List of territorial entities where Persian is an official language facts for kids

The following is a list of sovereign states that have Persian as an official language.

Persian Linguasphere.
Legend      Official language :Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan      More than 1,000,000 speakers :Uzbekistan, Iraq      Between 500,000 - 1,000,000 speakers :Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States      Between 100,000 - 500,000 speakers :Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, Sweden, Bahrain, Canada, Russia, Kuwait      Between 25,000 - 100,000 speakers :Australia, Oman, France, Syria, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, China, India, Turkmenistan, Italy, Finland, Spain, Norway      Fewer than 25,000 speakers / none :The remaining countries

Official language

Countries where Persian is a de jure official language

Country	Region	Total population	Persian speakers
			L1	Total
Iran	Asia	83,783,945	50,568,000	~70,000,000
Afghanistan	Asia	32,890,171	16,650,000	~30,000,000
Tajikistan	Asia	9,313,800	6,373,834	~9,300,000
Total		125,987,916	73,591,834	109,300,000

Significant minority language

Countries where Persian is a significant minority language

Country	Region	Population	Persian speakers
			Population	Percentage
Uzbekistan	Asia	34,412,349	1,544,700−10,000,000	4,8−30%
Bahrain	Asia	1,592,000	100,000	14%

Images for kids

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  Persian poems in Taj Mahal