Belarusians

Belarusians
Belarusian: Беларусы
Total population
c. 9 million
Regions with significant populations
 Belarus   7.99 million[1][2]
 United States
(Belarusian ancestry)
600,000[3][4]–768,000[5]
 Russia521,443 (2010)[6]
 Ukraine275,763 (2001)[7]
 Poland105,404 (2020)[8]
 Latvia55,929–60,445 (2023)[9][10]
 Kazakhstan66,476 (2010)[11]
 Germany61,000[12]
 Lithuania60,000[13]
 Czech Republic31,000[14]
 Moldova20,000[14]
 Canada15,565[15]
 Brazil12,100[14]
 Estonia11,828 (2017)[16]
 Slovakia10,054[14]
 Italy8,529[14]
 France7,500[14]
 United Kingdom7,000[14]
 Argentina7,000[14]
 Spain5,828[17]
 Sweden2,833[18]
 Turkmenistan2,000
 Belgium2,000[14]
 Australia1,560 (2006)[19]
 Greece1,168[20]
 Portugal1,002 (2009)[21]
 Bulgaria1,000
 Netherlands973 (2016)[22]
 Austriabelow 500[14]
Languages
Religion
Orthodox Christianity (majority), Roman Catholicism, Belarusian Greek Catholicism, Irreligion (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Poles, other East Slavs
(Poleshuks, Podlashuks, Russians, Ukrainians)

Belarusians (Belarusian: беларусы, romanizedbielarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide.[23] 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 half a million Belarusians each.

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