Template:Infobox Assyrians

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Assyrians
Āṯūrāyē / Āshūrāyē /Sūrāyē [1]
Ashurnasirpal IIEphrem the SyrianA. PetrosF. Atturaya
Naum FaiqAmmo BabaRosie Malek-YonanAshour Asho
Total population

ca. 3.3 million[2][3]

Regions with significant populations
Assyrian homeland
Flag of Iraq Iraq 1,300,000 [4]
Flag of Syria Syria 735,000 [5]
Flag of Iran Iran 80,000 [3]
Flag of Turkey Turkey 5,000 [6]
Assyrian diaspora
Flag of the United States United States 83,000 [7]
Flag of Sweden Sweden 80,000 [8]
Flag of Jordan Jordan 77,000 [9][10]
Flag of Australia Australia 24,000 [11]
Flag of Germany Germany 23,000[citation needed]
Flag of France France 15,000 [12]
Flag of Russia Russia 14,000 [13]
Flag of Canada Canada 7,000 [14]
Flag of Armenia Armenia 3,409 [15]
Languages
Neo-Aramaic
(various Neo-Aramaic dialects)
Religions
Syriac Christianity
(various Eastern denominations)
Related ethnic groups
Other Semitic peoples
  1. ^ See Assyrian naming dispute.
  2. ^ adherents.com; 3.3 million: Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 August. 1997. (Viewed 16 August. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson.[1]
  3. ^ a b Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ethnologue.com has "Ethnic population: 4,250,000 (1994)."
  4. ^ [[2]]
  5. ^ [[3]]
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of the Orient: Assyrians
  7. ^ 2000 United States census
  8. ^ SvD
  9. ^ Immigration of Iraqi Chaldeans Abroad Passes through Jordan
  10. ^ Jordan: Religions & Peoples
  11. ^ 2001 Australian census
  12. ^ US Citizenship and Immigration Services
  13. ^ 2002 Russian census
  14. ^ Canada statistics
  15. ^ http://docs.armstat.am/census/pdfs/51.pdf