Ottoman Armenian population presents some statistics of the Armenian population within the Ottoman Empire . Population size within the empire between 1914 and 1915 is a controversial topic . Most estimates by Western scholars range from 1.5 to 2.4 million . According to Britannica prior to 1915 and Samuel Cox , American Embassy in Istanbul from 1880-1886 , it was 1.75 million and 2.4 million , respectively . Establishing the size of this population is very important in determining an accurate estimation of Armenian losses between 1915 and 1923 during the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Ottoman Armenian population