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Silesians

Силезцы · Q140472

census counts
31,301
Czechia, census 2021 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
31,418
sum of censuses in 2 countries, 2021-2021

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Czechia: 31,301 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 2 countries; together they add up to 31,418. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2021-2021) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

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.

Czechia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Silesian» · usual residents; ethnicity voluntary; persons stating two ethnicities counted under both · [1]
31,301
Slovakia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Silesian» · [2]
117
Sum across 2 countries31,418

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Czechia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Slovakia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…