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Assyrians

Ассирийцы · Q377085

language area per Glottologcensus counts
4,421
Russia, census 2021
10,710
sum of censuses in 5 countries, 2001-2022
Afro-Asiatic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Russia: 4,421 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 5 countries; together they add up to 10,710. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2022) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 4,421 people identified with the nationality "Ассирийцы" (Assyrians)1. That is less than 0.01% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 3 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. Glottolog classifies it in the Afro-Asiatic 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.

Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Ассирийцы» · [1]
4,421
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Assyrian» · [2]
3,143
Armenia2022 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Assyrian» · [3]
2,755
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Assyrian» · [4]
309
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Assyrian» · [5]
82
Sum across 5 countries10,710

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 2,246 · 50.8%Women 2,175 · 49.2%

Urban and rural

Urban 2,895 · 65.5%Rural 1,526 · 34.5%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Krasnodar Krai
1,764
Rostov Oblast
711
Moscow (city)
419
Stavropol Krai
387
Moscow Oblast
127
Saint Petersburg (city)
114
Republic of Adygea
104
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
49
Republic of Crimea (as listed by Rosstat)
48
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
48

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

Languages and their lineage

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Northwest Semiticnort3165
  6. Aramaicaram1259
  7. Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaicimpe1236
  8. Middle-Modern Aramaicmidd1367
  9. Eastern Aramaiceast2680
  10. Central Eastern Aramaiccent2217
  11. North-Eastern Neo-Aramaicnort3241
  12. Assyrian Neo-Aramaicassy1241

Turoyo

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Northwest Semiticnort3165
  6. Aramaicaram1259
  7. Imperial-Middle-Modern Aramaicimpe1236
  8. Middle-Modern Aramaicmidd1367
  9. Eastern Aramaiceast2680
  10. Central Eastern Aramaiccent2217
  11. Turoyo-Mlahsoturo1240
  12. Turoyoturo1239

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

EgyptiansMoroccansOromoAmharaSaudisJordaniansHausaLibyansSomalisTigray peopleOmanisGurage peoplePalestiniansAfar peopleTuareg AmazighsEmiratisBahrainisQatarisJewish peopleArabsIraqisLebaneseAlgeriansMauritanians

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. 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…
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Armenia, 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. 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…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Belarus, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)