In brief
In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 1,012,074 people identified with the nationality "Аварцы" (Avars)1. That is 0.78% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.
Rosstat also assigns 15 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).
Main language: Avar. Glottolog classifies it in the Nakh-Daghestanian family.
Russia, 2021 census
Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers
Groups counted within this nationality
Andi people16,758Tsez people14,881Karata people7,343Bezhta people6,890Akhvakh people5,282Botlikh people3,788Hunzib people2,363Godoberi people2,172Archi people1,693Tindi people1,161Khwarshi people827Hinukh people630Chamalal people91Bagvalal people14
Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1
Languages and their lineage
Avar
- Nakh-Daghestaniannakh1245
- Daghestaniandagh1238
- Avar-Andic-Tsezicavar1255
- Avaravar1256
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
Sources
- 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)
- Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)