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Ukrainians
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Ukrainians (Ukrainian: українці, romanized: ukraintsi, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinʲts⁽ʲ⁾i])[47] are a civic nation[48] and an ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian, and they mostly adhere to the Eastern Orthodox Church. By total population, the Ukrainians form the second-largest Slavic ethnic group after the Russians.[1]
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Українці | |
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Total population | |
c. 46 million[1]
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Regions with significant populations | |
Ukraine 37,541,700 (2001)[2] | |
Russia | 1,864,000 (2023) |
Poland | 1,651,918 (2023)[3] |
Canada | 1,359,655 (2016)[4] |
Germany | 1,125,000 (2023)[5] |
United States | 1,028,492 (2016)[6] |
Brazil | 600,000–1,500,000 (2015)[7] |
Czech Republic | 636,282 (2023)[8] |
Italy | 347,183 (2023)[9] |
Kazakhstan | 387,000 (2021)[10] |
Argentina | 305,000 (2007)[11][12] |
Spain | 264,528 (2023)[13] |
Romania | 251,923 (2023)[14][15] |
Slovakia | 228,637 (2023)[16][17] |
Moldova | 181,035 (2014)[18][19] |
Belarus | 159,656 (2019) |
Uzbekistan | 124,602 (2015)[10] |
France | 106,697 (2017)[20][21] |
Netherlands | 98,010 (2023)[22] |
Turkey | 95,000 (2022)[23][24] |
Latvia | 50,699 (2018)[25] |
Portugal | 45,051 (2015)[10] |
Australia | 38,791 (2014)[26][27] |
Greece | 32,000 (2016)[28] |
Israel | 30,000–90,000 (2016)[29] |
United Kingdom | 23,414 (2015)[10] |
Estonia | 23,183 (2017)[30] |
Georgia | 22,263 (2015)[10] |
Azerbaijan | 21,509 (2009)[31] |
Kyrgyzstan | 12,691 (2016)[32] |
Lithuania | 12,248 (2015)[10] |
Denmark | 12,144 (2018)[33] |
Paraguay | 12,000–40,000 (2014)[34][35] |
Austria | 12,000 (2016)[36] |
United Arab Emirates | 11,145 (2017)[37] |
Sweden | 11,069 (2019)[38] |
Hungary | 10,996 (2016)[39] |
Uruguay | 10,000–15,000 (1990)[40][41] |
Switzerland | 6,681 (2017)[42] |
Finland | 5,000 (2016)[43] |
Jordan | 5,000 (2016)[44] |
Languages | |
Ukrainian,[45] Ukrainian Sign Language[46] | |
Religion | |
Majority Eastern Orthodoxy with Catholicism (Ukrainian Greek Catholicism and Latin Catholicism) minority |
Historically under rule from various realms, the Ukrainians have been given various names by the rulers.[49] Within in the territories Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and then Austria-Hungary, the East Slavic population inhabiting the territories of modern-day Ukraine were known as Ruthenians, 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.[50]
The ethnonym Ukrainian, a term associated with the Cossack Hetmanate, was adopted following the Ukrainian national revival.[51] Their affinity with the Cossacks is frequently emphasized, for example in the Ukrainian national anthem.[52] Citizens of Ukraine are also called Ukrainians regardless of their ethnic origin.[53]