List of countries by Zoroastrian population

The total number of currently practicing adherents of Zoroastrianism is unknown. A 2004 esitimate gives a range of 124,000 to 190,000,[1] roughly half of them in India (the Parsi and Irani groups).

The figures below are based on ethnographic research on the number of Parsis and other Zoroastrian ethnoreligious communities.

Country Population[2][3] Percent Population
India India69,000[4] 0.006
Iran Iran25,000 0.03[5]
United States United States11,000 0.004
Afghanistan Afghanistan10,000 0.031
Canada Canada5,000 0.014
Pakistan Pakistan5,000 0.003
Singapore Singapore4,500 0.087
United Kingdom United Kingdom4,100 [6] 0.007
Australia Australia2,700 0.012
Persian Gulf Countries2,200 0.005
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan2,000 0.022
New Zealand New Zealand2,000 0.045
Worldc. 138,000 19 ppm

In 2012 The FEZANA Journal, a quarterly publication of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America had published a demographic picture of Zorastrians around the world and a comparision with a similar study done in 2004.

The study is available on FEZANA's website for download


See also

References

  1. ↑ According to a survey in 2004 by the Zoroastrian Associations of North America, the number of Zoroastrians worldwide was estimated at between 124,000 and 190,000. The number is imprecise because of wildly diverging counts in Iran. Goodstein, Laurie (2008-09-06). "Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06faith.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
  3. ↑ Zoroastrianism Demographics
  4. ↑ India's 2001 Census reported 69,601 Parsi Zoroastrians.
  5. ↑ 25,271 according to http://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/1/Iran/census-2.pdf
  6. ↑ 4,105 according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-religion