27-37 million: Estimated population of the Kurdish ethnic group

6: Number of countries that have major Kurdish populations (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Azerbaijan, Armenia)

50,000-100,000: Estimated number of Kurds killed in Saddam Hussein’s Anfal campaign in the 1980s

74,000-151,000: Estimated square miles that make up Kurdistan

Sources: wikipedia, www.kurdistanica.com