Belarusians
Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: bielarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. Nearly 7.99 million Belarusians reside in Belarus, with the United States and Russia being home to more than half a million Belarusians each.
Belarusian: Беларусы | |
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| Total population | |
| c. 9 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Belarus 7.99 million | |
| United States (Belarusian ancestry) | 600,000–768,000 |
| Russia | 521,443 (2010) |
| Ukraine | 275,763 (2001) |
| Poland | 105,404 (2020) |
| Latvia | 55,929–60,445 (2023) |
| Kazakhstan | 66,476 (2010) |
| Germany | 61,000 |
| Lithuania | 60,000 |
| Czech Republic | 31,000 |
| Moldova | 20,000 |
| Canada | 15,565 |
| Brazil | 12,100 |
| Estonia | 11,828 (2017) |
| Slovakia | 10,054 |
| Italy | 8,529 |
| France | 7,500 |
| United Kingdom | 7,000 |
| Argentina | 7,000 |
| Spain | 5,828 |
| Sweden | 2,833 |
| Turkmenistan | 2,000 |
| Belgium | 2,000 |
| Australia | 1,560 (2006) |
| Greece | 1,168 |
| Portugal | 1,002 (2009) |
| Bulgaria | 1,000 |
| Netherlands | 973 (2016) |
| Austria | below 500 |
| Languages | |
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| Religion | |
| Orthodox Christianity (majority), Roman Catholicism, Belarusian Greek Catholicism, Irreligion (minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles, other East Slavs (Poleshuks, Podlashuks, Russians, Ukrainians) | |
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