Salmas demographics
Every documented census and post-Soviet observation, on a single shared timeline. Hover any chart point or population bar for the source-by-source breakdown.
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- Armenian
- Assyrian
All observations · 2 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Armenian | — | 11,000 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Salmas plain Armenian villages on the eve of WWI. |
| 1914 | Assyrian | — | 12,000 | The Forgotten Genocide: The Plight of the Christian Minorities of Persia, 1914-1918 |