>
| ]
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| 27
! scope="row" | {{flag|Uruguay}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|15000}} 15,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=613}}
| ]
|-
| 28
! scope="row" | {{flag|Iraq}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|10000}} 10,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Իրաքում ընդհանուր առմամբ մնացել է շուրջ 10 հազար հայ |url=http://news.am/arm/news/83971.html|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=30 November 2011|newspaper=News.am|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 29
! scope="row" | {{flag|Netherlands}}
| {{nts|705}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|12000}} 12,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Հոլանդական լրատվական կայքերից մեկի թուրք լրագրողը հեռացվել է աշխատանքից Հայոց ցեղասպանությունը ժխտելու եւ ներողություն չհայցելու համար |url=http://news.am/arm/news/12183.html|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=14 January 2010|newspaper=News.am|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Belgium}}
| {{nts|9,633}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|7000}} 7,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=114}}
| ]
|-
| 31
! scope="row" | {{flag|Kuwait}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|6000}} 6,000<ref name="arme"></ref>
| ]
|-
| 32
! scope="row" | {{flag|Egypt}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|6000}} 6,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=150}}
| ]
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| 33
! scope="row" | {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| {{nts|2,100}} <small>(2011, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|6000}} ~10,000<ref>{{cite web|last=Ghanalanyan|first=Tigran|title=Չեխիայի հայ համայնքը |url=http://www.noravank.am/arm/articles/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=6839|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=17 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 34
! scope="row" | {{flag|Sweden}}
| {{nts|1,672}} <small>(2011, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|5500}} 5,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Հայաստանի նախագահը՝ Շվեդիայում |url=http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1580374.html|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=7 February 2006|agency=] Armenian Service|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 35
! scope="row" | {{flag|Austria}}
| {{nts|2,667}} <small>(2009, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|4000}} 4,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=92}}
| ]
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| 36
! scope="row" | {{flag|Romania}}
| {{nts|1,780}} <small>(2002 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic composition of Romania 2002|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/romania-ethnic2002.htm|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|4000}} 5,000,<ref>{{cite news|first=Florence|last=Avakian|title=500th Anniversary of ‘Church of Miracles’ in Romania to Be Celebrated in August |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622181833/http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/06/26/500th-anniversary-of-church-of-miracles-in-romania-to-be-celebrated-in-august/|accessdate=22 June 2014|date=26 June 2012|language=hy|newspaper=]}}</ref> 7,500-10,000<ref name="Eastern Europe"/>
| ]
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| 37
! scope="row" | {{flag|Latvia}}
| {{nts|2,742}} <small>(2008 yearly statistics)</small><ref>{{lv icon}} . Retrieved July 7, 2012.</ref>
| {{ntsh|3750}} 3,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Հայերը փորձում են Լատվիան օգտագործել որպես ցատկահարթա՞կ դեպի Եվրոպա ճանապարհին |url=http://news.am/arm/news/83010.html|accessdate=6 January 2013|date=32 November 2011|newspaper=News.am|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
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| 38
! scope="row" | {{flag|Switzerland}}
| {{nts|612}} <small>(2010, Armenian citizens)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach detaillierter Staatsangehörigkeit|url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/07/blank/data/01.Document.88361.xls|publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=de}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|3750}} 4,500<ref>{{cite news|last=Hovhannisyan|first=Lilt|title=Սփյուռքն ու Հայաստանը պետք է կազմակերպվեն|url=http://www.sobesednik.am/authors/113-2011-07-18-08-04-00|accessdate=27 January 2013|newspaper=Sobesednik Armenii|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 39
! scope="row" | {{flag|Venezuela}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|3500}} 3,500{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=539}}
|
|-
| 40
! scope="row" | {{flag|Estonia}}
| {{nts|1,402}} <small>(2011 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/492494=1|title=Eestis elab 192 rahvuse esindajaid|publisher='']''|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Էստոնիոյում հայերը հիմնականում ինտելիենցիայի ներկայացուցիչներ են |url=http://panarmenian.net/m/arm/news/11694|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=16 November 2004|agency=]|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 41
! scope="row" | {{flag|Italy}}
| {{nts|666}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=220}}
| ]
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| 42
! scope="row" | {{flag|Denmark}}
| {{nts|605}} <small>(2011, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=149}}
| ]
|-
| 43
! scope="row" | {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000<ref name="armeniadiaspora.com"/>
| ]
|-
| 44
! scope="row" | {{flag|Tajikistan}}
| {{nts|5,651}} <small>(1989 Soviet census)<ref>{{cite web|title=1989 all-Soviet census: Ethnic structure of Tajik SSR|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=12|publisher=''Demoscope Weekly''|accessdate=4 February 2013|language=hy}}</ref></small>
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=581}}
| ]
|-
| 45
! scope="row" | {{flag|Jordan}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|3000}} 3,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=367}}
| ]
|-
| 46
! scope="row" | {{flag|Moldova}}
| {{nts|2,873}} <small>(1989 Soviet census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=1989 all-Soviet census: Ethnic structure of Moldova SSR|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=9|publisher=''Demoscope Weekly''|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|3000}} 2,000-4,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Safonov|first=Igor|title=Армянин – он и в Молдове армянин |url=http://pan.md/?r=news/show&id=11014|accessdate=6 January 2013|date=28 December|newspaper=Panorama.md|language=ru}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 47
! scope="row" | {{flag|Lithuania}}
| {{nts|1,477}} <small>(2001 census)</small><ref name="2001a">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.lt/en/pages/view/?id=1731|title=Population by ethnicity (2001 Census)|publisher=Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania), 2005|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|2500}} 2,500<ref>{{cite news|last=Yurkyavichene|first=Yelena|title=Сурен Сергеев: "Армяне живут в Литве с ХVI века" |url=http://www.nedelia.lt/news-lt/aktual/20074-suren-sergeev-armyane-zhivut-v-litve-s-hvi-veka.html|accessdate=6 January 2013|date=28 July 2011|newspaper=Nedelia.lt|language=ru}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 48
! scope="row" | {{flag|Israel}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|2500}} 2,000,<ref>{{cite web|title=Armenian Quarter|url=http://www.holyland.org/armenianquarter.html|publisher=Armenians in Holy Land|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref> 3,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=214}}
| ]
|-
| 49
! scope="row" | {{flag|Cyprus}}
| {{nts|1,341}} <small>(2001 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Main results - Census of population 2001|url=http://www.pio.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/805CB6E0CF012914C2257122003F3A84/$file/MAIN%20RESULTS-EN.xls?OpenElement|publisher=Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Interior, Press and Information Office|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|2000}} 2,000<ref>{{cite web|last=Hovyan|first=Vahram|title=Կիպրահայ համայնք. համայնքային, քաղաքական եվ սոցիալական որոշ հարցեր |url=http://www.noravank.am/arm/issues/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=2342|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 50
! scope="row" | {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
| {{nts|1,364}} <small>(1999 census)</small><ref name>{{ru icon}} {{Citation|title=Population and Housing Census 2009. Book 2. Part 1. (in tables). Population of Kyrgyzstan. (Перепись населения и жилищного фонда Кыргызской Республики 2009. Книга 2. Часть 1. (в таблицах). Население Кыргызстана)|place=Bishkek|publisher=National Committee on Statistics |year=2010|url=http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/sites/default/files/3.1.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110810174344/http://212.42.101.100:8088/nacstat/sites/default/files/3.1.pdf|archivedate=2011-08-10}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|950}} 900-1,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Հայ համայնքը Ղրղզստանում |url=http://kazakhstan.mfa.am/hy/community-overview-kg/|publisher=Armenian embassy in Kazakhstan|accessdate=27 January 2013|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 51
! scope="row" | {{flag|Chile}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|1500}} 1,500{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=436}}
|
|-
| 52
! scope="row" | {{flag|Norway}}
| {{nts|275}} <small>(2012, country of origin)</small>{{#tag:ref|Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and gender. 1 January 2012|url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/innvbef_en/tab-2012-04-26-04-en.html|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/60l3XiGpx|archivedate=27 January 2013}}</ref>|group="note"}}
| {{ntsh|1000}} 1,000{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=420}}
|
|-
| 53
! scope="row" | {{flag|Finland}}
| {{nts|93}} <small>(2011, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|600}} 200,{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=620}} 1,000<ref name="armeniadiaspora.com"/>
|
|-
| 54
! scope="row" | {{flag|Malta}}
| {{nts|10}} <small>(2008, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|500}} 500<ref>{{cite news|title=Մալթայի հայ համայնքը ապրիլի 24-ին հավաքվել է խաչքար-հուշարձանի մոտ |url=http://panarmenian.net/m/arm/news/68229|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=25 April 2011|agency=]}}</ref>
|
|-
| 55
! scope="row" | {{flag|Slovakia}}
| {{nts|261}} <small>(2005, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|500}} 500{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=535}}
|
|-
| 56
! scope="row" | {{flag|Slovenia}}
| {{nts|7}} <small>(2005, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|500}} 500{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=535}}
|
|-
| 57
! scope="row" | {{flag|Albania}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|400}} 400{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=31}}
|
|-
| 58
! scope="row" | {{flag|Mexico}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|400}} 400{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=403}}
|
|-
| 59
! scope="row" | {{flag|Serbia}}
| {{nts|222}} <small>(2011 census)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. у Републици Србији Становништво према националној припадности |url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/userFiles/file/Aktuelnosti/Etnicke_zajednice_sa_manje_od_2000_pripadnika_i_dvojako_izjasnjeni.pdf|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia|accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref>
| {{ntsh|300}} 300–350<ref>{{cite news|title=Սերբիայի 300 հոգանոց հայկական համայնքը ձուլվում է |first=Sona|last=Avagyan|url=http://old.hetq.am/am/society/serbia-2/|agency=]|date=11 December 2009|accessdate= 23 September 2012|language=hy}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 60
! scope="row" | {{flag|Republic of Macedonia}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|300}} 300<ref>{{cite news|last=Asadrian|first=Hagop|title=Սքոփիէյի հայ համայնքը պիտի ունենայ իր շաբաթօրեայ դպրոցը |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622182050/http://hairenikweekly.com/2009/08/13/%D5%BD%D6%84%D5%B8%D6%83%D5%AB%D5%A7%D5%B5%D5%AB-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%A8-%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%AB-%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5-%D5%AB%D6%80/|accessdate=22 June 2014|date=13 August 2009|newspaper=]|language=hy}}</ref>
|
|-
| 61
! scope="row" | {{flag|South Africa}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|300}} 300{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=351}}
|
|-
| 62
! scope="row" | {{flag|Peru}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|250}} 250{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=351}}
|
|-
| 63
! scope="row" | {{flag|New Zealand}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|200}} 200{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=419}}
|
|-
| 64
| {{flag|India}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|200}} 200{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=357}}
|
|-
| 65
! scope="row" | {{flag|Ireland}}
| {{nts|70}} <small>(2011, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|150}} 150<ref>{{cite web|title=Իռլանդիայի 150 հայ բնակիչները եկեղեցու եւ դպրոցի կարիք ունեն |url=http://www.noravank.am/arm/articles/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=5023|publisher=]|accessdate=27 January 2013|date=9 September 2010|language=hy}}</ref>
|
|-
| 66
! scope="row" | {{flag|Portugal}}
| {{nts|105}} <small>(2009, born in Armenia)</small><ref name="eurostat country of birth"/>
| {{ntsh|105}}
|
|-
| 67
! scope="row" | {{flag|Ethiopia}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|85}} 80-90{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=165}}
|
|-
| 68
! scope="row" | {{flag|Cuba}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|80}} 80{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=350}}
|
|-
| 69
! scope="row" | {{flag|Singapore}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|60}} 80<ref>{{cite news|title=175 and Counting: Armenians in Singapore celebrate church anniversary|url=http://www.armenianow.com/news/28575/armenians_singapore_church|newspaper=]'|date=11 March 2011|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>
| ]
|-
| 70
! scope="row" | {{flag|China}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|55}} 50-60{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=438}}
| ]
|-
| 71
! scope="row" | {{flag|Japan}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|55}} 50-60{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=387}}
|
|-
| 72
! scope="row" | {{Flag|Thailand}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|45}} 40-50{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=173}}
|
|-
| 73
! scope="row" | {{flag|Morocco}}
| {{nts|0}} {{N/A}}
| {{ntsh|30}} 25-30{{sfn|Ayvazyan|2003|p=391}}
|
|-
| 74
! scope="row" | {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| {{nts|7}} <small>(2001, Armenian citizens)</small><ref name="eurostat citizenship"/>
| {{ntsh|7}}
|
|-
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|colspan="2"|<center>'''5,661,058'''
! 6,849,191 — 10,507,132
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The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. However, the modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of World War I, when the genocide which was committed by the Ottoman Empire forced Armenians who were living in their homeland to flee from it or risk being killed. Another wave of emigration started during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs established in 2019 is in charge of coordinating and developing Armenia's relations with the diaspora.

Terminology

In Armenian, the diaspora is referred to as spyurk (pronounced [spʰʏrkʰ]), spelled սփիւռք in classical orthography and սփյուռք in reformed orthography. In the past, the word gaghut (գաղութ pronounced [ɡɑˈʁutʰ]) was used mostly to refer to the Armenian communities outside the Armenian homeland. It is borrowed from the Aramaic (Classical Syriac) cognate of Hebrew galut (גלות).

History

The Armenian diaspora has been present for over 1,700 years. The modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed after World War I as a result of the Armenian genocide. According to Randall Hansen, "Both in the past and today, the Armenian communities around the world have developed in significantly different ways within the constraints and opportunities found in varied host cultures and countries."

In the fourth century, Armenian communities already existed outside Greater Armenia. Diasporic Armenian communities emerged in the Achaemenid and Sassanid empires, and they also defended the eastern and northern borders of the Byzantine Empire. In order to populate the less populated areas of Byzantium, Armenians were relocated to those regions. Some Armenians converted to Greek Orthodoxy while retaining Armenian as their primary language, whereas others remained in the Armenian Apostolic Church despite pressure from official authorities. A growing number of Armenians migrated to Cilicia during the course of the eleventh and twelfth centuries as a result of the Seljuk Turk invasions. After the fall of the kingdom to the Mamelukes and loss of Armenian statehood in 1375, up to 150,000 went to Cyprus, the Balkans, and Italy. The Armenian diaspora is also notable for its historical mercantile communities throughout Asia in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Period, in countries such as China, India, and Iran, many of whom rose to high positions within the various Asian royal courts. Although an Armenian diaspora existed during Antiquity and the Middle Ages, it grew in size due to emigration from the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Russia, and the Caucasus.

The Armenian diaspora is divided into two communities – those communities from Ottoman Armenia (or Western Armenia) and those communities which are from the former Soviet Union, independent Armenia and Iran (or Eastern Armenia).

Armenians in Turkey, such as Hrant Dink, do not consider themselves a part of the Armenian Diaspora, since they have been living in their historical homeland for more than four thousand years. They are not considered part of the diaspora either by the Ministry of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan: "Diaspora represents all the Armenians who live beyond the Armenian Highland. In this context, we have singled out the Armenians of Istanbul and those living on the territory of Western Armenia. Those people have inhabited the lands for thousands of years, and they are not considered Diaspora ."

Before 1870, 60 Armenian immigrants settled in New England. Armenian immigration rose to 1,500 by the end of the 1880s, and rose to 2,500 in the mid-1890s due to massacres caused by the Ottoman Empire. Armenians who immigrated to the United States before WWI were primarily from Asia Minor and settled on the East Coast.

Routes of Armenian refugees during the 20s and 30s, including the exodus from the Hatay province.

The Armenian diaspora grew considerably both during and after the First World War due to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. In the year 1910, over 5,500 Armenians immigrated to the United States, and by 1913, 9,355 more Armenians entered the North American borders. As World War I approached, the rate of Armenian immigration rose to about 60,000. In 1920 and until the Immigration Act of 1924, 30,771 Armenians came to the United States; the immigrants were predominantly widowed women, children, and orphans. Although many Armenians perished during the Armenian genocide, some of the Armenians who managed to escape, established themselves in various parts of the world.

By 1966, around 40 years after the start of the Armenian genocide, 2 million Armenians still lived in Armenia, while 330,000 Armenians lived in Russia, and 450,000 Armenians lived in the United States and Canada.

In the United States, the rate of immigration increased after the Immigration Act was passed in 1965. The outbreak of the civil War in Lebanon in 1975 and the outbreak of the Islamic Revolution in Iran during 1978 were factors which pushed Armenians to immigrate. The 1980 U.S. Census reported that 90 percent of the immigration to the United States was undertaken by Iranian-Armenians during the years from 1975 and 1980.

Distribution

Main article: Armenian population by country See also: Historical Armenian population

Less than one third of the world's Armenian population lives in Armenia. Their pre-World War I population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey, northern part of Iran, and the southern part of Georgia.

By 2000, there were 7,580,000 Armenians living abroad in total.

See also

Sources

References

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