List of countries by Zoroastrian population

The total number of currently practicing adherents of Zoroastrianism is 413,200 according to data from several sources covering 14 countries. A 2004 estimate gives a range of 124,000 to 190,000,[1][2] roughly half of them are in India (made up of the Parsi and Irani subgroups) and Iran.

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

countries by Zoroastrian % total population
Country Population[2][3] Percent Population
India India57,264-69,000(2011)[4](2014)[5]0.006
Iran Iran25,271-60,000(2012)[6](2014)0.03
United States United States30,0000.004
Afghanistan Afghanistan12,130(2018)0.035
Canada Canada6,000(2018)0.014
Pakistan Pakistan1,4000.003
Singapore Singapore7,5000.087
United Kingdom United Kingdom8,100(2012)[7] 0.007
Australia Australia9,7000.012
Persian Gulf Countries2,2000.005
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan2,0000.022
New Zealand New Zealand4,0000.045
Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan200,0000.20
Russia Russia11000.05
Germany Germany300[8]<0.001
Worldc. 413,43019 ppm

There are also minorities of converted Zoroastrians in the following countries:

In 2012, the FEZANA Journal, a quarterly publication of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA), published a demographic picture of Zorastrians around the world and a comparison with a similar study done in the year, 2004.[9]

Because of the religion's strong ties to Kurdish culture, there has been a recent rebirth of Zoroastrianism. It's been estimated that as many as 100,000 to 200,000 [10] people in Iraqi Kurdistan have converted to Zoroastrianism in 2015.[11] Millions of Yezidis, Shabakis and Yarsanis live in Iraq and Iran who follow preislamic Mithraic and syncretic religions similar to and influenced by Zoroastrianism as well,[12] and have been included as Zoroastrian under some research methods and population studies due to their similarities.

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. 400,000 is the global count if those Zoroastrians in Kurdistan who converted are counted as well. The number is still imprecise however because of wildly diverging counts in Iran, which range from 25,000-60,000.
  2. 1 2 Goodstein, Laurie (September 6, 2006). "Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  3. ↑ Zoroastrianism Demographics
  4. ↑ India's 2014 Census reported 57,264 Parsi Zoroastrians; http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/population_enumeration.html.
  5. ↑ http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201411261418-0024380
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130719220400/http://www.amar.org.ir/
  7. ↑ 4,105 according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/datablog/interactive/2012/dec/11/census-religion
  8. ↑ 300 "Zarathustrier" according to a survey by REMID in 2003 http://remid.de/info_zahlen/verschiedene/
  9. ↑ Rivetna, Roshan. "The Zoroastrian World A 2012 Demographic Picture" (PDF). Fezana.org.
  10. ↑ "Hamazor Issue #2 2017: "Kurdistan reclaims its ancient Zoroastrian Faith" (PDF). Hamazor.
  11. ↑ "Zoroastrian faith returns to Kurdistan in response to ISIL viole". Rudaw. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  12. ↑ Http://looklex.com/e.o/ahl-e_haqq.htm
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