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Tabasaran people

Табасараны · Q623813

language area per Glottologcensus counts
151,466
Russia, census 2021
152,860
sum of censuses in 4 countries, 2001-2021
Nakh-Daghestanian
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Russia: 151,466 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 4 countries; together they add up to 152,860. 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), 151,466 people identified with the nationality "Табасараны" (Tabasaran people)1. That is 0.12% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 3 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: Tabasaran. Glottolog classifies it in the Nakh-Daghestanian 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 · «Табасараны» · [1]
151,466
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tabasaran» · [2]
977
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tabasaran» · [3]
379
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Tabasaran» · [4]
38
Sum across 4 countries152,860

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 76,672 · 50.6%Women 74,794 · 49.4%

Urban and rural

Urban 71,409 · 47.1%Rural 80,057 · 52.9%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Republic of Dagestan
126,319
Stavropol Krai
6,765
Chechen Republic
1,984
Rostov Oblast
1,812
Krasnodar Krai
1,170
Murmansk Oblast
993
Moscow Oblast
985
Astrakhan Oblast
915
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
832
Saratov Oblast
799

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

Languages and their lineage

Tabasaran

  1. Nakh-Daghestaniannakh1245
  2. Daghestaniandagh1238
  3. Lezgiclezg1248
  4. Samurnucl1321
  5. Eastern Samureast2790
  6. Tabasaran-Aghul-Lezgieast2367
  7. Tabasarantaba1259

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

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