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Chechens

Чеченцы · Q31230

language area per Glottologcensus counts
1,674,854
in Russia, 2021 census
Nakh-Daghestanian
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 1,674,854 people identified with the nationality "Чеченцы" (Chechens)1. That is 1.28% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 12 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Chechen. Glottolog classifies it in the Nakh-Daghestanian family.

Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 838,474 · 50.1%Women 836,380 · 49.9%

Urban and rural

Urban 648,041 · 38.7%Rural 1,026,813 · 61.3%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Chechen Republic
1,456,792
Republic of Dagestan
99,320
Rostov Oblast
14,316
Stavropol Krai
13,779
Republic of Ingushetia
12,240
Moscow (city)
11,491
Volgograd Oblast
8,038
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
7,085
Astrakhan Oblast
6,873
Saratov Oblast
5,748

Groups counted within this nationality

Akkin Chechens54

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

Languages and their lineage

Chechen

  1. Nakh-Daghestaniannakh1245
  2. Nakhnakh1246
  3. Chechen-Ingushchec1244
  4. Chechenchec1245

Russian

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Balto-Slavicbalt1263
  4. Slavicslav1255
  5. East Slaviceast1426
  6. Russianruss1263

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

AvarsDarginsIngush peopleLezginsLak peopleTabasaran peopleAghul peopleRutuliansAndi peopleTsez peopleTsakhur peopleKarata peopleBezhta peopleAkhvakh peopleBotlikh peopleUdi peopleHunzib peopleGodoberi peopleArchi peopleTindi peopleKhwarshi peopleHinukh peopleKubachi peopleChamalal people

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. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)