Overview:
The Persian-Median bloc of peoples stretches from Turkey to Pakistan, including The peoples of the Persian-Median affinity bloc all speak related languages that have their origins some 3,500 years ago. Many of these peoples, such as the Persians, the Pashtun in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Turkey, are much in the news today. Historically, they have been very important.
People clusters:
Aimaq; Baloch; Domari; Kurd; Luri-Bakhtiari; Nuristan; Parsee; Pashtun; Persian; Tajik; Talysh
Countries where they are found:
Afghanistan; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Denmark; Egypt; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libya; Malaysia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Syria; Tajikistan; Türkiye; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Yemen
People groups:
196
Population:
180,843,575
Unreached people groups:
186
UPG population:
180,196,775
Unengaged UPGs:
78
UUPG population:
16,220,025
Number of clusters:
11
Number of countries:
46