Ukrainians
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Ukrainians (Ukrainian: українці, romanized: ukraintsi, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinʲts⁽ʲ⁾i])[49] are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Orthodox Christians, some Ukrainians are also Greek Catholic Christians.[citation needed]
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Українці | |
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Total population | |
c. 46 million[1][2][3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Ukraine 37,541,700 (2001)[4] | |
Russia | 1,864,000 (2023) |
Poland | 1,651,918 (2023)[5] |
Canada | 1,359,655 (2016)[6] |
Germany | 1,125,000 (2023)[7] |
United States | 1,028,492 (2016)[8] |
Brazil | 600,000–1,500,000 (2015)[9] |
Czech Republic | 636,282 (2023)[10] |
Italy | 347,183 (2023)[11] |
Kazakhstan | 387,000 (2021)[12] |
Argentina | 305,000 (2007)[13][14] |
Spain | 264,528 (2023)[15] |
Romania | 251,923 (2023)[16][17] |
Slovakia | 228,637 (2023)[18][19] |
Moldova | 181,035 (2014)[20][21] |
Belarus | 159,656 (2019) |
Uzbekistan | 124,602 (2015)[12] |
France | 106,697 (2017)[22][23] |
Netherlands | 98,010 (2023)[24] |
Turkey | 95,000 (2022)[25][26] |
Latvia | 50,699 (2018)[27] |
Portugal | 45,051 (2015)[12] |
Australia | 38,791 (2014)[28][29] |
Greece | 32,000 (2016)[30] |
Israel | 30,000–90,000 (2016)[31] |
United Kingdom | 23,414 (2015)[12] |
Estonia | 23,183 (2017)[32] |
Georgia | 22,263 (2015)[12] |
Azerbaijan | 21,509 (2009)[33] |
Kyrgyzstan | 12,691 (2016)[34] |
Lithuania | 12,248 (2015)[12] |
Denmark | 12,144 (2018)[35] |
Paraguay | 12,000–40,000 (2014)[36][37] |
Austria | 12,000 (2016)[38] |
United Arab Emirates | 11,145 (2017)[39] |
Sweden | 11,069 (2019)[40] |
Hungary | 10,996 (2016)[41] |
Uruguay | 10,000–15,000 (1990)[42][43] |
Switzerland | 6,681 (2017)[44] |
Finland | 5,000 (2016)[45] |
Jordan | 5,000 (2016)[46] |
Languages | |
Ukrainian,[47] Ukrainian Sign Language[48] | |
Religion | |
Majority Eastern Orthodoxy with Catholicism (Ukrainian Greek Catholicism and Latin Catholicism) minority | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other East Slavs Especially Russians, Belarusians, Cossacks, Rusyns, Poleshuks, and Podlashuks |
While under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and then Austria-Hungary, the East Slavic population who lived in the territories of modern-day Ukraine were historically known as Ruthenians,[50][51][52] referring to the territory of Ruthenia; the Ukrainians living under the Russian Empire were known as Little Russians, named after the territory of Little Russia. The ethnonym Ukrainian, a term associated with the Cossack Hetmanate, was adopted following the Ukrainian national revival. Cossack heritage is frequently emphasized, for example in the Ukrainian national anthem.[citation needed]
Citizens of Ukraine are also called Ukrainians regardless of their ethnic origin.[1]