Belarusians

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Belarusians

Belarusian: Беларусы
Total population
c. 10 million
Regions with significant populations
Belarus   7.99 million[1][2]
United States (Belarusian ancestry)	600,000[3][4]–768,000[5]
Russia	521,443 (2010)[6]
Ukraine	275,763 (2001)[7]
Poland	105,404 (2020)[8]
Latvia	55,929–60,445 (2023)[9][10]
Kazakhstan	66,476 (2010)[11]
Germany	61,000[12]
Lithuania	60,000[13]
Czech Republic	31,000[14]
Moldova	20,000[14]
Canada	15,565[15]
Brazil	12,100[14]
Estonia	11,828 (2017)[16]
Slovakia	10,054[14]
Italy	8,529[14]
France	7,500[14]
United Kingdom	7,000[14]
Argentina	7,000[14]
Spain	5,828[17]
Sweden	2,833[18]
Norway	2,015[19]
Turkmenistan	2,000
Belgium	2,000[14]
Australia	1,560 (2006)[20]
Greece	1,168[21]
Portugal	1,002 (2009)[22]
Bulgaria	1,000
Netherlands	973 (2016)[23]
Austria	below 500[14]
Languages
Belarusian (historical and native) Russian (dominant)
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (majority), Roman Catholicism, Belarusian Greek Catholicism, Irreligion (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Other East Slavs (Poleshuks, Podlashuks, Russians, Ukrainians)

Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanized: biełarusy [bʲeɫaˈrusɨ]) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide.^[24] Nearly 7.99 million Belarusians reside in Belarus,^[1][2] with the United States^[3][4][5] and Russia^[6] being home to more than 500,000 Belarusians each. The majority of Belarusians adhere to Eastern Orthodoxy.