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Evens

Эвены · Q1142851

language area per Glottologcensus counts
19,913
Russia, census 2021
20,028
sum of censuses in 3 countries, 2001-2021
Tungusic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Russia: 19,913 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 3 countries; together they add up to 20,028. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2021) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 19,913 people identified with the nationality "Эвены" (Evens)1. That is 0.02% 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: Even. Glottolog classifies it in the Tungusic 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 · «Эвены» · [1]
19,913
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Even» · [2]
104
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Even» · [3]
11
Sum across 3 countries20,028

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 9,524 · 47.8%Women 10,389 · 52.2%

Urban and rural

Urban 6,945 · 34.9%Rural 12,968 · 65.1%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
13,233
Magadan Oblast
2,062
Kamchatka Krai
1,777
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
1,285
Khabarovsk Krai
999
Moscow (city)
101
Republic of Buryatia
51
Saint Petersburg (city)
46
Zabaykalsky Krai
42
Sakhalin Oblast
42

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

Languages and their lineage

Even

  1. Tungusictung1282
  2. Northeastern Tungusicnort3417
  3. Northern Tungusicnort3147
  4. Ewenicewen1234
  5. Eveneven1260

Sakha

  1. Turkicturk1311
  2. Common Turkiccomm1245
  3. Sakha-Dolgannort2688
  4. Sakhayaku1245

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

ManchuXibe peopleEvenki peopleNanaiUlch peopleUdege peopleOroksOroch peopleNegidals

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