armenian population

• Vital Cuinet who researched the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire on behalf of the Debt Commission (because the Ottomans had to pay their debts to Europe), he reports the following: - Muslim: 14,856,118
  - Armenian: 1,475,011
  - Other Christians: 1,285,853
  - Jewish: 123,947
  - Foreigners: 170,822
  Total: 17,911,751
  The statistics by Vital Cuinet appear in the French Yellow Book and thus were accepted as the official numbers prior to the war. ^[19]
• 1912-1913 - An Armenian, Marcel Leart states the Armenian population in Ottoman Turkey as 1,018,000 in all Turkish provinces of Erzurum, Van, Bitlis, Harput, Diyarbekir, Sivas. Marcel Leart's real name was Krikor Zohrap.
• 1913 - Ludovic de Constenson states that the Armenian population in the world is 3,100,000; in Turkey as 1,400,000; in Russia 1,550,000.
• Lynch states in his book that the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire was 1,325,246.
• Viconte de Coursons wrote in his book that he used Cuinet's figures.
• Alexander Powell explains that the Armenian population in Turkey was 1,500,000.
• Christopher Walker states the Armenian population in Turkey was between 1,500,000-2,000,000.
• Clair Price reports that prior to World War I there were 1,000,000 Armenians in Turkey.
• 1910 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica states the Armenian population in Turkey: 1,500,000. The article was written by a British author.
• 1953 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica states the Armenian population in Turkey: 2,500,550. The article was written by an Armenian author.