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*Their pre-World War I population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey, northern part of Iran, and the southern part of Georgia. | *Their pre-World War I population area was six times larger than that of present-day Armenia, including the eastern regions of Turkey, northern part of Iran, and the southern part of Georgia. | ||
*By the year 2000, there were 7,580,000 Armenians living abroad in total. | *By the year 2000, there were 7,580,000 Armenians living abroad in total. | ||
*Today, the '''Armenian diaspora refers to communities of Armenians living outside of Armenia'''. The total Armenian population living worldwide is estimated to be 11,000,000. Of those, approximately 3 million currently live in Armenia, 130,000 in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh and 120,000 in the region of Javakheti in '''neighboring Georgia'''. This leaves approximately 7,000,000 throughout the diaspora '''(with the largest populations in Russia, the United States, France, Argentina, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Canada, Ukraine, Greece, Cyprus, and Australia)'''.<ref>"Armenian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_diaspora, accessed 14 June 2021.<ref> | *Today, the '''Armenian diaspora refers to communities of Armenians living outside of Armenia'''. The total Armenian population living worldwide is estimated to be 11,000,000. Of those, approximately 3 million currently live in Armenia, 130,000 in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh and 120,000 in the region of Javakheti in '''neighboring Georgia'''. This leaves approximately 7,000,000 throughout the diaspora '''(with the largest populations in Russia, the United States, France, Argentina, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Canada, Ukraine, Greece, Cyprus, and Australia)'''.<ref>"Armenian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_diaspora, accessed 14 June 2021.</ref> | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">Some of the countries with the largest Armenian populations are discussed below, but there are several more countries with smaller Armenian communities.</ | <span style="color:DarkViolet">Some of the countries with the largest Armenian populations are discussed below, but there are several more countries with smaller Armenian communities.</span> | ||
===Armenians in France=== | ===Armenians in France=== | ||
*Although the first Armenians settled in France in the Middle Ages, like most of the Armenian diaspora, the Armenian community in France was established by survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Others came through the second half of the 20th century, fleeing political and economic instability in the Middle Eastern countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iran) and, more recently, from Armenia. | *Although the first Armenians settled in France in the Middle Ages, like most of the Armenian diaspora, the Armenian community in France was established by survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Others came through the second half of the 20th century, fleeing political and economic instability in the Middle Eastern countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Iran) and, more recently, from Armenia. | ||