Suroyo
Flag used by most Assyrians
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3.3 million – 5 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Traditional areas of Assyrian settlement: | Numbers can vary |
 Syria
|
400,000 (700,000 Pre-Civil War) |
 Iraq
|
250,000-400,000 (1.4 million - 2 million Pre-Iraq War) |
 Iran
|
20,000-50,000 |
 Turkey
|
15,000–65,000 |
| Diaspora: | Numbers can vary |
 Sweden
|
120,000 |
 Germany |
70,000-100,000 |
 United States |
80,000-400,000 |
 Australia
|
46,217 |
 Jordan
|
44,000-60,000 |
 Lebanon
|
39,000-200,000 |
 Netherlands
|
20,000 |
 France
|
16,000 |
 Belgium
|
15,000 |
 Russia
|
15,000 |
 Canada
|
10,810 |
 Denmark
|
10,000 |
 Brazil
|
10,000 |
 Switzerland
|
10,000 |
 Greece
|
6,000 |
 Georgia
|
3,299 |
 Ukraine
|
3,143 |
 Italy
|
3,000 |
 Armenia
|
2,769 |
 Mexico
|
2,000 |
 New Zealand
|
1,683 |
 Azerbaijan
|
1,500 |
 Israel
|
1,000 |
 Kazakhstan
|
350 |
 Finland
|
300 |
| Languages | |
|
Neo-Aramaic (Assyrian, Chaldean, Turoyo) |
|
| Religion | |
| Mainly Christianity (majority: Syriac Christianity; minority: Protestantism) |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs, Maronites, Jews, other Semitic peoples | |
250,000-400,000
Assyrian people (Syriac: ܐܫܘܪܝܐ), or Syriacs (see terms for Syriac Christians), are an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East. Some of them self-identify as Arameans, or as Chaldeans. They speak various dialects of modern Aramaic as well as another language, dependent on the country of residence. The Assyrians are typically Syriac Christians who claim descent from Assyria, one of the oldest civilizations in the world, dating back to 2500 BC in ancient Mesopotamia.
The areas that form the Assyrian homeland are parts of present-day northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran and northeastern Syria. The majority have migrated to other regions of the world, including North America, the Levant, Australia, Europe, Russia and the Caucasus during the past century or so. Emigration was triggered by such events as the Assyrian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire during World War I, the Simele Massacre in Iraq in 1933, the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Arab Nationalist Ba'athist policies in Iraq and Syria such as the Anfal genocide of Saddam Hussein, and the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and its takeover of most of the Nineveh plains.
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