Ukrainians

Not to be confused with Ukrani.
For other uses, see Ukrainians (disambiguation).

Ukrainians
Українці
Total population
c. 46 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ukraine 37,541,700 (2001)[2]
Russia1,864,000 (2023)[citation needed]
Poland1,651,918 (2023)[3]
Canada1,359,655 (2016)[4]
Germany1,125,000 (2023)[5]
United States1,028,492 (2016)[6]
Brazil600,000–1,500,000 (2015)[7]
Czech Republic636,282 (2023)[8]
Kazakhstan387,000 (2021)[9]
Italy347,183 (2023)[10]
Argentina305,000 (2007)[11][12]
Romania251,923 (2023)[13][14]
Slovakia228,637 (2023)[15][16]
Moldova181,035 (2014)[17][18]
Belarus159,656 (2019)[1]
Uzbekistan124,602 (2015)[9]
Netherlands115,840 (2024)[19]
Spain111,726 (2020)[20]
France106,697 (2017)[21][22]
Turkey95,000 (2022)[23][24]
Latvia50,699 (2018)[25]
Portugal45,051 (2015)[9]
Australia38,791 (2014)[26][27]
Greece32,000 (2016)[28]
Israel30,000–90,000 (2016)[29]
United Kingdom23,414 (2015)[9]
Estonia23,183 (2017)[30]
Georgia22,263 (2015)[9]
Azerbaijan21,509 (2009)[31]
Kyrgyzstan12,691 (2016)[32]
Lithuania12,248 (2015)[9]
Denmark12,144 (2018)[33]
Paraguay12,000–40,000 (2014)[34][35]
Austria12,000 (2016)[36]
United Arab Emirates11,145 (2017)[37]
Sweden11,069 (2019)[38]
Hungary10,996 (2016)[39]
Uruguay10,000–15,000 (1990)[40][41]
Switzerland6,681 (2017)[42]
Finland5,000 (2016)[43]
Jordan5,000 (2016)[44]
Languages
Ukrainian,[45] Ukrainian Sign Language[46]
Religion
Majority Eastern Orthodoxy with Catholicism (Ukrainian Greek Catholicism and Latin Catholicism) minority
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Ukrainians (Ukrainian: українці, romanized: ukraintsi, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinʲts⁽ʲ⁾i])[47] are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to the Eastern Orthodox Church. By total population, the Ukrainians form the second-largest Slavic ethnic group after the Russians.[1]

Historically, under rule from various realms, the Ukrainians have been given various names by their rulers.[48] Some of the states that have governed over the Ukrainian people include the 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.[49]

The ethnonym Ukrainian (a term associated with the Cossack Hetmanate) was adopted following the Ukrainian national revival.[50] Their affinity with the Cossacks is frequently emphasized, for example, in the Ukrainian national anthem.[51] Citizens of Ukraine are also called Ukrainians regardless of their ethnic origin,[52] and Ukrainian nationals identify themselves as a civic nation.[53]

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