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Turkish diaspora
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The term Turkish diaspora refers to the Turkish people living outside of Turkey. Note that this differs from the Turkic peoples living mostly in Northern and Central Asia, who are distinct ethnic groups, speaking languages belonging to the Turkic language family[1].
| Rank | Country | Number of ethnic Turks | Date of reference | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
2,180,000[2][3] – 2,637,000 [4] | 2003 – 2006 | Turks in Germany |
| 2 |  Bulgaria |
746,664[5] – 845,550[6] | 2001 | Turks in Bulgaria |
| 3 |  France |
370,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in France |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
270,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in the Netherlands |
| 5 |  Austria |
200,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in Austria |
| 6 |  Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan |
197,000[6] | 1979 | Meskhetian Turks |
| 7 |  Cyprus¹ |
150,000[7] – 177,000[6] | 1995 - 2002 | Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot diaspora |
¹Including the de-facto state of  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey. |
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| 8 |  United States |
117,575[8] | 2000 | Turks in the United States |
| 9 |  Belgium |
110.000[4] | 2003 | Turks in Belgium |
| 10 |  Greece |
100,000[7] – 128,380[6] | 2002 | Turks of Western Thrace, Turks of the Dodecanese |
| 11 |  Russia |
92,415[9] | 2002 | Turks in Russia |
| 12 |  Switzerland |
90,000[4] | 2003 | |
| 13 |  Republic of Macedonia |
77,959[10] - 200,000[6] | 2002 | Turks in Macedonia |
| 14 |  United Kingdom |
70,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in the United Kingdom |
| 15 |  Australia |
54,595[11] | 2001 | Turks in Australia |
| 16 |  Denmark |
53,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in Denmark |
| 17 |  Kosovo |
50,000[12] [13] | 1999 (est.) | Turks in Kosovo |
| 18 |  Sweden |
37,000[4] | 2003 | Turks in Sweden |
| 19 |  Romania |
28,714[6] – 32,596[14] | 2002 | Turks of Romania |
| 20 |  Canada |
24,910[15] | 2001 | |
| 21 |  Azerbaijan |
18,000[16] | 1991 | |
| 22 |  Iran |
15,000[citation needed] | est. | |
| 23 |  Norway |
14,084[17] | 2006 | Turks in Norway |
| 24 |  Iraq |
12,000 – 20,000[citation needed] | est. | |
| 25 |  Italy |
11,077[18] | 2004 | |
| 26 |  Syria |
10,000[citation needed] | est. | |
| 27 |  Japan |
1,194[19] | 2006 | Turks in Japan |
| Total (high) | 5,846,376 | |||
| Total (low) | 5,101,187 | |||
- Turks in Bulgaria
- Turks in the Netherlands
- Turkish Cypriots
- German Turks
- Turkish-Australian
- Turkish-American
- Cretan Turks
- Meskhetian Turks
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary (2000). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition - "Turk". Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office of Germany (2006-03-28). Zahl der Ausländer in Deutschland nahezu unverändert (The number of foreigners in Germany almost unchanged) (HTML). Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
- ^ Rath, Christian. "Viele Türken nicht mehr Deutsche (Many Turks no more German citizens)" (HTML), Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 2005-02-08, pp. 1. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Center for Studies on Turkey, University of Essen (2003). The European Turks: Gross Domestic Product, Working Population, Entrepreneurs and Household Data (PDF). Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ National Statistical Institute of the Republic Bulgaria (2001-03-01). 2001 Census Ethnicity Data (HTML). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Report for language code:tur (HTML). Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
- ^ a b Katzner, Kenneth (March 2002). Languages of the World, Third Edition. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.. ISBN 978-0415250047.
- ^ United States Census Bureau (2000-04-01). Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights, Population Group: Turkish (434) (HTML). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Centre for Russian Studies (2002). Ethnic Groups in Russia (HTML). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia (May 2005). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 (PDF). Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004-12-05). 2001 Census, 2054.0 Australian Census Analytic Program: Australians' Ancestries (PDF). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Rozen, Laura. "Beginner's guide to the Balkans" (HTML), Salon.com News, 1999-03-31, pp. 2. Retrieved on January 7, 2006.
- ^ Goltz, Thomas. "Minority Within a Minority - For Ethnic Turks, Serbian War is Another Chapter in a 600 Year Old Story" (HTML), Pacific News Service, 1999-05-20. Retrieved on January 7, 2006.
- ^ National Institute of Statistics of Romania (March 2002). Census of Population and Dwellings, March 18 - 27, 2002 (DOC). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Statistics Canada (2001-05-15). 2001 Census, Topic-based Tabulations, Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada (HTML). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Report for Azerbaijan (HTML). Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
- ^ Statistics Norway (2006-05-18). Immigrant population and persons with other immigrant background, by country background and sex. 1 January 2006 (Corrected 18 May 2006) (HTML). Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
- ^ Istat - Italian National Institute of Statistics (2004-12-31). Foreigner Citizens. Demographic Balance for the year 2004 and Resident Population on 31st December (HTML). Retrieved on January 7, 2007.
- ^ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (June 2006). Japan-Turkey Relations (HTML). Retrieved on January 6, 2007.