Ottoman Armenian Population - 1922 United Nations Census

1922 United Nations Census

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  • The US State Department document of the Armenian population in 1921.

According to the US State Department, there were 817,873 Armenian refugees in 1922. The figures were based upon information furnished by the British Embassy, Constantinople, and by the agents of the Near East Relief Society, in 1921. The total given does not include able-bodied Armenians, who are retained by the Kemalists, nor the women and children, - approximately 95,000, - according to the League of Nations – who have been forced to embrace Islam. According to the same source there were 231,000 Armenians left in Anatolia in 1921: 150,000 In Constantinople (Istanbul) and 131,000 in Asia Minor. The following table shows the distribution of Ottoman Armenians in 1922.

Population of Armenians from Ottoman Empire by location
Country/region Number of Ottoman Armenians Main destination centers
Russian Empire
Russian Empire 400,000 Eastern Armenia, Caucasus, Black Sea coast
Middle East
Syria 100,000 Aleppo, Deir ez Zor
Lebanon 50,000 Beirut
Iran 50,000 Tehran
Egypt 40,000 Cairo, Alexandria
Iraq 25,000 Baghdad, Mosul, etc.
Mandatory Palestine and
Jordan
10,000
Middle East 175,000
Europe
Greece 45,000 Athens
France 30,000 Marseilles
Bulgaria 20,000 Varna, Plovdiv, Burgas
Cyprus 2,500 Nicosia, Larnaca
Other European countries 2,000 Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom
Europe 99,500
Other countries
/ North America 35,380
Others countries 1,000 Japan, China, India, Latin America
Other countries 36,380
TOTAL 810,000

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