Demographics
The most reliable census concerning the ethnic composition of Kirkuk dates back to 1957. Kirkuk province borders were later altered, the province was renamed al-Ta'mim and Kurdish dominated districts were added to Erbil and Sulamaniya provinces.
| 1957 Census results for Kirkuk Province | |||||||
| Mother tongue | Kirkuk City | Rest of Kirkuk Province | Total | Percentage of total population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdish | 40,047 | 147,546 | 187,593 | 48.2 | |||
| Arabic | 27,127 | 82,493 | 109,620 | 28.2 | |||
| Turkish | 45,306 | 38,065 | 83,371 | 21.4 | |||
| Syriac | 1,509 | 96 | 1,605 | 0.4 | |||
| Hebrew | 101 | 22 | 123 | 0.03 | |||
| Other | 6,330 | 215 | 6,545 | 1.77 | |||
| Total | 120,420 | 268,437 | 388,857 | 100% | |||
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