According to various estimates, the total number of ethnic Armenians in the world is approximately 11 million,[1][10] a majority of whom live outside of Armenia.
The tables below list countries and territories where Armenians live according to official data and estimates by various individuals, organizations, and media.
Estimates of ethnic Armenian populations may vary greatly because no reliable data is available for many countries.
In France, Germany, Greece, Syria, Iran, Lebanon, among other countries, ethnicity has not been enumerated during any of the recent censuses and it is virtually impossible to determine the actual number of people of Armenian origin there.
Although data for people of foreign origin (born abroad or having a foreign citizenship) is available for most European Union states, this does not present the whole picture and can hardly be taken as a source for the total number of Armenians, because in many countries, most prominently France, most ethnic Armenians are not from Armenia.