Country
|
|
Gypsy
Population
|
|
Country
Population
|
|
% of
Population
|
|
Source/Notes
|
| Algeria |
?
|
30,480,793
|
?
|
Survey Needed
|
| Bahrain |
?
|
601,000
|
?
|
Survey Needed
|
| Chad |
?
|
7,359,512
|
?
|
Survey Needed
|
| Cyprus |
1,200
|
748,982
|
0.16
|
DRC estimate, 1998
|
| Egypt |
1,080,000
|
65,978,000
|
1.64
|
Ethnologue, 14th edition
|
| Gaza & West Bank |
7,200
|
2,226,977
|
0.32
|
DRC estimate, 2004
|
|
| Greece |
200,000
|
10,662,138
|
1.88
|
Official Government estimate
|
| Iran |
80,000
|
68,959,931
|
0.16
|
Ethnologue, 14th edition
|
| Iraq |
50,000
|
18,838,000 |
2.65
|
Ethnologue, 14th edition
|
| Israel |
?
|
5,643,966
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
| Jordan |
25,000
|
4,434,978
|
0.56
|
Documented by local Dom leader
|
| Kuwait |
?
|
1,913,285
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
|
| Lebanon |
12,000
|
3,505,794
|
0.34
|
Lebanese Information Center, 2000
|
| Libya |
33,000
|
5,690,727
|
0.58
|
Survey needed
|
| Morocco |
?
|
29,116,000
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
| Oman |
?
|
2,018,000
|
?
|
Presence confirmed by local social worker
|
| Qatar |
?
|
516,000
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
| Saudi Arabia |
?
|
20,785,955
|
?
|
Presence confirmed by nomadic Dom merchants
|
|
| Sudan |
20,000 - 50,000
|
33,550,552
|
.06 - .15
|
Estimate by Bernhard Streck (worked
among Dom in Sudan, 1982-86)
|
| Syria |
250,000 +
|
16,673,282
|
1.5
|
Community's self estimate, 1999
|
| Tunisia |
?
|
9,019,000
|
?
|
Further surveys needed
|
| Turkey |
400,000 +
|
64,566,511
|
0.62
|
Adrian Marsh, 2003
|
| UAE |
?
|
2,176,000
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
| Yemen |
?
|
16,102,000
|
?
|
Survey needed
|
|
| EST. TOTAL |
|
2,158,400
|
|
|
|
Last updated: May 2005
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