Map showing the presence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" class="extiw" title="en:Persian language">Persian</a> speakers in the countries of the world by shades of blue, based on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World.svg" title="File:BlankMap-World.svg">File:BlankMap-World.svg</a>. The map shades the whole area within the national borders of each country with the colors defined in the legend below. References for the numbers are to be found at the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Persian-speaking_population" class="extiw" title="en:List of countries by Persian-speaking population">List of countries by Persian-speaking population</a> article on the English Wikipedia, also in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.farsinet.com/pwo/diaspora.html">farsinet.com</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.Ethnologue.com">Ethnologue</a>.
<p><b>Legend</b>
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<div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#002255;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Official language</div>
<dl><dd><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></dd></dl><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#0044AA;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> More than 1,000,000 speakers</div>
<dl><dd><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia">Russia</a></dd></dl><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#0066FF;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Between 500,000 - 1,000,000 speakers</div>
<dl><dd><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" class="mw-redirect" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></dd></dl><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#5599FF;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Between 100,000 - 500,000 speakers</div>
<dl><dd><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bahrain" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></dd></dl><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#AACCFF;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Between 25,000 - 100,000 speakers</div>
<dl><dd><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Oman">Oman</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/China" class="mw-redirect" title="China">China</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Finland">Finland</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Norway">Norway</a></dd></dl><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#b9b9b9;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Fewer than 25,000 speakers / none</div>
<dl><dd>The remaining countries</dd></dl>
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