List of ethnic groups demanding a separate state

The list of stateless ethnic groups covers those ethnic groups which may be diaspora, or which may live within an ethnic homeland that is not under ethnic state control.

• Kurds: 35–40 million. Their area covers sizeable parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and smaller parts of Armenia. They are also found in Lebanon, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central-Asian states.

• Berbers: 20–25 million in North African states, their claimed area covers Morocco and parts of Algeria but Berbers are also found in Tunisia, Lybia and Egypt.

• Lankan Tamils: 20 million in Northeast-Sri Lanka
• Sikhs : 19 Million in Northern India.
• Kashmiris: 15–20 million in Northeast-Pakistan and Northwest-India.

• Palestinians: 7–8 million In the Levant, or the Mediterranean-adjacent Middle East region.

• Tibetans: 6–7 million in Southwest-China.

• African Sudanese: 6 million in Southern Sudan.

• Basques: 3–4 million in North-Spain and Southwest-France.

• Saharawis: >200,000 in the Western Sahara claimed and administered by Morocco.