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As a result of this, the Assyrian population in the Middle East has decreased dramatically. As of today there are more Assyrians in the diaspora than in their homeland. The largest Assyrian diaspora communities are found in Sweden (100,000), [191] Germany (100,000), [192] the United States (80,000), [193] and in Australia (46,000). [194]
The Assyrian Triangle was the proposed borders for an autonomous Assyrian state ... The indigenous Assyrian homeland areas are "part of today's northern Iraq ...
More Assyrians arrived throughout the 80s and 90s for similar reasons, with newer residents moving out of Detroit into suburbs such as Royal Oak and Sterling Heights due to the crack epidemic in Detroit, while others began to move to San Diego, establishing a new Assyrian community there.
The first Assyrian migrants arrived in Greece in 1934, and settled in Makronisos (today uninhabited), Keratsini, Pireus, Egaleo and Kalamata. [62] The vast majority of Assyrians (about 2,000) live in Peristeri, a suburb of Athens. [63]
They are defined as Assyrians residing in the country of Iraq, or members of the Assyrian diaspora who are of Iraqi-Assyrian heritage. They share a common history and ethnic identity , rooted in shared linguistic , cultural and religious traditions , with Assyrians in Iran , Turkey and Syria , as well as with the Assyrian diaspora elsewhere. [ 6 ]
This is a list of Assyrian populations by country according to official and estimated numbers. Due to a lack of official data in many countries, estimates may vary. Due to a lack of official data in many countries, estimates may vary.
Assyrian continuity is the study of continuity between the modern Assyrian people, a recognised Semitic indigenous ethnic, religious, and linguistic minority in Western Asia (particularly in Iraq, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and in the Assyrian diaspora) and the people of Ancient Mesopotamia in general and ancient Assyria in particular.
For ancient Assyrians, see Category:Ancient Assyrians. The following is a list of notable ethnic Assyrians . It includes persons who are from (or whose ancestry is from) the Mesopotamian Neo-Aramaic speaking populations originating in Iraq , north western Iran , north eastern Syria and south eastern Turkey .