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Americans

Американцы

language area per Glottologcensus counts
18,027,452
United States, census 2023 (ancestry (self-reported))
24,486
sum of censuses in 10 countries, 2000-2022
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in United States: 18,027,452 people in the 2023 census.

Official figures exist for 10 countries; together they add up to 24,486. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2000-2022) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 1,129 people identified with the nationality "Американцы" (Americans)1. That is less than 0.01% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 4 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: English. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

United States2023 · ancestry (self-reported) · «American» · [2]
18,027,452
Philippines2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [3]
14,107
Kenya2009 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [4]
6,014
Zambia2000 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [5]
1,198
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Американцы» · [1]
1,129
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [6]
709
Aruba2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [7]
570
French Polynesia2017 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [8]
306
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [9]
166
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [10]
166
Togo2022 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «American» · [11]
121
Sum across 10 countries24,486

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 762 · 67.5%Women 367 · 32.5%

Urban and rural

Urban 1,030 · 91.2%Rural 99 · 8.8%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Moscow (city)
399
Saint Petersburg (city)
124
Moscow Oblast
96
Krasnodar Krai
25
Tambov Oblast
23
Krasnoyarsk Krai
23
Tomsk Oblast
22
Republic of Bashkortostan
18
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
18
Stavropol Krai
17

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

English

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Germanicgerm1287
  4. Northwest Germanicnort3152
  5. West Germanicwest2793
  6. North Sea Germanicnort3175
  7. Anglo-Frisianangl1264
  8. Anglicangl1265
  9. Later Angliclate1254
  10. Middle-Modern Englishmerc1242
  11. Macro-Englishmacr1271
  12. Englishstan1293

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

PakistanisRussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansTajiksCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuaniansAlbanians

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau. ACS 2023 1-year, Table B04006 People Reporting Ancestry (variable B04006_005E, label Estimate!!Total:!!American; total reporting ancestry B04006_001E=334914896). https://data.census.gov/api/access/data/table?id=ACSDT1Y2023.B04006&g=010XX00US
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Philippines, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kenya, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Zambia, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Ukraine, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  7. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Aruba, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  8. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. French Polynesia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  9. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kazakhstan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  10. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Latvia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  11. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Togo, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  12. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)