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Ukrainians

Украинцы · Q44806

language area per Glottologcensus counts
884,007
in Russia, 2021 census
159,656
Belarus, 2019 (ethnicity / nationality)
75,250
Estonia, 2026 (ethnicity / nationality)

In brief

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 884,007 people identified with the nationality "Украинцы" (Ukrainians)1. That is 0.68% 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: Ukrainian. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Russia, 2021 census

Sex

Men 394,080 · 44.6%Women 489,927 · 55.4%

Urban and rural

Urban 633,000 · 71.6%Rural 251,007 · 28.4%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Republic of Crimea (as listed by Rosstat)
145,852
Moscow (city)
58,788
Moscow Oblast
54,224
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
41,596
Saint Petersburg (city)
29,353
Krasnodar Krai
29,317
Rostov Oblast
26,000
Sevastopol (as listed by Rosstat)
25,308
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
18,234
Omsk Oblast
18,058

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

Official figures from other countries

Figures from different countries do not add up: censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry). The type is shown on each figure.

Belarus · 2019
159,656
Category as printed: «Украинцы»ethnicity / nationality
[2] Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь (Belstat)
Estonia · 2026
75,250
Category as printed: «Ukrainian»ethnicity / nationality
[3] Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet)

Languages and their lineage

Ukrainian

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Balto-Slavicbalt1263
  4. Slavicslav1255
  5. East Slaviceast1426
  6. Ukrainian-Rusynukra1257
  7. Ukrainianukra1253

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

RussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansCubansBraziliansWelshGreeksMacedoniansArmeniansSlovaks

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. Национальный статистический комитет Республики Беларусь (Belstat). Статистический обзор ко Всемирному дню народонаселения (2019 census counts), 07.07.2023. https://www.belstat.gov.by/upload-belstat/upload-belstat-pdf/oficial_statistika/statobzor_…
  3. Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet). There are people of 224 different ethnic nationalities living in Estonia (Statistics Estonia news; population-register based, NOT the 2021 census). https://stat.ee/en/news/there-are-people-of-224-different-ethnic-nationalities-living-in-e…
  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)