The Estimated Number of Kurds in Kurdistan and the Diaspora within the mesopotamia tv satellite footprint. The estimated total number of Kurds in Kurdistan and in the Diaspora at-large is 28,216,000. More than 1.3 million Kurds reside within Europe alone with an estimated joint disposable income of more than 8 billion per annum.
Kurdish families are likely to own at least one car.
Many retail catering businesses in Europe are owned and staffed by Kurds. Competition in the free market of the retail catering trade places great influence on them to stay ahead in the marketing warfare in the retail outlets. The above figures are considered by many analysts to be conservative.