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Komi people

Коми · Q203319

language area per Glottologcensus counts
143,516
Russia, census 2021
145,550
sum of censuses in 7 countries, 2001-2021
Uralic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Russia: 143,516 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 7 countries; together they add up to 145,550. 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), 143,516 people identified with the nationality "Коми" (Komi people)1. That is 0.11% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 5 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Komi-Zyrian. Glottolog classifies it in the Uralic 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 · «Коми» · [1]
143,516
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [2]
1,545
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [3]
180
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [4]
127
Estonia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [5]
89
Lithuania2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [6]
54
Moldova, Republic of2014 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Komi» · [7]
39
Sum across 7 countries145,550

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 61,607 · 42.9%Women 81,909 · 57.1%

Urban and rural

Urban 56,583 · 39.4%Rural 86,933 · 60.6%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Komi Republic
127,089
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
3,490
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
2,431
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
1,558
Murmansk Oblast
1,174
Saint Petersburg (city)
839
Tyumen Oblast (excl. autonomous okrugs)
598
Kirov Oblast
526
Arkhangelsk Oblast (excl. autonomous okrug)
424
Moscow (city)
393

Groups counted within this nationality

Izhma Komi4,748

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

Languages and their lineage

Komi-Zyrian

  1. Uralicural1272
  2. Permianperm1256
  3. Komikomi1267
  4. Komi-Zyriankomi1268

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

HungariansEstoniansMari peopleUdmurtsKomi-PermyaksErzyasNenetsKareliansKhanty peopleMountain MariMansi peopleMokshasFinnsVepsiansSelkup peopleBesermyanNganasan peopleIngrian FinnsLivoniansSetosIzhoriansEnetsMeadow–Eastern Mari peopleVotes

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. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Estonia, 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. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Lithuania, Census - de jure - 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. Republic of Moldova, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  8. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)