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A majority of the population of Iran (approximately 67–80%) consists of Iranic peoples.〔"Iran" in ''Encyclopedia of Islam'', Leiden. C.E. Bosworth (editor): Persians (65 percent), Azeri Turks (16 percent), Kurds (7 percent), Lurs (6 percent), Arabs (2 percent), Baluchis (2 percent), Turkmens (1 percent), Turkish tribal groups such as the Qashqai (1 percent), and non-Persian, non-Turkic groups such as Armenians, Assyrians, and Georgians (less than 1 percent). 〕 〔According to the CIA World Factbook, the ethnic breakdown of Iran is as follows: Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%. (【引用サイトリンク】title=The World Factbook – Iran )〕 The largest groups in this category include Persians (who form an absolute majority of the Iranian population) and Kurds, with smaller communities including Gilakis, Mazandaranis, Lurs, Tats, Talyshs and Baluchs. Turkic groups constitute a substantial minority of about 18–27%, the largest group being the Azerbaijani, who are by far the second largest ethnicity in Iran as well as the largest minority group.〔Brenda Shaffer. (''The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy'' MIT Press, 2006 ISBN 0262195291 p 229 )〕 Minor Turkic groups include the Turkmen and the Qashqai peoples. The main uncertainty in these numbers stems for diverging estimates regarding the two largest groups, the Persians estimated at 61% by the CIA Factbook but at 51% by Gheissari (2009), and the Azeri estimated at 16% by the CIA Factbook, but at 24% by Gheissari (2009). Most other sources back up numbers of between 20% and maximum 30-35% for the number of ethnic Azerbaijanis, with the majority claiming 24-25%. Arabs account for about 2–3% of Iranian population. The remainder, amounting to about 1% of Iranian population, consists of a variety of minor groups, mainly comprising Assyrians, Armenians, Georgians, Circassians.〔Carl Waldman, Catherine Mason, ''Encyclopedia of European Peoples'', pp.175〕 and Mandaeans. At the beginning of the 20th century, Iran had a total population of just below 10 million, with an the approximate ethnic composition of: 6 million Persians (60%), 2.5 million Azeris (25%), 0.2 million Mazandaranis and Gilakis each (2% each).〔Ervand Abrahimian, "A History of Modern Iran", Cambridge University Press, 2008. Page 18: "Communal Composition of Iran, 1900 Persian 6 million Azeris 2.5 million Mazandaranis 200,000 Gilakis 200,000 Taleshis 20,000 Tatis 20,000"〕 ==Iranian-speaking peoples== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethnicities in Iran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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